Short ♣ News

Unit Games

Sunday March 19 at 11:00 AM

Saturday April 8th at 7:00 PM is the Mini-McKinney/Ace of Clubs awards game,

Sunday, May 7th at 11:00 AM is a Pro/AM

Saturday, May 13th at 7:00 PM is a STAC Unit Game, 

Tuesday Morning Swiss Teams 3/28 10:30 AM

Wednesay Morning: Birthday Game 4/5 11AM

Wednesday Late at Oakwood:  Birthday Game 4/5 7:30PM

Saturday Afternoon 3/25 12:45 PM OPEN

Friday Evening Swiss Teams 3/31 7 PM

Saturday Evening Suspended … for the time being

Santa Clara Valley Sectional Fri 3/24 through Sun 3/26 Most games Closed

WHAT’S INSIDE?

Short ♣ News. 1

WHAT’S INSIDE?. 1

Lynn Yokel Lessons. 1

Santa Clara Valley Spring Forward Sectional 3/24-26. 1

Directory Ads. 1

Prez Sez    by Dan Turkus. 2

Late January, February–Early March Winners. 2

Top Ten Games Jan 11-Mar10. 3

Promotions and Titles. 6

       Idioter’s Corner 6

Maps to the Masonic Temple. 6

Unit 507 Club Games. 8

Lessons by Lynn Yokel at the San Jose Bridge Club

374-4669 * LynnYokel@comcast.net

 

Defense Class

Friday mornings starting in April

 

Responses to 1NT

Including Stayman, Jacoby Transfers & Slam Bidding

One session seminar

Friday March 24th 8:30 to 10:30 AM

Santa Clara Valley Spring Sectional March 24, 25, 26, 2006

San Jose Masonic Temple

2500 Masonic Drive San Jose, CA  95125

(408) 267-7121

 

 Friday, March 24

2:00 & 7:30 p.m. (separate sessions)

Stratified Open Pairs (500/1000/1500) plus (3000/unlimited)

Stratified Limited Pairs (20/100/200)

 

Saturday, March 25

12:15 Guest Speaker/Lecture

1:00 p.m. – 0-20 Beginner Game (single session only)

1:00 & 7:00 p.m. (2 session events*)

 Stratified Open Pairs (500/1500/unlimited)

Stratified Limited Pairs (20/100/200)

* Entries will be accepted for single sessions, however you must play both sessions to be eligible for Overall awards.

 

Sunday, March 26

10:30 a.m. & TBA

Strati-Flighted Swiss Teams  ♦  8 Boards/7 Matches

Flight A/X (0-3000/3000+) (20 VP Scale)

Flight BCD (500/1000/1500) (20 VP Scale)

299’er (50/100/300) (Win/Loss)

 

All Events $8.00 and No Smoking or Cell Phones At Tables

Tournament Chairs:  Tania Moalem (408) 891-0637  &  Teddi Fiero (408) 448- 2124

Partnerships & Newer Players: Mich Ravera (408) 533-7077

Tournament Director:  Diane Barton-Payne

 

Directions: Hwy. 280 to Guadalupe Pky. (Hwy. 87) South, Exit Curtner Ave, turn right, Immediate 1st left at light onto Canoas Gardens, 1st right onto Masonic, up hill to the end!

         §  Free Parking      ¨ Free coffee    ©  0-20 Trophy   ª  Prizes

For Maps, See page 6

Would you like 800 or so Bridge players to think about your business every time that had to look up another Bridge player’s phone number? Would it be worth $50.00 for your non-Bridge ad or $25.00 for something having to do with Bridge? If so, drop your business card with a check to “ACBL Unit 507” in to the vessel at the San Jose Bridge Center or find Mich Ravera or other participating Board member.  Electronic versions of your ad copy may be submitted to Mich Ravera at mravera@nubridges.com.

ACBL Unit 507 reserves the right to reject ads, but, as long as it doesn’t advertise anything blatantly illegal or offensive to more than 20% of the Bridge playing population, we want your money. The Unit promises not to supersede the directory for at least 6 months from the date of publication. Historically, the directory has been published annually.

