ACBL Unit 431, District 19, Victoria BC
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.com/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.
Unit 431’s annual Ace of Spades Tournament was held on Saturday, October 22, at St Aidan’s Church.
Results should soon be posted on ACBL’s Tournament page. Meanwhile you can find them on our Tournament Results page.
Winners of the Pairs event were: Gina Curran and Susan Breiddal, playing N/S; Norman Prelypchan and Peter Bousfield playing E/W.
The winning team in the afternoon game was that of Helen Lindholm, Jane Danzo, Sharon Shalinsky and Heather Cozens.
Congratulations to all and many thanks to the Tournament Chairs, Peggy Pepper and Nancy Adrian and the Tournament Director, Merv Adey for making this a successful and enjoyable event.
If you currently hold fewer than 200 master points, this is your chance to win some valuable silver points. Come and play in Unit 431’s annual Ace of Spades Tournament this Saturday, October 22, at St Aidan’s Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s Street, Victoria, BC.
No partner? No problem! Just call or email one of the co-chairs, Peg or Nancy (details in flyer) who will find you someone to play with.
For complete information, download the Ace of Spades Flyer.
The Erin Berry is the fall Rookie-Master Game. The event is named in memory of Erin Berry, a gifted student and bridge player who was tragically killed in a car accident on January 30, 1998, three days before her 17th birthday.
The games are run using computer hands so that players across the country play the same deals, and printed hand analyses, prepared by top Canadian players, are provided. The pair with the best percentage score in Canada is declared National Winners and receives a trophy. The pairs with the top percentage score in each Zone receive a plaque. All club winners receive certificates.
A “Rookie” is considered to be a player without much experience at playing duplicate bridge. Although we use a masterpoint cut off of 50, we are really intending that the player be fairly new to the game of duplicate bridge. Players that have let their ACBL membership lapse or have not been remitting master points for recording, although below the 50 master point level, do not necessarily fit the definition of “rookie”. Club managers or game directors may prohibit a pair from playing in this game, if they feel that the partnership does not include a player that fits the definition of a “Rookie”.
NEXT ERIN BERRY ROOKIE-MASTER GAME October 18, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Venue: St Aidan’s Church, 3703 St Aidan’s Street.
Cost is $8.50 for rookies; masters play free!
Director and partnership: Roy Sadd, 250-812-1615.
At least one member of each partnership must have fewer than 50 master points.
The tournament begins at 1 pm on Thursday September 8 at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. For full information on the tournament schedule and accommodations, see the flyer.
Results will be posted on ACBL Live within one hour of each game’s end. Note that results for two-session games on Friday and Saturday will not be up until after the second session is completed. You can sign up on ACBL to receive instant notification of your results via email or text message (see below).
Victoria area players are encouraged to bring some goodies for the hospitality table (baked goods or snacks, sweet or savoury) but nothing sticky please so as not to gum up the playing cards.
How to receive instant notification of your results via email or text message:
The September 2016 electronic edition of the Bridge Buzz is posted on the Bridge Buzz page.
ACBL has recently announced a ruling change which makes it legal to open 1NT with a singleton, but with some restrictions:
“A notrump opening or overcall is natural if, by agreement, it contains no void, at most one singleton which must be the A, K or Q and no more than two doubletons. If the hand contains a singleton, it may have no doubleton.”
The full article can be found on ACBL’s site.