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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
December featured a great holiday party at the Arcadia Community Center
with 13 tables and a fabulous taco buffet. Desserts and drinks were
wonderful! We held a STaC game, with tons of masterpoints awarded in
black, silver, red, and gold
Winners at the holiday party:
* N/S: Stan Majcher, Madhu Sudan
* E/W: Adam Barron, Sherry Hansen
The unit also graciously sponsored a New Year's Eve swiss team
tournament on December 31. We had eight teams play -- five of the teams
had no player over 100 masterpoints! For the vast majority of the room
it was their first team tournament, and they all did splendidly. Indeed
the 2nd place finisher had a team of players none of whom were yet
Junior Masters! Congratulations to Fred Register, Leslie Klein, William
Snyder, and Yuriko Bonds!
Placing first at the New Year's Eve tournament were Roy Wilson, Gloria
Rommel, Angela Peters, and Ray Boncato.
For the first three months of 2024 our unit games will be held on the
1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. The first Sunday will be at the
Pasadena Bridge Club, and the third at the Arcadia Bridge Center.
Please make reservations for the unit games on the 7th or 21st by
contacting Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558, or miratpf(a)aol.com.
Congratulations to the following players for achieving new ranks in the
ACBL!
* New Sectional Masters: Hsing Fang, Uma Shrivastava
* New Regional Master: Patricia Staub
* New Adv NABC Master: Nina Huang
New courses starting at the Pasadena Bridge Club this month:
* Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction, January 10
* Introduction to Declarer Play, January 11
* Introduction to Defense, January 6
For information on all courses, visit
https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/available_courses
Word has it that Nina Huang earned enough silver points in a STaC game
at the Pasadena Bridge Club to earn her Life Master certificate! We'll
be celebrating that officially next month I'm sure.
The unit is reviving the "unit directory" of players and contact
information, but we're only including players who are opting in to being
listed. Most of you receive an email with the opt-in form recently, or
you can find a copy at either bridge club. If you would like other
players in the unit to be able to contact you for a game, be sure to
fill out one of the forms.
President Lisa Walker is also making preparations for unit board
elections in March, and updates to the unit by-laws. Give her letter a
read when you can.
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