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LOCAL FULL-TIME BRIDGE CENTER:
Bridge Center of St Paul, 2603 6th Ave, North St. Paul, MN 55109 651-490-5430 6th Ave, North St www.bridgecenterofstpaul.com
Minneapolis area face to face games:
Monday-Wednesday-Friday: Edina Senior Center, 5280 Grandview Square, Edina, MN
Thursday: Maple Grove Community Center, 12951 Weaver Lake Rd, Maple Grove, MN
Tuesday-Saturday: Studio 1, 6001 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Tony Ames at 952-200-3871 – [email protected]
Contact Scott Smith for Wednesday and Thursday – [email protected]
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 a list of other sanctioned duplicate games in MN.
News about bridge in Minneapolis and the western suburbs
American Contract Bridge League (ACBL): acbl.org
See how bridge is administered; check your masterpoints; get tournament schedules; locations of clubs.
Bridgebase online: BBO.com - Watch, learn and/or play bridge online. Currently offering ‘Virtual Club Games’ that benefit your local bridge club and pay ACBL masterpoints to the winners.
Bridge Winners: bridgewinners.com - Players from all over the world share experiences, hands, opinions about everything bridge.
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS AS OF APRIL, 2022:
May 23 - 29 GOPHER REGIONAL @ CROWNE PLAZA AIRPORT/MOA IN BLOOMINGTON, MN
Jun 2 I/N Sectional @ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Rochester, MN
Jun 23 - 25 Granite City Sectional @ 850 19th St. South in Sartell, MN
Jun 29 – Jul 2 REGIONAL @ Waterloo Center For the Arts in Waterloo, IA
Jul 21 - 31 SUMMER NABC @ PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY CENTER IN PROVIDENCE, RI
TBA Aquatennial Sectional @ TBA
GOVERNANCE
WBF (World Bridge Federation): Over 100 countries have national Bridge Organizations that are part of this main organization. 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 about 150,000 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 (Gopher): Encompasses over 800 members all in MN except for Minneapolis and most of its’ western suburbs (see below).
ACBL UNIT 178 (Viking): Encompasses about 800 members mainly located in zip codes beginning with 553 and 554.
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