Welcome to The Villages Duplicate Bridge Club.  Our club is located in The Villages (Florida's Friendliest Hometown) which is in central Florida.  Our ACBL sanction number is #217489.  We are in District 9, Unit 128.

This is an invitational club so guest passes must be obtained for a guest to play.  All regular game fees are $3 per person for a resident and $5 per person for a guest.   We are a non-smoking club and adhere to the ACBL Zero Tolerance Policy.

Our web site has a lot of information and you should scroll down the home page first to find out what you want and then click on the special menu buttons to obtain additional information on a specific subject.

EDUCATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

For the rest of the summer, the Education Department of the Villages Duplicate Bridge Club will be working on our fall initiatives.  This includes new-to-bridge lessons at Riverbend Recreation Center and video classes with practice hands for intermediate players at O’Dell Recreation Center, both on Tuesday mornings, starting in October.

Meanwhile, there are several ongoing projects:

Mentor/Mentee games on Friday mornings, organized by Carol Ketterer.

Lessons for advanced beginners on Thursday mornings at SeaBreeze Regional Recreation Center by Janet Matthews.

Newcomer games and mini-lessons for players with limited points:  

Wednesday mornings at Eisenhower Regional Recreation Center by Marilyn Schmidt (under 50) and Monday evenings at Seabreeze Regional Recreation Center by Paul Matheson (under 100).

Please consult the sub-tabs on the left, under the “Education” tab, for more details on these initiatives.   

Marilyn Schmidt, Coordinator of Education

For information on how to use the Reservation System please click Reservation Instructions

For a very informative video on how to use the system please click Here 

And this is part 2 showing how to change reservations and some FAQ’s  Click Here

Please contact Janet Matthews for any questions or problems at janetmatthewsusa@gmail.com

♠ ♠ THIS WEEK ♥ ♥ 

Double SILVER points  in F2F games (STaC)   

Double points ½ Red in BBO games (NAP) 

Thursday lesson is on Defensive Signals . All welcome 

There will not be Mentor games in August. 

Miona is AGAIN closed this week

♥ ♥ Tuesday Open game will be at Eisenhower 

♦ ♦ Wednesday Open game will be on BBO

Thank you and remember to cancel if you change your plans - or call Janet or the Director 

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR CLUB 😀