 


 Prez Sez           by Dan Turkus

Lots of good new this month. We took last month off due to the Regional. Many thanks go to Mich Ravera, Judy Travis, Dixie Wade, and Jeff Hack for helping me out at the Partnership and Hospitality Desk. Hopefully, everyone did well and got our share of the points. I know I saw many of our Unit Players winning most of the events.

 Stu Goodgold has been elected as Vice President of District 21, and Jeff Hack is the new Charity Chairman of District 21, so submit the charity of your choice, as we now have a strong voice as to who will receive those donations given out by the ACBL!

 Elections are also coming up for our Unit, so start thinking of who you would like to see on our Board. By the way, a lot of people think the Board is in charge of the Club, and that is not the case unless the event is a Unit Game. The Club owners are in charge of what goes on in the clubs. So, if you have suggestions regarding the facility itself, those should be directed to the Director who is running the game. All the Unit does is run our Sectionals and Unit Games: the Holiday Party Potluck, the Membership Dinner Party, Wine and Cheese Parties, Pro/Am games, and The Annual Ace of Clubs/ Mini-McKinney. The Unit also provides people for the Partnership and Hospitality Desk at the local Regionals. You don't have to be on the Board to help out at these functions. All the rest is handled by the Club owners (tables, chairs, coffee, tea, food, etc!)

 We have several Unit Games coming up, so look for a post card giving the dates and times. The card you receive may or may not be addressed to you, but it should have an address that is correct. Even if someone else's name is on the card, you are still invited to play at the games. We sure got a lot of people's attention on the last mailer with the random names. Did that help create any new partnerships? I know a few people searched their houses looking for the addressee on the card.

 Don't forget our Sectional on March 24th through the 26th. Brochures are at the club. Oh, if you didn't know, the ACBL has an emergency phone number for the Regionals and Sectionals which is 810-CARD (2273), so even with your phone shut off at the event, if you give the number to someone that might be looking for you, they will get through!

 If you want extra points, mark your calendars for the Unit Game dates as follows:

Saturday April 8th 7 PM: Mini-McKinney/Ace of Clubs awards game

Sunday, May 7th at 11 AM is a Pro/AM

Saturday, May 13th at 7:00 PM is a STAC Unit Game,

Please update your information (current address and phone number) at the club, so our next Directory is correct. Also, there is still time, if you would like, to get your business card published in that directory for a mere $50.00, you will be seen a countless number of times as everyone looks for new partners, or checks to see how many points everyone else has. Very, very cheap advertising, and you would be helping out a good cause. If you are Bridge related, the ad only costs $25.00. Hurry!

Well, that's it for this month, so I'll see ya at the tables.

 

 

Late January, February–Early March Winners

 

Sunday 5:20 PM San Jose Bridge Center (SJBC)

1/15

Ben & Fia Bosklopper A/B
Alexander Tampilang - Joe Chui A
Bob & Nancy Ward B
Donna Webb - Norman Marks C

1/22

Team 12 (Koransky, Wesolowska, Chui, Shen) A

1/29

Mich Ravera - David Sisson A
Dalia Golan - Marilyn Bliss A/B/C
Vicky Xu - Nathalie Guiragossian B/C

2/5

Keith & Carol Burnett A
Ben & Fia Bosklopper A/B
Bob & Nancy Ward B
Kim Gitman - Matt Nathanson C
Karen Kulander - Lynne Johnson C

2/12

Keith & Carol Burnett A/B
Arnold Jacobs - Jamie Jacobs-May A/B/C

2/26

Nancy & Tom Cadwell A
Joel Koransky - Kat Wesolowska A/B
Mike Carney - Mike O'Connor B
Rodica Cailean - Mike Bennett C

3/5

Richard Jacobs - Judi Carollo A 65.56%
Judy Travis - Kat Wesolowska B
Barbara Mash - Bruce Scott A/B
Arnold Jacobs - Jamie Jacobs-May C

Monday 11:00 AM SJBC

1/16

Roberta Murai - Miwako Wong A/B/C 66.86%
Tania Moalem - Donald Spaulding A
Josephine Cooley - Harriet Rounds B

1/23

Billie Mechanic - Tina Pearson A
Paul Chang - Bert Hsu A/B
Rita Randolph - Phyllis Vierra C

1/30

Ted Richmond - W Riester Jr A 65.05%
Steve Bosma - Elaine Erickson A
Paul Nelson - Irene Shibuya B

