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INSTANT MATCHPOINT GAME IN
SEPTEMBER
On Thursday evening of September 16, a special game will be
held at the senior
center beginning at 6:30pm. The cost is $5 per person.
The top pair in each direction will win 1 gold point.
All other high-point awards are half red and half black. More
details can be found
here.
We ask that people sign up for this event
since the hands need to be pre-made.
Please
send an e-mail to
ncbridge@gmail.com identifying your partnership if you
intend to play.
A very special method of scoring is used for the Instant Matchpoint
Pairs, a rare event—it is run annually
by the ACBL. Identical hands are played throughout the ACBL. As soon as the hand is played, the players can
learn their Instant Matchpoint result by looking at the
traveling score. All hands are scored in advance. A
good-looking program book is distributed to all players
at the conclusion of the game in which each and every
hand is thoroughly analyzed by an expert.
EXTRA POINT WINNERS
(STaC Week)
JUNE 2010 (results
link)
SATURDAY AFTERNOON (106 Tables
Competing):
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Dixie Nicholson and
Gladys Chianello,
winners of 2.54 silver points for their 61.11% game. They placed
6th in B and 4th in C.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (171.5 Tables
Competing):
UPDATE: Drats!
No Greenville pair placed in the overall.
WEDNESDAY MORNING (95 Tables
Competing):
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Charlotte Weathers and
Carole Exum,
winners of 2.54 silver points for their 61.98% game. They placed
9th in A and 6th in B.
TUESDAY EVENING (66 Tables
Competing):
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Ann Ipock and
Janet McGlohon,
winners of 6.85
ZOINKS! silver points for their 66.25% game. They placed
3rd in A.
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Masao Kishore and
Kate Szucs,
winners of 3.86 silver points for their 61.67% game. They placed
4th in B and 3rd in C.
MONDAY AFTERNOON (149.5 Tables
Competing):
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Ann Ipock and
Bruce Southard,
winners of 2.10 silver points for their 66.67% game. They placed
8th in A.
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Barbara Stocks and
Fred Lavin,
winners of 5.35
WOOT! silver points for their 65.74% game. They placed
9th in A and 4th in B.
UPDATE: Congratulations
to Estelle Carraway and
Annie Campbell,
winners of 4.01 silver points for their 65.51% game. They placed
10th in A and 5th in B.
Starting July 1, 2010, only one
charity game per month.
ACBL has chosen to limit the number of
charity/jr fund/international fund games that can be offered
in non-designated months to one each month.
Furthermore, the payout for these games will now be 70% of
what it was in the past.
We will still offer as many high point
games as allowed:
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One
club championship per quarter
-
STaC
games
-
one
membership game per year
-
two
NAP games in each of June, July and August
-
Junior fund games in all of the designated month of February
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Charity games in all of the designated month of April
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International fund games in all of the designated month of September
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One
club appreciation pair and one club appreciation team game in October
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One
charity game per month in each non-designated month
Even running the 38 special
games we are allowed, 14 weeks remain where we will run old-style games.
The point awards for these regular games may be shockingly low for some of
our newer members. Brace yourselves!!!
Also, we will have to adjust our
scheduled games for the latter half of 2010. We will announce when
these are available.
Greenville Area Bridge Club players excel in District 7 Competition
(by Fred Lavin)
Many Greenville regulars finished 2009 in the top 15 of the District 7
(North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and western Tennessee) standings in
the Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKinney competitions. The Ace of Clubs includes
points won at the local club level in competitions where only black points
are awarded. The Mini-McKinney race includes all master points won at any
level during the year and rewards those who compete often at the Sectional
and Regional levels. Both contests are stratified according to the number
of points a person has at the start of each calendar year.
Nancy Boyd finished 2nd in the Ace of Clubs
and 3rd in the Mini-McKinney in the 200-300 MP category. Ron
Woodsum was 2nd in the Ace of Clubs and 10th in
the McKinney in the 7,500-10,000 section.
In the 300-500 competition, Ben Harrison finished 3rd
in the Ace of Clubs and 8th in the Mini-McKinney field. Mary
Jane Jenkins came in 4th and 3rd respectively in
the 0-50 division of those races.
Cindy Suter racked up enough MPs to finish 4th
in the Ace of Clubs and 11th in the Mini-McKinney in the 20-50 MP
section..
Meanwhile, in the 500-1000 MP division, Fred Lavin was 5th
in the Ace of Clubs and 7th in the Mini-McKinney, while his
regular partner, Chris Carolan, was 8th and 11th,
respectively. Tudi Moldestad tied for 13th in the
Mini-McKinney race for that category.
Finally, Vivian Woodsum came in 12th in the
2500-5000 division of the Ace of Clubs.
ALERT !!!
Structure of the Saturday games
The last quarter of 2009 saw the addition of a novice
side game on Saturdays. Unfortunately, these games tended to have low
participation. We have decided to implement the following policy:
ANY SATURDAY
WHERE 4 OR MORE TABLES WANT TO PLAY IN A NOVICE GAME:
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we will have a novice side game with strats C =
0-100, B = 100-200, A = 200-300 and they will play 24 boards.
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the open game will have strats C = 0-750, B =
750-1500, A = 1500+
ANY SATURDAY
WITH INSUFFICIENT DEMAND FOR A NOVICE GAME:
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the open game will have strats C = 0-NLM, B =
NLM-1250, A = 1250+, thus allowing those that wanted to play in the
novice game to play in the open game in a low strat.
Have you checked out the
Masterpoint Race Page? The
2009 results are posted. Click on the fourth button!
Every month, the masterpoint totals are
accumulated and presented on the races page. See how fellow
club members are doing!
Reminder of start times:
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Monday afternoon at 1:15pm
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Tuesday evening at 6:30pm
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Wednesday morning at 9am
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Wednesday afternoon at 1:15pm
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Saturday afternoon at 1pm
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Sunday afternoon at 1:30pm
when there is a game
Current Status
of and MAP
to the new Senior Center!
All
duplicate bridge games in Greenville have been moved to the
new Senior Center. This includes the Monday afternoon,
Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Wednesday afternoon,
Saturday afternoon, and the occasional Sunday afternoon
games. We will have the entire multipurpose room
available to us on each of these occasions.
Given we are being given such a large playing area, let's
try and fill it up! See you at the tables.
The address is 4551
County Home Road, across from the Animal Shelter.
An interactive map is available here:
MAP.
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