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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit
The big news in January was the grand opening of the *Pasadena Bridge
Club*. (649 N Fair Oaks Ave. #201) On January 7 we hosted a party and a
nine-table game; six tables in the Open Pairs and three tables in a
299er game. Visitors and friends came from all over the county to enjoy
the comfortable and attractive new bridge club.
The *wall art at the club* is particularly striking. My co-founder and
partner Zachary Vedro had a trove of beautiful abstract works by his
wife Jessamyn's grandfather. Zachary had the pieces mounted and framed,
and they are now on loan to the bridge club. They truly add the
finishing touch to an already world-class bridge facility.
Games have been slow getting started, but classes at the bridge club are
doing very well. Nearly all of the students in my Wednesday evening
/Bridge Basics 1/ course are coming back each week, and many have
ventured into the Social / Supervised games at the bridge club. Students
from last fall's beginning bridge series are playing in the novice games
on Monday evening, and the 299er game on Saturday afternoon. To me this
*bodes well for the future* of the face-to-face game, and spotlights the
real value of *learning and playing bridge* with old and new friends in
a comfortable bridge club.
For February the Wednesday 11:00 a.m. games will feature *Bridge and
Pizza* parties, with open competition, and boards from The Common Game.
Come play bridge with lunch from Blaze Pizza! Plenty of easy free parking.
A *new series of Bridge Basics* courses will begin on *Thursday
mornings* starting February 23 at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Have your
non-bridge playing friends drop by the web site to reserve a seat:
https://pasadenabridgeclub.com
Elsewhere in this issue of the Bridge News you'll see pictures from the
District 23 North American Pairs final, held at the new bridge club. It
was quite a treat to see the club filled with players from all over Los
Angeles County and everything working smoothly.
March will bring our annual *elections to the unit board*, which is
responsible for the administration of unit games and sectionals in the
Pasadena San Gabriel unit. If you feel the urge to give volunteer time
back to bridge, this is a splendid way to participate. Please let me or
any of our board members know of your interest and availability!
The *Pasadena Unit Games* continue twice-monthly at the *Arcadia Bridge
Center*. Here are the winners from the January games:
* January 8
o N/S: Peter Szecsi - Amr Elghamry
o E/W: Nancy Nakanishi - Milton Kalikman
* January 22
o N/S: Peter Szecsi - Amr Elghamry
o E/W: Arthur Moore - Dominique Moore
Our Unit Games have great competition and excellent light lunch snacks
provided by the unit. The unit board would love to have additional
*volunteers to help bring food and snacks* for the semi-monthly unit
games. Drop me a note if you'd like to help out.
For February, our unit games will be held on their regular schedule,
with game time at *12:30 p.m., *on *Feb. 12 and 26*. Yes, we'll be
playing on Super Bowl Sunday, but there will be lots of time to catch
the entire game (and commercials!) on your DVR after the bridge game.
For unit game reservations please contact Miriam Harrington at (626)
232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com.
Congratulations to these players moving up in the ranks of the ACBL: New
Junior Masters *Terry Nafisi*, *Guerry Collins*, and *John Wolf*. New
Club Master *Teri Unsworth*.
Special congratulations to our newest Life Master (and Bronze Life
Master) *Kathy Cresto*, our long time board member and publicity chair
who has contributed so much to our unit. Thank you and congratulations!
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I would be happy to ask Elliott to get the pizza for that day. Unless someone else wants to volunteer.
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> From: Michael Rodrigues <rodfallbrook(a)yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: BRIDGE
> Date: January 28, 2023 at 8:42:13 PM PST
> To: janet wickersham <wickershamjanet(a)gmail.com>
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> Jan, I play Bridge at Glendale on Thursday afternoon, so I could not participate. I will continue on the board, and help in anyway I can. As far as the March 12th is concerned, I will be returning from Antartica Cruise, so I am not available, sorry about that, have a great party.
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> Regards
> Michael
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> On Friday, January 27, 2023, 07:50:35 PM PST, janet wickersham <wickershamjanet(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> Missed you at the meeting Thursday. Perhaps, you’re traveling again. Would be great if you were.
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> 1. Hope that you are planning to remain on the board again for the next term. Please let me know.
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> 2. Our Election Party will be March. 12th at Diane’s. The Board voted for Pizza again. Wondering if you would be willing to be the “Pizza” man. Let me know.
HOORAY!!!!! December 10th was available. They need a check for security deposit of $320.00 to accompany the contract within 2 weeks to hold the space. She will send me the contract. Fortunately, Sunday is not as popular as other days. For 2024, should you want to book this again, I believe you can book December 1, 2023. I suggest that be done.
GOOD MORNING,
I KNOW THIS IS SHORT NOTICE. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A BOARD MEETING JANUARY 26TH AT 1:00?
(SORRY, I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS ON ALL CAPS).
If so, I would like to ask Mojo to set it up, and I would like to do it before I move to be sure I’m connected. The top item is the Board Election. Lisa has informed me she will also be dropping off in March.
Let me know.
Dear Friends,
Lots has been happening in my life. Most important is that I am moving February 1, from my home to independent living in Pasadena. I see my ability to finish out my responsibilities as Unit President, a bit limited.
Since we will be changing in March, the time is short. This is what I envision as needing As I see it, we should try to recruit a few more board members. I was planning on asking Elliott, Angela Peters, and Patricia. I had another thought. Perhaps some new people would be willing to just commit to bringing food on designated Unit game days. I you go down to 6 board members, and Mojo is one of the six, that repeat food stuff will hit too frequently. Just ideas to think about.
Let me know you thoughts, and next week or the week after, I think a board meeting could be arranged. If you have other items to discuss, please let me know.
I'm late, so I don't know if I'll be able to get the column into the
Bridge News or not.
Tom, I'll have an edit of the North American Pairs article for you. Only
change: COVID vaccinations will be required and checked if not already
checked.
Tom, I'd also like to run the same quarter-page ad for the Pasadena
Bridge Club please.
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
It's been a busy month for me! Thanks so much to everyone who came out
for the work party on December 17 at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Helping
put together chairs and end tables for the club were Barbara Leider,
Yvonne Schimmel, Liza Billington, Cory Brendel, Lisa Walker, Cardon
Walker, Susan Kane, and Jon Fuhrman.
January 7 will be our opening day gala. On that Saturday (as in all
following) we'll have a game at 1:00 p.m. with Open Pairs plus a
novice/intermediate section for 0-300 players. Make a reservation for
this game or any game at this link:
https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/game_reservation
It was so great seeing everyone come out for the Holiday Party on
December 11. We had 18-1/2 tables, contributing to 131-1/2 tables in the
Great Western Royal STaC game. Big winners with first in Flight B and
fifth in Flight A overall were *Jack Chang* and *Zheng Zhang*. Six other
pairs managed to place in the event overalls.
Upcoming Unit Games will be held twice monthly at the Arcadia Bridge
Center. In January our games are on the 8th and 22nd. For reservations,
contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com.
Congratulations to new Junior Masters *Hsing Fang* and *Victoria
Livingstone*, new Club Master *Xiaoyan Zhou*, and new Advanced NABC
Master *Kim Ebner*.
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