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!
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.)