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
- N/S: Peter Szecsi - Amr Elghamry
- E/W: Nancy Nakanishi - Milton Kalikman
- January 22
- N/S: Peter Szecsi - Amr Elghamry
- 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@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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