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Enhancement to ACBL Web Site: New Feature to "Find a Club" Search

Have you ever traveled to an unfamiliar city and wished that you had a way to determine where and how to get to the location of the nearest bridge club? If so, then, you're going to love the new enhancement recently made to the ACBL's online "Find a Club" search tool. This new search feature will not only allow you to search for bridge clubs in the United States and Canada by city or by zip/postal code, but, it will even provide you with a Google map so you can get driving directions from your location to the nearest bridge club. Here's how it works: Read more...

Ruling the Game Online Course is Back!

Learn on your computer with Ruling the Game, our online course, revised according to The 2008 ACBL Laws of Duplicate Bridge. Read more...

Bob L's Excellent Adventure

The ACBL is pleased to announce the addition of a traveling reporter to our staff. The mysterious "Bob L," featured on the cover of the July Bridge Bulletin, will make his return to the game of bridge at the Summer NABC in Washington. After making his debut in DC, Bob will begin a four-month journey across the country as he makes his way to the Fall NABC in San Diego. He will record his travel adventures in his blog. Read More...


Michigan Club Honors Award Winners

Petoskey Bridge Club members celebrate winning the 2008 Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs masterpoint races for Units 195 and 200. Petoskey is in the northern section of the lower Michigan peninsula near the Mackinac Bridge. The club is building a new 3500-square-foot clubhouse that is expected to be completed later this year.

In photo below, from the left: Paul Nelson, Arlene Loca, Debbie Sears, Denny Shermeta, Jerry Kaiser, Marcy Rowan, Edward Kukla, Linda Roberts and Lynn Atkins. Thanks to Pam Ziegel for sending the photo.

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Never Too Late

The phone rang at ACBL Headquarters and a voice on the other end of the line asked, "Do old masterpoint slips expire? I’m moving and I found a bunch of them."

The voice was Bob Kerr of Los Angeles who was in the process of moving to Northern California. He was assured that even though most clubs now use ACBLscore, old slips are honored.

A few days later they arrived – all 421.11 masterpoints. The oldest slip was dated June 7, 1976, and the newest one was Dec. 12, 1990. Even though the most recent was 18 years old, Bob sent them by priority mail!

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Home Sweet Home

Tired of moving to a new clubhouse every few years, the Henderson (NV) Bridge club needed a permanent home. Club member Terri Sunderland had looked for some time to find space that was big enough and included adequate parking. She discovered an old run-down building that had been a Moose Lodge. Sunderland saw the potential and purchased it.
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REMINDER: Important notice to all non-Life Masters

Effective January 1, 2010 the requirements for attaining Life Master status will change. The new requirements will not apply to ACBL members in good standing whose dues are current as of December 31, 2009, and who maintain continuous membership in the ACBL until they become Life Masters. What are the new requirements? Read More...

The Devil’s Tickets - A Night of Bridge, A Fatal Hand, and a New American Age

The Devil’s Tickets - A Night of Bridge, A Fatal Hand, and a New American AgeAuthor and journalist, Gary M. Pomerantz has just released his latest novel, The Devil's Tickets - a fascinating look at the true story of glamorous Kansas City housewife, Myrtle Bennett, who killed her husband over a bridge game. Set during the Roaring Twenties', on the eve of the Depression, Pomerantz's novel weaves the story of the Bennett trial with the rising popularity of the bridge craze sweeping the country at the time. Click here to watch Part I of a peformance of an excerpt from the book. Click here to watch Part II of the performance. For more information about the author and the book, visit www.garympomerantz.com .
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2010 World Bridge Series Set for Philadelphia

Submitted by USBF

The United States Bridge Federation (USBF) is pleased to announce that the 2010 World Bridge Series will be held in Philadelphia from October 1 – 16.All necessary contracts with the World Bridge Federation (WBF), host hotels and convention center are now in place to ensure that the world bridge championship will return to the United States for the first time in 16 years. Read More...

Additional Parking Discounts for NABC in Washington DC

ACBL has negotiated an additional discount on parking at the Marriott Wardman. The daily self parking rate is now $15.00! Please note overnight parking is not included in this discount. For more parking details at the upcoming NABC click here.

New NABC On-Line Partnership Desk is Up and Running!

One of the ACBL's web programming gurus has created an alternative to replace Hipard’s on-line partnership desk.It is in a different format than Hipard's, but, we hope you will find it to be just as user friendly. To begin using the new on-line partnership desk, you will need to first register, by creating a username and password, as you did before. Once logged in, you will choose the masterpoint range and post the event(s) in which you need a partner.After you register, you can also look through those that have already posted.Please click here to go directly to the new on-line partnership desk.

Thank you for your patience and we'll see you in DC!

Horn Lake Welcomes ACBL

Amid considerable fanfare and with numerous government officials on hand, the city of Horn Lake MS welcomed the ACBL, which will relocate national Headquarters from Memphis later this year. Horn Lake is a suburb of Memphis, just a few miles from the Tennesse border in North Mississippi.

Ceremonies took place on the property, a 30,000-square-foot building originally designed as a medical facility. The ACBL will have it renovated to accommodate the Headquarters staff. Jay Baum, ACBL's chief executive, said the work probably will begin in mid-July. "We hope to be able to move in before the end of the year," Baum said. Read More...

Goodwill Member of the Year

The National Goodwill Committee of the ACBL is now accepting nominations for the Goodwill Member of the Year for 2010. We bestow this annual honor upon an ACBL member who has continually exhibited unselfish dedication to the causes of good conduct, worthy participation, ethical behavior and who has made bridge contributions above and beyond the call of duty. All nominations must be approved and submitted by District or Unit Boards. Read More..

Overseas Mailing to Cease

Effective immediately, the ACBL will discontinue renewal of payments for mailing of the Bridge Bulletin to members who live outside Zone 2 (U.S., Canada, Mexico and Bermuda). Those who have paid will continue to receive the magazine by mail until their payments run out.

Current ACBL members may view the Bridge Bulletin through the MyACBL portal at www.acbl.org. This service is for current members only.
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Reserve Your Place Now!

Come join the ACBL's gala event at the Hall of Fame Banquet in Washington DC honoring the Class of 2009 inductees. Information and reservations here.

You Could Be Part of ACBL History

The 7th edition of the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge is in the works and is scheduled for publication in late 2011 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ACBL. Read More...

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