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Emergency Contact Form

Members are invited to submit emergency contact information by either of two methods:

The first method is to legibly hand-fill a form available at the directors' desk.

The second method is to download a fillable form, enter the data and print the form.

Bring either your hand filled or computer filled form to any director.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE DOWNLOADABLE FILLABLE FORM

Note: this resource is a completely voluntary matter and is for your convenience only.  Use it if you want the club to know who to contact in an emergency.

Board of the Week

Board of the Week is a series of comments on interesting boards, written by a non-expert member of our club.  The articles are intended to be educational, entertaining, or both.

Board of the Week 77:

A Simple, But Fun, Unblocking Play

Board of the Week 78:
What Slam Do You Bid?

CLICK HERE FOR PRIOR EDITIONS

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Welcome to Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club

Unit-Wide Championship

The June Unit-Wide Championship was held Monday, June 22.  Club results posted in the normal location (CLICK HERE) are not official.

Official results for all participating clubs can be found HERE in PDF

The officlal results are also posted by ACBL Live for Clubs HERE for the Open Pairs event ("L" for LRDBC) and HERE for the 0-500 PaIrs event ("M" for LRDBC).

Thanks for playing!  The next Unit-Wide Championship will be held on Tuesday, July 21 at 12:30 p.m.

Special: Saturday Bridge Party Coming

Tournament Coming Soon!

Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club will host the

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
July 16-18, 2026

Tournament Site
Delta Hotels
201 South Shackleford Road
Little Rock, Arkansas

Two tournments in one
Non Life Master Regional
(gold and red points awarded)

Sectional open to all players
(silver points awarded)

CLICK HERE FOR TOURNAMENT FLYER

Eight Is Enough Swiss Team Update

Congratulations to our Eight Is Enough Winning Team!

Karen Anderson, Leslie Hollingsworth, Connie True, and Judy Willard

The next Eight Is Enough Swiss events are
July 12 at 1:30 p.m.
July 26 at 1:30 (team games 2nd and 4th Sundays in July)

Eight Is Enough Conditions of Contest
Each team must include at least one C player.
No team may have more than one A player
.

A = 2000+ MP
 B =
500
2000 MP
C = Under 500 MP

Summer Symposia

Want to improve your game?

The Bridge House, a separate corporation from Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club, is hosting 9 Summer Symposia starting June 6 and running through August 29.  Take as many of these short courses as you choose.

THE NEXT SEMINAR IS THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 27
"GAME TRIES"
HOSTED BY DAVID COCKCROFT

CLICK HERE to see the flyer on The Bridge House web pages.

CLICK HERE to see the flyer as a PDF

Do What You Love to End ALZ

Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club participated in the ACBL-Hosted program "Do What You Can to End ALZ"  Our club hosted five 12-board games, and the hardy souls in the photo managed to appear in each.  A special thanks to Carole Nutter for hosting the lunch, all those who brought snacks, Mike Porta for club coordination with the Alzheimers charity, others who worked with the charity, and all the players and non-players who contributed to the cause.

Tournament Registration Form

Please pre-register for the Tournament of Roses!

Pick up a registration form at the club, or choose the easier way: download the registration form, then fill the downloaded form and save that filled document.  Deliver the completed/saved form to the club in any of these ways:

1. Print and mail to Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club, 7415 Indiana Avenue, Little Rock, AR  72207
2. Print and bring to the club and place in Mailbox A3
3. Attach to e-mail sent to Tournament Chair Cindy Alexander (cma5858@comcast.net)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILLABLE REGISTRATION FORM

Share the News About Bridge!

The Bridge House has produced a professional-quality video that introduces bridge to the general public.  Now it's up to us to share it with our non-player friends as we encourage them to take up the game.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO

Need a Partner?

Ever find yourself wanting to play at the club but don't know how to find a partner?  We can help!

For play in Open Pairs contests, contact Mary Anne Wildman at 501-352-9367 or by e-mail HERE.  For play in events that are restricted by total masterpoints, contact Gary Evans at 501-765-2286 or by e-mail HERE.

LRDBC WEEKLY GAME SCHEDULE

 

CLICK HERE FOR JUNE CALENDAR

 

The Bridge House Educational Programs

The Bridge House, a separate organization from Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club, provides classes, mini-lessons, and other educational opportunities throughout the year.

CLICK HERE FOR THE BRIDGE HOUSE CLASS SCHEDULE

Recent 70% Games

Deborah Chapman and Tanya Wright
70.48% May 26 0-50 Pairs

Jane Hambuchen and Ola Berry
70.09% June 2 0-50 Pairs

Laura Humphrey and Sallie Blanton
75.00% June 12 0-200 Pairs

Randy Meyer and Cathy Meyer
71.44% June 16 0-50 Pairs

Sue Fess and Nancy Speer
76.67% June 17 Do What You Love Open Pairs

Alan Hipps and Susan Santa Cruz
70.24% June 22 0-500 Pairs

Louallen Wyatt and Darrell Wyatt
70.64% June 23 Open Pairs

Gary Eubanks and Lois Eubanks
73.30% June 23 0-50 Pairs

 

Rank Achievements Reported May 1, 2026

Sectional Master (50 masterpoints, of which at least 10 are black and 5 are silver)

Amber Davis

Life Master (500 masterpoints, of which at least 75 are black, 75 are silver, and 100 are red/gold/platinum; of the latter, 50 are more must be gold/platinum)

Sue Fess

Bronze Life Master (a Life Master with 750 masterpoints)

Patty Pyle

Gold Life Master (a Life Master with 2,500 masterpoints, of which 300 are silver/red/gold/platinum

Luraette Tucker

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Practice Active Ethics

Watch your tempo
Don't derive information from partner's tempo or behavior
Make sure you are not sending or receiving signals other than through bids and card play

THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ETHICAL PLAYER! 

BE NICE TO YOUR PARTNER, YOUR OPPONENTS, AND THE DIRECTOR