Board of Directors Nominations

The 2021 Nominations Committee is comprised of Sandra O’Bannon (chair), Sandy Hillyard and Charles Ford.. The Committee has submitted the following slate of nominees for membership consideration:

Final 3 yr term (2021-2024)

• John Hamilton
• Carol Kinsey
• Mary Ramsey

First 3 yr term (2021-2024)

• Ginny Jones
• Jo Booth

Completing their service on the Board will be Linda Harrison and Phyllis Alvarez.

Election of new board members will be held at the Annual Business Meeting tentatively scheduled for Aug.14, 11 a.m., at the Tyler Senior Center.  Any additional nominations may be made in writing to the Secretary of this Unit at least ten (10) days before the date of election. Any additional nomination(s) must be signed by at least ten (10) members in good standing.



Club News

• June, July and August are North American Pair (NAP) qualifying months. Each local club is allowed 2 games per sanctioned sessions that qualify to award 1/2 red + 1/2 black masterpoints. Check with you local club to find out which games will be eligible for red/black points.

• The Sheila Bell Club in Texarkana has changed it's starting time to noon on Mondays. The club will resume it's Wednesday game June 16. Contact Deborah Nuckolls to reserve your chair at the table.
  

Note: To learn more about "face-to-face" games within Unit 225, click on Clubs at left.

Jack Blumenthal

Gold Life Master 



Sandra O'Bannon

Bronze Life Master

Gay Roach'sTip for Team Games

In March 2013, I ventured to the St. Louis regional, my first out-of-state regional since my husband’s death in 2012. We had lived in St. Louis for several years while he was getting his PHD at Washington University and we had gone together to the nationals there in 1998.

I traveled on Amtrak overnight and booked a 4-night stay at the hotel. I love team games so on the 3rd day I decided to play in a knock-out game. I played with a pick-up partner and a married couple from Ohio who were novices. My partner was a tiny guy with about 500 points from Australia who was traveling around the world playing in bridge tournaments.

Since I was over 3,000 pts, I expected we would not make it through the first round. Well, surprisingly we did and then the 2nd round  too. This meant I had to change my Amtrak and hotel reservations.

Going into the semi-finals, I got my team together and told them this,  “if you have a 38% chance of making a vulnerable game, bid it.” My little Australian partner took it to heart and we made it to the finals!

So Gay’s tip is:

In team games, if you have a 38% chance of making a vulnerable game, bid it!



Gay Roach

Director, Nacogdoches DBC

District 16 Lecture Series

General Announcements

Unit Game & Tyler Senior Center -- The Tyler Senior Center is working towards reopening in July.  As things continue to improve, the Board is tentatively planning a luncheon and Unit game on Aug. 14. At the luncheon, if held, awards will be presented and the annual business meeting will be conducted. 

ACBL News --  ACBL has announced their policy for all tournaments going forward starting August 1. To review the policy, which is subject to change, click here.

ACBL also posted some "mini-lessons" by renowned bridge teachers during the week of 4/22-25. Click here to view.

Online events, including Regional-rated tournaments, will continue to be offered along with chances to win gold, silver, red and black masterpoints®. More details can be found at www.acbl.org/virtual.

 Website updates



Board of Directors meeting minutes for March and Treasurer's Reports for March thru April have been added to the website. Click here to view.

Bridge Tip -- If your partner bids a takeout double, should you bid NT? Click here to see what Eddie Kantar says.



Send photos of club events
to Carol Kinsey (acblunit225@yahoo.com).