The Game that Spans Generations
By Herb Behre
I live in Chevy Chase MD, and try to visit my mother, Alice Behre, every two weeks. She is 87 years old and lives in a retirement community in Solomons MD. We play at the Lusby Duplicate Bridge Club on the second and fourth Monday and Tuesday of each month, and recently had a 77.38% game. Read more...
Mom is a Silver Life Master and I am a Bronze. I started playing bridge with her when I was 16. She was my teacher, along with my dad (who is deceased). Both of us have other partners who we play with, but she is my favorite by far, and, I hope, I am hers.
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Harry Ross
1928-2010
Harry Ross, a Grand Life Master from Winter Springs FL, died Aug. 24. He was 81. Read more...
Ross was born in Vienna, Austria. At the age of 10, he was sent from his homeland via kindertransport during the brief period in which Jewish parents were able to save their children from the Nazis by sending them to strangers out of the country.
Ross began playing duplicate bridge in 1960. In 1997, he won the Senior Swiss Teams. At the time of his death, Ross had amassed more than 16,100 masterpoints.
An avid bridge teacher, Ross taught for 30 years. His lessons and stories have appeared in the Bridge Bulletin, The Bridge World and the Sunshine Bridge News.
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"I Do, Now Deal"
By Audrey Wicks
On Wednesday, August 18, just moments before we were ready to play bridge at the Laguna Woods Duplicate Bridge Club in Laguna Woods CA, in walked Platinum Life Master Marjorie Michelin. She was dressed beautifully in a long white wedding dress complete with tiara. She was accompanied by her new husband, Ellis Feigenbaum, in a handsome tuxedo with a white and a blue rose. Read more...
Their wedding party and guests followed, and all sat down to play. The group brought a beautiful wedding cake which was shared by the players.
Why let a little thing like a wedding spoil a great bridge opportunity? Life can be fun if one allows it.
(Photos by Linda Hamp Ryder)
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September is International Fund Month
In September each club may hold all its sanctioned sessions as International Fund games. The masterpoints are 70% sectional rated black and help support North American participation in international events. Contact your local club for playing times.
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Instant Matchpoint Game
The ACBL-wide Instant Matchpoint Game will be held on Thursday evening, September 16, 2010. One gold point is awarded for section tops in each direction at each club. The remaining masterpoints are sectional rated half red/half black. See your score instantly after each deal is completed. Players will receive an analysis booklet written by national champion Larry Cohen. Click here for a list of participating clubs.
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World Teams University Bridge Championships
The second World Teams University Bridge Championships on BridgeBase Online will begin in October 2010. The first online University Teams Championships were held in 2008 / 2009, and attended by 16 teams from 4 continents. Italy won the final against Norway. Read more...
This is a knock out competition on the internet between countries where the schedule is determined by draw. A country can enter an unlimited number of teams. Your teams must be composed of between four to six university or school players and a captain must be indicated. For each player, you must enter: name, surname, date of birth, nationality, university or high school and country.
Your teams can participate under the following conditions:
-being at a university or high school (or one year after or before studies)
-being between 17 and 28 years old
-having the nationality of the country you represent
Both captains have one month to schedule and play a match of 32 boards. The result must be sent directly after the match to Kuba Kasprzak at kubakasprzak@o2.pl with a copy to geert.magerman@telenet.be.
Results will be published on www.unibridge.org and the new Facebook account "Uni Bridge."
How to Enter
You can enter university bridge teams from now until October 31, 2010 by sending an e-mail to Kuba: kubakasprzak@o2.pl (with copy to geert.magerman@telenet.be). After receiving all entries and after the draw, each captain will be informed by the next match. This will start in November 2010.
We rely on your fair play and friendship, important values for FISU and WBF. Any violation against fair play will not be accepted and have severe consequences. If the Captains request it, Kuba will act as Tournament Director during the match.
You are invited to participate in this online teams Championships!
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Please use the new Retail Connect Card number 8888-0001-0583-8816-95. Please click here to print out the new flyer with the new card and number.
NABC Highlights
Click here to read highlights from the 2010 Summer NABC in New Orleans, Louisiana.
WBF Announces 2011 World Teams Championships
The 2011 World Teams Championships, comprising the Bermuda Bowl, the Venice Cup Seniors Bowl and the World Transnational Open Teams Championships will be held at the NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Read more...
