Saturday Games Return? Hinsdale Club Shows Way Sept. 12
Saturday games will be making a fall/winter comeback in ACBL Unit 123!
The Hinsdale Duplicate Bridge Club will indeed be charting new ground and showing the way by debuting Sept. 12 a newly sanctioned open game at a Hinsdale church.
Routinely, the Hinsdale duplicate club operates at the Hinsdale Community Center twice a week but when the center lacked space for the club on Saturdays, Diane Martin, HDBC owner, took advantage of availability at the Union Church, 137 S. Garfield, Hinsdale IL, where she also teaches.
“This Saturday idea all started a couple tournaments ago when I had a number of players asking me to start a weekend game and I thought why not?” explained Diane, who is well-known across the unit as a registered ACBL tournament director. She also has been a club director for 20 years.
Diane stressed there are no schedule changes in her two HDBC games on Monday and Thursday at the Hinsdale Community Center. The new Saturday game (at the Union Church) in the Youth Room on the 3rd floor starts at noon with plenty of parking. Players are asked to find spots on the south side of the church. The entry fee is $10. Players are asked to bring their own food and snacks.
For more info, check out the HDBC website at https://www.bridgeinhicago.com/hinsdale. “We welcome players not only from the western suburbs but north and south,” declared Diane, adding, “we look forward to seeing everyone.”
Game info:
Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S. Garfield, Hinsdale IL
12 Noon Start
Text Diane at (708) 207-1500 or email her at puccinni2008 at gmail.com
299er Game Thursdays - 10:30am
A 299er game will be start at 10:30 Thursday at Temple Jeremiah. No pre-registration is needed. The goal will be to play 18 boards and conclude in 2 hours - finishing at 12:30pm.
On July 29, Ken Tatz will be giving a lesson starting at 9:45am!!!
Players with no more than 299 Master points may enter. The game will be stratified so that your scores are only compared against players of similar masterpoint holdings.
The regular "open" game starts at 10:30am, but they play 26 or 27 boards.
Monday and Wednesday Evening Games
With the closure of the Lawson Game on Belmont, the Chicago Duplicate Bridge Center has started a Monday and Wednesday game starting at 6:30pm.
Look for their game information https://www.bridgeinchicago.com/cdb
June, July and August - NAP Qualifier Games.
For the summer months, the ACBL allows clubowners to run special "North American Pair" qualifier games. Instead of just black points at the club, these games award 50% Red and 50% black at an 'accelerated' level.
The ACBL charges an additional sanction fee to run these games -- check with your local club as to when they're running these special games. Clubs can run up to 2 games a month for each day they're open -- 6 opportunities for you to win red points.
The next stage of the North American Pairs happens at the district level (for D13 that means generally in Milwaukee) in September or October. Being in the top 3 pairs in the district finals will win you the right to represent the district at the finals of the event at the Spring Nationals.