[Unit559board] DRAFT Bridge News column

Tom I have two edits in the column: Adding card fees for the STaC games, and a tie in the unit game results. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel May is going to be a great month for bridge in and around Pasadena! The *Royal STaC* will be on from May 1 through May 7. All awards will be paid in 25% black, 25% silver, 25% red, and 25% gold master points. At the Pasadena Bridge Club, we'll be offering Royal STaC games on Wednesday through Saturday. Card fees will be $11 rather than $10. * Wednesday 11:00 AM Open Pairs * Thursday 12:00 PM 0-750 Pairs * Friday 11:00 AM 0-750 Pairs *(Special additional game!)* * Saturday 1:00 PM 0-750 Pairs Along with these games, the Pasadena Unit Game will be held on *Sunday May 7* at the Pasadena Bridge Club, and it will be a Royal STaC game. Game time is *12:30 PM*, and reservations are required with Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558, or miratpf(a)aol.com New bridge class starting soon at the Pasadena Bridge Club: *Improving Your Judgment - Opening the Bidding*, on Thursday evenings for six Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 PM, starting May 4. Also a new round of *Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction* will start on May 20, Saturday mornings, 9:30-11:30 AM. Registration is through Pasadena City College (PCC) Extension, or let me know at the bridge club. At the April 9 Unit Game, I had a student visiting the game to kibitz. I always welcome students to kibitz, and warn them to try to arrive about an hour /after /the game starts -- otherwise I may draft them to play in the game! My student arrived before game time for this game, and sure enough, with a half table, I invited her to play with me to fill the half table. She was a good sport! We found ourselves in several 3NT contracts that should probably have been in a suit, and some pass-outs that possibly should have been bid. Perhaps we were the beneficiaries of a few mistakes by the opposing pairs as well. Nevertheless, the stars aligned to give us first place overall in the game. Amy said she was floating home during the drive back to Santa Monica. :) Winners in the Unit Games:     April 9:         N/S: *Morris Jones*, *Amy Muscoplat*         E/W: *Adam Barron*, *Stephen Licker*     April 23:         N/S: *Carolyn Cohen*, *Stephen Licker *TIE with *Michael Marcucci, Miriam Harrington *         E/W: *Robert Shore*, *Mike Savage* Please reserve your seat for our unit games! Contact Miriam at (626) 232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com. Game time is 12:30 PM. For May the Unit Games will be held as follows: * May 7, Pasadena Bridge Club (Royal STaC) * May 21, Arcadia Bridge Center Congratulations to the following players moving up in the ACBL ranks! New Club Master *Dana Dewberry*, new Regional Master *Tracee Dezzutti*, new NABC Master *Prasad Upasani*, new Life Master and Bronze Life Master Sadika Elewy, and new Bronze Life Master *Robert Verhoef*. There is a special event this month on Sunday May 14, a full-day bridge seminar by player, teacher, and author Robert Todd. See the ad elsewhere in the bridge news for more information. I hope to see you soon at the bridge table! -- build message Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>