| Bridge Center Board of Directors Meeting |
The Bridge Center Board of Directors will meet at 1:30 Wednesday February 23 at the Bridge Center.
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| Bridge Center Reopening |
As fortunately no more Covid cases have been reported among members of Unit 146 the Bridge Center will reopen Tuesday December 28 as previously scheduled. All club games will restart that week with the exception of the Friday game which will restart on January 6. The requirement that all players must be fully vaccinated to play remains in effect. Fully vaccinated still is defined as two shots of the Modernar or Pfizer vaccine and one shot of the J&J. The wearing of masks is each players own decision. Have a very Merry Christmas and we will see you at the bridge table.
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| Bridge Center Closure |
Bridge Center Closure
In order to give time to insure the known Covid infection of a player who played in the games on December 5 and 7 has not spread to other players in the Unit, the Bridge Center is closed effective Sunday December 12 and will reopen on Tuesday December 28.
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| Covid Case In The Unit |
Covid Case In The Unit
We have been notified that a bridge player who played at the Holiday Party Unit Championship game on December 5 and the club game on December 7th at the Bridge Center has tested positive for COVID-19 and is hospitalized.
If you played in that event, please follow the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) by notifying your healthcare provider about possible exposure and to seek medical advice.
We cannot release the private health information of our members, including the names of players who have tested positive for the virus. It is up to the discretion of the player to self-identify as being diagnosed with COVID-19. However, we do want you to be well informed, and you may have been exposed.
Your health – and the health of your friends and family – is of primary concern. Please refer to the CDC for additional information regarding the pandemic.
The Unit 146 bridge community is a strong one, and we will get through this together.
Thank you, Peter Haglich, Unit President
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| Bridge Center Board Meeting |
The Bridge Center Board of Directors will meet on Monday July 12 at 1:30 PM at the Bridge Center to establish post pandemic policies/procedures and to evaluate the future of the Bridge Center.
The Bridge Center(BC) Board of Directors held a special board meeting on July 12, 2021. Following is a summary of the decisions the board made that effect clubs that hold games at the BC.
With two exceptions all special BC policies and procedures put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are cancelled effective July 13, 2021. Remaining in effect is that all players in club games must be fully vaccinated, with no exceptions.Also remaining in effect is that clubs can't provide food. Players may bring there own snacks but none will be provided. Coffee may be served as was previously authorized.
Effective August 1, 2021 the BC will increase the table rent/fee charged clubs from $14/table to $16/table for their club games. All club owner/managers at the meeting (six in attendance) agreed that effective August 1, 2021 the card playing fee they charge players will be raised from $7/player to $8/Player.
Policies and procedures that will be in used for ACBL sanctioned tournaments will be up to Unit 146 to put in place.
Any questions, give me a call.
Jim Vroom
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| Masks not required in Bridge Center |
With both the CDC and Virginia lifting the mandate for the fully vaccinated to wear masks indoors the Bridge Center will no longer require the wearing of masks in the building. Still only the fully vaccinated may enter the Bridge Center and temps will be taken on arrival.
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| Bridge Center Reopening Pause |
Although those who have played in the Club games at the Bridge Center since reopening on July 6 have expressed appreciation and comfort with the health and safety measures in place, attendance has been too low for Club Owners/Managers to continue games at this time. The Bridge Center will be closed until after Labor Day, September 7. It is hoped by then that the coronavirus will be more under control and that more players will be comfortable with playing.
A special thanks to those who did play the past three weeks. It was nice to see friends in person again.
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| Reopening - Note from the Unit President |
Given the number of phone calls and emails on this subject, there is still significant confusion regarding the difference between the Bridge Center and Unit 146.
The Bridge Center is entirely independent of the Unit. It manages its own business and determines within legal parameters when and how it operates.
The Unit holds Sectionals and the Sunday Unit game at the Bridge Center. There will be no Sectionals for the rest of the calendar year. This was determined by the ACBL and applies to the entire country. It is unclear if we could hold the Sunday game under these circumstances, but it seems prudent to not schedule any Sunday games for a while. The ACBL can determine when and how any Unit activity happens but it has no power to do the same for club games. The club owners determine that.
To summarize. The Bridge Center will open after the 4th. That means it is available for club owners to use. Club owners may decide to start immediately, after a while, or not at all. That is solely the club owner’s decision.
Your decision is whether you a comfortable playing in person now, in a little while, when most risk is over, or never again. I certainly hope you do not choose the latter.
Barbara
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| Bridge Center Grand Reopening |
Virginia will enter Phase 3 of the coronavirus reopening on July 1. The Bridge Center will reopen for club bridge games on Monday July 6. The Bridge Center and club owners have worked closely together to develop health and safety procedures designed to offer the most reasonable and prudent protection for all players. Monitor this website for the scheduling of games. Not all games will start when the Bridge Center reopens, and some games are changing their starting time. Following is a list of procedures that all players are expected to follow.
- Take your temperature before coming to the Bridge Center. Stay at home if you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 such as coughing, shortness of breath, fever, or other flu like symptoms or if you have recently had contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you come and exhibit symptoms you will be asked to leave.
- Review the CDC guidelines on how to prevent the spread of infectious disease. They are listed in the Coronavirus note on this website.
- Do not arrive until 15 minutes prior to game time and use only the center door (Suite 102) for entry.
- Upon arrival your temperature will be taken with a no touch thermometer. No one with a temperature above 100.5 F will be allowed to remain at the Bridge Center.
- A face mask that covers the mouth and nose will be worn at all times by everyone in the Bridge Center except when eating or drinking their own things at a table not designated as a playing table.
- Upon entering the Bridge Center wash your hands or use the hand sanitizer provided.
- Food, coffee, and ice will not be provided. You can bring your own snacks and drinks. They can be consumed only at a table not designated as a playing table and only when 6 feet from another person. Canned soda and bottled water will be available for purchase.
- Pencils will not be provided. Bring and take home your own pencil.
- East/West players will move their bidding box from table-to-table if a Mitchell movement. If a Howell movement is used each player that moves will carry their bidding box throughout the game.
- Only the North player will make entries on the bridgemate, including player numbers. If a Howell movement is used with North moving entries are to be made by touching the keys with a pencil or pen.
- Depart the Bridge Center as soon as possible after you complete the game. The game results will be posted on the website.
- Come, get reacquainted, and have fun.
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