Cashiers Duplicate Bridge Club, Cashiers, NC

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Sunday Swiss Game - Sunday, September 18

CashiersDuplicate Bridge will have a Sunday Swiss game on September 18.

The game begin at 1:30 and we ask everyone to be there at 1:15 so we can start on time. The game will be "Eight is Enough" as described below.

1. Each 4-person team may add up to NO MORE THAN 8 points for the 4-person team.

Players under 300 masterpoints count as 1 point.
Players with 300-1000 masterpoints count as 2 points.
Players with over 1000 masterpoints count as 3 points.

A team may have LESS THAN 8 points or 8 points exactly, but not more than 8. This means that no team may have more than 2 A players and, if a team has 2 A players, they must be playing with 2 C players.

2. We will play 4 rounds of 6 hands each, time permitting. We must be finished in 4 hours or less, which should be no problem if everyone arrives on time and plays at a good pace.

3. Cost is $3 to enter the Rec Center, which goes to the Center, and $25 per team. If you are a member of the Rec Center, then you only pay the bridge fee.

4. If you plan to play, please email Rick Margerison (rmargerison@vpcco.com) with your teammates names. We need a minimum of 6 teams to hold the game. If we do not get enough for the game, Rick will email you on the Saturday before the game to let you know. As always, walk-ins of full four person teams are welcome, but reservations will have priority.

5. If you need teammates to make a team of four, please use our partnership desk link in the right hand column of this page.

Welcome to Cashiers Duplicate Bridge Club

About Us

Welcome to the Cashiers Duplicate Bridge Club (CDBC) website. The CDBC is a member-owned club fully sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). It is a friendly game where all players are welcomed. The club was started around 1990 as a seasonal game with the able leadership of Jean and Ed Whitby. Cashiers Duplicate Bridge Club is incorporated as a non-profit organization to promote bridge games for members and guests. The Club is adminisered by an elected Board of Directors.

We normally have an OPEN game and a 299 game each Tuesday during the season at 1 PM (please arrive by 12:45) at the Cashiers Recreation Center. We can usually accommodate 24 tables, and RESERVATIONS ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY.

The club uses Bridgemate scoring terminals and we were able to purchase a dealing machine at the beginning of the 2014 season, so all games feature pre-dealt boards and hand records. Our goal is to have results posted on this website before our players return to their homes.

Cashiers is a lovely unincorporated municipality situated in the mountains of Southwestern North Carolina. It is a destination vacation place for many who enjoy the simple life of Cashiers and the many activities it has to offer. It has cool summers, wonderful seasons, and superb places to eat. However, its main asset is the good people who come to Cashiers on vacation or that have homes here.

Game Stratification Levels

Our game generally uses the following stratification levels (But may be modified at the discretion of the Director)

C Players - 0 to 500 MPs
B Players - 500 to 2000 MPs
A Players - 2000 and above

Interclub Tournament 2022

Interclub Bridge Tournament - 2022-2023

After a two-year hold for COVID, the Interclub Bridge tournament continued in 2022 marking the 17th year of competition. Burlingame hosted the 2022 event.

In this format, each club supplies two four-person teams for the competition – an A level team and a B level team based on Master points. Each A team plays a six-board match against each other club’s A team for a total of seven rounds while the B group does the same.

Winner of the A group in 2022 was Highlands CC and winner of the B group was Wade Hampton.

Total victory points of the two teams from each club are added together to decide the overall championship. In 2022, Highlands won the competition, with Wade Hampton coming in 2^nd, and CC of Sapphire Valley 3^rd. Each team receives a beautiful trophy crafted by Jim Holimon to keep for the following year when the trophy is awarded to that year's winner.

The 2023 tournament will be held on Thursday August 3, 10 or 17 with the exact date to be set in May 2023. The 8 participating clubs are scheduled to be Cullasaja CC, Highlands CC, Highland Falls CC, CC of Sapphire Valley, Burlingame CC, Wade Hampton GC, Wildcat Cliffs CC and Mountaintop CC.

Suggestions Welcomed

We welcome any ideas on how to improve our Club. You may post them on our blog:
http://www.cashiersbridge.blogspot.com/

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FACE TO FACE GAME SCHEDULE 2022

For the 2022 season, we are planning to begin games on May 31 and continue through the last Tuesday in September. Joan Braender will be our main director again, but will be forced to miss a couple of Tuesdays. We will cover those Tuesdays with alternate directors.

Games begin at 1:00 pm sharp. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before all games so we can sign up and get settled to begin on time.

ALL PLAYERS MUST BE VACCINATED TO PLAY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COOPERATION ON THIS RULE. ON YOUR FIRST VISIT, YOU CAN BRING YOUR VACCINATION CARD OR A PICTURE OF YOUR CARD ON YOUR PHONE. IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN EMAIL THE PICTURE OF YOUR CARD TO LEAH AT leahmargerison@gmail.com ANYTIME BEFORE THE GAME. IF YOU SHOWED US YOUR FULLY VACCINATED CARD LAST YEAR, YOU ARE GOOD FOR THIS YEAR.

Dues this year will be only $5, provided you were a member last year. We were sorry not to able to complete the season last year, and hope to not have that problem in 2022.

We are not ready to reinstate Sunday games or 299 games at this time. We need more Tuesday Open tables before we believe that we could make either of those additional games work. COVID has been very hard on face to face bridge.

Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before all games so we can sign up and get settled to begin on time.

Game fees are $5 per game for members and $7 per game for non-members. Membership fee for the season is $10, unless you were a member in 2021, when the fee will be $5.

All games will be held at the Cashiers Recreation Center, 355 Frank Allen Road, Cashiers, N. C. which is located just west of the Cashiers Post Office.

PARTNERSHIP DESK

Cashiers Bridge Club has a partnership desk for your convenience. If you need a partner for a Tuesday pairs game or a Sunday Swiss game, please send the following information to one of the partnership co-chairpersons listed below.

Name and contact information
Approximate number of masterpoints

Like the current dating sites, we will do our best to match players who have told us that they are looking for partners. We are not going to go searching, and unfortunately, can’t provide any guarantees of success.

Please contact Trisha Hughes thughes1549@gmail.com or Claudia O’Steen <ridosteen10@yahoo.com> with your information.

Results & Calendar

The most recently posted results are listed in the left column below. Future games are shown in the right column. A complete list of older results and future events are shown under the Results and Calendar tabs on the left side of the home page.

Results

Sep 27, 2022

Club Championship

Director: Joan Braender

Sep 20, 2022

Club Championship

Director: Joan Braender

Sep 18, 2022

8-Is-Enough Swiss Teams

Director: Joan Braender

Sep 13, 2022

Club Championship

Director: Joan Braender

Calendar

Tue Jan 31, 2023

Open Game