DRAFT: Pasadena San Gabriel bridge news column - Unit559board

29 Jan 2023

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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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Morris "Mojo" Jones
mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com
https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>
Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>