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In This Issue
New Member of Unit 141
Tournament News
NAPs
Notes from a tournament director
Table Tips
News
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Upcoming Events
Oct 21
Oct 24
Oct 26 - Nov 1
Nov 9 -15
Nov 20-22
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Feedback
Send your comments and suggestions for future articles to Lori Lerner at
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Happy Autumn!
Now that the summer has come to an end, we have fewer outdoor activities and more time for bridge. There are many events coming up in October which you will find in the newsletter.
I need a photographer(s) for tournaments. Please contact me if you are able to help out with this effort or forward me photos that you would like me to include. Be sure to identify the people photographed. Please send
feedback and info to
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New Member of Unit 141
Meet Rui Marques:
I am Portuguese and I started playing bridge circa 1985 at the University of Lisbon while pursuing a Chemical Engineering degree. In 1989, I decided to become a director. In 1992, I attended the International Tournament Director´s Course promoted by the EBL in Amsterdam, I climbed through the ranks in the EBL and later the WBF and by 2015, I was officially promoted to EBL Chief TD.
Since 2009, I have been sharing my days with a Philadelphia-born player and since 2014 that we are shuttling back and forth between Cascais (a nice, quaint city near Lisbon) and Gladwyne, spending half the time in each side of the Atlantic. We will hopefully be moving full time to Gladwyne in 2015, and I look forward to being an active member of D4 and U141.
Rui will be submitting articles about being a tournament director to the unit newsletter on a regular basis. I am sure we will all find these to be interesting and informative. Rui hopes to become a director for the ACBL.
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Tournament News
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NAP Finals
NAP District 4 Finals
Win $$$$$
Flight A - October 17-18
Flight B - October 24
Flight C - October 17
Click Here
for District 4 Finals details and locations.
The North American Pairs is a grass-roots event that starts with local club qualification, then to District Championship, and finally a National Finals at the Spring NABC Nationals. Details of the event are on the District 4 website.
If you have specific questions, do not hesitate tocontact the NAP coordinator, Bob Glasson at
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Notes From a Tournament Director
The Thousand Roles of a Tournament Director
The tournament director (TD) is essential at a bridge tournament. He is there to collect entry fees, enforce the rules and regulations applicable, and calculate results. It seems simple enough, and it is. However, the main reason why tournament directing is such a challenging and intellectually rewarding job, the "reason to exist", is that the TD creates value through "proactive customer service". What does this mean? It means that the main focus of the TD is the player. It is of paramount importance that the player enjoys the competition, no matter how tough it is, in a positive, pleasurable and rewarding way. The player is and must be, at all times, the main actor in the game. The player is the "customer", and the TD´s service is to proactively satisfy the needs and solve the problems faced by his "customers". When needed, the TD is the carpenter, the hardware specialist, the software engineer, the counselor, the cleaner, the animator, the negotiator, the maestro... Of course, he is also there to decide when irregularities happen. Did you make an insufficient bid? Lead out of turn? Expose a card? Revoked? Misexplained a bid? Claimed too many or too few tricks? Even if you are sure that you know how to handle it yourself, call the TD, explain the facts and let him handle the situation. If you have any doubts, ask him politely to explain or show you the relevant laws. Also when things go sour and a player at the table behaves in an unacceptable manner, the director must be called immediately. There is no place in a bridge tournament for annoying behavior, embarrassing remarks, or any other conduct which might interfere with the enjoyment of the game.
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Table Tips
Bridge is an extremely enjoyable game. Courteous behaviour is an exceptionally important part of that enjoyment.
- Greet others in a friendly manner prior to start of play on each round. ·
- Be a good "host" or "guest" at the table. ·
- Make your convention card readily available to your opponents and fill it out completely. ·
- Make bridge enjoyable for yourself, partner and opponents. ·
- Give credit when opponents make a good bid or play. ·
- Take care of your personal grooming. ·
- Ensure that your mobile phone is turned off. ·
- Enjoy the company as well as the game.
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News from Around the Unit
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The Buxmont Bridge Club
in Warminster is owned by Dorothy Ehling and offers games every day of the week. Games start at noon Mondays through Saturday and at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.
There are also games on Monday at 7:30 pm and Thursdays at 7 pm. The club has joined the Common Game and provides hand records after each game.
Doylestown Bridge Club Update
Finally we have a decision. We will have a game on the
second
and
fourth
WEDNESDAYS of every month. The game will be held at
Pine Run
and will start at
12.30 pm
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The first game will be
Wednesday October 14
th
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Although officially an open game, I anticipate that
in
real
i
ty
it
will be an nlm game.. I look forward to seeing many of you. Email me with questions,
[email protected]
Monday evening will continue as usual.
Inga Cooper from the
South Jersey Bridge Center
reports that
JoAnn Smith is starting lessons on Tuesday evenings beginning at 7:00 PM at the SJ bridge center. Call ahead if interested.
Supervised play on Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 AM. Just come on in - no partner necessary. $5.00.
Wendy Dechadarevian from
Raffles Bridge Club
reports:
We have a 0-20 masterpoint game Thursdays at noon. We play 15 boards. Pre-sign up required.
Novice lessons Wednesday mornings at 9:30 - 11:30.
October 12, Club Appreciation Day Party, extra points, prizes and terrific lunch.
October 24, Swiss Teams with duplicated hands.
November 13, 9:30 am, 0 - 300 masterpoint mini-tournament. Discussion of hands after game. Come at 9:00 for breakfast.
I enourage all unit 141 clubs to send news when you have any to Lori Lerner at [email protected].
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Below is a photo from the World Championships in Chennai, India. Joann Glasson, from unit 141 is a participant in the event. She is in the middle of the photo and some of her teammates can be seen in the foreground.
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