2/6

Paul Nelson - Marilyn Campbell A/B
Doris Oelberg - Alan Becker A
Lynn Shannon - Bruce Scott C
Maureen Ellenberg - Ruth Sporer B/C

2/13

Paul Nelson - Sidney Safir A/B
Derek Fiero - David Gambelin A/B
Maureen Ellenberg - Ruth Sporer C

2/27

Robert Ritz - Kit Humphrey A
Alan Becker - Josephine Cooley A
Consorcia/Ching Ravelo - Cassandra Leung B/C

3/6

David Gambelin - Bill Yetter A
Bert Hsu - Paul Chang A/B
Consorcia/Ching Ravelo - Cassandra Leung B/C
Bruce Scott - Lynn Shannon C

       

 

Monday 7:30 PM SJBC

1/16

Keith Burnett - Vinny Mcloughlin 68.75%
Phyllis Vierra - Judy Travis

1/23

Kamen Nedeltchev - Gabriella Bowling 68.89%
Hugh Roberts - Harry Shannon

1/30

Kamen Nedeltchev - Vinny Mcloughlin
Rita Randolph - Judy Namanny

2/6

Chris Lazarovici - Daren Kuo

2/13

Shirley Foreman - Rekha Nirula

2/27

Erin Gove - Kat Wesolowska 66.25%

3/6

Vinny Mcloughlin - Keith Burnett

 

Tuesday 10:30 AM SJBC

1/17

Anne Boboricken - Bonnie Beardsley A 69.35%
Norman Wang - Y.E. Chen A/B
Harry Cuzner - Norman Riley B

1/24

Team 3 (Yokel, Powers, Ritz, Goodgold) A

1/31

Lynn Yokel - Wayne Stuart A 66.69%
Lynn Shannon - Annette Powers A/B/C
Margaret Becker - Judy Kaplan B/C

2/7

Gary Yang - David Chang A 65.36%
Bernard Hoyt - Julie Joyce A/B/C
Paul Chestnut - Peggy Chen B/C

2/21

Paul Nelson - Josephine Cooley A
Tania Moalem - David Gambelin A
Mark Pensler - Donna Lenihan B
Peggy Chen - Paul Chestnut B

2/28

Team 10 (Yokel, Stuart, Dickman, Shannon) A

3/7

Stuart Goodgold - Robert Ritz A
Gary Yang - David Chang B
Tania Moalem - Donald Spaulding A
Jim Tseng - Norman Wang B/C
Paul Lee - Cassandra Leung C

Top Ten Games Jan 11-Mar10

1

73.64%

Bob Ward - John Newman

1/25 AM

2

72.92%

Frances Dickman - Tania Moalem

2/22 AM

3

71.43%

Tania Moalem - Bill Mcintosh

3/2 Eve

4

71.00%

Harriel Shea - W Riester Jr

2/1 AM

5

70.54%

Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd

1/13 Eve

6

69.94%

Judy Lampl - H Lyle Supp

1/20 Eve

 

Tie

Ramachandra Ponnapalli - Mark Pensler

2/8 AM

8

69.87%

Jeffrey Hack - Paul Nelson

3/1 Eve

9

69.35%

Anne Boboricken - Bonnie Beardsley

1/17 AM

10

68.98%

Bruce Luttrell - Dana Brown

2/21 Eve

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 7:30 PM SJBC

1/17

Mike Roney - Fred Chasalow A 65.74%
Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher A/B
Bassam Baroudi - Z Kadah B

1/24

Judy Fisher - Steve Chen A
John Schoenbrun - Robert Madalena A
Michael Callahan - Carol Smith B/C

1/31

Judy Fisher - Bonnie Beardsley A
Derek & Teddi Fiero A/B
Cindy Gilbert - John Oswalt B

2/7

Judy Fisher - Bonnie Beardsley A
Bill Langlois - W Riester Jr A
Derek & Teddi Fiero B
Z Kadah - Kamen Nedeltchev C
Sabina Siem - Rita Tingley B

2/21

Bruce Luttrell - Dana Brown A 68.98%
Derek & Teddi Fiero B

2/28

Marshall Yancey - Jack Verson A
Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A
Ken Rosenfeld - Joel Koransky B/C

