August 29 - St Petersburg, the beautiful
O wonderful for bridge games,
For great lessons too
For lots of fun and friendliness
in everything we do.
St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg
To Clearwater many were sent
And now the chance to come back home
From regional to sectional tournament.
Yes, folks, lots of our crowd played in Clearwater this past week and many did very well! Congratulations to all who earned points.
And now, we look forward to a sectional tournament right here ar our club from Friday (Sept 3) to Monday (Sept 6). Details of the tournament are at www.stpetebridge.org Don't miss out on this.
Here is the schedule leading up to the tournament:
Monday at 12:30 - Open and 299er Game
Monday at 7:00 - Double Point Game
Tuesday at 10:00 - Supervised Play
Tuesday at 12:30 - Handicapped Game
Tuesday at 7:00 - 99er Game (mini-lesson at 6:45)
Wednesday at 9:15 - Newplicate Game ( mini-lesson at 8:50)
Wednesday at 12:30 - Open and 299er Game
Wednesday at 7:00 - Open Game
Thursday at 9:30 - Competitive Bidding Class
Thursday at 12;30 - Handicapped Game
Thursday at 7:00 - Swiss Team Game
and then the big tournament!
We also have announced the lesson schedule starting the week of September 20. It is as follows:
Tuesday – 10:00 – Supervised Play – Freida Dohrmann
Tuesday – 7:00 - Bridge Basics Workshop – Charles Gill
For those returning to bridge or wanting to work on
Fundamentals - $10 weekly
Wednesday – 9:30 – Beginners* - Marianne Timmons
Thursday – 9:30 – Competitive Bidding – Leelyn Main
9:30 - Intermediate Class – Marianne Timmons
For those with some bridge experience - $10 weekly
Friday – 10:00 – Supervised Play – Freida Dohrmann
10:00 – Open Forum – Diane Wharen - $5 weekly
We also are delighted to announce that Eddie Wold and Bob Morris will be coming to our club November 23 and 24 to do two seminars. Details are at the web site. You will not want to miss this. They are great.
Well, That pretty much wraps up the news for this week. So, simply remember to show your flag several times this week at the club!