Here’s to the Lazy Days of Summer,
Spring is behind us with the successful completion of the April Sectional (thanks Denise Slattery for the food preparation) and the Non Life Master Sectional (thanks Denise Slattery and Chip Kean co-chairs).
The
student lesson program continues with participation in the NLM
sectional. Student players in all pairs games and one team in Swiss.
Many of these students succeeded in picking up their first master
points. This summer many of the students will participate in the Youth
Program at the Toronto Nationals.
As you look around the clubs,
you see mentoring pairs hard at work. This is a popular program for all
involved. Thank you Dian for carrying this forward.
Our picnic is the next big event, see full information on this web site. Note: new location but the same delicious menu.
Enjoy the summer
Betty Metz
President, Unit 116
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HELP NEEDED
We need caddies at the Regional -October 18-23, 2017
Pay per session $37.00
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00am and 3:00pm, Wednesday 7:30pm
Reply to Betty – bettymetz@roadrunner.com
Select day and time you are available.
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Unit 116 is continuing the Bridge Mentoring Program for beginner / intermediate
players willing to enter open
competitions and achieve their goals.
To be eligible, the “mentee” has to have less than 300 MP.
Mentors are players with 2500+
MP.
The pair is required to play 5 times until the end of 2017, at any of the Unit sanctioned clubs
(see a list of clubs with their playing schedules at the unit web site www.unit116.com) or at unit events and Open Unit 116 Sectionals.
The Mentee pays full fare, and the unit covers the Mentor's
entry fees. (Pair needs to keep track of games they play together for Unit reimbursement
of Mentor's entry fees). New this time is that the 5 games must be completed, unless circumstances
beyond pairs control prevents that.
Deadline for Mentee sign-up
is June 30, 2017. Mentees are encouraged
to approach Mentors of their choice regarding the program. Unit 116 will solicit Mentors for the applicants
and the program will run from July 1 to
December 31, 2017.
For sign-up, details and questions please contact Dian Petrov by email or (716)
688-1226
Good luck and have fun!
FAQ:
What is the Unit 116 Mentoring Program?
The mentoring program is established to have more experienced
players (Mentors) to help newer /advancing players (Mentees) to improve their
bridge experience and enter Open games at Unit 116 ACBL Sanctioned clubs.
Who can participate?
Unit 116 ACBL members in good standing with masterpoints below 300 willing
to enter open club games, learn, have fun and achieve their bridge goals.
How do I participate?
Mentees need to register by email or phone (leaving a message
is fine) before June 30, 2017 with Dian
Petrov by email or (716)
688-1226 • • •
Western
New York Unit 116
All
American Picnic and 2 sessions of bridge
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Starting at 11 AM
at Rescue Fire Hall, North Tonawanda NY
1241 Strad Ave, North Tonawanda, NY 1412
Purchase your tickets from any Board Member by August 15 and thanks!
• • •
Update on school bridge program School Bridge Program Report
The annual Non-Life Master
Tournament was held at the Bridge Center of Buffalo on May 20 and May 21, 2017.
Five youth bridge students took part in the tournament and played games
(pairs)with adult volunteers. Three of these students received silver points.
In addition, students participated in their first Swiss team on Sunday
afternoon. Jim Gullo was on hand both days to answer questions, discuss hands
and be helpful to the students involved.
Since June 4, youth bridge
students have attended another follow-up bridge class (run by Jim Gullo and
Fred Yellen) which continues thru August 5. The teachers start the lessons each
week with a mini-lesson (review) followed by play of the hand. The goal is to
prepare these students for the Youth NABC which will be held July 27-29 in
Toronto. The students are spending most of their class time playing hands with
each other.
In addition, Jim, Fred and a
few adult volunteers are busy playing weekly with interested students on
Thursday nights and/or Saturday afternoons.
Summer
Beginner Bridge Class—Sharon Benz will be the instructor for the
class that begins Thursday July 6 and continues thru Thursday August 31.
Currently there are nine students registered for this class. There is still
time to sign up. If you are interested, please contact Carol Bedell, coordinator, at
lorac5@roadrunner.com.
Carol Bedell
• • •Check the Duplicate Bridge
column in The Buffalo News each Saturday for weekly game
results and
other announcements. Unfortunately, space there is limited,
but additional results, more complete
announcements and other information can be
found in the weekly Internet version of the column at www.buffalonews.com.
For quickest results, search the words "duplicate bridge" and
Saturday's date. For the latest information and detailed game
results directly from the clubs, check the web sites of clubs in Western
New York.
...
Welcome
to the Western New York Unit 116 website. Our unit of over
450
dedicated bridge players is part of the American Contract Bridge
League’s District Five. Geographically, we encompass the
counties
of Erie and Niagara, at the eastern end of Lake Erie and western end of
Lake Ontario, in New York State. We often have players from
across the Canadian border playing at our clubs.
Our goal is to
promote bridge and support local bridge clubs.
We have six open, active clubs. We host three sectionals each year –
January,
April/May, and September – as well as a Non-Life Master sectional in
the summer. The District Five Regional is held at the end of
October and famously titled “Spooktacular”. Numerous unit
games
are held throughout the year.
We publish a quarterly newsletter,
Bridge Buff,
for and about its members. It regularly includes extensive
interviews with several members, an interesting bridge hands and
analysis, and perhaps a good recipe enjoyed at a Unit game.
The "Bridge Buff" issues were retrieved
(thank you
Kathy Pollock, Alex Kowal and Mark Pascale) starting
with issues back in the past. You can read old and
current issues to see where
we
were and where we are going as a bridge community. There was a gap in
publishing from March to October 2007, when the bridge community was
torn apart by controversy and the Buff was on hold.
Help preserve the bridge history of Unit 116 by downloading the files
and saving them - you will never know when and who from the future
generations will read them.
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