| Happy Anniversary! |
White Rose photo by arbyreed
On Friday 5/22, Cordell and Karen will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. To mark the occasion, they will provide lunch for everyone at the game.
Please come, play, and celebrate their 50 years together. NO GIFTS please (unless it's a trick or two)! 
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| New Partner Game, Friday 5/29 |
The last Friday in May is our first NEW (to you) Partner game.
Any pair may play, but pairs that haven't partnered yet this year get a FREE game. GrandSlam members with new to them partners will instead get $5.
This game is a Grass Roots Fund game and costs $1 extra and also awards DOUBLE BLACK points.
It is also the 5th Friday, so we should have a party!  The theme for the party is 'Soup & Salad'. So, get creative and bring something to share. 
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| NEW Thursday Game |
Confetti photo by ADoseOfShipBoy
Our first 4-Is-Enough Thursday game was a big success with 6 tables. Our next Thursday game is May 21. Please plan to join us. If you can, please let Howard or Cordell know you'd like to play.
We have scheduled 8 Thursday games. If this new game is well accepted, we would like to continue the game throughout the rest of the year. Please give us your feedback. Here are the dates for the scheduled Thursday games:
| Thursday May 7 @11:00 |
| Thursday May 21 @11:00 |
| Thursday June 4 @11:00 |
| Thursday June 18 @11:00 |
| Thursday July 2 @11:00 |
| Thursday July 23 @11:00 |
| Thursday August 6 @11:00 |
| Thursday August 27 @11:00 |
We play a slower game than at our other 'open' games. We start at 11:00 and finish before 3:00, about 20-22 hands. We had a lot of fun, talked about the hands as we played them, allowed for 'corrections', etc.
Our Thursday games come at a cost of just $2. They're perfect for beginning players and mentoring pairs.
These Thursday games award ACBL masterpoints and are configured as a "4-Is-Enough" game. That means that while anyone may play, there are restrictions on partnership composition. Specifically, players with over 1000 masterpoints may only partner only with players who have under 500 masterpoints. Players with between 500-1000 masterpoints may partner with other players under 1000 masterpoints. Players with under 500 masterpoints may partner with anyone.
We expect these games to produce a fun relaxed game that is ideal for mentoring newer players and allow beginning pairs to compete on equal footing with their peers. Please plan to join us.
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