| Welcome to the Huntsville Bridge Club and North Alabama ACBL Unit 232 |
North Alabama Bridge Association includes bridge club locations in Huntsville, Athens, Florence and Scottsboro
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| New Game Schedule |
Select face-to-face (F2F) games start MONDAY JUNE 14.
IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGES STARTING JUNE 14!
We will start with three Face-to-face (F2F) games weekly:
- Monday afternoon 1:00 PM 199’er, plan and learn game
- Tuesday Afternoon 1:00 PM 0-1000 MP game
- Wednesday Afternoon 1:00 PM Open game
For ease of remembering, daily starting times for all games (both F2F and BBO) will be the same every day with one exception.
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Start Time
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Mornings
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9:00 AM
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Afternoons
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1:00 PM (except Sunday, which is 2:00 PM)
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Evenings
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7:00 PM
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There have been a couple of inquiries by people confused about when the new schedule begins. To be clear the answer is JUNE 14. If the schedule is unclear or you have questions about the schedule, please contact Susan Bridges (HBA President) at susanbridges314@gmail.com or Daryl Gahm (HBA VP) at darylgahm@gmail.com.
The Club has established certain rules for attending face-to-face games. These can be found under the grey Club Information Tab to the left.
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| Calendar of Huntsville Bridge Club Games |
REOPENING WEEKLY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JUNE 14♦ ♣
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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SUNDAY
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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Morning
All are on BBO and start at 9:00 AM
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BBO
9:00 AM
OPEN PAIRS (Lynn)
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BBO
9:00 AM
299’er GAME (Bud)
11:30 VIDEO EVERY 2 WEEKS (Charles)
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BBO
9:00 AM OPEN PAIRS (Bud)
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Afternoon
All games start at 1:00 PM, except Sunday at 2:00 PM
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BBO
2:00 PM (Bud)
OPEN PAIRS ONLINE, except F2F OPEN SWISS ON 3d SUNDAY
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F2F
1:00 PM 199’er (Bud)
followed by lesson & hand discussion
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F2F
1:00 PM 0-1000 MPs (Bud)
(Swiss on 2nd Tuesday)
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F2F
1:00 PM OPEN PAIRS (Lynn)
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BBO
1:00 PM 0-1000 MPs Bud)
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BBO
1:00 PM 0-1250 MPs (Bud)
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BBO
1:00 PM OPEN PAIRS (Bud)
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Evening
All are on BBO and start at 7:00 PM
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BBO
7:00 PM 299’er GAME (Lynn)
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BBO
7:00 PM OPEN PAIRS (Lynn)
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| UPCOMING ACBL-COORDINATED SPECIAL GAMES AND EVENTS |
Events occurring within the two-week period of this newsletter are highlighted in yellow
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EVENT
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June thru August
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North American Pairs (NAP) Qualifying
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June 19-20
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Longest Day: Upgraded Masterpoint awards in Virtual Clubs as we raise money to fight Alzheimer’s
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June 24-27
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Endless Summer: Regionally Rated Events
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July `4-25
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North American Online Bridge Championships
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| Longest Day Details |
THE LONGEST DAY ALZHEIMER’S FUND RAISER
As is our annual practice, the Huntsville Bridge Club will conduct games to support research into the treatment and cure of Alzheimer’s. We will have four games to raise funds:
Entry fee will be $10 per person, per session. All proceeds above our direct costs (table fees paid to the ACBL and Director pay) will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Also take advantage of our big, Purple adorned Alzheimer’s Donation Poster at the Bridge Center on Face-to-face Days and make a donation that can also be in honor of or in memory of a special person. All Poster money checks should be made out to the Alzheimer’s Association as they go directly to the association and are tax deductible.
In 2020, our Huntsville club raised $3,259 for the Alzheimer’s Association. Clubs like ours working together with the ACBL raised over $800,000 for Alzheimer’s research in 2020.
If you cannot play in one of our four games but you would like to make a donation to Alzheimer’s research, you can donate as part of our Bridge Unit at https://tinyurl.com/TLD-Unit232.
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| North American Pairs Event (NAP) |
The North American Pairs (NAP) is a national-wide playoff that starts at local clubs and culminates with a pair being declared National Champion in its flight. The club-level qualifying games are played just like our usual club game. THE CLUB BOARD WOULD GENUINELY LOVE HAVING MORE PLAYERS PROCEEDING TO THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR. IT IS GREAT FUN FOR ALL!
There are Flights for all masterpoint categories:
- Flight C = Non-Life Masters with fewer than 500 MPs as of the June 2021 masterpoint cycle
- Flight B = Players with less than 2500 MPs as of the June 2021 masterpoint cycle
- Flight A = unlimited masterpoints
It is important to note that these events are “flighted”, which means you only play against people who in the same masterpoint flight as you from the District level to the North American Championship level. The club game may be stratified, but you are still only compared to others in your flight range.
The Huntsville Club qualifying games will occur in June, July, and/or August, either online or in F2F play. Specific dates will be announced soon!
If you finish in the top half of your flight in any of the qualifying club games, you get to compete in the District 10 finals. There will be several club qualifying games, giving you several opportunities to qualify and move forward in the competition. The location varies but it will occur somewhere in the District 10 area and is usually played in January. Recent District finals were held in Birmingham or Jackson MS.
If your pair wins that event, you are off to the North American Championships to play in the finals in your flight with some pocket money provided by the District to help offset your cost of participation. If there are enough pairs competing at the club level, then the District may be allowed to send the top TWO pairs from the District finals!
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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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