Duncan Sectional takes place March 14-16!
The Vancouver Island tournaments are always a delight - super-well organized, and drawing players from up and down the Island, so always a good turn out as well. If you haven't tried playing a tournament on the Island, the Duncan Sectional is a great opportunity! Here's the flyer.
The Next MUG is Friday, Apr.25 at 10:30 am at the VBC
The Monthly Unit Game will take place at the VBC on Friday, Apr.25 at 10:30 am.
To see the future MUG's scheduled: go to "Tournaments" on the left side, and select "MUG".
Please note that, for the time being, this game, and future MUGs, will be pairs.
The MUG is usually one of the strongest games of the month. Hope to see you there!
Check the VBC website, and ACBL Live, for results from recent games. For more historical information, go here.
Start planning for the Spring Sectional May 17-19 (Sat.-Mon.)!
May 17-19 (Sat. to Mon.): The Spring Sectional is at the Engineers Hall in Burnaby: 4333 Ledger Ave. Sessions start at 10am all 3 days.
To see the tournament flyer, go to "Tournaments" then "Sectionals", or click here,
or go to the ACBL Tournaments page and flyer.
The Unit 430 AGM will take place during the break between the Monday sessions.
May 3: Mentor Mentee game at GVBC
A mentor/mentee event will be happening Sat., May 3, 10am-2pm, at the
Burnaby Lake Rugby Club,
3760 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby (home of GVBC).
This is a tremendous opportunity for newer players, wishing to improve their game, to "play up" with an experienced player. This is an equally wonderful opportunity for experienced players to give back to this wonderful game of ours (and help encourage the next generation of bridge players!).
Registration is now open and will close April 28, 2025.
To register, go to the side menu on this webpage and click on Tournaments -> MM Games.
If you have arranged a partnership, both players must register separately naming their
partner on the website. Mentees must have less than 750 masterpoints and must not be a
lifemaster.
Established partnerships will not be accepted.
Partnerships will be accepted on day of event. Singles will also be
accepted on day of event. However, we do not guarantee a partner
will be available.
Free parking is available.
Mentees will be charged $15 (cash only). Mentors will not be charged.
Light refreshments, tea, and coffee will be served.
For more information or questions, please contact
Judy Chang (jlouchang@gmail.com) or
Mojgan Shad (mojganvlad@yahoo.ca).
Players must play either SAYC, Standard American, or 2 over 1.
Scoring will be stratified.
Unit Board Adopts Policy on how Cheating affects Entitlement to Awards and Trophies
At the May, 2021 Unit Board Meeting, the following Policy was adopted:
Unit 430 Policy - Player Expelled or on Probation or Suspension
1. Definitions
1.1 For the purposes of this Policy, a player is deemed to be not in good standing if the player is, with respect to the ACBL or ACBL events,
(a) expelled from the ACBL,
(b) serving a term of suspension,
(c) serving indefinite probation,
(d) serving a term of probation the initial term of which was twenty-four or more months or serving a term of probation following a suspension, the initial term of which was in excess of ninety days.
2. Eligibility for Subsidy, Award or Trophy
2.1 A player who is not in good standing during any part of a calendar year is not eligible for any subsidy, award, trophy or other entitlement provided by Unit 430 for that calendar year (the “Period of Ineligibility”).
2.2 The Unit Board may, by a two-thirds majority vote, in its unfettered discretion, extend the Period of Ineligibility to include additional time before or after the Period of Ineligibility if the reason the player is not in good standing is related to, or connected with, a time before or after the expulsion, suspension or probation is in effect.
2.3 For example,
(a) if a player is not in good standing because of a finding of cheating that occurred before the expulsion, suspension or probation commenced, then the Unit Board may include the time in the Period of Ineligibility during which it was found that the cheating took place or, on the balance of probabilities, was likely to have taken place, and
(b) if a subsidy, award, trophy or other entitlement is provided in a calendar year or years that commences after the Period of Ineligibility expires, but relates to matters occurring during the Period of Ineligibility, then the Unit Board may include all or part of that following calendar year or years in the Period of Ineligibility.
