NEW Pop-Up Games in 2024 |
When the new schedule goes up on the bulletin board for 2024, you will see some entries called Pop-Up games. ♦ Popups are for both platforms (online and F2F) and will all award 100% club masterpoints, 50% RED and 50% BLACK. They are one-day events, scattered throughout the year, surrounding calendar events (like Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.). POPUP events will be run on EITHER a Friday, Saturday or Sunday so no Wednesday games BUT ACBL has made it possible for us to run STARDUST weeks, awarding 25% GOLD and 75% BLACK. The dates for these Pop-Up and Stardust events are:
Feb 9 Valentines Pop-Up
Mar 1 Daylight Savings Pop-Up
Apr 19 Daylight Savings Pop-Up
Apr 26 Stardust Game (25% Gold MPs)
June 28 Father's Day Pop-Up
Aug 30 Labor Day Pop-Up
Nov 22 Thanksgiving Pop-Up
Dec 18 Stardust Game (25% Gold MPs)
Dec 20 Stardust Game (25% Gold MPs)
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Mother's Day Sectional 2024 |
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 9-11, 2024
Highlands Recreation Center 828-526-3556
600 North 4th Street Highlands, NC 28741
The 2024 Tournament is dedicated to the Memory of former Tournament Chair,
Stewart Manning
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SPECIAL GAMES SCHEDULE |
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL GAMES :
Mar-24 |
1 |
Fri |
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Pop-Up Daylight Savings Wknd (+RED+) |
6 |
Wed |
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ACBL Charity Game |
8 |
Fri |
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Local Charity Game |
13 |
Wed |
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Open Club Game |
15 |
Fri |
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Open Club Game |
20 |
Wed |
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Club Championship |
22 |
Fri |
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Club Championship |
27 |
Wed |
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Open Club Game |
29 |
Fri |
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Open Club Game |
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Apr-24 |
3 |
Wed |
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Unit Championship W2404171B |
5 |
Fri |
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Unit Championship W2404171D |
10 |
Wed |
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ACBL Charity Game |
12 |
Fri |
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Local Charity Game |
17 |
Wed |
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Local Charity Game |
19 |
Fri |
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Pop_Up Daylight Saving Wknd (+RED+) |
24 |
Wed |
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ACBL Charity Game |
26 |
Fri |
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Stardust Split Week (+GOLD+) |
SPECIAL GAMES HDBC POLICY: No extra fee for special games. The standard fee for all HDBC games: HDBC MEMBERS $5; GUESTS $10. Please either (1)JOIN HDBC , (2)RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP or (3) PAY $10 GUEST FEES FOR EACH GAME. The cost to join or renew is only $20 annually. Dues are owed on January 1 and are to to paid to HDBC at the member's first game in the new year.
Should you have any questions about the special games, please contact Club Manager Delores Bode (deloresbode@frontier.com).
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NOVICE BRIDGE LESSONS |
♥ ♥ 2024 Schedule TBD
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MENTOR-MENTEE GAMES |
HDBC's MENTOR-MENTEE GAMES!!
♥ The games will start promptly at 9:00 a.m. on the fourth Friday of each month during the summer season.
♥ There will be 9 rounds of 2 boards per round. The process will be: Play 2 boards; put all 4 hands on the board dummy-style; discuss auction, play, and defense of each board.
♥ Each round will be 18+ minutes to play the 2 boards and then discuss both...with the 2 mentors and 2 mentees at each table.
♥ Mentors must have 500+ master points and mentees must have fewer than 500 points.
♥ Mentors can invite a mentee or mentees may invite mentors to play. For a list of mentees/mentors, contact Becky Ray (bray101495@gmail.com).
♥ The game will focus on learning, not on competition - No winners will be announced - Masterpoints will be awarded and results can be found online after the game.
♥ Game time will be approximately 3 hours (9 rounds of 18+ minutes, plus moving time, announcements, etc).
♥ Mentors sit North and East - and Mentees sit South and West.
♥ Lynn Kleifgen will be directing these games. For additional information, Lynn can be reached at 828-526-2376 or 404-502-1451 or lynnkleifgen@icloud.com.
♥ Scoring changes for this game should also be directed to Lynn.
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Highlands, NC is a small town on a 4,000 foot plateau in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. It is approximately 2 hours north of Atlanta GA and about 1.5 hours south of Asheville, NC. From a winter population of around 3,000, the town swells to about 30,000 in the summer due to its reputation as summer camp for adults. Duplicate bridge has been part of the town for over twenty years. Sanctioned games are held Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 1pm throughout the year. Please be seated by 12:50pm. And a novice/intermediate game (499ers Non-Life Masters) is scheduled June-October on Friday mornings at 9am - Please be seated no later than 8:50am.
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SPECIAL GAMES |
Special games that provide extra masterpoints will be offered all year at Highlands Duplicate Bridge Club. These include:
♥ Junior Fund games
♠ North American Pairs,
♦ International Fund games,
♣ Jane Johnson Appreciation games,
♥ Club Membership games,
♠ Club Championships,
♦ ACBL and Local Charity games,
♠ Club Championships,
♣ Education Foundation games, and
♥ Grass Roots.
Each month specific games are listed below. Check this out to see what is happening, month by month.
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SCORE CORRECTIONS |
Please be careful entering and also checking scores. This responsibility lies with both N/S and also E/W.
When a score is entered on the BridgeMate by North and approved by either East or West, this accepted score will remain as posted, unless a correction is received via email within 24 hours after the score was posted on the website. Before the score can be corrected, one of the players from both sides (Either N/S and Either E/W) must confirm that this correction is due.
Corrections for Open games should be directed to Cecil Hines (cjhinesite@gmail.com) or Joan Braender (joan.braender1@gmail.com).
Corrections to 299er game scores should be directed to Lynn Kleifgen (lynnkleifgen@icloud.com).
And, corrections to the Mentor/Mentee games should be directed to Lynn Kleifgen (lynnkleifgen@icloud.com).
It is the responsibility of the player making the correction to secure confirmation from their opponent(s) and to have one or both opponents notify the appropriate game manager. Thank you.
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BridgeMates -- Did You Know? |
After the last round is entered and verified, a quick recap (percentage) of standing may be obtained by pressing the button under the word Rank on the BridgeMate, which is the second button from the left at top of BridgeMates. Percentage will appear. To obtain an individual analysis of each board by pairs, follow prompts on BridgeMates to view how many points were received per board. The percentage of last opponents will also appear. If others are still playing, results will not be final until all tables complete play, but current percentages are available.
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