3/7

Bruce Luttrell - Dana Brown A
Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A
Chris Lazarovici - Daren Kuo B
Ravi Thomas - Alan Beban C
Lorraine Rodich - Laura Walters B/C

 

Wednesday 11:00 AM SJBC

1/11

Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A 67.00%
Rita Tingley - Timothy White A/B 65.50%
Lynn & Bob Shannon A
Mary Harvel - Happy Fordham B
Linda & Robert(Chris) Caren A
Bruce Scott - Jesse Merlin B
Alice Berryman - Gretchen Podd C
Tania Moalem - David Gambelin B

1/18

Keith Burnett - Martin Anding A/B
Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt A/B
Victor Rivkin - Donald Stone A/B/C
Henne Fredkin - Ruth Wiseman C
Carrie Karnos - Carolyn Lemm C

1/25

Bob Ward - John Newman A/B 73.64%
Tania Moalem - Frances Dickman A
Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt A
Jan Kiernan - Patricia Yelvington B/C
Wendy Dewell - Judy Borlase C
Jack Clinch - Sidney Safir B
Victor Rivkin - Malcolm Stewart C

2/1

Harriel Shea - W Riester Jr A 71.00%
Bob Ward - John Newman A/B 65.48%
Jan Kiernan - Patricia Yelvington A/B/C
Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A
Candy & Earl Wentworth B

 

 

More Wednesday Morning

2/8

Ramachandra Ponnapalli - Mark Pensler A/B 69.94%
Rita Tingley - Timothy White A/B
Jerry Lundquist - Lee Dimmitt A
Victor Rivkin - Malcolm Stewart C
Wendy Dewell - Judy Borlase B/C

2/22

Frances Dickman - Tania Moalem A 72.92%
John Newman - Bob Ward B
Donna Armstrong - Sioux Atkinson A/B
Mark Pensler - R-Murty Ponnapalli C

3/1

Irene Shibuya - Paul Nelson A/B/C
Donna Armstrong - Sioux Atkinson A
Colette & Art Quaife A/B/C
Bob Ward - John Newman B
Mary Sanders - Joyce Miller C

3/8

Donna Armstrong - Sioux Atkinson A
Bruce Scott - Eileen Kotecki A/B
Gabriella Bowling - Alan Becker A
Helen Chao - Cassandra Leung B/C
Carrie Karnos - Carolyn Lemm C
Sheri Archer - Karen Hunt B/C

Wednesday 7:00 PM SJBC

1/11

Jack Verson - Marshall Yancey A
Judy Fisher - Larry Wagner A
Mike Roney - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey B
Derek & Teddi Fiero B

1/18

John Hoffman - Franklin Lowenthal A
Guy Gecht - Michael Fleisher A/B/C
Michael Callahan - Cassandra Leung B/C

1/25

Stuart Goodgold - Jim Hayashi A
Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A
Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport B/C

2/1

Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher A/B 67.13%
Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey - Mike Roney A/B
Z Kadah - Walid Baroudi C

2/8

Bill Langlois - Will Watson A
Ruth Froeberg - John Harley A/B
Z Kadah - Walid Baroudi C

2/22

Tania Moalem - Dana Brown A 68.75%
Michael Callahan - Cassandra Leung B/C

3/1

Jeffrey Hack - Paul Nelson A/B 69.87%
Victor Rivkin - Boris Ginzburg C

3/8

Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey - Mike Roney A/B
Stuart Goodgold - Robert Ritz A
Boris Ginzburg - Victor Rivkin B

       

 

Wednesday 7:30 PM Oakwood

1/11

Erin Gove - Joseph Chui A/B
Paul Chang - Elaine Erickson A
Marilyn Campbell - Dan Oneal B
Rekha Nirula - Shirley Foreman C
Val Abid - Anne Dudman C

1/18

Mick Ravera - Bill Traver A/B
Anne Dudman - Val Abid A/B/C

1/25

Paul Nelson - Hiram Shen A
Anne Dudman - Val Abid B/C
Elaine Erickson - Paul Chang A
Mervin & Shirley Falk B/C

2/1

George Pledger - Steve Bosma A
Leon W Lee - Jerry Lundquist A/B
Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport B/C

