| Club Manager Messages |
 1/19/20 ♠ The 2019 Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney Races are over. The Leland Club had a magnificent showing. We had EIGHT first place finishers in these two races, with some players winning both races!! Well deserved KUDOS to all. Please see center box for these winners. Many have their bios available so you can check them also. We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve our website.
A major reason for their success is because the Club hosts as many special games as possible on both days and thus our players have the opportunity to earn Masterpoints at 3 times the level of a regular Open Game.
1/19/20 ♥ Additional information about our Special games. As you know, we have been scheduling as many games as allowed by the ACBL to be Special Games awarding triple points at no extra cost to our players. When the Club hosts a special game, we must pay additional fees to the ACBL or the sponsored charity. To remain viable, we require a minimum of 5 full tables to break even for Special games. That has not been a problem on Tuesdays and we will continue to run the Special Games as often as possible.
The Club has been running Thursday games at a loss for the last 3 months as we have been averaging about 4 tables. The loss is much worse if we host a special game with such a low table count due to the extra fees we must send to ACBL. However, we cannot continue to absorb the additional fees required to host special games when the table count falls below 5 tables. We remain willing to absorb the losses from low table count regular games. Thus we made the tough decision that, when we have less than 5 tables at a game, the game will be run as a regular game rather than a special game.
We will continue to schedule special games whenever possible on Thursdays. If there are at least 5 tables we will run the Special Game. However, if there are less than 5 full tables we will run a regular game and absorb the smaller loss. Now that the Holidays and the Myrtle Beach regional are over, we anticipate that the Thursday table count will pick up and this will be a non-issue and will be running Special Games on both days.
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| Congratulations to our Recent Rank Advancements |
 Martin Coady
Club Master
January |
Paul Stutz
Club Master
January |
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Mitra Thompson
Junior Master
January
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Click on this link for explanation of ACBL rank requirements.
See Changes of Rank menu button for Unit 118 year-to-date.
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| Congratulations to our Club Champions |
Club Championship Game Winners
Tues. 12/10/2019 and Thurs. 12/12/2019
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Donna Parker
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Ken Parker |
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| Game Fees & Membership |
♠ Most of our games are Special Games and award masterpoints at about 3 times what regular club games award. Our club does not charge extra for these special games. More masterpoints are awarded and there is no extra fee added to the cost of a regular game. All of our games have three strata.
♥ Member entry fee is $8 and non-member is $9.
♦ You do not need be a member to play in our club. However, the Leland Bridge Club offers players an opportunity to join our club by paying an annual membership fee of $20. Members receive a $1 discount from the game fee at every game they play.
♣ We ask members and guests to have the correct change and to please pay for yourself and your partner. This helps the check-in process go faster and helps the game start on time.
♠ We have a great relationship with the Magnolia Greens Golf Course and we believe our venue is the best place to play that we have seen. We would like to thank Blossoms Restaurant and Magnolia Greens Golf Course for allowing us to use their facilities. If you are thinking of holding an event, please consider the Banquet Room at the Magnolia Greens Golf Course.
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