VBC moving location end of June to Shaughnessy Heights United Church!
Ken has passed along this update, as he is moving to a new location at the end of the month.
The last game at the current site is June 27 (Friday). There is no game on Monday, June 30, as that is moving day to move equipment to the new site. I would appreciate any help I can get for the move and to set up at the new location. (the Church is not available on Saturday or Sunday of that weekend so the move and setup all happens on Monday.)
The new location is Shaughnessy Heights United Church at 1550 West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver.
It is located just west of Granville on the south side of 33rd Avenue.
Next cross street west is Connaught. Heading east from Connaught is the Manse, the Sanctuary, the Chapel, and then the entrance to the hall where we will be located, i.e.. closer to Granville than Connaught. The accessibility ramp is located on the east side of the church. (There is an accessible washroom.) For transit users, the No. 10 bus goes up and down Granville street.
First game at Shaughnessy Heights is July 1, Canada Day.

Revised Game Schedule
Supervised Play is returning to Saturday at 10:30am (with Barry Yamanouchi).
Monday is a 0-199er game and Thursday is a 0-750 game.
Open games are Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.

Parking
The church does not have a parking lot. Street parking is plentiful on neighboring streets. It is legal on 33rd Avenue but the block the church is on is very narrow and the street is busy. Extreme caution would be required when exiting or entering your vehicle.
There is parking on both sides of Granville Street, which is closest to the entrance. Caution exiting vehicle. West 33rd west of Connaught has ample, safe parking. The side streets (Connaught, West 34th, etc.) all have lots of room.

Playing Site
The new playing site is larger with high ceilings, windows, and carpet. It should be much quieter than the present room.
I would like to stay there beyond August but it seems unlikely at the moment due to other bookings and the fact that we would have to pack up and set up most days that we operated. It was also confirmed to me this week that the Peace Centre is not available in the fall. Although they were pleased with us bridge players as tenants.
I will be looking for a site for the fall over the summer months. If everyone can keep eyes and ears open for a suitable site it will make the task easier. Parking and not having to set up and take down after every game are key factors. As well as reasonable rent. Ideal space about 1200 – 1500 square feet.

SUMMER IMP LEAGUE:
I would like to revive the IMP League in July and August (six week duration). On a Tuesday or Wednesday evening. I will need at least six teams to make it viable. Please let me know if you are interested in forming a team or playing on one.
Thank you to everyone for your continuing support.
Ken Lochang

The Next MUG is TUESDAY, July 8, at 11am at Elgin Hall
The Next MUG is 11am Tuesday on July 8 at Elgin Hall, 14250 Crescent Rd, Surrey.
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.

Aug.30 - Sep.1: Evergreen Sectional Tournament
The Evergreen Sectional is Sat/Sun/Mon. (Aug.30 to Sep.1), at the Engineers Hall in Burnaby: 4333 Ledger Ave. To see the tournament flyer, go to "Tournaments" then "Sectionals", or click here.

Note that there is a new 0-1000 event on the last day (Labour Day): a Single session Swiss Team event starting at 10am and finishing by 1:30pm. There aren't many opportunities to play team games, so we hope you'll give it a try. It's lots of fun! If you need help putting a team together, contact Judy Chang at jlouchang@gmail.com.

Team strategy is slightly different than playing matchpoints, and more like rubber bridge. You can find a primer on Team games on this site: Go to the side menu under "For Newbies" and select "Resources". You'll see several useful and interesting articles, including "A Primer on Team Games".

If you are not an ACBL member, you can get a free temporary guest membership, by going here.
Here are the links to the ACBL Tournaments page and flyer.

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.

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!)

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!

SAC Duplicate scores Summer Series July 2nd - August 13th (Fall series Sept 3rd - Nov 26th)
A reminder. New start time, please be arrive by 12:15,we hope to have everyone seated and start the game at 12:30pm.

June 18th Scores. See you at 12:15pm on July 2nd :))
June 11th Scores. Tom, we miss you
June 4th Scores.
May 28th Scores. Congratulations to Hossein Dehghani and Masoud Alikashan - a 71.17% game!
May 21st Scores. Congratulations to John Watson and Allan Best - a 72.62% game! and Rosemina Dhanani and Gulshan Dhanani - a 70.24% game!
May 14th Scores.
May 7th Scores.
April 30th Scores. Congratulations to Zoreh and Fatemeh - a 70.17%
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

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.

Calculate a score