Igarapé The weekend update:

https://davidpisarra.com/feed Sunday – UNIT GAME – It’s an O’Lucky Day for bridge players at SOCBC starting at noon for lunch, and 12:30 game time. Register online. Extra O’Lucky if you wear green.


Special Games – EXTRA POINTS AWARDED!

March 18 – 23: STaC. SILVER POINTS AWARDED! Includes Friday morning.

March 24: Next Sunday  Charity Swiss Team Game. Lunch at noon, game 12:30. No online registration for team games. Please register at the club or notify Richard rpicheny@gmail.com


AWARDS DAY EVENT * Tuesday April 2

Honoring Mark Itabashi’s 4th Barry Crane win and all our members who led their bracket in 2023. Who said there’s  no FREE LUNCH? Clearly they don’t attend events at SOCBC! Plan your partnerships and come join the festivities as we recognize the 2023 superstars.


Partnerships: Need help finding a partner or a team? Contact Joyce Potter: jpotter331@cox.net or (949) 350-4326. No partner required for Tuesday and Friday morning limited games or for the Wednesday afternoon Beginner Game.


Open Games

12:30 PM Monday – Saturday

Sunday Unit Game 3rd Sunday of each month.

Limited Games  * Require 2 tables minimum

9:00 AM Tuesday 0-50

9:00 AM Friday  0-200

12:30 PM Monday through Thursday 0-500

12:30 PM Wednesday 0-20

12:30 PM Friday 0-750


BEGINNER’S CORNER

Beginning Bridge: Part 1 for NEW players

This week! March 18th starts our Monday morning series for 10 weeks. Do you have friends and relatives to refer? Spread the word!!


Tuesday morning Supervised Play 9:00 am –  mini lesson with Sharon Rippy. No partner required.


Wednesday afternoon Supervised Play 12:30 pm, with volunteer mentors. No partner required. The $10 game fee is waived until we grow this game and start awarding masterpoints – soon!


Friday morning game 9:00 am and mini lesson with Susan Bristol and Trudi Hanscom.

No partner required. Register in advance if you can, or just come, join the fun and keep learning while you play.

STaC Game Friday morning March 22


Mentoring: Opening Leads

Thursday March 21 at 9:00 AM with Gary Waldron

Why do we record the Opening Lead in our Bridgemates and display it on our Website Results page? Because the Opening Lead often makes or breaks the Defense! Learn how to get off to the right start when you are on lead in our March mentoring session.

Mentoring is the best place to learn with experienced players at each table as you practice the lesson material. Please register in advance: jmatlaf@gmail.com

$15 – Then plan to stay for the afternoon for just $5


Doubles

Wednesday March 20 at 9:30 AM with Gary Waldron

Gary could easily teach more than a dozen lessons on doubles because there are so many applications and variations. If your double card is not worn and frayed you are not using it enough and you need this series.

Register with Gary:  lagunajhawk@icloud.com

$15 each or $50 in advance for the full 4 week series


Click here for more information on all classes!


BBO ONLINE

Online BBO Duncan Affiliated 0-2500 Virtual Club Games  Monday nights at 6:25. Entry fee is $4 BBO Bucks.

Concerned about Covid?

We want to protect our bridge community. Please contact the Bridge Center at (949) 248-1268, and also let your partner know if you played at the club and later learned that you have Covid. Look here in the future to see if any recent exposures have been communicated to us. Click here to see the CDC Covid guidelines concerning isolation and exposure.


Welcome Googlers and Net Surfers!

If you are looking for a place to PLAY or LEARN BRIDGE, you have hit the jackpot! At South Orange County Bridge Center we welcome everyone from the newest beginner level to what ever level you may be or want to be. We have ongoing education and games daily. Call us at (949) 248-1268 and leave a message or perhaps speak to a real person who will help get you started at SOCBC.

BRAND NEW LEARNERS:

BEGINNERS – We start NEW BEGINNERS on Monday morning March 18th. Please contact: jmatlaf@gmail.com or call Janie at (949) 233-2140 for more information or to register for the beginning bridge classes. 

BRIDGE PLAYERS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY!


LIVE BRIDGE:  REGISTER NOW!

To register for pairs games, click on the REGISTER tab and see detailed instructions.

If you are unable to register in advance, please call our Club Manager, Gail Schneider (516) 314-1896 for assistance. If leaving a message, provide the game day and date, Open or Limited, names of both players. * Note – Team games do not use online registration – register for those at the club – or by phone to the club.


Emails – You’ve got mail?

If you are not receiving club emails and want to be added to our distribution, please contact Janie Matlaf via email at: jmatlaf@gmail.com