Game Schedule  

• Monday, 1:15 pm: Open Pairs 
• Tuesday, 1:15 pm: Open Pairs
• Wednesday, 1:00 pm: Supervised Bridge (November-March - ON HOLD)
• Thursday, 1:15 pm: Open Pairs
• Friday, 9:00 am lesson, 9:30 game: 0-499 Master Points

Current game schedule - Afternoon games will be STaC games (with silver points) the first week of December.  All games will be Club Championships the third week in December with the game on Tuesday, December 17th, being a Lew Crippen Club Championship in his memory.  Check the "Extra Points" link to the right or check the calendar for more details.

STaC Results Link - https://tinyurl.com/RES2412516  Note that there will be a two day delay before the overall results wiill be available.

Please arrive 15 minutes before starting times so we can start on time and finish on time. If you are going to be late, please have your partner notify the director at the club so that your pair's table assignment can be held.  

Partners may be available if you need one, but please use the "Find A Partner" (members) or "Contact Us" (non-members) in the menu at the left of this page to look for a partner before you come to the club.

Fee for regular games at the club is $100 pesos. Special games (charity games, club championships, etc.) may have an additional fee. Members may purchase a punch-card good for seven games for $600 pesos.

Please do not come to the club if you have any communicable illness, such as a cold or flu-like symptoms, no matter how mild, and certainly not if you have tested positive for Covid-19. Masks are optional. We are no longer checking for proof of vaccination.

Monthly Unit Championship
The Monthly Unit Championship is typically held on the fourth Saturday of the month, with a potluck lunch starting at noon, followed by the game at 1:00. The fee is $100 pesos. Club punch cards are not accepted for Unit Games. Check the Calendar for when a Unit Game is scheduled.

PLAY NICE!
Your Board has been focused on attracting novice and former members to play in our open games. We want to remind everyone that bridge is a game of respect for all, regardless of experience. Please remember the "play nice" guidelines as posted on our bulletin board. Many thanks.

Come Play Bridge!
The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club cordially invites all those interested in playing bridge to visit us and enjoy the fun of bridge.

The club is located in Sol Y Luna's meeting room, west Ajijic. We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday afternoons with games starting at 1:15 and ending before 5:00. Friday mornings feature a short lesson at 9:00am and a beginner game at 9:30am. The doors usually open about 12:30 for afternoon games and 8:30 for Friday morning games so come by, say hi and make some new friends.

Don’t know how to play the greatest card game ever invented? No problem! The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club offers lessons for beginners and intermediates. Our friendly instructors will make you feel at home and have you playing in no time. Wednesday afternoons (November-March) starting at 1:00 are a great time to get your feet wet when the club offers lessons and supervised play. Come join us and have some fun.

What do Churchill, Sharif, Gates and Buffett have in common?
They are well-known bridge devotees together with Dwight Eisenhower, Mahatma Ghandi, Deng Xiao Ping, Agatha Christie, Oprah Winfrey, Woody Allen, and Martina Navratilova.

The most challenging mental sport, bridge is a game of skill, concentration and infinite possibilities. It’s part science, part math, part logic, part reason and embodies cooperation, problem solving and has even been linked to higher test scores among children. It is an easy game to learn, a hard game to master and you don’t have to be an expert to enjoy it.

Millions of people worldwide play at home, in clubs or on-line. Many advance to tournaments or “duplicate” bridge to enjoy its social competitive aspects.

The medical profession is only now coming to realize that, as people are tending to live longer. Remain mentally fit may be as important as maintaining their levels of physical fitness. More and more often chess, bridge, backgammon and crossword puzzles are being cited as excellent activities for keeping the brain exercised and stalling the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Bridge provides an excellent mechanism to improve a player’s:

• Logical thinking skills
• Mathematical ability
• Memory
• Teamwork
• Social skills
• Concentration
• Critical thinking ability
• Communication skills
• Problem solving ability
• Inferential reasoning

Bridge is one of the few games played today by people of all ages and nationalities.

Contact Us if you have a questions.