View this email in your browser Unit 498 January 2018 The Unitizer Unit 498 Calendar January 2018 Thursday, January 18, Mentor-Mentee Game Noon at Bayshore Bridge Club Saturday, January 27, Unit Game 11:15 Lunch, Game at Noon Fattoria e Mare Sunday, January 28, Chinese American Bridge Club 10:00 AM at Bayshore Bridge Club. Unit 498 Board of Directors Jackie Lowenberg, President Janelle Van Rensselaer, Vice President A Message from the President Jackie Lowenberg Back in June, when I wrote my first column for the Unitizer, I outlined the new Board s vision for our Unit 498. We as the Board of Directors of this non profit entity were going to strive to provide more bridge playing opportunities in San Mateo County, while providing support to all our Clubs, so that they could also initiate new games and grow participation for our favorite pastime. What has been confusing is the distinction between the Unit and the Clubs. The Unit is an
Lorelei Greenfield, Secretary Fran Gaura, Treasurer Ted Richmond, Immediate Past President Loren Charlton, Director Joanne Lewin, Director, Mentor Program Marge Paccheti, Director, Unit Game Coordinator Marc Renson, Director, Tournament Coordinator oversight entity; it is not a for-profit business. The Unit is expected to offer games that provide different ACBL awards than the Club awards, and thus the Unit sponsors Unit games and Sectionals. Although the object of these games is not profit, we as volunteers, work very hard to provide the best Directors, appealing food, and the most comfortable, clean, and accessible locations for our monthly games--- at the lowest prices possible. As volunteers, we spend unending hours in planning and executing these monthly events -for you, our members. We share in none of the profit, but if we so choose, like at our holiday event and annual meetings, we splurge with our overages for our members and dedicated friends. We buy and maintain equipment as needed for our Unit games, and we provide support to our volunteer teachers and the students of the Peninsula Bridge Program. President's Letter continued: The Clubs, however, are owned privately and are for profit. Our goal is to treat them all fairly and equally. So we allot Unit game sanctions, if we have extra, on an equal basis to our Club owners. Likewise, we allow our Club owners the use of our equipment for their games, such as Bridgemates and server, tables, etc., as long as there aren t conflicts for their use. We applaud and congratulate all of our Club owners for helping us to build a communal spirit. Robert Ng, of the Chinese American Club, deserves special thanks for his support and facilitation of our changes. Wesley May has built his Club at Facebook, without any outside help, and his efforts are well received by a growing group of players. Jennifer Kuhn has beaten medical challenges and continues to build her games and her strength. We send blessings to her for good health. This month she is moving her Wednesday afternoon and evening games to Burlingame, starting January 31. Raad Bunni has directed our large Unit games easily, with his usual panache, and we are delighted that he too is beginning a new 499er/Open game on Thursdays at 11:30, starting on January 25. Patti Frederick can always be counted on to provide celebrations for holidays and special events at the prettiest spot on the bay, the Bayshore
Bridge Center. She and her afternoon games are beloved by her many dear and loyal friends. We are proud to have substantially increased our membership in 2017; we are delighted that our Unit games are consistently growing and well received, and we are thrilled to welcome so many new Club games in January. We anticipate a banner year in San Mateo. Happy New Year!!! Unit Holiday Party
Club News From Unit 498 Bayshore Bridge Club New 49ers Game Thursdays, beginning January 18, at 9:30 AM Carol Knowles, Director New Programs for New Players: Introduction to Bridge Slam Bidding Tuesdays, Jan 16 Feb 13, 2018 9:30 am 11:30 am Mondays, Jan 22 Feb 5, 2018 9:30 am 11:30 am Cost: $75.00, includes student text. To register: email Agnes bridge4youandme@gmail.com Cost: $50.00, including text. Preregistration required: bridgeuandme@gmail.com
