Free Beginning Bridge Class Starting Tuesday, February 21st at the French Broad Community Center |
Click HERE to register for the Free Beginning Bridge Class.
Do you want to challenge your brain and keep it active in a fun way?
Do you want to make new friends?
Then join the FREE Bridge classes beginning Tuesday February 21, 2023, at 9:30 AM, at the French Broad Community Center, 281 East French Broad Street, Brevard, NC 28712. June Patton will teach the two-hour classes every Tuesday morning for 9 weeks. Pre-registration is required and vaccination is required.
Who should take this class? It is appropriate for:
- People who have never played bridge
- People who have not played in a long time,
- People wishing to improve their game.
Bridge has changed a lot in the last 40 years. You will learn the newest methods of play. You will learn Standard American Bridge.
The first class will start at the most basic level, proceed through opening bids and responses to opening bids, and will include the Stayman Convention and Jacoby Transfers. You will learn some basic defensive techniques and some basic playing techniques. There is a required text for the course: Bidding in the 21st Century. The cost is $23.95. It can be purchased from Baron Barclay or Amazon. (Note that the covers are different, but the books are the same.)
Pre-registration and vaccination are required. You can pre-register on the website: brevardbridge.com
For further information contact June at 781-771-9975, or email junepatton@gmail.com. Or visit the website at brevardbridge.com.
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Brevard Bridge Club 2023 Class Schedule |
New classes for 2023! Click HERE to register.
Click HERE for class descriptions.
Class |
Day |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Inst |
Advanced Play of the Hand (2 sessions) |
Fri |
1/27 - 2/3 |
9:15 AM -
11:30 AM |
FBCC |
June |
Defense (6 sessions) |
Fri |
2/17 - 3/24 |
9:15 AM -
11:30 AM |
FBCC |
June |
Beginning Bridge |
Tue |
2/21 - 4/18 |
9:30 AM -
11:30 AM |
FBCC |
June |
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For further information contact:
June at 781-771-9975 (call or text) or email junepatton@gmail.com
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Brevard Shines in the 2022 Unit 171 Masterpoint Races! |
Brevard players performed very weil in 2022. See the results from the masterpont races below. In particular, we dominated the 50 - 100 and 100 - 200 masterpoint categories, with six and five players respectively, in the top ten.
- The Ace of Clubs races include black points earned at face-to-face and ACBL Virtual club games. Silver points earned at STaC's are not included in these totals.
- The Mini-McKenney races include points earned at clubs and at tournaments, including STaC's.
Several of our players were first overall in their MP Range:
- Barry Hanchett in the 50 - 100 masterpoint Mini-McKenney race
- Clyde Stahl in the 100 - 200 masterpont Ace of Clubs and the Mini-McKenney races
- Bruce Tyler in the 200 - 300 masterpoint Ace of Club race
- June Patton in the 3500 - 5000 masterpoint Ace of Clubs and the Mini-McKenney races
Congratulations to all!
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Ace of Clubs |
Mini McKenney |
MP Range |
Name |
U171 Rank |
Points |
Name |
U171 Rank |
Ponts |
0-5 |
Linda Vandeweghe |
7 |
6.26 |
Linda Vandeweghe |
8 |
6.26 |
John Margold |
9 |
4.71 |
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5-20 |
Murray Deathe |
3 |
20.45 |
Murray Deathe |
2 |
27.60 |
Tom Gearing |
6 |
7.12 |
Molly Jenkins |
6 |
7.89 |
Molly Jenkins |
7 |
7.09 |
Tom Gearing |
7 |
7.12 |
20 - 50 |
Joy Evans |
2 |
26.56 |
Joy Evans |
2 |
28.10 |
Morris Jenkins |
3 |
26.42 |
Morris Jenkins |
3 |
27.22 |
50 - 100 |
Barry Hanchett |
2 |
45.03 |
Barry Hanchett |
1 |
76.38 |
Sharon Moya |
4 |
39.62 |
Sharon Moya |
4 |
46.88 |
Bambi Dillingham |
5 |
38.37 |
Bambi Dillingham |
5 |
45.96 |
Pete Dillingham |
6 |
37.45 |
Pete Dillingham |
6 |
45.04 |
Pam Harpootlian |
9 |
21.87 |
Mary Jo Miller |
8 |
31.16 |
Mary Jo Miller |
10 |
20.50 |
Pam Harpootlianr |
10 |
21.87 |
100 - 200 |
Clyde Stahl |
1 |
71.12 |
Clyde Stahl |
1 |
101.37 |
Bob Fritz |
5 |
55.50 |
Bob Fritz |
2 |
74.28 |
Newt Colston |
8 |
47.87 |
Newt Colston |
6 |
53.97 |
Linda Martinson |
9 |
45.68 |
Andy Stratton |
10 |
48.43 |
Andy Stratton |
9 |
45.68 |
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200 - 300 |
Bruce Tyler |
1 |
167.95 |
Bruce Tyler |
2 |
180.00 |
Barbie Tapley |
2 |
141.45 |
Barbie Tapley |
3 |
145.44 |
Kathy King |
7 |
43.26 |
Kathy King |
9 |
47.70 |
300 - 500 |
John Walter |
5 |
8.59 |
John Walter |
7 |
86.43 |
500 - 1000 |
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1000 - 1500 |
Abe Pallas |
8 |
48.33 |
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1500 - 2500 |
Ernie Levinson |
3 |
98.86 |
Ernie Levinson |
2 |
188.43 |
2500 - 3500 |
John Clancy |
4 |
86.19 |
Jane Champion |
6 |
115.18 |
Jane Champion |
8 |
62.72 |
George Dysart |
7 |
112.15 |
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John Clancy |
9 |
94.21 |
3500 - 5000 |
June Patton |
1 |
294.99 |
June Patton |
1 |
369.67 |
5000 - 7500 |
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7500 - 10,000 |
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10,000 + |
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Click HERE for all Unit 171 results in the Ace of Club races.
Click HERE for all Unit 171 results in the Mini-McKenney races.
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Join Us at the French Broad Community Center. |
Join us for face-to-face at the French Broad Community Center. We have open duplicate games Thursday and Friday, and a 0-100 MP Novice game every other Tuesday. All games start at 1:00 PM
There is a casual game (no masterpoints) on the Tuesdays with no Novice game, and also on Thursday afternoons concurrent with the duplicate game. You can ask questions and discuss the hands during the casual game. You don't need a partner - just come and play!
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Get Results From Our Online Games |
You can see results from our online games at the link below:
Results Posted on ACBL Live - These results don't include the hand records, but do show how each board was played by every pair. In addition, these results include the actual masterpoints awarded by the ACBL.
You can now also see your results right here on our website! The online games are included in the competitions, so you an see how you're doing compared with your friends.
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