| Welcome to the North Alabama Bridge Association (ACBL Unit 232) and Huntsville Bridge Association |
North Alabama Bridge Union (ACLB Unit 232) includes bridge club locations in Huntsville, Athens, Florence and Scottsboro
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| Calendar of Huntsville Bridge Club Games |
F2F means Face-to-Face game played at the Club (Highlighted in Yellow). BBO means that game is online (Highlighted in Pale Blue)
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THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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| All start at 9:00 AM |
9:00 AM |
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1:00 PM |
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OPEN PAIRS (Lynn) |
299’er GAME (Bud) |
OPEN PAIRS |
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11:30 VIDEO EVERY 2 WEEKS (Charles) |
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BBO |
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| All games start at 1:00 PM, except Sunday at 2:00 PM |
2:00 PM (Bud) |
1:00 PM 199’er (Bud) |
1:00 PM 0-1000 MPs (Bud) |
1:00 PM OPEN PAIRS (Lynn) |
1:00 PM 0-1000 MPs Bud) |
1:20 PM 0-1250 MPs (Bud) |
1:00 PM OPEN PAIRS (Bud) |
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OPEN PAIRS ONLINE, except F2F OPEN SWISS ON 3d SUNDAY |
followed by lesson & hand discussion |
(Swiss on 2nd Tuesday) |
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BBO |
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| All are on BBO and start at 7:00 PM |
7:00 PM 299’er GAME (Lynn) |
7:00 PM OPEN PAIRS (Lynn) |
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| Huntsville Bridge Associaton Special Games and Events |
The Bridge Center in Huntsville will have a number of special games to thank our members and to offer opportunities to win higher Masterpoint (MP) awards. In addition, the ACBL will sponsor a number of games played only on BridgeBase Online (BBO), giving you additional opportunities to win MPs of several “colors” (including Gold and Red).
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Sponsored by
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BBO, F2F, or Both
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Entry Fee
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Aug 2
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Club Championship Games
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Huntsville Club
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F2F
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$6
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Aug 9-15 and 16-22
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North American Pairs (NAP) Qualifying (see below)
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Huntsville Club
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Both
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$7*
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Aug 12-15
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Virtual Vacation, online regionally rated events
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ACBL
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BBO only
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Aug 23-29
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Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC); all awards are Silver Points. See details on the next page
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Huntsville Club and District 10
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F2F
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$7
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Aug 30
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Super WELCOME BACK GAMES
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Huntsville Club
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F2F
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$6
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Sept 9-11
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Huntsville Sectional (update later in this newsletter)
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Huntsville Club
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F2F
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$11
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Sept 13
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International Fund Games
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ACBL
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Both
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$7 F2F, $6 online
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*Excludes the 199er Monday afternoon Play and Learn game, which stays at $6
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| North American Bridge Championships Held Online |
A number of local players won masterpoints in the July 15-25 North American Online Bridge Championships (NAOBC). Leading the pack was Disa Eythorsdottir who won 40.45 MPs. Many of you have not had the opportunity to meet Disa yet, as she only recently returned to Huntsville after living in New York City for several years. While in NYC she met and married fantastic person and excellent bridge player Magnus Olafsson. Magnus has played in Open games at the club several times recently. We look forward to seeing Disa at the club. Disa is a multi-time North American Championship and World Championship winner, including both Women’s and Open events.
The list of local area winners in the NAOBC is:
Disa Eythorsdottir 40.45 MP
- Grant Zhang 27.47
- Ralph Boles 23.46
- Geoff Hintze 23.46
- Larry Sealy 21.60 (competing in the Grand National Teams [GNT]
Championship Flight)
- Owen Lynch 21.20
- Paul Munafo 18.32
- Dongsheng Wu 17.86
- Daryl Gahm 9.61
- Rob Ring 2.88
- Keith Noren 0.54 (competing in the GNT Flight C)
- Jim Ray 0.54 (competing in the GNT Flight C)
- Phil Bridges 0.54 (competing in the GNT Flight C)
- Gordon “Macy” Brown 0.54 (competing in the GNT Flight C)
Finally, some of you know former HSV resident Christian Jolly, who now lives in Atlanta. Christian won 31.25 MPs in the NAOBC, competing in the GNT Flight B.
Well done to our local players for winning MPs in the NAOBC!
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| Pictures, Pictures, Pictures |
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We are trying to build a pictorial directory of our members and pictures will only be viewed in the Members Only area.. We will also be able to show your pair's pictures, and those of your opponents, when you view results. If you don't have a picture on file and you would like it to be or if you don't like the picture that is posted, you have several options to add one. If you already have a digital picture, you may post it yourself in your account area when you log in or send it to our webmaster, Kent Kraus (link on Home Page). If you don't have a digital picture and know someone with a digital camera or smartphone, you can have a picture made and email or text it to Kent. The final option is you can send a hardcopy picture to Kent. His address is in the phone directory, which may be viewed in the Membership part of the website.
Pictures help us get to know the names of other members of the club and make it a more enjoyable experience. We hope you will choose to participate. If you do not want to have a picture published, please let Kent know and he will add your name to the do not publish list.
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