Minnesota Bridge

Unit 178 Board Meeting Minutes - March 2015

What's happening with Unit 178's Board of Directors? Find out below, with the most recent board meeting minutes.

The Gopher Has EVERYTHING!

PAIR GAME LOVERS

Stratified and Gold Rush two session games are scheduled mornings and afternoons Tuesday through Saturday; plus two session Stratified pair games horizontally across the evenings Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday/Friday.  All pay gold points to section tops and overalls.  Single session entrants are welcome, especially in the evening events.

Who says you cannot please everyone all of the time? 

Check out the MN Gopher Regional, May 18-24.

What's Happening!

A number of Minnesotans are in New Orleans - competing in everything from top open national events, to regionals and side games. Lots of bridge for everyone - plus loads of fine dining when you're not at the bridge table.

Back in Minnesota, Steve Gaynor helps us know what is happening in our state and here and there around the bridge world!

Wherever you are - enjoy!

 

LOCAL FULL-TIME BRIDGE CENTERS:

Twin City Bridge Center, 6020 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55419 612-861-4487

www.Tcbridgecenter.com

Bridge Center of St Paul, 2603 6^th Ave, North St. Paul, MN 55109 651-490-5430 6th Ave, North St www.bridgecenterofstpaul.com

 

OTHER POPULAR BRIDGE SITES:

Minnesota Bridge Blog:   www.mnbridge.com

Keep up-to-date on all sorts of happenings in the world of Minnesota Bridge.  There are links to lots of other bridge sites including other sanctioned duplicate games in MN.

American Contract Bridge League (ACBL):  www.acbl.org

See how bridge is administered, check masterpoints, get tournament schedules, locations of clubs, etc.

Bridgebase online: www.bridgebase.com

Watch, learn and/or play bridge online.

 

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS:

Apr 10 – 12     Hiawatha Valley Sectional @ Events Center in Rochester, MN

May 18 – 24     GOPHER REGIONAL @ Ramada MOA in Bloomington, MN

Jun  5 – 6      WBF Worldwide Pairs @ local clubs

Jun  8 – 14     District 14 STaC @ participating local clubs

Jun 19 – 21     Granite City Sectional @ Whitney Center in St Cloud, MN

Jul  8 – 12     Aquatennial Sectional @ TCBC in Minneapolis, MN

Sep  4 – 7      Labor Day Sectional @ Twin City Bridge Center in Mpls, MN

Sep 11 – 13     Paul Bunyan Sectional @ Black Bear Casino in Carlton, MN

Oct 30 – Nov 1  MN State Autumn Sectional @ Ramada Plaza in Minneapolis, MN

 

GOVERNANCE

 

WBF (World Bridge Federation):  Over 100 countries have national Bridge Organizations that are part of this.  They administer world-wide events and championships including the Bermuda Bowl (held every 2 years); Olympiad or World Mind Sport Games (held every 4 years); Rosenblum Cup (held every 4 years).

 

ACBL:  North American bridge organization encompassing the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda.  It currently has over 166,000 dues paying members and is headquartered in Horn Lake, MS (suburban Memphis). 1-662-253-3100

 

USBF (United State Bridge Federation):  Administers events leading toward WBF world championships to determine the teams from the USA that will compete in the Open, Women’s, Junior’s and Senior’s competitions.

 

ACBL DISTRICT 14:  One of 25 Districts in the ACBL.  It encompasses Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North and South Dakota.  There are over 4000 members in this district’s 9 units.

 

ACBL UNIT 103 (Minnesota State):  Encompasses about 900 members all in MN except for Minneapolis and most of its’ western suburbs (see below).

 

ACBL UNIT 178 (Viking):  Encompasses about 900 members mainly located in zip codes beginning with 553 and 554.

Support for You

For many years, Larry Cohen ("The Law") was one of the ACBL's top competitors. While still a fine player, today Larry spends most of his time teaching, lecturing and running bridge cruises.

Larry is also an excellent writer. This month, Larry focuses on conventions people might forget. The best conventions in the world can end up wrecking havoc on your game - if they are difficult to understand or remember.

Larry has the details in this column!

 

GNT - 2015

Mike Cassel, our Grand National Team coordinator, has a head's up about our April District 14 Finals in Rochester.

The competition will be April 11-12, in conjunction with the Rochester Sectional.

Players in all Flights - Open, A, B and C, are eligible to compete. Your team can win a subsidized trip this summer to the Chicago NABC!

Mike has supplied all the details below. Put together your team and you might be the players representing your District 14 flight in Chicago!

From Here to Eternity

 

Well - maybe not eternity....

But - if you are interested in upcoming bridge events well into the future, then you will surely want to check out Steve Gaynor's extensive list!  Great bridge activites for everyone.  Even if not quite for all eternity..

And - thanks, Steve, for organizing our schedule!