Clubs are allowed to hold qualifying games for the grass-roots North American Pairs event starting in June. You first play at your local clubs, and can qualify for the next level by getting a score of 50% or better. Or, you can qualify by scoring in the top half of your strat. The strats are: Open (flight A)/2500 (flight B)/under 500/non LM (flight C). Note that if a field has 2 or fewer pairs, both pairs will qualify.
MP awards will be 50% red and 50% black. Earning a qualification in any club-level NAP game in any District qualifies a player for his/her own District NAP finals.
No “short game” using fewer than 18 boards will be considered for NAP qualification.
Check the schedule for the clubs in Unit 499 to see whether they are holding these games and when. The NAP qualifying games can also be held on BBO. Club qualifying games continue from June-August.
- 499 Fall Sectional, Sat/Sun, 9/24-25. Watch for news from Anne Hollingsworth.
In-person games – Unit 499’s newest club, Overtricks by the Bay, is changing location and game time as of Tuesday, May 2. The game is now at Brentwood Senior Center at 9am on Tuesdays. Directed by Mark Marty. Contact Mark for information at thatsafire@gmail.com or 925-487-7832.
The Unit 499 Online Directory is up and running! Click here to view the directory or discover what you need to do to be included. There is also a link for the Directory in the menu at the top of this page. Clare Smith, clares@astound.net, maintains the directory on behalf of Unit 499.
Google Groups for unit news and finding partners Here is some updated info on how these work.
Free Youth Bridge Classes are held at CCBC on Tuesday nights at 7:00pm every other week (2nd & 4th Tuesdays). Contact Bruce Johnsonbaugh at 925-766-7586 for more info. Click here for a couple of pictures of the future of bridge! Bruce, thank you for your continued effort to promote the game of bridge for the the youth in our unit!