2/8

Val Abid - Anne Dudman A/B/C
Steve Bosma - Mostafa Hafezi A
Ken Rosenfeld - Mick Ravera B/C

2/22

Val Abid - Anne Dudman A/B/C
Elaine Erickson - Paul Chang A
Marilyn Campbell - Dan Oneal B

3/1

Matt Moore - Dan Rappaport A/B
Curtis Pryor - Bill Sumner A/B
Mervin & Shirley Falk C

3/8

Marilyn Campbell - Dan Oneal A/B 66.67%
Nancy & Tom Cadwell A/B/C
Judy Travis - Keith Burnett C

 

Thursday 10:30 AM SJBC

1/12

Dee Dobbs - Richard Sarsfield A/B/C
Judy Travis - Lynn Yokel A/B

1/19

Tania Moalem - Prue Saunders A
Loreta Flynn - Norma Black B
Jean Power - Rollin Cutts A/B
Raja Smadi - Jerry Lundquist C

1/26

Kathleen Keener - Barbara Harkleroad A
Jane Jennings - Ken Llacera A/B
Billee Giansiracusa - Madie Horton B

2/2

Manuela Marani - Malcolm Sprott A/B
Dolores & Jack Clinch A
Patricia Hannah - Art Fonda B
Candy & Earl Wentworth C

2/9

Samuel Shat - Ivy Chueh A/B/C
Judy Fisher - Art Fonda A
Mary Touris - Consorcia/Ching Ravelo B

2/23

Robert Ritz - Derek Fiero A
Kathleen Keener - Barbara Harkleroad A
Gary Yang - Boyer Chu B
Y.E. Chen - Paul Chang B

3/2

Barbara Harkleroad - N Hatfield A
Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A
Judy Travis - Lynn Yokel B
Cassandra Leung - Paul Chang B
Barbara Thurnher - Jean Bogosian C

3/9

Kit Humphrey - Bill Langlois A
Tina Pearson - Jean Power A
Mary Touris - Consorcia/Ching Ravelo B
Billee Giansiracusa - Norma Black B

       

 

Thursday 7:00 PM SJBC

1/12

Tania Moalem - Bill Mcintosh A
Mike Sullivan - Dan Rappaport A/B
Joel Koransky - Kat Wesolowska B

1/19

Ken Rosenfeld - David Sisson A/B/C
Dan Oneal - Marilyn Campbell A
Connie Dunckelmann - Nadia Nilsson B

1/26

Richard Jacobs - Ron Baron A
Bruce Luttrell - Kamen Nedeltchev A
Mike Carney - Mike O'Connor B/C
Jewel Schimke - Vinny Mcloughlin B

2/2

Arti Galicki - P.I. Reysner A/B/C 67.68%
Hiram Shen - Phyllis Vierra A
Joel Koransky - Kat Wesolowska B/C

2/9

Richard Jacobs - Ron Baron A
Leon W. Lee - Joe Chui A
John & Mischel Postas B/C
Judy Travis - Rekha Nirula B/C

2/23

Leon W. Lee - Joe Chui A/B
Arti Galicki - P.I. Reysner C

3/2

Tania Moalem - Bill Mcintosh A 71.43%
Jewel Schimke - Vinny Mcloughlin B/C
Dan Oneal - Marilyn Campbell A/B
Mike Sullivan - Dan Rappaport C

3/9

Celso & Consorcia/Ching Ravelo A/B 67.50%
Nadia Nilsson - Erin Gove A/B
Dan Rappaport - Mike Sullivan C

 

Friday 11:00 AM SJBC

1/13

Gigi Spinazze - Art Fonda 65.34%
Jewel Schimke - Morey Goldstein

1/20

Joyce Sogg - Doreen Hornback 67.56%
Raja Smadi - Cassandra Leung

1/27

Jewel Schimke - Morey Goldstein
Miwako Wong - Roberta Murai

2/3

Molly Kaufman - Janice Scott
Miwako Wong - Roberta Murai

2/10

Ivy Chueh - Helen Chao
Maureen Ellenberg - Ruth Sporer

2/24

Bill Traver - Dan Oneal
Hiram Shen - Henry Zoellner

3/3

Gigi Spinazze - Lynn Yokel 68.92%
Cassandra Leung - Paul Lee

3/10

Harry Shannon - Hugh Roberts
Carol Woodward - Neeru Mehra

       

