SUNDAY GAMES BEGIN AT LEISURE WORLD ON
OCTOBER 1st AT 12:30♥ Director Lori 480-600-2552

THURSDAY GAMES BEGIN AT VIEWPOINT ON
OCTOBER 5^th AT 12:30♥ Director Barbara 480-309-9039

♥ LESSONS AT SUN LAKES♥ 
Try something new, or hone your bridge skills. These classes begin in October, and we must have at least 8 students registered in each class to move forward. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible to register. No payment is due now. If you have already taken these classes, please feel free to forward to interested friends and neighbors.

Beginning Bridge. Wednesday afternoons 1:00 - 3:15 at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 23914 S. Alma School Road, October 11 – November 15, six sessions. Cost: $72 plus textbooks which are available at a discount from the instructor. An introduction to modern bridge, learning the fundamentals and some common conventions. A perfect class for a true beginner or those who have not played in recent years. After attending this class, participants will be ready to play with any bridge group. This class requires a minimum of 8 participants to be registered by October 4 in order to conduct the class, so please contact the instructor as soon as possible: Karin Hansen, karinhanse@aol.com or 612-242-8593 to register.

Basic Defense.  Monday mornings 9:00 – 11:15 in Cottonwood A6, October 9 -November 20, seven sessions, $84 plus text; coded cards also available. When playing bridge, half of the time you are on Defense.  Learn which card you should play for an opening lead, which card you should play in the second or third position, how to legally communicate with your partner through effective card signals and how to make a plan for defense.  Text will be ACBL’s “Defense in the 21^st Century.” This class requires a minimum of 8 participants to be registered by October 4 in order to conduct the class, so please contact the instructor as soon as possible:  Maria Davis at 480-883-2826 or maria.davis58@yahoo.com

SUNDAY GAMES BEGIN AT LEISURE WORLD ON
OCTOBER 1st AT 12:30♥ Director Lori 480-600-2552

THURSDAY GAMES BEGIN AT VIEWPOINT ON
OCTOBER 5^th AT 12:30♥ Director Barbara 480-309-9039

♥ LESSONS AT SUN LAKES♥ 
Try something new, or hone your bridge skills. These classes begin in October, and we must have at least 8 students registered in each class to move forward. ..........

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ ​​​​​​​OCTOBER 10 (TUESDAY)  “8 IS ENOUGH”♠ ​​​​​​​♥ ​​​​​​​♦ ​​​​​​​♣ 

The club is going to try something different on that day.  It will be a team game for which you get to choose your partner but NOT your other two teammates. The format will be “Eight is Enough” in which no team may have more than 8 points.  “A” players count for 3 points each, “B” players for 2 points each, “C” players for 1 point each.  Hence, a team may have two A players and 2 C players, or four B players, or one A, two B’s and one C.   A team could also have a combination that totals less than 8 – perhaps 7 (3 B’s and one C). 
This is intended to be a fun event aimed at getting everyone involved.  Advance registration of partnerships is requested, but full teams will not be formulated until everyone has bought an entry just before the game.  The partnerships will be rank-ordered by total masterpoints.  The highest-ranking pair will be teamed with the lowest ranking pair, and so on.  Individuals with greater than 2,000 points will be As, Life Masters and greater than 500 points will be B’s, NLM and less than 500 points will be C’s. Once the teams are registered, partnerships within each team may be changed.  For instance, the A and C members are allowed to partner.  What will be your team strategy?

The game will consist of four rounds of six boards each and will be stratified ABC in thirds with final cutoffs determined once the game is set up in ACBLScore.  By the way, ACBL is offering extra points for Eight is Enough games held beginning this fall.  What we need for success is for everyone to participate who will be in town and available on October 10^th.  Mark your calendar and support your club!  For newer players, no team game experience is required.

Tor Thorsen will be organizing this game.  Tor and Andi Parham will be directing.  There will be a signup binder at each game beginning this Monday.  You can also contact Tor to sign up.  If you want help finding a partner, contact bridgepards@gmail.com via email.  Individual and pair “walk-ins” may or may not find themselves on a team, so sign up in advance!

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ ​​​​​​​OCTOBER 10 (TUESDAY)  “8 IS ENOUGH”♠ ​​​​​​​♥ ​​​​​​​♦ ​​​​​​​♣ 

The club is going to try something different on that day.  It will be a team game for which you get to choose your partner but NOT your other two teammates. The format will be “Eight is Enough” in which no team may have more than 8 points. ..........