Lamorinda Bridge Club

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Winnie Jasper & Jerry Chamberlain, 183 Corliss Drive, Moraga 94556 (on the corner of Corliss and Crossbrook Drives at the stop sign).

There is on street parking, but we ask that you do not park in front of the house directly across the street from us (184 Corliss Drive) per request of the home owner, and please do not block any mail boxes, as we have been informed by the post office that they will refuse to deliver the mail. Please try to park on our side of the street and/or around the corner on Crossbrook Drive or in our driveway. We have a walkway from the driveway to the front of the house.

Wednesday is trash collection day, and each of the type containers is picked up by different trucks at different times of the day. Please leave plenty of room near any cans put out at the curb to guarantee access to the containers by the trucks.

Please help us be good neighbors!

Reservations are required for all games: Winnie: winnie@wjasper.com

or 925-376-1125 (home); 925-766-5228 (Jerry Cell)  925-683-1908 (Winnie Cell)

We are an ACBL Sanctioned game. We use bridge pads and provide Hand Records for all games.

GAME SCHEDULE:

Daytime games will be outside in the back garden under hard-top Gazebos weather permitting. The Tuesday evening game will be indoors.

Reservations are required for all Face to Face Games.
Please email Winnie:   winnie@wjasper.com or call or text at 925-683-1908.
 
Given enough notice partnerships can be arranged.
 
Jerry and Winnie will be traveling May 11 – July 23.’
 
Our face to face games the week of May 1 will all be STaC games awarding extra points that
will be a mixture of colors.

Please note: The current schedule of classes on Mondays during the day and Wednesday
evenings will be concluding during the second week of May. New class sessions will begin
August 7 as follows:

Mondays:
9:30am – 11:30am Defense
1pm-3pm Single Topic Seminars
7pm – 9pm Bidding in the 21st Century
Wednesdays:
7pm – 9pm Play of the Hand
 
Game Schedule (May through July):
• Tuesdays: 3:00-5:30pm, Supervised Play; 14-16 boards with Master Points Awarded; three
questions allowed per player. This is Limited 499 game; $10 table fee.
• Tuesdays: 7-9:45pm Open Game; 18-21 boards; $10 table fee.
Optional Potluck Supper 5:45-6:45pm, $5.
• Fridays: 10am – 1:15pm, Limited 499 Game; $10 table fee.
As in the past, reservations will be required for all Face-to-Face duplicate games. Wearing
masks will be optional. (All games are awarded Master points and have hand records available
and posted on the results page.)
 
For May 8 – July 24
Please make your Game Reservations with Melinda Matson Hall:
Cell Phone: (925) 330-2435
Email: melindamatsonhall@gmail.com
Melinda will be our Director for Club Games during this period of time.
 
Please contact Winnie at 925-683-1908 or winnie@wjasper.com.
Lamorinda Bridge Club, 183 Corliss Drive, Moraga, CA 94556
Or Melinda Matson Hall, Cell Phone: (925) 330-2435; Email: melindamatsonhall@gmail.com
 
Please leave the equivalent of three parking spaces open in front of the house directly across the
street from us. Thank you!
 
Face to Face Bridge 
 
Mondays:
Beginning Bridge Classes 9:30am-11:30
A 2nd class has been added from 7:00-9:00
Play of the Hand. (beginner bridge series). This is a 9-week series and the cost is $200 and includes the textbook. Students who have taken the course from us previously and already own the textbook, may repeat the class for $100
Single Topic Bridge Class 1pm-3pm
Class sizes are limited, so signing up in advance is necessary.
 
Opportunities to play:  (As in the past, reservations will be required for all duplicate games.)
We are set up to hold games outside when the weather permits if it is not either too cold or too warm. We can also provide a hybrid version (weather permitting) where players with underlying health concerns can request to sit N/S at one or more tables outside with the remaining tables inside all in one game. Masks are optional unless requested by a player when you reach that table.
 
Tuesdays:
3:00pm – 5:30pm: Supervised Play; 14-16 boards with Master Points Awarded; three questions allowed per player. This is Limited to 499 master points. $10/ person table fee.
 
(optional) POTLUCK SUPPER: 5:45pm – 6:45pm
7:00pm – 9:45pm: Open Game; $10/person table fee (18-21 boards)
 
Wednesdays:
9:30-noon, limited 99er sanctioned game, $10 table fee
2-4:30pm, Limited 499er sanctioned game; $10 table fee.
7:15-9:15 began The Play of the Hand class continues for 9 weeks ending in early May (it started
on March 20). 
 
Fridays:
10am – 1:30pm, Limited 499 Game; $10 table fee
 
You are welcome to partner with a Robot in any of our games.

Winnie Jasper and Jerry Chamberlain

925-683-1908 (W Cell); 925-766-5228 (J Cell)

winnie@wjasper.com; jerry @wjasper.com

Jerry Chamberlain & Winnie Jasper

jerry@wjasper.comwinnie@wjasper.com

925-766-5228 (Jerry) 925-683-1908 (Winnie) 925-376-1125 (Home)

The table fee is $10 per person for all games. An extra charge of $1 per person will be assessed for games supporting Local Charities and for STaC games.

Snacks and Beverages are provided and contributions to the pot-luck style food break are welcome.

RESULTS

Upcoming Schedule:

The club will hold unit games in 2023 on:
 
Friday April 21 at 10am
8-1-23 Tuesday, 7pm
8-11-23 Friday, 10am
9-26–23 Tuesday, 7pm
10-27-23 Friday, 10am
12-12-23 Tuesday, 7pm
12-29-23 Friday, 10am