 

Friday 7:00 PM SJBC

1/13

Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd A 70.54%
Amar' & Susama Chunder A/B/C
Fia Bosklopper - Maralyn Smith B

1/20

Judy Lampl - H Lyle Supp A 69.94%
Jewel Schimke - Bob Shannon A
Mary Harvel - Randy Rice B/C
Karen Kulander - Lynne Johnson B/C

1/27

Team 7 (Supp, Lampl, Kotecki, Mash) A

2/3

Norma Epler - Martin Anding A
Art & Colette Quaife A/B
John & Mischel Postas B/C

2/10

Mary Harvel - Randy Rice A/B
Mischel & John Postas A/B/C

2/24

Karen Kulander - Lynne Johnson A/B/C
Art & Colette Quaife A/B

3/3

Norman Marks - Karie Willyerd A 65.77%
David Sisson - Ken Rosenfeld A/B/C
Donna Webb - Gail Meikle B
Mike Freda - Kirk Woolsey C

3/10

Karen Paffendorf - Michael Bodell A/B 65.48%
Douglas Ryan - Suzie Chiang A/B/C

 

Saturday 12:45 PM SJBC

1/14

James Burlingame - Janice Scott
Nadia Nilsson - Maralyn Smith

1/21

Charles Monia - Dolores Halden
Jack Birnbaum - John Newman

1/28

Jewel Schimke - Peggy Sprague
Mich Ravera - Jerry Lundquist

2/4

Candy Wentworth - Sabina Siem
Jewel Schimke - Joy Burke

2/11

Joan Simpson - Mike Braun
Jewel Schimke - Ed Chen

2/25

Charles Monia - Dolores Halden
John & Robert Newman

3/4

Ed Chen - Richard Dorff
Carol & Mark Maggipinto

 

Unit Game

2/4

Melinda Foos - Michael Fleisher A
Kit Humphrey - Henri Farhi A
Chris Lazarovici - Kamen Nedeltchev B/C
Elaine Elkin - Cathy Stahler B/C

 

 

Promotions and Titles

JUNIOR MASTER

Susama Chunder

Richard Glasspool

Yumiko Glasspool

Paul Lee

Bob Viersen

CLUB MASTER

Jean Meehan

Michael Meehan

Richard J Chueh

SECTION MASTER

Louise Faulkner

Ken Rosenfeld

Margaret Sprague

James Stuart-Smith

Karen Kulander

Lynn Shannon

Barbara Tiernan

REGIONAL MASTER

David Mitchell

Bruce Scott

NABC MASTER

Judy Travis

Jerry Lundquist

Hemant Mandpe

Shaila Mandpe

Mike Sullivan

LIFE MASTER

Lynn Brown

Boris Ginzburg

Michael Callahan

Ursula Gueldner

SILVER LIFE MASTER

Michael Fleisher

GOLD LIFE MASTER

Marshall W Yancey

Bruce A Luttrell

CLUB DIRECTOR

Mich Ravera

 

Unit 507 Board Officers

President

Dan Turkus

Vice President

Ray Yuenger

Secretary

Erin Gove

Treasurer

John Prior

Sergeant at Arms

Art Fonda

Membership

Will Watson

Ethics

Bill Langlois

Unit Recorder

Carole Dietz

Forum columnist

Ray Yuenger

Unit Game Coordinator

Rekha Nirula

Tournament Coordinator

Tania Moalem

The Di-Rek’Tor Editor

Michael Angelo Ravera

Education/NAOP

Lynn Yokel

District 21 Representatives

Jeff Hack   
Stu Goodgold

New Player Representative

Mich Ravera

       

I’ve heard it said that Necessity is the mother of Invention and that Desperate Times was her father.

After a month off for the Santa Clara Regional, we have such a large number of game results that we created an 8-page edition this time. We should be back to our now standard 6 pages next month.

Derek Fiero brought it to my attention that a lot of people were unaware that ACBL alert procedures stated it wasn’t enough to simply say “Alert!” but that it was required that the opponents actually hear it. Failure to make certain that opponents have been  notified properly that a bid was alerted is, as far as the rules are concerned, the same as failing to alert at all. Since many people who grew up listening to Heavy Metal music at too loud of a volume are now playing Bridge, this becomes especially important. There is something that is rather easy to do to protect yourself from the fact that your opponents may not have heard the alert (and later claim that you failed to give one).

