| Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
| 1 12:30 Stratified New 0-20 game 7:00 Stratified |
2 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified |
3 12:30 No Game |
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| 4 1:30 Stratified 6:45 Stratified & 0-300 |
5 10:30 Stratified CC 7:00 Stratified & 0-299 New players |
6
10:30 Stratified & 199ers 7:00 Stratified |
7 12:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified (0-1000) |
8 12:30 Stratified New 0-20 game 7:00 Stratified |
9 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified |
10 12:30 Stratified CC |
| 11 1:30 No Game 6:45 No Game |
12 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified & 0-299 New players |
13 10:30 Stratified & 199ers 7:00 Stratified |
14 12:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified (0-1000) |
15 12:30 Stratified CC New 0-20 game 7:00 Stratified CC |
16 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified |
17 12:30 Stratified |
| 18 1:30 Swiss Teams 6:45 Stratified & 0-300 |
19 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified & 0-299 New players |
20 10:30 Stratified & 199ers 7:00 Stratified |
21
12:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified (0-1000) |
22
12:30 Stratified New 0-20 game 7:00 Stratified |
23 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified |
24 12:30 Stratified |
| 25 1:30 Stratified 6:45 Stratified & 0-300 |
26 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified & 0-299 New players |
27 10:30 Stratified & 199ers 7:00 Stratified LBA |
28 12:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified (0-1000) |
29 12:30 Stratified New 0-20 game 7:00 Stratified |
30 10:30 Stratified 7:00 Stratified |
31 12:30 Stratified |
The Back
Page
by Ellen Schmidt
May 2008
Congratulations to our members, who achieved the following new levels in February:
Junior
Master Edward Metzner
Regional Master Mary Jane Mascarich
NABC
Master Pat Abell
Silver Life Master Marilyn Swauger
And to those who achieved their new levels in March:
Junior Master Margaret Lanier
Annette Richardson
Catherine Whitehouse
Club Master Charles Ray
Regional Master James McDonald
Regional Master Chris Yarbrough
NABC Master Nancy Anderson
Anne Pepper
Life Master Dianne Johnson
Bronze Life Master Charles Hamilton
Our New Chairs
I know that all of us are enjoying the new chairs that have been purchased for the front room of the club. A couple of reminders: if you have a mishap and spill a drink, please blot up the liquid as soon as possible, please use the coffee cup lids, available near the cups to avoid these problems.. Don’t lean back in the chairs, with the right treatment, these chairs will last us many years!
Did you Know? The ACBL
website publishes a hand each week for your edificaiton- there’s a link
on our own website to the ACBL Site.
Here’s an example from the Week of April 27th:
The late Sam Gold was one of Canada's top players until his death in 1982. This deal comes from an intercity match between Montreal and New York won by the Canadians. Gold helped the team to a big gain.
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♥ A 10 8 4 |
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♦ K 7 4 |
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♣ A J 7 6 5 |
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♠ 8 6 2 |
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♠ K J 10 5 3 |
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♥ K J 7 5 2 |
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♦ J 8 6 5 3 |
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♣ Q 10 8 4 3 2 |
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♠ Q 9 7 4 |
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The match was played on the Bridge-O-Rama, the vugraph of that day, and commentators, on seeing all four hands, explained that Gold could make the contract only if he "never put a foot wrong." He didn't.
West led a low spade, taken in dummy perforce, and Gold made his first good play — a low diamond away from the king. East's ace began to confirm Gold's picture of the opposing hands.
East returned the ♠J to Gold's queen. He then ran the ♦10 and played a diamond to dummy's king as East discarded two clubs.
From West's bidding, Gold deduced that East held only one heart, so he cashed dummy's ♥A before returning to his hand with the ♣K. When Gold cashed the ♦Q, East discarded another club.
Finally, Gold played the nine of spades from hand, putting East on lead. East could cash two more spade tricks but then had to lead into dummy's ♣A J for the game-going tricks. Note that on the lie of the cards, the ♠7 would also have done the trick. West could win and cash the ♦J, but he would have to surrender a ninth trick to Gold's ♥Q.
