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A guide to BBO for Victoria players
Schedule for local club games on BBO
Local mentor games on BBO
Help Using BBO
Register your BBO handle
BBO Handles (Victoria players)
Try out Express – 4...
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Important notice:
BBO handles are now found in the online member directory. To access the directory, please log in using your personal username and password which were sent to you in April 2021. If you prefer, you...
BBO (bridgebase.com) can be somewhat overwhelming when you first start using it. Fortunately there are many web resources available to help you understand how it works.
As might be expected, ACBL has a large collection of tutorials explaining how...
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Mentor Game Organizers Heather and Terry have cancelled the game due to lack of participation, effective November 16, 2024.
VBC has an online (BBO) mentor game at 12:15 on the fourth Sunday with Mike Ainsley in charge.
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Dear Victoria player,
If you play on BBO, you know that when looking for a game you can often get stuck with random and or slow partners! You'd probably rather play with someone local but you don't know their BBO username (handle)...
You can access a comprehensive, searchable list of District 19 tournaments here .
A new board is elected at the AGM every February. Current board members and their positions can be seen on our Board Members page, under Governance . Once they...
An introduction to duplicate bridge for social bridge players.
Every week we offer a gentle, friendly game for social bridge players to learn the ins and outs of duplicate.
With volunteers on hand to help, we guide players through all the particularities...
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Unit mentor games are on-line only (BBO)
Click here for more information, including the current schedule.
Here are some ways to access your mentor/mentee record:
1) If you have kept the confirmation email that you received when you signed up, you can click on the link provided.
2) Type your 5-character private ID in the box below. Then press the...
General info fields:
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This page shows the record associated with the submitted ID.
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Welcome to Unit 431's mentor/mentee signup page.
Please complete the form below. You will then receive an email with further instructions to complete your registration.
We suggest you keep a copy of the email, as it will make it easy for you to...
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These are the scores, starting with the highest, for Victoria area players who competed at the Penticton Regional in 2022.
Duplicate Light
Spring Sectional 2023
Spring Sectional 2017 (click any photo for carousel)
Spring Sectional 2016 (click any photo for carousel)
Ace of Hearts 2016 (click any photo for carousel)
Unit...
Get your tournament results with ACBL Live
Tournament results are now easily available on the ACBL site. We will therefore no longer be posting them on this website. Just go to the ACBL's Tournaments page and look up the desired tournament. If you...
This page shows results from Unit sectional tournaments between 2012 and 2018.
Ace of Diamonds, June 2018
Congratulations to winners of the event:
Lynne Urner and Anne Didmon - First overall (and EW) in Morning Pairs
Rob Feldstein and...
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Finding off-island tournaments
ACBL greatly improved its Tournament page a couple of years ago. It features a very easy-to-use search function which allows you to find specific tournaments within seconds. Please click on...
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All about governance. Use dropdown menu to access specific pages or items.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. Although we're sorry you can't make it, we appreciate the information, which will help us in our event planning.
Should you change your mind, please click here to let us know.
Welcome to
Unit 431's
AGM
Thank you for your positive response! We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.
As you know, this year's AGM will be held on Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm via Zoom. The meeting is open to all members in good standing of Unit 431, including yourself,...
Thanks for letting us know you're intending to attend our Zoom AGM.
As a reminder, it's this Friday, February 24 at 12 noon. Please use the Zoom link provided in the email we sent you.
No further input is required but if you wish to leave a...
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Unit 431's current board (2025)
(Click here for Board Job Descriptions )
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Download ACBL Unit 431 Bylaws 2022
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Download Unit 431 Constitution
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This table contains the names of past presidents since 1962. It can be searched by year or name. Just type a few characters in the search box. For example, typing “dav” will find all three presidents with that character sequence in ...
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Click on a job title to read its description.
President (updated 2023)
Vice President (updated 2023)
Secretary (updated 2023)
Treasurer (updated 2023)
Asset Inventory Coordinator (updated 2023)
Historian/Awards...
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Click on a date below to download minutes of the corresponding board meeting:
January 9, 2024
September 26, 2023
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The 2023 Victoria Regional Bridge Tournament is now over.
It ran from April 17 to 23, 2023.
The tournament was very successful with 659 players attending, and a total of 1257 tables played.
For complete details, please...
Use the dropdown menu to access topics of interest to members of Unit 431.
If you have reached this page, it is probably because you tried to access the Unit Directory without first logging in.
Please log in if you are registered.
