Puerto Vallarta Regional Tournament—IMPORTANT UPDATE!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have been forced to move the host hotel and playing site for the Puerto Vallarta Regional Tournament, November 4-10, 2024, from the Westin Resort & Spa to the Hotel Krystal Grand Puerto Vallarta. The playing schedule has not changed.

For those of you who made reservations at the Westin, your reservation will be automatically moved to the Krystal Grand.  You will be receiving a separate email from the Westin outlining the details of your stay at the Krystal Grand.  Rest assured that we have worked hard to negotiate an even better rate than what you would have received at the Westin.  We think you will be pleased!

For those of you who made reservations to stay somewhere other than the Westin, we regret any inconvenience that may be caused by the change in playing site.  We have arranged for your free access to the Krystal Grand to participate in the tournament and for you to be able to dine at their buffet restaurants on a cash basis.  Parking at the Krystal Grand, should you require it, is $5 per day.

The new location is about a 10-minute drive from the Westin, 13 minutes from the airport, directly on the beach on the south side of the Marina in Puerto Vallarta.  The address is Av. de las Garzas 136-1, Zona Hotelera Norte, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 48333, México.

We look forward to seeing you at our tournament, and we are doing everything possible to make sure you have a great experience at the Krystal Grand.

For more information about the Krystal Grand, visit their website at www.krystalgrand-puertovallarta.com.  If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at tourney205@gmail.com.  

For the newly revised Puerto Vallarta Regional Tournament 2024 Flyer: PV Flyer 2024 Revised.pdf

Game Schedule

• Monday, 1:15 pm: Open Pairs (On hold until the Fall)
• Tuesday, 1:15 pm: Open Pairs
• Wednesday, 1:00 pm: Supervised Bridge (November-March)
• Thursday, 1:15 pm: Open Pairs
• Friday, 9:00 am lesson, 9:30 game: 0-499 Master Points
  Current game schedule - check calendar

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.