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Emergency Contact Form

Members are invited to submit emergency contact information by either of two methods:

The first method is to legibly hand-fill a form available at the directors' desk.

The second method is to download a fillable form, enter the data and print the form.

Bring either your hand filled or computer filled form to any director.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE DOWNLOADABLE FILLABLE FORM

Note: this resource is a completely voluntary matter and is for your convenience only.  Use it if you want the club to know who to contact in an emergency.

Board of the Week

Board of the Week is a series of comments on interesting boards, written by a non-expert member of our club.  The articles are intended to be educational, entertaining, or both.

Board of the Week 67:

How to Play KJx opposite Axxx

Board of the Week 68:
Ever Wish a Finesse Would NOT Work?

CLICK HERE FOR PRIOR EDITIONS

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Welcome to Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club

WINNERS!

Congratulations to Mary Ann and Frank, who were first overall in the ACBL-Wide International Fund Game held February 7.  Their 71% game was worth THIRTY masterpoints!

Team Game News

Congratulations to Team Game Winners March 1
Amber Davis
Gail Davis
G.L. Rhoades
Mike Porta

The next Eight Is Enough Swiss events are
March 22 at 1:30 p.m.
April 5 at 1:30 p.m.

Eight Is Enough Conditions of Contest
Each team must include at least one C player.
No team may have more than one A player
.

A = 2000+ MP
 B =
500
2000 MP
C = Under 500 MP

New Member Appreciation Party

WINNERS!
(Well, everyone was a winner if we realize the objective was to make new friends)

NORTH
Kathy Gates, Kathy Childs, Libby Taylor

EAST
Vickey Metrailer, Barbara Sallen, Richard Hixson

SOUTH
Dave Wilson, Jane Hambuchen, Brian Alexander

WEST
Karen Willk, Carolyn Johnson, Mindy Morrell 

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR WELCOMING OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

The Bridge House Educational Programs

The Bridge House, a separate organization from Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club, provides classes, mini-lessons, and other educational opportunities throughout the year.  The Bridge House has now released its schedule of classes for Winter and Spring of 2026

CLICK HERE FOR THE BRIDGE HOUSE CLASS SCHEDULE

LRDBC WEEKLY GAME SCHEDULE

CLICK HERE FOR FEBRUARY CALENDAR

Recent 70% Games

Frank Swan and Mary Anne Wildman
71.03% February 7 Open Pairs
(ACBL-Wide International Fund Game)

Sherry Sweeten and Marcia Lanier
75.00% February 13 0-200 Pairs

Frank Swan and Marci Hixson
71.02% February 16 Open Pairs

Pete Marvin and Mary Anne Wildman
71.15% February 23 Open Pairs

Rank Achievements Reported March 1, 2026

Please note that we announce rank advancements only after ACBL reports them to our club.  It is possible for the report to reach us as much as three months after you achieve your new rank.  Our list is not official...it's just our way of congratulating members who achieve a new rank.

Club Master (20 masterpoints, of which at least 5 are black)

Joe Luzzi

Regional Master (100 masterpoints, of which at least 15 are blacki, 15 are silver and 5 are red/gold/platinum

LeeLee Hess
Deborah Smart
Bruce Thalheimer

Bronze Life Master (a Life Master with 750 masterpoints)

Carolyn Stowers

Gold Life Master (a Life Master with 2,500 masterpoints, of which 500 are silver/red/gold/platinum

Nancy Speer

Congratulations Balloons Vector Art ...

Practice Active Ethics

Watch your tempo
Don't derive information from partner's tempo or behavior
Make sure you are not sending or receiving signals other than through bids and card play

THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ETHICAL PLAYER! 

BE NICE TO YOUR PARTNER, YOUR OPPONENTS, AND THE DIRECTOR