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Bridge Club Latest
Hello, good friends of the Barrie Bridge Club. This update is being written October 1, to give you a timeline, and as information changes, you will hear from me again. Your executive has been meeting and going over all the safety precautions necessary to open the club. People volunteered to check double vaccination proofs, ID cards, temperatures, masks, hand sanitizing, table spacing and vigorous cleaning. We thought we would be ready to go by Tuesday, October 5, but that has turned out not to be the case.
For those of you who are wondering why restaurants, hair salons and community clubs are open while we are not – you are right, it is not fair.
Attracting the attention of the Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit to find out if we were fully complying with its standards was a double-edged sword. Everything was fine except the physical distancing, and even our plan of fashioning X-shaped plexiglass dividers on the tables would not be sufficient. A few other bridge clubs in Ontario have, or plan to be, opened soon. We were told that they would be operating illegally.
It looks like, barring a last-minute change of heart from the health unit, that we will have to wait until step 3 is over before we can open our doors.
In the meantime, our club will exist by using the revenues produced from BBO fees. Please continue to support the club while enjoying bridge online. Those who do so will be and are the lifesavers of the Barrie Bridge Club.
Mary Ellen Dale
President, Barrie Bridge Club
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| BARRIE BRIDGE CLUB HOURS |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ SCHEDULED GAMES ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
Online Virtual Club games:
Monday 1:10 pm 299er
Monday 1:30 pm Open
Tuesday 1:10 pm Open
Wednesday 7:10 pm Open
Thursday 1:10 pm Open
Friday 1:10 pm Open
Saturday 1:10 pm Open
Sunday 1:10 pm Open Swiss Team Game - FOURTH Sunday of every month (New)
Our Virtual Club Directors are:
Dale MacKenzie
dalesmackenzie@gmail.com
705-739-3293
BBO name : bigmac33
VacB134783 (when directing)
Frank Mustoe
fmustoe@utschools.ca
BBO name : Doctoe
705-737-1926
VacB134783 (when directing)
Marc Brenner
brenner@sympatico.ca
BBO name : tobytanzer
705-816-2160
VacB134783 (when directing)
Jane Foster
Janekf74@hotmail.com
BBO name : turtle51
705-795-4989
VacB134783 (when directing)
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| SWISS TEAM GAME ANNOUNCEMENT |
Our first Sunday Virtual Swiss Team Game was a resounding Success! There will be a SWISS TEAM Virtual Game on the 4th Sunday of every month. See you there!
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| BBO and ACBL Virtual Game Results |
Barrie Bridge Club virtual game results are now being incorporated into our web site right after the conclusion of each game. See the results for the last 10 games in the upper right-hand corner of the website highlighted in green. You can see older virtual game results by clicking Results in the blue menu in the upper left corner of this web site. All points shown on our website are actual ACBL masterpoints awarded and not BBO points.
You can still see the old-style BBO point results by clicking below. Also given is the link to the ACBL site for their version of our Club's virtual game results. So you have lots of choices in how you view your game results!
BBO Results
ACBL Results
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| No More Masked Bidders Till Further Notice |
Hi friends,
After talking with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit and after hearing the continuing surge of the second wave,
your executive has decided to stop our Mask to Mask games until further notice.
We are hopeful that we will be able to restart and widen participation in the new year and as the vaccines are rolled out.
Have a safe and happy [if alone] Holiday season.
John Montgomery, President, Barrie Bridge Club
CLUB CLOSURE AND DONATIONS
Sadly, we have had to close our club for an undetermined amount of time. Apart from missing the in-person game and the fellowship that goes with it, we will be missing the table fees for quite a while. Donations, online revenue and a limited amount of money in the bank will allow us to survive this pandemic. While memberships this year are free, we urge you to donate what you can to keep the club afloat until such time as we can joyously reopen.
Technical difficulties prevent us from using e-transfers, so please send your cash or cheque, made out to the Barrie Bridge Club, to either
Betty Macmillan 39 Ferndale Dr. S., Unit 205, Barrie, ON L4N 5T5
Or
Barrie Bridge Club 18 Alliance Blvd., Unit 3, Barrie, ON L4M 5A5
Thank you very much, and please stay safe! We want to see all of you in 2021.
Mary Ellen
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| DO YOU WANT TO RENT THE BARRIE BRIDGE CLUB |
The Barrie Bridge Club is available for rent by either members of the club or visitors.
The current fees to rent are $175 for 4 hours (Length of time is negotiable).
Barrie Bridge Members can rent at a price of $100. A deposit may be required to ensure clean-up afterwards.
For additional information please contact Evelyn Carolyn-Elsey
at becaroline@hotmail.com or at (705) 794-3556
In addition any Barrie Bridge Executive would be able to arrange to rent the club for you.
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