All, please proofread for corrections and (especially) omissions ...
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
Face-to-face bridge is alive and well! I have two classes of beginning
bridge students, each one has 17 students. We're having some "supervised
play" sessions on Friday evenings at the Arcadia Bridge Center, and
hopefully this group will help revive the Saturday morning rookie game
at the Bridge Center.
I know games are coming alive at Valley Hunt Club and other private
clubs around Pasadena. I really love playing and teaching in person, and
it warms my heart.
Our twice-monthly Sunday unit games have been well attended, with ten
tables at both games in September.
On September 11, NS winners were *Carolyn Cohe*n and *Stephen Licker*.
EW winners *Arthur and Dominique Moore*. On September 25, NS winners
were *Fredy and Lulu Minter*. EW winners *Ming Hu and Sherry Warmuth*.
Online we still have an active player group with five games a week,
pooling with the Santa Clarita, Glendale, Pomona, and Downey units. You
can find our game schedule at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556
Congratulations to new Club Masters *Linda Carter*, *Beth Hollande*r,
and *Stuart Soldate*. New Bronze Life Master is *Nancy Nakanishi*.
Special congratulations to new Gold Life Master *Marilyn Kogan*!
For October, our unit games are scheduled for October 9 and 23. Dates
for November haven't yet been set, but we may hold a game during the
STaC week on November 6. As always, our space at the Bridge Center is
quite limited, so *reservations are required* to attend the unit games.
Call Miriam Harrington to reserve your seat at (626) 232-0558.
Our October game conflicts with the NAP District Final, but if you
qualified I hope to see you in Long Beach. I won't be playing in the
game this year, but I'll be there to get Brandon started. Then I'll be
driving back to Arcadia to direct the unit game, and back to Long Beach
to finish up later. It'll be a long day, but a worthy one!
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
*Save the date!* Our unit is going to have a good old-fashioned holiday
bridge game and party on *December 11* at the Arcadia Community Center.
It's a traditional event for our unit, and a great opportunity to
reconnect with honored partners and opponents. I'll have more
information in the November and December Bridge News.
Face-to-face bridge is alive and well! I have two classes of beginning
bridge students, each one has 17 students. We're having some "supervised
play" sessions on Friday evenings at the Arcadia Bridge Center, and
hopefully this group will help revive the Saturday morning rookie game
at the Bridge Center.
I know games are coming alive at Valley Hunt Club and other private
clubs around Pasadena. I really love playing and teaching in person, and
it warms my heart.
Our twice-monthly Sunday unit games have been well attended, with ten
tables at both games in September.
On September 11, NS winners were *Carolyn Cohe*n and *Stephen Licker*.
EW winners *Arthur and Dominique Moore*. On September 25, NS winners
were *Fredy and Lulu Minter*. EW winners *Ming Hu and Sherry Warmuth*.
Online we still have an active player group with five games a week,
pooling with the Santa Clarita, Glendale, Pomona, and Downey units. You
can find our game schedule at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556
Congratulations to new Club Masters *Linda Carter*, *Beth Hollande*r,
and *Stuart Soldate*. New Bronze Life Master is *Nancy Nakanishi*.
Special congratulations to new Gold Life Master *Marilyn Kogan*!
For October, our unit games are scheduled for October 9 and 23. Dates
for November haven't yet been set, but we may hold a game during the
STaC week on November 6. As always, our space at the Bridge Center is
quite limited, so *reservations are required* to attend the unit games.
Call Miriam Harrington to reserve your seat at (626) 232-0558.
Our October game conflicts with the NAP District Final, but if you
qualified I hope to see you in Long Beach. I won't be playing in the
game this year, but I'll be there to get Brandon started. Then I'll be
driving back to Arcadia to direct the unit game, and back to Long Beach
to finish up later. It'll be a long day, but a worthy one!
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Please review for corrections and (especially) omissions!
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
It's the season for beginning bridge classes, and it's certainly the
year for them!
We have two beginning bridge classes starting in September, both are six
weeks long, using the Audrey Grant Better Bridge curriculum. /Bridge
Basics 1 - Introduction/ starts Sept. 10 on Saturday Mornings at 9:30
a.m. at the Arcadia Bridge Center. Another session starts on Sept. 14,
Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., through PCC Extension at Arcadia High
School.
Information on beginning bridge classes is available on the BridgeMojo
site: https://bridgemojo.com/class
Online games continue with six games a week through the Unit 556+PPD
group. The schedule is available at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556
I'll be taking over day-to-day club management for Paula Olivares in
September and October. We send a reminder email and take reservations on
the day before each game. If you'd like to be included in the email
list, drop me a note to virtualclub(a)bridgemojo.com.
We had two great unit games in August. The August 14th game was run as
an NAP Qualifier. Winners N/S were *Fredy and Lulu Minter* and E/W
*Robert Shore* and *Mike Savage*.
Our August 28th game was a Western Conference STaC game. Winners N/S
were Abby Triback and Sadika Elewy. E/W winners were *Robert Shore* and
*Mike Savage*.
Our September Unit Games will be held on September 11 and 25. The unit
games feature a great playing field, extra masterpoints, and wonderful
food and snacks provided by Unit 559. Games are Sunday at 12:30 p.m.,
and reservations are required. Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558.
Congratulations to new rank achievements this month: new Junior Master
*Stuart Soldate*. Special congratulations to long time unit member,
director, and volunteer, *Cathy Martin*, who just achieved the rank of
Gold Life Master.
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
So, it's a STAC?