Instructor: Agnes W. Lee, ACBL accredited teacher, certified club director Space is limited to 20 students Instructor: Agnes W. Lee, ACBL Coffee, Tea, Snacks will be served. Robert Ng directed and prepared the boards for a 16 table barometer game for Bayshore Bridge Club's holiday party. Patti supplied the turkey and the players provided the side dishes and dessert! Congratualations to North-South winners Vicki Lerner and Don Friedman and East-West winners Arlie Lamb and Ed Hornung and a huge thank you to Robert for all his hard work, to Patti, to Sharon, and all those who helped make it a great afternoon. Happy 101st Birthday to Sal! Seventeen tables celebrated Sal's birthday on December 29th at Bayshore! Peninsula Duplicate Bridge Club On Wednesday, January 31, Peninsula Duplicate Bridge Club will be o ering Wednesday duplicate games at Fattoria e Mare restaurant in Burlingame. Games will be open games with
handicap scoring. The afternoon game will start at 12:30 pm, and the evening game will start at 6:30 pm. For more information, please visit www.peninsuladbc.com, or contact Jennifer Kuhn by email at jkuhn@peninsuladbc.com. PDBC is happy to arrange a partner for you if you need one. Reservations are strongly recommended. For reservations, please visit www.peninsuladbc.com/reservations. PDBC will also be starting Easybridge lessons for beginners on Wednesday mornings beginning in February. Easybridge is ideal if you have never played bridge before, or if the last time you played was 20 years ago, or if you feel you just want to learn the new systems starting from scratch. No partner is necessary and the rst four weeks are free. For more info, or to be placed on the Easybridge mailing list, please email jkuhn@peninsuladbc.com. Peninsula Duplicate Club will continue to hold its Thursday games at its Belmont location. The club will hold its rst January game on Thursday, January 11th. San Mateo Bridge Center The San Mateo Bridge Center is happy to announce the start of a Thursday Afternoon game at Fattoria e Mare on 1/25/2018. The game: Open/499ers. Handicapped. (with enough open players a separate section will be available). Start time 11:30 am. Table fees $10.00. Boxed lunch prepared by Fattoria e Mare will be available for $5. An assortment of soft drinks for $1.00. December 70% Games
Roger Dewes and Ted Richmond 74% Maria Levy and Sue Papilion 74% Carol Knowles will present the ACBL Learn Bridge in a Day Seminar on Sunday, January 14, at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center in Foster City. She will also be presenting this seminar at Nueva High School in San Mateo on January 8th, 9th and 10th Table monitors are needed for both locations. If you would like to help with the program by being a table monitor snd sharing your love of the game, please contact Carol at carolsknowles@yahoo.com..
Jennifer Kuhn Peninsula Duplicate Bridge Club www.peninsuladbc.com Thursdays Holiday Inn Express
1650 El Camino Real Belmont (650) 690-2582 9 AM EasyBridge lessons 12:30 Open Pairs 6:30 Open Pairs Beginning Wednesday, January 31 Wednesday Games will be held at Fattoria e Mare 1095 Rollins Road Burlingame 12:30 Open Pairs 6:30 Open Pairs Raad Bunni's San Mateo Bridge Center www.sanmateobridgecenter.com Fattoria e Mare 1095 Rollins Road Burlingame GAMES FOR BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS Tuesday Mornings, 9 a.m. Noon Lesson on bidding and conventions Followed by 16 pre-dealt hands to match lesson Hand records with analyses ( $12 - Students up to 299 points) Friday Mornings, 9 a.m. Noon Lesson on defense and play of the hand Followed by 16 pre-dealt hands to match lesson Hand records with analyses ($12 - Students up to 299 points) NEW GAME
Thursday Afternoon Open/499er Game Starts at 11:30 $10 Box Lunch available for $5. Patti Frederick Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore, Suite 168 Burlingame (650) 344-4919 Open Games Monday thru Friday at Noon Light lunch on Thursday and Friday 49er Game Beginning January18 Thursdays at 9:30 AM Carol Knowles, Director Evening game: Thursday (Barometer) 7 PM - Will Watson Copyright 2018 ACBL Unit 498, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list