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| 2023 Ventura Regional |
70+ masterpoint winners. 12 Victories.
Congratulations to the following members for their new ranks -
Marshall Gates, Daniel McGuire, Anita Sturm,
Randy Franciose, Catherine Gautier, Susan Keller, William Brokken,
Sally Giloth and Jo Lepley
Read the full story here.
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| The Longest Day 2023 |
As The Longest Day approached, the Santa Barbara Bridge Center players were bringing in donations for the Alzheimer’s Association. Players donated online at the team’s webpage or brought in a check. The team, by the way, is the Santa Barbara Rufnsluffers.
By game day, June 19, the team had accumulated over $8,000. By the end of the week the total was approaching $20,000! This is great news as donations made in support of the Bridge Center’s campaign to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association are matched by one of our players! In the final week, we were helped along in our efforts by Joan Rocco who brought in a sizable check from her bridge friends who have been playing socially as the Marathon Bridge Group. Thank you, ladies!
We had an exceptionally fun day of bridge on June 19 and we have to thank the hard work of Jennifer Royal and Tish Gainey and the local Alzheimer’s Director of Development, Karen Ortiz, for the planning, decorations and good eats that made it a special day. And kudos to our game director, Chris Gillmon, who directed from almost sunrise to sunset with a smile and good humor, and a thank you to Leslie Schneiderman for the yummy cake.
Thanks, too, to all who played in one or more of our four charity games, with special recognition to Mary Kaljian and Linda Bacon, two of our advancing beginners for playing all day! They understood what The Longest Day was all about.
There were, of course, game winners, but we also had winners of the donor prizes, Julie Richards and Mary Kaljian, and several others who won door prizes.
The local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is very grateful for the support shown over the years by our Santa Barbara bridge players. We have formed a bond and the organization is looking forward, with some fun ideas, for next year. |
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| 2022 Ventura Regional |
During the final week of October, over 70 of our members won masterpoints at the 2022 Ventura Regional.
Together we scored 16 victories in 55 events. Read the stories here.
Section top and overall awards helped six of our members reach new ranks.
Congratulations to Jude Bijou, Carolyn Greenbaum, Elisabetta Riva, Joan Murdoch, Claude Case and Jim Bechtel!
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| 2019 Santa Barbara Sectional! |
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| Mentor/Mentee Program |
Our first Mentor/Mentee program culminated on 8/27/17 with a great pairs game.
Special thanks to Sally Giloth and her team for spending many many hours pairing up mentors with mentees
and orgainizing this wonderful celebration.
Also many thanks to all the Mentors and Mentees who participated in the program.
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| FIESTA AT SBBC!! |
Bridge Players Celebrated a Santa Barbara Tradition
Old Spanish Days - Viva la Fiesta!
August 2, 2017
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| Fun On The 4th! |
Independence Day 2017 Was A Great Day At The Bridge Center!
The day started with a wonderful potluck picnic followed by
10 tables in the open section and 7 in the 499ers!
Thanks to all who came and to Robert Greene for directing!!
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| Longest Day Of Bridge 2017 - A New Record! |
June 21, 2017 was the Longest Day of Bridge...we had 5 sessions starting at 8 AM and ending at 9 PM...
Many thanks to all who participated in The Longest Day, and especially my committee members: Patti, Catherine and Lucia for making it all work.
Thank you Maria, Dawn, Carole, Christy, Celia, Carolyn, Chuck, Larry and the SB Bridge Center for donating Raffle Items.
Thank you Mitch and his ready team members at The Alzheimer's Association for pitching in in so many ways.
A HUGE thank you to our hearty marathoners and everyone who came out to play and especially to our Director Tom!
Thank you Cheryl and Cynthia for breakfast, and the delicious cookies.
And a special thanks to Tish for registering our team- Congratulations Santa Barbara Ruffnsluffers!
You made it happen! $25,000!!!
To Benefit The Alzheimers Association!
Annetta
Thanks Annetta for all YOU did to make the Longest Day a huge success!
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| Santa Barbara 499er Spring Sectional - Big Success |
499er SPRING SECTIONAL
Thanks to our Director, Kathy Drake,
and to everyone who made the weekend a great success!
Click Here For Results!
Congrats to All!
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| PRO-AM and Awards! |
The first Pro-Am of 2017 was a fun event. Players enjoyed pizza,
salad and wine and congratulated the
Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney winners
before starting play. Overall Pro-Am winners were Bob Foss and Joan Murdoch.
(please click here for results) Thanks to our director, Ann Staten,
and everyone who made the afternoon a great success!
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| January 2017 - 8 is Enough |
13 teams gathered for the Sunday STaC “8 is Enough” Swiss Game. After a tutorial on Swiss Game strategy and scoring from Phil Kaiser, players enjoyed pizza and salad before beginning the game. There were enough teams to make up two sections. In Section A, top honors went to the team of Norma Jean Shaw, Maria Black, Mickey Rosenzweig and John Whittlesey. In Section B, the top winners were Mimi Draves, Jill Bellowe, Jody Shapiro and Perry Shapiro. A fun afternoon was had by all!
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| 2016 Sectional- August 12-14 |
Our August 12-14 Santa Barbara Sectional welcomed players from throughout California. They came from nearby communities, and from Los Angeles, Fresno, Bakersfield and Santa Cruz. There were 70 tables of Open players on Friday and Saturday and 60 tables of 499ers on Friday and Saturday. The Sunday Swiss game at the club had 17 tables for the all-day event. All three days ran smoothly thanks to our director in charge, Scott Campbell, and the great planning and organization of tournament chair, Annetta Patrick.
Once again our club scored with some of the best food on the circuit. Thanks go to Cheryl Miller, assisted by Ann Grassi, and all the members who baked and assembled delicious nibbles.
It was a team effort and thanks also go to: Kathy Drake, tournament assistant; Celia Foss, partnership chair; Bob and Celia Foss, fill-in pair; Set-up crew Phil Kaiser, Jim Edmondson and Ken Muller; Clean-up crew Rick Panter, Dennis Berg, Chuck Patrick, Claude Case, Phil Kaiser and Jim Edmondson and Sunday’s very efficient caddies, Nancy Spelke and Annetta Patrick.
Thank you, Annetta, for a job well done!!!
Sectional Results
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Please click here for ACBL LIVE Sectional Results
And click here for Summary Results
Congratulations all!
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| Longest Day Of Bridge 2016 - Huge Success! |
 June 20, 2016 was the Longest Day of Bridge...we had 5 sessions starting at 8 AM and ending at 9 PM...
We had 75 tables of bridge including Open, 499ers and several Social bridge tables!
With all the generosity we were able to raise more than $23,000 to benefit the Alzheimer's Association!
Thanks so much everyone! Special thanks to the Awesome Committee and to Tom for directing ALL day!
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