WELCOME VISITORS

Our website has all the information you need about the duplicate bridge community in the Coachella Valley, from Palm Springs to Indio.  Please use the page links on the left side of our home page to navigate the website.

Clubs in the Coachella Valley offer a wide range of games for beginning to seasoned bridge players. For a complete guide to Duplicate Bridge Games, with locations and times, please use the  Game Schedule  link on the far left side of this page.

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Palm Springs Regional

December 9th thru 15th

Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort and Spa
in Rancho Mirage

 Click here to learn more about the great Intermediate/Newcomer programs being offered all week.

To our Unit Members and Snowbirds - Please carpool if at all possible to the Westin. Players who carpool, 2 or more people in a car or van, are eligible for the daily 2:00 PM Free Play Carpool Raffle Drawing.  Stop by the Hospitality Table to obtain your entry!

For Tournament Results, Click here

Click here for the full
Schedule of Games

Congratulations to Unit 533's Howard Weinstein for finishing in the Top 10 of over 4,000 Masterpoint Winners at the Fall NABC in San Francisco.  Howard took home 290.76 Platinum MPs!
Click here for a full list of the Fall NABC Masterpoint Winners.

Congratulations!

December 1st Holiday Party

Unit Game Winners

Open Game

1st Overall - Valerie Aron & David Segal, E/W

1st N/S - Gail & Carroll Schueler

0-750 Game

1st Overall - Sherri Browne & Edna Magaldi, N/S

1st E/W - Anita Assam & Joel Saunders

Unit 533’s William Stine has been named ACBL Goodwill Member of the Year for 2020, a national award given to just one ACBL member each year. It recognizes William’s unselfish dedication to helping our Unit and its members, especially those in need of assistance with disabilities or health issues. As a current Unit 533 Board member and past president, he is always there to help a club or a tournament manager with any problem big or small. Whether as a bridge partner, or providing cookies and cakes and driving players to their clubs, William is always kind and genial. William will be honored at the presentation of this award next March at the 2020 Spring NABC in Columbus, Ohio.

OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, WILLIAM!

NOTICE OF PALM SPRINGS ACBL UNIT 533 ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, January 26, 2020, at 12:00 Noon
 Duncan Bridge Center
34202 Cook Street 
Palm Desert

Unit 533 Membership:
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Presentation of Annual Report
2. Acknowledgement of Outgoing Board Members
3. Treasurer’s Report
4. Committee Reports
5. Certification of Quorum
6. Election of Three (3) Directors to the Unit 533 Board
7. Ratification of proposed By-Laws Amendment
8. Adjournment

Voting will begin at 12:00 pm.  Only members of Unit 533 appearing on the official ACBL roster will be eligible to vote. The business meeting will commence as soon as a quorum of 60 members is achieved.  A full lunch will be provided.  Following the meeting there will be a Unit Game.

Election of Directors:  Candidates for the three open seats on the Board are listed below in alphabetical order.  Those elected will each serve a three-year term.  The election will be conducted and certified on January 26, 2020. 

Joy Barron
Sigi Braverman
Bonnie Sipkins
To see the Candidates' Statements and photos, Click here.

Vote to amend By-Laws of Palm Springs Unit 533 of the ACBL:  To delete Article VIII - STANDING COMMITTEES, Section 1. Disciplinary and Ethics Committee.

Section 1. Disciplinary and Ethics Committee. This Committee shall be appointed by the President and shall be composed of five (5) members of the Unit in good standing. Its duties shall be receipt of any charges and the holding of hearings on any conduct, ethics or judicial case among Unit members. Their findings and recommendations shall be reported to the Board.

Rationale: Discipline is no longer the responsibility of ACBL Units, but of ACBL Districts.

Absentee ballots are available and may be obtained upon request from the Election Committee Chairperson, Kay Walters.  Simply ask for a ballot via email kd45walters@yahoo.com  or by phone (760) 333-3199, and one will be mailed to you in early January.   Absentee ballots must be received by the Election Committee prior to 12:00 pm. January 26, 2020 to be counted.

Georgia Jones, Secretary, ACBL Unit 533

Sanford Hertz, President, ACBL Unit 533

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North American
NABC
Bridge Championships

San Francisco

November 28 - December 8

Click here for Complete Results

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SoCal Winter Regional

January 27 - February 2

Hilton Orange County
Costa Mesa

Click here for the flyer
 

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Palm Springs
Sun & Fun Sectional
 

February 14 -15, 2020

Duncan Bridge Center
Palm Desert

Click here for the Flyer

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Roadrunner NLM Regional

March 5 - 8, 2020

Duncan Bridge Center
Palm Desert

For complete
Tournament Information, Click here

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