Peter Godrey “I wouldn’t mind being in jail if I had three cellmates who were decent players and who were willing to keep the game going 24 hours a day.” —Warren Buffett, describing his love of the game of bridge. Bridge is the world’s most popular card game, enjoyed every day by millions of people.…
Tag: Bridge Club
Clubs & Classes, February 2019
MountainView Bridge Club
Sue Bush The Tucson Regional Bridge Tournament will soon be here! This special event will be held February 25-March 3 at the Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington Road, just off I-10 near the airport. Gold rush pairs, knockouts, Swiss teams, stratified open pairs and bracketed team play will be featured throughout the week. Players…
Clubs & Classes, May 2017
April Bridge Club news
Ann Kuperberg April showers might bring May flowers but for the MountainView Bridge Club April brought more players gaining master points. Frequent winners included Jack and Arlene Mayfield, Peter Godfrey and Steve Sahl, Bonnie and Bob Hertzog, Michelle Werley with Marie Heald and Joy Rieckers, Sue Hagerty with Dean Frost and Jim Coe, Vicki Hanson…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
New ACBL Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge Club
Barbara Starrett and Joyce Honorof We are pleased to announce that the Small Slams Bridge Club is now American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) sanctioned and will begin offering ACBL masterpoints with the first game set for Thursday, January 14, 2016. Both Joyce and Barbara started playing bridge only a few years ago and rapidly became…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
MountainView Bridge Club has best Christmas party ever
Terry Coe What a night! SaddleBrooke’s MountainView Duplicate Bridge Club put down the cards, danced on the tables and ended forever the old myth that bridge players are a stodgy, grumpy bunch. The enterprising members who scooped up the unused drink tickets and imbibed enough to lose their inhibitions started the fun flowing. While the…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
MountainView Bridge Club
Terry Coe The club invites all SaddleBrooke bridge players to join us for a duplicate game. Give it a try—you’ll be surprised at how fun and challenging it is. We play Tuesday and Fridays afternoons in the Mariposa Room at DesertView and your first game is free! Call Sue Hagerty at 818-6702 if you need…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
MountainView Bridge Club
Stephanie Parks This February, of course, we did not have local games during the Regional at the end of the month, but the six games we did have were well attended with an average of 15 tables. As for the Regional, there were 10365.27 master points earned by 937 players, with a total of 1636…
Clubs & Classes, December 2014
MountainView Bridge Club news – December 2014
Stephanie Parks I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are now ready for our annual party—a real happening on December 9 at the RoadRunner Grill with the customary fantastic food and fun. You have probably noticed that we now have hand records for most of our games—a great tool for reviewing your bid and…