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Special Game
Inter-club Championship
Thursday, April 1st –
10:00 am HHI Bridge Club
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oneNT®
March 29, 2004
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Bridge
from Hilton Head
Island, SC
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Grand National
Teams
In March, the HHI Bridge
Club and the Okatie Duplicate Bridge Club (Sun City) ran qualifying games
for the Grand National Teams (GNT) competition. The GNT is one of two ACBL
sponsored national events that require qualification at the club level and
district level for the right to play in national competition. The April
2004 issue of the Bridge Bulletin (p. 9) has a write-up on the pair’s event
– the North American Pairs (NAP).
To reach the District 7
finals, GNT teams with up to 5,000 masterpoints qualifying at the club level
must next qualify in one of several district semifinal events happing this
weekend – Saturday, April 3rd. One of the semifinal games will
be held in Columbia, SC at the Columbia Bridge Club. Team’s qualifying for
Saturday’s competition are:
March 9th
at HHI Bridge Club
Peter Seery, Libby Seery,
Barbara Kiebler and John Kiebler
Ron Perry, Donna Tuggle,
Alan Keller and Carol Keller
Ray Richardson, Mary Alice
Shenefiel, Judy Sturm and Lee Sturm
Don Buchanan, Nancy
Pruitt, Karen Ricker and Fred Ferguson
March
16th at HHI Bridge Club
Alan Keller, Carol Keller,
Marvin Shatz and Ron Perry
Peter Wolf, Larry Hayslip,
Fred Ferguson and Bob Sauer
Mike Henderson, Deane
Henderson, Roma Ervin and Diana Mullaly
March
20th at Sun City Bridge Club
Karen Ray, Mike Ray, Olga
Williams and John Williams
Mary Alice Shenefiel, John
DeKetschendorf, Keith Carpenter and Edgar Lighthiser
Nancy Gureck, Henry Gureck,
Philip Lieberman and B William Kippenhan
Joan Scritchlow, Joan
Stair, Vonnie Stearns and Betty Cole
Lois Kilian, Bill Kilian,
Cynthia Ritter and Robert Leicht
Joanne Childs, Jack
Childs, Joan Schoonover, Thomas Schoonover
March
23rd at HHI Bridge Club
Ron Perry, Alan Keller,
Carol Keller and Donna Tuggle
Judy Sturm, Lee Sturm, Ray
Richardson and Don Buchanan
George Moss, Alan Leaver,
Fred Ferguson and Karen Ricker
Individuals interested in
advancing to the district semifinals do not need to play with the same team
with which they qualified. The only requirement is that all players are
qualified to compete at the same level. If you are interested in going to
Columbia this weekend call Fred Ferguson at 363.64616 or send an email to
fred@oneNT.com … I have all the qualifying information and will try to
match up teams.
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Play of the
Hand Classes
Beginning
on Wednesday, March 31st, a new intermediate class on
Play of the Hand – will be taught on Wednesdays from 9:30
– 11:30 am at the SHARE Senior Center. Classes will use the American
Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Bridge Series
Volume 2: The Diamond Series
– Play of the Hand and will run for 8 weeks beginning
Wednesday, March 31st and ending Wednesday, May 26th.
While the emphasis of the lessons will be on the Play of the Hand (see class
schedule below), the class will include some instruction on bidding and
defense. For information on
registration, contact the SHARE Senior Center at 6 Office Park Rd. / Sea
Pines Circle / 843.785.6444 or register online at
www.islandreccenter.org .
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Play of the Hand -
Schedule of Classes |
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1. |
March 31st |
Making a Plan |
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2. |
April 7th |
Developing Tricks –
Promotion and Length |
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April 14th |
No Class |
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3. |
April 21st |
Developing Tricks –
The Finesse |
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4. |
April 28th |
Elimination Losers –
Ruffing and Discarding |
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5. |
May 5th |
Watching Out for
Entries |
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May 11th |
1:00 pm Bridge Game at
HHI Bridge Club |
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6. |
May 12th |
Watching Out for the
Opponents |
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7. |
May 19th |
Managing the Trump
Suit |
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8. |
May 26th |
Putting it all
Together |
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Stakeholder Game – Sunday, April 25th
Look for sign-up sheets
at the Bridge Club. |
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Remember
Bridge should
be fun!
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Fred E.
Ferguson, Editor
fred@oneNT.com
843.363.6416
Hilton Head Island, SC
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March 29, 2004
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