ACBL Unit 431, District 19, Victoria BC
If you enjoy Larry Cohen’s teachings, here’s a chance to meet him in the flesh, although you’ll need to exercise some patience.
Larry will be teaching at the Duplicate Lite Bridge Club in Surrey, next year, June 12-13, 2020.
Full details are available here. The event is already 70% booked so don’t tarry if you want to get in.
More info on Duplicate Lite, e.g., location, game times, etc is available on their website.
The Ace of Diamonds tournament for players under 100 MPs was held last Saturday, June 22 at St Peter’s Church.
Mark Raymond chaired the tournament with Roy Stefaniec directing. Eighteen pairs showed up to do battle and vye for silver points.
Congratulations to winners of the event:
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Bob will receive a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
Find the complete list of participants and scores under It’s Your Call-Results in the MEMBERS section at the top of the page. For quicker access, follow this link.
To play the July 2019 quiz, either click here, or hover your mouse over MEMBERS (at top of page) to see a pull-down menu of choices, one of which is It’s Your Call, Victoria!
Penticton ‘19
reported by Jill Stainforth
About five dozen Victorians flew or drove to Penticton this year to compete in the Regional and two of our directors, Matt and Roy, officiated.
The competition was impressive: our top five results fell between the 69th and 114th places of the 1386 who won points over the seven-day event.
Players love the Penticton event and travelled there from all over the States and Canada. It’s a beautiful area with no city stress. Restaurants in town are great and varied and minutes away are the Naramata and Skaha area wineries with stunning restaurants.
Among the notable results:
Congratulations to all!
Detailed results are available on Bruce McIntyre’s Penticton Online Bulletins.
Please note that next year’s dates for the Penticton Regional are June 15-20, a little later than usual.
Roy Stefaniec has a new website, bridgewebs.com/island, functional but still a work in progress. He thus joins the other Victoria clubs in using the bridgewebs platform.
Note also that there will be no bridge at St. Aidan’s Church on Monday June 10 and Thursday June 13 as Roy will be working in Penticton for the week. There will be a game on Monday June 17 and Island Bridge Club’s schedule will remain the same thereafter till August.
Starting Thursday August 1, there will be pairs games on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons starting at 12:15 pm and on Fridays in the morning at 9:30 am. The pairs game on Thursday will also feature a NLM section for those with fewer than 500 points and a D-light section for those new to duplicate with fewer than 50 points.
Don won the May game, scoring 470 points (out of a possible 500) and will receive a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
Find the complete list of participants and scores under It’s Your Call-Results in the MEMBERS section at the top of the page. For quicker access, follow this link.
To play the June 2019 quiz, either click here, or hover your mouse over MEMBERS (at top of page) to see a pull-down menu of choices, one of which is It’s Your Call, Victoria!
Our Bridge Buzz editor, Nev Hircock, has prepared an exciting and fact-filled April 2019 edition.
A few paper copies will be available at clubs this week, however if you want to read it right now, head to our website (bridgevictoria.ca)’s Bridge Buzz page. Look at the top menu and you can see… The Bridge Buzz!
Just click on it. If that’s too hard, here’s the direct link: The Bridge Buzz
Sophie and Bree will each receive a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
Find the complete list of participants and scores under It’s Your Call-Results in the MEMBERS section at the top of the page. For quicker access, follow this link.
To play the May 2019 quiz, either click here, or hover your mouse over MEMBERS (at top of page) to see a pull-down menu of choices, one of which is It’s Your Call, Victoria!
Perhaps some of you have read Paul Linxwiler’s column on masterpoint ranks in the April Bridge Bulletin.
I totally share his conclusion. As he aptly puts it, “the beauty of our game – and the difficulty in becoming proficient at it – demands that we celebrate these milestones”.
Every month, new Unit 431 members who attain new masterpoint ranks, from Junior to Platinum and beyond, are celebrated on our Masterpoint Milestones page. Have a look and see how your friends are doing.
Don will receive a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
Find the complete list of participants and scores under It’s Your Call-Results in the MEMBERS section at the top of the page. For quicker access, follow this link.
