Happy 90th Birthday to Dominic Tenuta!
What’s happening?
June 1 – 6, 12, 15 – 17, & 20: Extra Point NAP Qualifying Games with half RED & half black!
June 8 – 11, 13, & 28 – 30: Extra Point Club Championship Games. This includes the 8 is Enough Swiss Team Game on June 10. Click here for flyer with details on how this game works. This also includes the Swiss Team Game on June 28 which also has lunch at noon.
June 18: Pro-AM Game, lunch at 11:45, game 12:30
June 19: Alzheimers Support Day ~ BYO Bucks, open your wallet for a great cause!
June 21: Extra Point Unit Games with a great summer lunch at 12!
June 22 – 27: Extra Point NABC Fundraiser Games
The Schedule:
Open Games
12:30 PM Monday – Saturday
Sunday Unit Game 3rd Sunday of each month. Lunch 12, game 12:30
Sunday Team Game 4th Sunday of each month. Lunch 12, game 12:30
Wednesday 8 is Enough Team Game 2nd Wednesday of each month. Lunch 12, game 12:30. Click here for flyer with details on how this game works.
Limited Games * Require 2 tables minimum
12:30 PM Monday 0 – 300
9:00 AM Tuesday 0-50
12:30 PM Tuesday 0-750
12:30 PM Wednesday 0-20 Mentored Game
12:30 PM Thursday 0-750
9:00 AM Friday 0-200
12:30 PM Friday 0-750
Sunday NLM Unit Game 3rd Sunday of each month. Lunch 12, game 12:30
BEGINNER’S CORNER
Monday mornings
Beginning Bridge Part 2 began April 27 and will go weekly until June 29.
Contact Peggy for more information.
Topics:
June 1: Bidding & Responding to Takeout Doubles with Bob Levine
June 8: Bidding & Responding to Preempts with Susie Mays
June 15: Bidding Strong 2C, 2D Waiting, & Positive Responses with Bob Levine
June 22: Putting it All Together – Alerts, Scoring, & Table Etiquette with Susie Mays
June 29: 0 – 20 Barometer Game
Tuesday mornings
0-50 Supervised Play 9:00 am – mini lesson. No partner required. Lots to learn on Tuesdays with Linda Ryder and John Jonas.
Stay and play in the afternoon game for just $5!
Topics:
June 2: Opening Leads with Linda Ryder
Wednesday afternoons
0-20 Supervised Play 12:30 – 4 pm, with volunteer mentors. No partner required. $10 game fee. If you are not playing that day, please volunteer to mentor
Thursday mornings: 9:30 AM starting June 11th with Gary Waldron learn all about BIDDING DISTRIBUTIONAL HANDS Long suits, two suiters – bidding them and competing against them.
Topics:
June 11: Introduction – What Makes Distributional Hands Special?
June 18: Bidding a 6-Card Suit – Weak 2 Bids, Weak Jump Shifts, Weak Jump Overcalls
June 25: 3- and 4-Level Preempts – Bidding the 7- and 8-Card Suits
July 2: Bidding After Your Partner’s Preempt
July 9: Competing Over Preempts – When to Enter the Auction? Bidding a Suit, Bidding No Trump, Doubling
July 16: Bidding 2 Suited Hands – 5-5 and Better Hands. When to Open? What to Open? When to Pass?
July 23 & 30: Conventions to Help You Bid 2 Suited Hands – Michaels Cue Bids, Unusual No Trump, Sandwich No Trump
August 6: Competing Over 1 No Trump With the Distributional Hand
August 13: Wrapping It All Up
Attend all or as many as you can.
For advancing beginners and intermediate players.
Come with or without a partner – meet new partners in class.
$125 for 10 weeks or $15 per class
Contact: lagunajhawk@icloud.com
Click here for flyer.
Friday Mornings
0-200 game 9:00 am with Susan Bristol and Trudi Hanscom. No partner required. Register in advance if you can, or just come, join the fun and keep learning while you play. School’s out for summer :) No mini-lesson, more time to play.
Click here for a full listing of information on all classes!
** NOTE** The 6th of each month is ACBL upload day, so afternoon game results will not be available online until late that day or the following day.
Partnerships:
Need help finding a partner or a team? Contact Joyce Potter: jpotter331@cox.net or (949) 350-4326. No partner required for Tuesday and Friday morning limited games or for the Wednesday afternoon Beginner Game.
Want to PLAY UP AND LEARN? Notify Joyce if you are an NLM player who would like to play occasionally with an Open Player in the Open Game. Open players ~ let Joyce know when you have a free day to volunteer and welcome an NLM player into the Open Game.
ROSTER: Members – Stay connected!
Our most current Roster information is available here. It can also be found on our website tab under About Us -> Membership Roster. Members may contact any Board representative for the password. To change or correct any of your information, login to ACBL.org, My ACBL,and below your name and number select UPDATE INFO. The change will automatically be updated for our online Roster the following month.
Welcome Googlers and Net Surfers!
If you are looking for a place to PLAY or LEARN BRIDGE, you have hit the jackpot! At South Orange County Bridge Center we welcome everyone from the newest beginner level to what ever level you may be or want to be. We have ongoing education and games daily. Call us at (949) 248-1268 and leave a message or perhaps speak to a real person who will help get you started at SOCBC.
Want to learn Duplicate Bridge?
NEW CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS will start September 28th.
We meet Monday mornings from 9 to 11:30. Part 1 runs for 10 weeks, followed by Part 2 for another 10 weeks all on Monday mornings.
Please contact: peggy.dakin@yahoo.com or call Peggy at (949) 606-3485 for more information.
BRIDGE PLAYERS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY!
LIVE BRIDGE: REGISTER NOW!
To register for pairs games, click on the REGISTER tab and see detailed instructions.
If you are unable to register in advance, please call our Club Manager, Gail Schneider (516) 314-1896 for assistance. If leaving a message, provide the game day and date, Open or Limited, names of both players. * Note – Team games do not use online registration – register for those at the club – or by phone to the club at (949) 248-1268.
About our website: If you don’t see what you’re looking for on the homepage, see tabs for Calendar, Classes, Registration, Newsletter and more
Emails – You’ve got mail?
If you are not receiving club emails and want to be added to our distribution, please contact Janie via email at: jmatlaf@gmail.com