Many people know that you are required to wave the alert card or tap the “Alert!“ strip when your partner makes an alertable bid. Many people don’t know that you are also required to give some visual indication when you make an announcement. In fact, when I first started playing Bridge in the club in San Jose, some bidding boxes included “Forcing”, “Range”, and “Transfer” cards. Since the alert procedure was changed in 2002 to add an announcement for non-forcing  1♣ and 1♦ openers that might be less than 3 cards, I would have thought that some newer boxes would have included a “Short” card as well, but those that I purchased a couple of years ago didn’t even have anything but “Alert!” As far as I know, you aren’t prohibited from making your own, but in a pinch, an “Alert” card will do. So, let’s see some blue in addition to hearing you yell “Twelve to Fourteen” at the top of your lungs.

Since the last edition, I’ve passed the club director test and am now in search of a time and place to run a game. Subject to approval by the club owners, finding a Saturday Evening that isn’t taken up by a Unit game or Sectional, making some promotional literature and finding enough people who want to play IMP pairs or teams (and possibly drink wine [I got a lot of requests for that]) on Saturday Evenings, a game should happen starting sometime mid to late April. Look for promotional literature as the time gets closer

Maps to the Masonic Temple

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Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

March

19

Unit Game 11 AM

Faye’s Lesson: 5PM

Faye’s 499er Pairs Game: 5:20PM

 

20 Bill’s Open Stratified Game with Hand Records: 11AM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

Al’s Lesson: 7:10PM

 

Al’s 0-800 Handicapped Game: 7:30PM

 

21 Carole & Judy’s Open Stratified Game with Hand Record: 10:30AM

 

Supervised Play: 3 PM

 

Ray’s & Will’s Stratified Open Pairs Game with Hand Records: 7:30PM

 

22 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

 

Rita & Bernie’s Stratified 299er & Stratified Open Game w/separate sections and hand records: 11AM

 

Jim’s Super chart Game with Hand Records: 7PM

 

Bill’s Open Stratified Game with Hand Records @ Oakwood: 7:30PM

23

Lynn’s Stratified Open Pairs Game with Hand Records: 10:30 AM

 

Faye’s Stratified Open Pairs Game 7PM

 

24

Lynn’s 1NT Seminar: 8:30AM

 

Sectional Pairs Games at 2PM & 7:30PM

25

Al’s 0-1500 Handicapped Game 12:45PM

 

Sectional Pairs Games at 1PM & 7PM

Guest Speaker 12:15 PM

26

Faye’s Lesson: 5PM

Faye’s Game: 5:20PM

 

27

Bill’s Game: 11AM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

 

28 Swiss Teams: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Ray’s & Will’s Game 7:30PM

29 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

2-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

30

Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Game 7PM

 

31 Al’s 0-1500 Handicapped Game 11AM

 

Carole’s and George’s Lesson 6:30 PM

 

Carole’s and George’s 299er Game with Hand Records: 7PM

299er Swiss Teams 7PM

April 1

Al’s 12:45PM

 

Judy’s Lesson 5:30PM

 

April

 

2 Faye’s Lesson: 5PM

Faye’s Game: 5:20PM

 

3 Bill’s Game: 11AM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

 

4 Carole & Judy’s Game: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Ray’s & Will’s Game 7:30PM

5 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

2-Section Birthday Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Birthday Game: 7:30PM

6

Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Game 7PM

 

7 Al’s Game 11AM

Carole’s and George’s Lesson 6:30 PM

Carole’s 299er Game: 7PM

8 Al’s Game 12:45PM

Mini-McKinney / Ace of Clubs Awards Game: 7PM

9 Faye’s Lesson: 5PM

Faye’s Game: 5:20PM

 

10 Bill’s Game: 11AM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

 

11 Carole & Judy’s Game: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Ray’s & Will’s Game 7:30PM

12 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

2-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

13 Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Game 7PM

 

14 Al’s Game 11AM

Carole’s and George’s Lesson 6:30 PM

Carole’s 299er Game: 7PM

15 Al’s Game 12:45PM

 