Scores for the West Vancouver Senior Centre
Unit 430 is happy to help ACBL and non-ACBL clubs, by posting scores on our website. Please contact Tom (email at andersontg@shaw.ca), if you would like us to post your club scores here (or to let us know if there are other ways we can help support your game!)
If you are looking for more bridge games on the North Shore, here are the websites for some (non-ACBL) clubs offering duplicate(for ACBL clubs, go here):
Silver Harbour
Delbrook Community Centre
Park Gate Community Centre
A. West Vancouver Senior Community Centre Duplicate scores
Welcome back, everyone! A reminder, please be arrive by 1pm, we hope to have everyone seated and start the game at 1:15pm. Next Session starts in April - make sure you and your partner are signed up!
Partnerships Fran Hodgkins is now looking after partnerships. If you need a partner, email Fran at fhodgkins@telus.net or phone 604-980-9887, and she will do her best to match you (although if you contact us the day of the game, options are limited). Even if we can't find a partner for you right away, you should come to the game anyway - there seems to almost always be someone looking for a partner!
March 12th Scores.
March 5th Scores. Congratulations to Rosemina Dhanani and Gulshan Dhanani - a 78.57% game! Remember - sign up for the next session opens Thursday, March 6th - consider signing your partner up at the same time to make sure you both get in the game!
February 26th Scores. Remember - sign up for the next session opens Thursday, March 6th - consider signing your partner up at the same time to make sure you both get in the game!
February 19th Scores. Congratulations to Shirin Dhanani and Nicolae Manisali, a 73.41% score and Shahla Keshvarz and Bahbah Abrary a 72.62% score!
February 12th Scores. Congratulations to Shahla Keshvarz and Shahnaz Sabet, a 70.83% score!
February 5th Scores.
January 29th Scores. Congratulations to Shirin Dhanani and Nicolae Manisali, a 70.06% game!
January 22nd Scores. Congratulations to Moira Bradford and John Cryer. A 71.82% game!
January 15th Scores.
January 8th Scores.
December 18th Scores.. Congratulations to Fran Hodgkins and Shirley Cutts - a 75% game!
December 4th Scores.
November 27th Scores.
Volunteers using the Dealing Machine - see the info under Resources below.
Filling out a convention card: if you are playing in a tournament (or some of the special events, such as the Mentor Mentee game or the Learn New Tricks Tournament) you will need a convention card.
Here are good resources for figuring out how to do that:
- Larry Cohen's guide to filling out a convention card
- a convention card filled out with basic standard american agreements, that you can print out and adapt.
When we start a new session, everyone needs to be registered with a partner - or you need to contact Tom to see if there is any leeway (basically, if you are registered, and your regular registered partner cannot play, you can invite anyone you like and we will treat that person like your registered partner - we want to make sure you can play!) some people are looking for partners - if you want to be added to the list email Tom.
B. Resources and Bridge Info
Using the Dealing Machine:Directions for using Dealer4 and the Dealing Machine
Great bridge tips from Ed L'Heureux, a local bridge player and teacher, that will help any player play a better game. (And, if you like those, you have to check out the other materials Ed has posted on the website for the Surrey Duplicate Lite Bridge Club!)
For those who want to learn or brush up their skills using the bridgemates, here's the youtube video tutorial)
Mini-Lesson 8 hand out - Invitational Bids
Mini-Lesson 7 hand out - Cue Bidding for Slam
Mini-Lesson 6 hand out - Defending using the Rule of 40
Mini-Lesson 5 hand out - Upgrades and Downgrades.
Mini-Lesson 4 hand out - Defending based on Dummy Type.
Mini-Lesson 3 hand out - on the cuebid raise.
Mini-Lesson 2 hand out - on Balancing and the Law of Total Tricks.
Mini-Lesson 1 hand out - on competing for the 2 level and balancing.
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