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.
Congratulations to Jack who receives a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
And a Merry Christmas to all!
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 January 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!
Congratulations to Mike who receives a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
We had 35 submissions this month. 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 December 2018 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!
Ernie receives a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
We had 40 submissions this month. 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 very interesting comments by players explaining their choices of bids. If you feel like responding or adding your own comment, just email the webmaster.
And you might like to check out “Bridge etiquette: avoiding slow play” in the right sidebar.
To play the November 2018 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!
Cliff will receive a free game, valid at local clubs, courtesy of Unit 431.
We had 35 submissions this month. 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 very 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 October 2018 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!
Nev Hircock has been hard at work preparing the September Bridge Buzz. It will be posted at clubs but no extra paper copies will be printed. But you can of course access it on our website, and feel good about saving a tree (or at least a small branch) at the same time.
To view the current issue of the Bridge Buzz, as well as past ones, click on the top menu item called… (wait for it)… The Bridge Buzz.
Or even easier, here’s the direct link to the September issue.
Congratulations to local bridge player Michael Roche, who, paired with John Carruthers of Kingsville, Ontario, won the prestigious Von Zedwitz Life Master Pairs event at the summer NABC in Atlanta, garnering 190 platinum points.
This is a truly remarkable achievement. The Life Master Pairs is a six-session event with two qualifying, two semi-final and two final sessions. At stake is the Von Zedtwitz Gold Cup. In 1930, Waldemar von Zedtwitz donated the Gold Cup, which was presented to the winners of the Life Master Pairs. The first winners were Von Zedtwitz and P. Hal Sims.
The event has been played annually without interruption since then. Winners over the years include bridge greats Oswald Jacoby, Charles Goren, Bob Hamman, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Levin, Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Larry Cohen, Marty Bergen and Zia Mahmood to name but a few.
(source: Wikipedia)