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649 N Fair Oaks Ave
#201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
pasadenabridgeclub.com
I'm way behind on newsletters and a few other
things. My old email server suffered a malware
attack. It was overdue for a complete rebuild,
and that took me about ten days to recover from.
It's in much better shape.
I used some more time to update and harden the
IT infrastructure for pasadenabridgeclub.com and
a few other personal web sites that I host. The
club web site you see today looks the same, but
it's a brand new deployment.
Jane and I have been rediscovering a treasure
trove of old online photo albums, and revisiting
feature articles from the old BridgeMojo.com web
site. I'll pass some gems along in a future
newsletter.
Congrats Charo!
Our dear departed friend Rosario "Charo" Holdo
was half a masterpoint away from retiring as a
Sapphire Life Master. That officially changed
when the ACBL was able to discover .7 points
earned at a club game in 2012 that was never
credited to her account. She did cross the
finish line. :)
Congrats to Nina Huang
Our frequent player and patron of the Pasadena
Bridge Club, Nina Huang (second from left
above), hot on the heels of an 11th place finish
in the Waqar Women's Pairs this past summer, won
a bronze medal at the World Bridge Championship
in Katowice, Poland!
Volunteer for Rotary Club Joining Fair
Pasadena Rotary is having a fair "Join or Die"
on October 8 at Pasarroyo on Lake from
7:00-8:30. We're looking for a volunteer who's
willing to represent the Pasadena Bridge Club at
the event. I'll have card decks to give away,
and we might even be able to set up a table and
play Bridge Battle at the event. I'll be
teaching a class that evening, so I'm looking
for someone willing to represent.
Classes this week
Our classes are always best in the context of a
full course, but they stand alone quite nicely.
If you'd like to drop in for a single topic,
you're welcome to join for $25. We'll usually
have the topics for each session on the front of
the web site.
This week's classes:
- Wednesday 3:00 PM: Two Over One Game
Force "The 1NT Forcing Bid"
- Wednesday 7:00 PM: Bridge Basics 2 -
Competitive Bidding "Simple Overcalls
and Responses"
- Thursday 7:00 PM: Bridge Basics 4 - Play
of the Deal "Play in Trump Contracts"
Saturday mornings start with a free 20-minute
workshop with an interesting hand from Eddie
Kantar's Thinking Bridge series. Every hand has
interesting bidding, play, and defense problems
to work out. Come for the workshop, stay for the
14-board game, finish by 12:15.
Other tidbits ...
The next session of Bridge Basics 1 -
Introduction will be held on Wednesday
afternoons from 3:00-5:00 starting October 28.
The course already has 19 students enrolled!
If you know someone who's interested, it might
be a good idea to have them register online
right away. If you visit https://pasadenabridgeclub.com
you'll see the link to register in the green box
in the top right corner. Here
is the link as well.
I'd love to find a volunteer who would exchange
a couple of free plays to help me maintain the
bulletin board at the club. That's another chore
I'm woefully behind on!
After a fairly gross incident involving eating
pizza at the bridge table a few weeks ago, we
came close to canceling the daily pizza during
the week. We're holding onto it for now, but
let's remember to keep things sanitary at the
table. Please wash or sanitize your hands before
handling cards!
And finally, the new water machine in the
kitchen hopefully won't get stuck "on" requiring
a major cleanup as often as the old one did. It
seems a little simpler to use, and doesn't
require water bottles. There's no "chilled"
water, but we do have a great ice machine. :)
Best regards
Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan
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