The Opening Ceremony will be on 15th October, and the official awards ceremony will be on 29th October 2011.
General Information:
The Netherlands
The Netherlandsis a relatively small country in West-Europe with an area of 35,000 square kilometers. The distance from north to south is no more than 400 kilometers, and from the (west) coast to the German border less than 150 kilometers. The Netherlands has a population of more than 16 million.
The Venue
The venue NH Conference Centre Koningshof (www.nh-hotels.com) is situated in Veldhoven, two miles south of Eindhoven. The Koningshof is the largest convention centre in the Benelux countries, with more than 6000 m² of modern meeting-room capacity and 507 hotel rooms.
Room rates NH Conference Center Koningshof:
Standard Single: € 95,00(including breakfast)
Standard Double Room: € 109,00(including breakfast)
Prices excluding Tourist tax (Tax 2010: € 0,60 per person per night)
Hotel bookings inNH Conference Centre Koningshof and the other hotels in Eindhoven can be made one year in advance. At the beginning of the World Championships in Philadelphia we expect to be able to send you details of how reservations may be made.
Shuttle services will be provided between the hotels in Eindhoven and the venue.
Eindhoven
As the largest city in the south of the Netherlands and the 5th largest in the country. The Eindhoven region has over 725,000 inhabitants. Eindhoven offers a wide spectrum of facilities in the areas of shopping, nightlife and performing arts. For visitors there is more than enough choice of hotel accommodation. In brief, Eindhoven is a city where plenty of things are happening.
The closest big cities are Antwerp and Bruxelles (Belgium) and Düsseldorf (Germany). The Dutch capital Amsterdam is 125 km away. Its location on major transport routes and the presence of an airport make the region an important crossroads. Eindhoven is a city of sports: besides PSV's football team the area also excels in swimming and horse riding.
Top technology region Brainport Eindhoven is a breeding ground for innovation and the home base for companies, and world-class knowledge and research institutes. Among the numerous innovative and renowned knowledge and research institutes are: Philips, DAF, ASML, TomTom, Eindhoven University of Technology, TNO Industrie en Techniek.
More information about Eindhoven can be found at: www.vvveindhoven.nl/en
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Curious about the ACBL Education Foundation?
The ACBL Educational Foundation is a charitable trust fund established as a nonprofit organization in 1987. This Foundation provides grants to promote the education of bridge, separate from the day to day activities of the Education Department of ACBL, that supports the current needs of the bridge community. Click here to read more...
New Interactive Museum Showcases the History of Bridge
Click here to read an article from the Memphis Flyer about the grand opening of the ACBL's new headquarters, and the interactive bridge museum inside the building. Archivist Tracey Yarbro discusses the videos, photos and artifacts on display.
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NAP - North American Pairs
Each club can hold two NAP (North American Pairs) games per sanctioned session during each of the months of June, July and August. These games award 100% sectional rated half red/half black masterpoints. Read more...
The NAP event has been a major ACBL pair championship since 1979 and was originally known as the Grand National Pairs. This grassroots event is staged in qualifying rounds at the club, unit and district levels. It culminates in a final held in conjunction with the Spring NABC, which will be held in Louisville KY in 2011. The contest is run as a flighted event: Flight A (open), Flight B (fewer than 2000 masterpoints as of the June 2010 masterpoint cycle) and Flight C (non-Life Master with fewer than 500 masterpoints as of June 2010). Please check your June 2010 Bridge Bulletin for your masterpoint total.
Click here for the 2010-2011 NAP Conditions of Contest and more information.
Being an ACBL Member Just Got Better!
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THE WORLD BRIDGE SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS
1 – 16 October 2010
Philadelphia, PA, USA
This year, The World Bridge Series Championships (WBSC) will be held in the USA 1-16 October 2010! It is the first such event to be held in the United States since 1994 and approximately 100 nations are expected to participate in the world series, represented by thousands of the world’s best players competing for world titles. Along with the WBSC, the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) District 4 will be hosting a two week World Bridge Federation Regional tournament, which will enable bridge players of all abilities to share in the excitement! The World Youth Team Championships (Pre-qualification required) will also take place in Philadelphia at this time. WBF Master Points will be given out for these events. Our sincerest thanks to the United States Bridge Federation (USBF) and the ACBL for their support and sponsorship. Read more...
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