To play the April 2019 quiz, either click here, or hover your mouse over MEMBERS (at top of page) to see a pull-down menu of choices, one of which is It’s Your Call, Victoria!
Take a look at this Washington Post article for some light-hearted weekend reading. Be sure to look at the comments too.
Doping scandal rocks bridge world!
With thanks to Madeleine Tremblay for bringing it to our attention.
Unit 431 lost two members in February 2019. Mac Tidmarsh passed away on February 10. Irene McDonald was 101 years old when she left us on February 24.
More details can be found on our In Memoriam page, under Members in the top menu.
This is Michael’s second win (he also won last November). He receives a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
Find the complete list of participants and scores under It’s Your Call-Results in the MEMBERS section at the top of the page. For quicker access, follow this link.
Once there, you can also read some pretty interesting comments by players explaining their choices of bids. If you feel like responding or adding your own comment, just email the webmaster.
To play the March 2019 quiz, either click here, or hover your mouse over MEMBERS (at top of page) to see a pull-down menu of choices, one of which is It’s Your Call, Victoria!
The Victoria Spring Sectional will once again be held at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, March 8 to 10.
Unit 431 will offer a hospitality table of refreshments for our local players and out of town guests. Contributions for the hospitality table are gratefully accepted! In order to protect our unit’s recent investment in a BridgeSorter dealing machine and new cards, we will avoid serving food items which might damage the machine or cards, and we ask that sticky food donations be avoided. If you prefer to provide a cash donation to assist Unit 431 in purchasing food and beverages, cash donations are also welcome. See our Treasurer Gail Richardson, or any of our other board members: JP Weber, Gloria Dorrance, Ann Brydon, Lionel Traverse, Maureen Trappe, Nev Hircock, Shelley Burnham, Jill Stainforth, and Ernie Tradewell.
On Sunday, Unit 431 will provide free muffins, croissants and fruit, before the Swiss Team event.
See the flyer for more tournament information.
We hope to see you there.
Unit 431, Bridge Victoria Board of Directors
A little cold and snow did not keep our dedicated bridge players away from the Ace of Hearts sectional event on February 9, 2019. The event was chaired by Shelley Burnham and directed by Roy Stefaniec. We had a good turnout of 13.5 tables for the pairs, and 10 tables for the Swiss teams.
Ravi Mehra and David Korican won the N/S Morning Pairs and placed first overall in the tournament with 2.66 silver masterpoints.
Margot Northey and Marian Webb won the E/W Morning Pairs.
Eileen Lugossi, Audrey Mactier, Madeleine Tremblay, and Dolores Johnson won the Afternoon Swiss Teams.
Unit 431’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 10, 2019 starting at 12:30 pm. Plan to attend and choose your new Unit Board!
The AGM will be followed by a fun, individual movement duplicate bridge game ($5)
Free coffee and cookies!
Free pizza and pop after the game!
Read all about it in the flyer.
She receives a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
Find the complete list of participants and scores under It’s Your Call-Results in the MEMBERS section at the top of the page. For quicker access, follow this link.
Once there, you can also read comments by players explaining their choices of bids. If you feel like responding or adding your own comment, just email the webmaster.
To play the February 2019 quiz, either click here, or hover your mouse over MEMBERS (at top of page) to see a pull-down menu of choices, one of which is It’s Your Call, Victoria!
Our favourite director, Matt Smith, is also everybody’s favourite director. As reported in the January edition of the Bridge Bulletin, Matt was presented with the Jean Molnar Employee of the Year Award at the Fall NABC in Hawaii, recognizing a field employee for outstanding customer service.
Matt is highly regarded by both players and his co-workers. As one world champion, Steve Weinstein, puts it, “for my money, Matt is the best of the best.” He further notes that any event where Matt is in charge will be run professionally with rulings well thought out and explained clearly and thoroughly.
More encomiums from bridge luminaries can be found in the full article on page 26 of the January Bridge Bulletin.
Matt is going part-time as director, saying he wants to stay home more, so Victoria players can expect to see him more often, playing at local clubs.
The 2019 CANADIAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held in Burnaby, May 4-12.
The Championships include various team and pairs events at both the National and Regional level.
Complete information can be found on the Canadian Bridge Federation website.