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March 23, 2026
Open & 299er ACBL wide Silver Seniors
March 24, 2026
Perfect Ten Swiss Regular
March 25, 2026
Open & 299er ACBL wide Charity
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SOMETHING NEW ON THE HORIZON

The SE Carolina Collective of which we are a member (to get a % of the fees our members pay to play in tournaments) is asking members to start playing on Realbridge.online. Games are $6. Reason is because BBO lowered the % fee sharing so we hardly get any money back to our club. The ACBL endorses Realbridge.online and you can create an account on Realbridge.online using your ACBL account. TY! 

♥ ♦ BIG CHANGES COMING IN LIKE A LION IN MARCH!!♥ ♦ 

Monday - Open and 299er games (New)

Tuesday - Swiss Teams 

    First & Third Tuesdays - Regular Swiss

    Second & Fourth Tuesdays - Perfect Ten Swiss (contact Cappy Gagnon at cappygagnon@comcast.net for partners)

Wednesday - Open and 299er games

Thursday - Education Days (New)

        Each day at 10:00 to 12 Noon - Beginning & Novice Class given by Richard Mao (richardmao@rocketmail.com)

        Each day at 1:00 to 3:00 - Advanced Beginners and Intermediates Class given by Jo Ann Steigmeyer (joann1107@comcast.net.  (Note, there is never a class on the LAST Thursday of the month so Jo Ann can work on the newsletter.)

Friday - We will continue the Pro-Am pairs games but 

    The FIRST & THIRD Fridays will be an Unlimited Pro-Am with Amateur parameters of 0 - 200 mps and Pro parameters will be 201 to infinity (New) (Contact Cappy at cappygagnon@comcast.net

JO ANN STEIGMEYER’S ADVANCED CLASS: THURSDAYS, 1-3pm; $7 no partner necessary rsvp by Tuesday 6pm to joann1107@comcast.net  

3/19 - Forcing Bids you CAN’T PASS! Non forcing bids you can and probably should pass; extremely important to learn to become a better player.


RICH MAO’s Beginner & Novice Class - Thursdays 10-12

Register by 6:00 p.m. Tuesday via e-mail to richardmao@rocketmail.com. Fee $7:00 each class

NEED PARTNER? You can use the "MEMBERS" tab to click on "Find A Partner", click "Calendar" and the people icon, scroll to and click on the date when you need the partner. ALSO, to encourage users to find partners on this site, if you email us using the "CONTACT US" link, we will send out an email to our membership. Please specify date and put your contact info in the email. Please give us at least 48hrs notice of your request. Thank you!

Donations: If you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation, please make checks out to South Bend Bridge Foundation Inc. Our FEIN is 99-0528163. If you'd like us to coordinate with your financial advisor to make a Qualified Charitable Donation from your IRA, please contact one of our directors or Susie Farrington at Southbendbridge@gmail.com

SE Carolina Collective on BBO: we have joined this collective of almost 200 bridge clubs in the US and Canada. The schedule is below. You can search for the Collective games on BBO by going to "Virtual Clubs", then "ACBL North America"  then "se" in search area. Our Club receives a % of the tournament fee you pay (members' ACBL# are linked to SBBC). Early registration promotes more pairs to play in that game which results in more money for our club. Please play the SE Carolina tournaments when you cannot play face to face. 

9:15am:499                  12:45pm:499            3:40pm:499                 6:45pm:499

9:30am:799                  1:00pm:799              3:43pm:799                 7:00pm:799

9:35am:2500                1:05pm:2500            3:44pm:2500               7:03pm:2500

9:38am:Open               1:10pm:Open           3:45pm:Open             7:05pm:Open
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Special Club Games
Senior Pairs Game

Anyone born before 1/1/1960 may earn points; all may play in these games.
Pro-Am Game

Fun Pro-Am Game will be held to encourage new players (with fewer than 199 masterpoints) to play with seasoned players (with 200-1500 masterpoints). You learn a lot playing with seasoned partners and reinforce your knowledge! Please check our calendar for the schedule. A sign up sheet will be on the rear wall at the Bridge Center from which you may choose a partner, or you may email Cappy Gagnon (cappygagnon@comcast.net). If you have questions about the event, call Sharon Novotny at 574-707-1776 or Miki Grant at 574-274-1718.  Fun guaranteed, yummy desserts will be provided. 
Perfect Ten

Perfect Ten: Cappy Gagnon created this format and assigns teams. Each player is given an internal point ranking (1-4) based upon ability and ACBL points; then teams of four are created so that the total for each team is 10 points. This insures that none of the teams has an advantage by stacking with all "4" level players. This game is played in the Swiss Team format. 
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