ACBL Unit 431, District 19, Victoria BC
The Victoria Spring Sectional starts on Friday of this week (March 31) at 10:00 am.
It is being held at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney.
Join us and get those silver points you’re missing!
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And we always appreciate your contributions in the form of baked goods or other goodies for the hospitality table (small cash donations are ok too…)
We have moved our website to a new server, which should result in improved performance. However, as with all computer upgrades, there is the slight possibility of some thing not working quite as they should.
Should you encounter any problems or unexpected situations, please let me know (click here) and I will endeavour to set things right rapidly.
Thanks,
JP Weber
Unit 431 Webmaster
Unit 431’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017 starting at 12:45 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 pizza, pop, coffee and cookies!
Read all about it here.
Results for February are available in the Members section. Or follow this direct link.
The winner of the February edition was Mike Hargreaves with a score of 440. He merits himself a free play atVictoria Bridge Centre, courtesy of Bill Wastle.
The March quiz is now up, also under Members, You can access it directly by clicking here.
Here’s a message of interest to players and club owners, sent today from ACBL:
Unit 431’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Plan to attend and choose your new Unit Board.
There will be free pizza, free coffee and cookies followed by a fun, individual movement duplicate bridge game.
Read all about it here.
The Ace of Hearts Sectional Tournament for players with fewer than 200 master points will be held on Saturday, February 25th at St Aidan’s Church.
Tournament Co-Chairs are Ted Eisner and Pat Fullerton.
Plan to attend for a chance to win valuable silver points!
For complete details:
Results for January are available in the Members section. Or follow this direct link.
The winner for the January edition was Daniel Lyder with a score of 460. He merits himself a free play at Island Bridge Club, courtesy of Roy Saad.
The February quiz is now up, also under Members, You can access it directly by clicking here.
Results for December are available in the Members section. Or follow this direct link.
The winner for the December edition was Bob Cheeseman, with a perfect score.
The January quiz is now up, also under Members, You can access it directly by clicking here.
It’s a sad fact but every year some of our bridge friends pass away.
We are remembering Victoria players on our In Memoriam page (also accessible under Members, in the top menu). If available, photos and links to obituaries are included. Should you wish to contribute a notice, or add a few words of reminiscence, please send to the Unit’s webmaster.
The December 2016 electronic edition of the Bridge Buzz has been posted on the Bridge Buzz page.
Constant readers will recall that tied for first place with a perfect score of 500 for November were Matt Smith and Bill Van Sickle.
To determine the winner of the free play at Monterey Bridge Club, a public draw was held today, December 6, and won by Matt Smith.
You can win a free game too! If you haven’t yet played the December It’s Your Call Victoria you still have some time left.
The December winner gets a free play at Capital City Bridge Club, courtesy of Ewa Zwicky. Deadline for submission is December 17, so don’t tarry!
You can access the game by clicking here.
Detailed results can be found on the Tournament Results page.
Unit 431’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Plan to attend and choose your new Unit Board.
There will be free pizza, free coffee and cookies followed by a fun, individual movement duplicate bridge game.
Read all about it here.
We had a great turnout for our first run of It’s Your Call, Victoria!
Fifty-one Unit 431 members participated in this inaugural event. Two participants aced the problems, tying for first place with a perfect score of 500. Read all about it here.
Since ACBL has already published the December problems, I decided to make them available on our website also. You can find them right here. Deadline for submission is December 17 but you can play anytime starting now.
Most Victoria players are familiar with “It’s Your Call”, the popular bidding quiz found each month in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin. If you’re not, open any recent Bridge Bulletin at page 40 to see what it’s all about.
We’ve set up a local version of the game, which can be played directly from our website, by clicking here: www.bridgevictoria.ca/itsyourcall. You can also find it under “Members” in the top menu.
It’s the same game, the only difference being that instead of competing against all of North America, you only play against other ACBL Unit 431 (Victoria and the Gulf Island) players, which greatly improves your chances of winning. And did we mention that the winner gets an actual tangible prize!
The deadline for submission of results is November 18, 2016. You can play as many times as you wish before then, however only the last set of bids you submit will be considered when results are compiled.