If not, you can register for directory access by clicking here .
If you were attempting...
Fill out the form to stop getting posts. Don't forget to click on the Submit button.
Please input your drink choice(s) to ensure we order what you like.
Then, click the "Submit" button at the bottom.
The survey ran from June 4 to June 10, 2022.
If you wish to share your opinion on face-to-face bridge with the Unit board, please click on the "Contact Us" button in the right sidebar.
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Thank you for submitting your answers to our face-to-face bridge survey!
If you provided an email address, you will receive a confirmation message, as well as the survey results which should be available by June 21.
The...
Remembering departed Victoria bridge players
Link to obituary where available (click on name).
Note: If you would like to add a short tribute to a notice, please send your text to the webmaster .
You will need to log in to access the Unit Directory which contains names, phone number, emails, and BBO handles of all Victoria players who have agreed to be included.
If you have not registered yet, please fill out the Registration Form where ...
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This page keeps a record of Unit 431 members who attain new masterpoint ranks (rank requirement shown in brackets). It is updated monthly and the current year is shown. For older milestones, click on the year of your choice,...
(2015-2019)
July 2017
Ruby Lifemaster:
David Reid
June 2017
Ruby Lifemaster:
Margaret Morrison
Silver Lifemaster:
Roy Ban...
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December 2015
In December 2015, ACBL added two new ranks, Ruby and Sapphire, hence the large number of newly eligible players in these categories.
Ruby Lifemasters
● Roger Allen
● John Brodrick
● Van Buchanan
● Ruth Ca...
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December 2016
Ruby Lifemaster:
David Todd
Silver Lifemaster:
Jan Galenza
November 2016
Gold Lifemaster:
Delma Murray
Silver Lifemaster:
Kinga R Voorhees
Bronze...
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July 2017
Ruby Lifemaster:
David Reid
June 2017
Ruby Lifemaster:
Margaret Morrison
Silver Lifemaster:
Roy Banner
May 2017
Gold Lifemaster:
Debbie...
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This table contains the names of the 322 Unit 431 players who became Life Masters between 1962 and 2024, most recent first. It can be searched by year or name. Just type a few characters in the search box. For example, typing "mac"...
New Life Masters
Don Copeland
Marc Furnemont
Ian Kimmerly
Gordon Kristjanson
Al Romanchuk
Margaret Skinner
New Bronze Life Masters
Holly Boudreau
Don Copeland
Paula Hopwood
Ann Isaac
Gordon Kristjanson...
You have requested not to be listed in the Unit's online directory.
Please enter your name and email and click the Submit button to confirm your selection.
Before you fill out the registration form, note the following.
Most Unit members are already registered and have been since April 2021.
If you have lost your password, click on Log In, then request a new password at the bottom of the Login form....
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The Bridge Buzz was the Unit's newsletter.
It was last published in 2021. However past issues are available here.
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The links below point to ACBL's website and show results for Unit 431 only, stratified by MP category.
You can also find that information by going to your "My ACBL" page on ACBL.
2024 Mini-McKenney Awards
Total number...
Here are the results for our website quiz, held between July 26 and August 1, 2020.
Participation: 17 Unit 431 members (out of 525)
First (BBO$20): Tony Farr (15/15)
Second (BBO$10): Judy Irwin (14/15)
Third (BBO$5): Terry Foster (14/15)...
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Resources for Victoria bridge players. Use dropdown menu to access them.
► Help on using BBO
► Register your BBO handle
Find local clubs, teachers, mentor games, and more
Bridge etiquette: what other clubs pra...
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On this page:
Schedule for local club games on BBO
Local mentor games on BBO
Help Using BBO
How to self-alert
Find your friends on BBO
Set up a casual table with three other friends
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ACBL
Canadian Bridge Federation
District 19 (this is the ACBL district we belong to)
District 22's exhaustive list of bridge links
Omaha Bridge Library : Very interesting
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Individual teachers have provided more information on their services, which they describe below in their own words. You can also email them by clicking on their name.
Jim Brackenbury is a certified ACBL teacher....
Click on a club's name, below, to reach their website where you should find up-to-date information on their face-to-face and online schedules.
Short news items are posted in the "What's New" section, most recent first.
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For easy navigation around the website, hover your mouse over one of the menu items above and choose from the pulldown menu. For example, hover over "Members" for items of special interest to members.
ACBL Unit 431 is a non-profit organization located i...
Short news items are posted in the "What's New" section, most recent first.
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