16Faye’s Lesson: 5PM

Faye’s Game: 5:20PM

 

17 Bill’s Game: 11AM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

 

18Carole & Judy’s Game: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Ray’s & Will’s Game 7:30PM

19 12 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

2-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

 

20 Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Game 7PM

 

21Al’s Game 11AM

Carole’s and George’s Lesson 6:30 PM

Carole’s 299er Game: 7PM

22 Al’s Game 12:45PM

 

23/30

 Faye’s Lesson: 5PM

Faye’s Game: 5:20PM

 

24 Bill’s Game: 11AM

Al’s Game: 7:30PM

 

25 Carole & Judy’s Game: 10:30AM

Supervised Play: 3 PM

Ray’s & Will’s Game 7:30PM

26 Bernie’s Lesson 10:30AM

2-Section Game: 11AM

Jim’s Game: 7PM

Oakwood Game: 7:30PM

27 Lynn’s Game: 10:30 AM

Faye’s Game 7PM

 

28 Al’s Game 11AM

Carole’s and George’s Lesson 6:30 PM

Carole’s 299er Game: 7PM

29 Al’s Game 12:45PM

 


Please submit contributions for The Di-Rek’Tor to
Michael Angelo Ravera

Email: mravera@nubridges.com

Voice: 408-432-1020

Printed: SJBC Folder

 

The Di-Rek’Tor

The Di-Rek’Tor is published monthly by Unit 507 of the American Contract Bridge League, Campbell Community Center, One West Campbell Avenue, Building J-68, Campbell, CA 95008. Opinions in articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Unit Board

 

Unit 507 Club Games

Day

Time

Game Type

Photo

Directors

Phone (408)

Sunday

5:20 pm

0-499 Stratified

(Lesson: 5:00 pm)

Monthly Potluck: 4:30 pm

Faye Parsons

378-4719

Monday

11:00 am

Open Stratified Hand records

 

Bill Traver

379-4490

Monday

7:30 pm

0-800 Handicapped

(Lesson: 7:10 pm)

Al Becker

252-1426

Tuesday

10:30 am

Open Stratified Hand Records

 

Judy Fisher / Carole Dietz

/ 395-6360

Tuesday

3:00 pm

Lesson and Supervised Play

Lynn Yokel / Carole Dietz

374-4669 / 395-6360

Tuesday

7:30 pm

Open Stratified Hand Records

Ray Yuenger / Will Watson

379-7717 / (650)610-0225

Wednesday

11:00 am

Two Sections: Open and 0-299 Stratified Hand Records

(Lesson 10:30 am)

 

Rita Tingley / Bernie Bertonis

261-0268

Wednesday

7:30 pm

Open Stratified Hand Records

At Oakwood

 

Bill Traver

379-4490

Wednesday

7:00 pm

Open Stratified Hand Records Super Chart

 

Jim Hayashi / Anne Boboricken

292-2370 / 379-2805

Thursday

10:30 am

Open Hand Records

 

Lynn Yokel

374-4669

Thursday

7:00 pm

Open Stratified

See Sunday

Faye Parsons

378-4719

Friday

11:00 am

0-1500 Handicapped

 (Review: 2:30 pm)

See Monday

Al Becker

252-1426

Friday

7:00 pm

0-300 Stratified (Lesson: 6:30 pm) One “Teacher Lifeline” Hand Records

George Pledger / Carole Dietz

249-2674 / 395-6360

Saturday

12:45 pm

0-1500 Handicapped

See Monday

Al Becker

252-1426

Saturday

7:00 pm

Open Stratified
Unit Games Only

Suspended

Call SJBC

871-1232

All games are held at the San Jose Bridge Center (408-871-1232) at one W. Campbell Ave, Room J-68, inside the Campbell Community Center except those identified as “at Oakwood”. The Oakwood game is held at the Oakwood Garden Apartments, 700 Saratoga Ave, San Jose. All games allow methods and systems permitted by the ACBL General Convention Chart. Those games identified as “MidChart” or “Super Chart” also permit methods authorized by those charts with proper disclosure. Check club postings, visit our web site at http://www.SJBridge.org or call for the exact dates and times of the Special STaC and Special Unit games, and of the 499er Potluck.

Games are often reduced, relaxed, or cancelled during local tournaments.