April 15th Reminder:  Game Time is 1:00 pm   

The Common Game....Did you know?

Our club, in addition to being affiliated with ACBL, is also part of The Common Game.  Have you looked at their website?  If yes, then you already know the benefits it brings to our players:  Player Tutorials. Home Page Tutorial · Personal Results Page Part A · Personal Results Page Part B · How to use the Fast Results Analytics Report.  The Common Game awards CG points for successful play.  Take time, if you have not yet done so, to explore the home page and tutorials offered.  The Hand analyses are worth the look to improve your bidding understanding.  

Congratulations to Tom Koehler and Carol Nerling, who earned 0.55 Common Game Points on 2026-04-09.  They earned 0.55 Common Game Points and placed #50 out of 1958 pairs across the entire Common Game field!

A Hand Worth a Second Look:  

If you played on Thursday, April 9th, you would have come across this hand.  How would you bid it?  

Recruiting! 

Table Helpers:  Looking for something to do Monday evenings in May?  A new set of Beginner Lessons are started.  Volunteer as a table helper to help get them on the right path.  Contact Denise if interested. 

Kitchen Helpers:  It seems that many of our players enjoy the coffee and cookies provided, as they all disappear quickly.  And, sadly, so have our helpers.  Please speak to Lynn Gowan to offer your help in the kitchen.  Every little bit of help makes life at the club easier for us all.   

Did we just see you raise your hand?  

Spring Bridge Lessons: 

• May 4th: 

Bridge Basics 1 with Lynn Janssen at 1:00 pm

Bridge Basics 1 with Denise Donovan at 6:45 pm 

• May 5th:  Popular Conventions at 9:30 am 
• May 6th:  Two-over-One at 9:30

Special discounted rate for Aurora Bridge Club '26/'27 members.  

For complete lesson information,  go to the Learning and Mentoring Tab on this page. 

We all need help sometime.       Take advantage of our willing mentors. 

Experienced players are here to help you!

Contact Ken Collins:  ken.collins@solution-integrity.com

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Helpful Weblinks 

How To Upload a Convention Card

 Changes to Alerting 

Tutorial on How to Play on BBO  

How to Bid and Play on BBO

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To Join ACBL 

Contact the Club Manager

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YOU CAN CONTACT OUR PARTNERSHIP DESK 

Sylvia Cussion 

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Partnership Desk

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The Aurora Bridge Club is part of a large group of bridge clubs in North America offering the same bridge hands at the same time to all players at these clubs.  This means:

•  Our players' results will be compared with results from over 1000 clubs in North America playing pre-dealt hands from the Common Game
•  Players who have their email addresses registered with ACBL will receive results
•  Hand analyses by various pros are provided
•  Personal Play Analytics - players will have access to personal play analytics on their personal page which includes declarer play vs dummy play statistics