On August 20, 2022, at 8:41 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote:
I think I can manage :)
Mojo
On 8/19/2022 6:04 PM, janet wickersham wrote:
Mojo,
Miriam, Lisa and I will not be there. I was hoping Roy would welcome people, but, if not, Mojo, you could be a one man show. Sorry, it happens that so many of us will be missing.
On Aug 19, 2022, at 12:16 PM, Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I vote for STac game.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 19, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Lisawalker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am neutral on the subject. I won’t be there. But I will vote for the STac game.
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote:
Could you all reply choosing one of these two? Jan and I believe more players would favor a STaC game than an NAP qualifier, but it's also the final weekend for players to qualify for the NAP.
(A) Let's play a STaC game and award silver points! Could be big overalls (Western Conference)
(B) Let's play an NAP qualifier and award half-red points! Last chance :)
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers
Mojo's Blog
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STAC Gaame
On August 19, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote:
Could you all reply choosing one of these two? Jan and I believe more players would favor a STaC game than an NAP qualifier, but it's also the final weekend for players to qualify for the NAP.
(A) Let's play a STaC game and award silver points! Could be big overalls (Western Conference)
(B) Let's play an NAP qualifier and award half-red points! Last chance :)
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers
Mojo's Blog
August 28 lands at the end of the Western Conference STaC, but I also
offered it as an NAP Qualifier game.
I can't do both. (Who would get the sanction fees?)
Given how well an NAP Qualifier pays, I feel like we should do that. And
it's half red.
But a STaC has the potential to pay well in overalls, and silver points
are good.
Either one has an extra sanction fee.
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Hi, Mojo,
My server is up and running, so I changed my IP's back.
Again, thank you! I owe you, my friend.
I have a flashdrive for you…. It has the unit website and the Arcadia BC website files on it, both as full 4.0 html code and in tar files. If you are still willing to become the unit webmaster, I hope you will keep the "Memory Files" such as our Gallery of Players and Mike Marcucci's History files. Also, the list of departed members.
After 22 years, there are many, many pages that are bridge related such as "Tips From Our Top Players" and a whole lot more such as John Jone's "Ask the Coach" but I wont ask you keep anything else. I expect you will probably want to create your own Home Page, too.
Sorry, but after all these years the directory for the unit website is cluttered and full of old snippets of code and lots of junk leftover from long ago!
I would ask one more very personal favor…. Would you please keep my photo someplace on your new website? (It's vanity, Mojo, I just don’t want to be forgotten.)
I can bring the flashdrive to the next unit game if you are directing, or perhaps I could bring it to your house. Let me know. I am also volunteering to spend an afternoon with you if you have any questions about what you are getting.
Roy
I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.
Hi, Mojo,
Over a year ago my ISP, Frontier, sent out an edict that many customers had to change their IP addresses. It was a boondoggle! Many of us lost service for weeks. Well, partly as a consequence of that change I had another failure yesterday, and lost the connection to all of the websites on my server. (I have over 50 sites for bridge topics!) I am working with a tech to get it repaired, but I have no way right now of letting anyone know what is happening. Could I ask a big favor?
Can you create a website which explains that my IP is down? If you will, I can log into to the DNS server at NamCheap.com and reroute the internet traffic to your site. You will need to setup at least two different sites….
www.acblunit559.com and www.arcadiabridgecenter.com
If you can, you will be doing a service for our entire membership!
If you add two more domains you will be doing me a personal favor, too….
www.precision.club and www.Montrealrelay.com
Once I have my system restored, I would be happy to reciprocate for your IP, in case you ever have a shutdown. Also, this may be the beginning of the permanent transfer of the unit website to your server.
Roy
I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.
Here's a draft column for the unit board to review. Tom if there are
corrections, I'll send an update. Dear board, please review for
corrections and omissions!
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I'm home from Providence, Rhode Island, where I spent two full weeks
doing bridge activities. (And came back healthy this time.)
The trip started with the first in-person meeting of the American Bridge
Teachers Association since Las Vegas 2019 (I'm currently their Recording
Secretary). I received my Master Teacher pin, and ABTA gave out awards
for Teacher of the Year and Books of the Year. If you're looking for a
new bridge book, this is a great place to start. https://abtahome.com
Following was a ten-day binge of bridge, receptions, evening activities,
and even a new play called /Bridge to Nowhere/ by playwright / bridge
pro Adam Parrish.
If you have friends who have been thinking about learning the king of
card games, there will be new face-to-face classes for absolute
beginners starting in September at Arcadia Bridge Center on Saturday
mornings and through Pasadena City College Extension on Wednesday
evenings. I'll update the schedule on https://bridgemojo.com/class as we
get closer to class dates.
In July we held two Unit Games, though the second game is happening just
as this column goes to press. Winners on July 17 were North/South A
strat: *Fredy Minter* and *Lulu Minter*, B strat *Madhu Sudan* and *Stan
Majcher*; East/West A strat: *Arthur Moore* and *Dominique Moore* in A
(Overall winners), and B strat *Miriam Harrington* and *Mark Hartzell*.
Unit Game results can always be found on ACBL Live for Clubs by
searching for "Unit 559," or bookmark this link for club results:
https://my.acbl.org/club-results/905596 (ACBL promises that hand records
will be included in the results after fixing some bugs.)
Congratulations to new Sectional Master *Liza Billington*. (I'm the
proud teacher as well.)
August Unit Games will be held on Sundays the 14th and 28th. Game time
is 12:30 p.m. and reservations are required. Contact MIriam Harrington
to save a seat for your partnership (626) 232-0558. (I'll suggest that
we make those games NAP qualifiers instead of Unit Championships.)
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
