Club News
Ah Spring!
The flowers are blooming, the grass is growing ... your alergies are a mess.
Do you really need more reasons to come play bridge at NKBC?
Azalias Photo by freestone Grass Photo by <<Cannon EOS>>
No Game Tuesday May 22
The Elsmere Senior Center will be used for voting on Tuesday May 22. Consequently we will not have a game that day. Please plan to play at Anderson or Cincinnati.
Mentor/Mentee Special Dates
The dates of the specially designated Mentor/Mentee games have been set
in both Cincinnati and at NKBC.
If you play in Cincinnati with your designated partner on one of these dates,
you play at half price for the pair, and play one stratification lower than the mentor.
If you play at NKBC, you'll play in the mentee strat and pay the going rate.
Here are the dates:
| NKBC: | Cincinnati: | |
| May | Wednesday evening 5/23 | Wednesday evening 5/30 |
| June | Friday morning 6/8 | Sunday afternoon 6/10 |
| Thursday morning 6/21 | Wednesday evening 6/27 | |
| July | Tuesday morning 7/3 | Sunday afternoon 7/8 |
| Wednesday evening 7/25 | ||
| Thursday morning 7/26 | ||
| August | Wednesday evening 8/1 | Sunday afternoon 8/12 |
| Friday morning 8/24 | Wednesday evening 8/29 | |
| September | Sunday afternoon 9/9 |
CBA Lecture Series: Bergen Raises
On Thursday May 24, in the next of the CBA Lecture Series, we'll discuss Bergen raises. How do you show partner excellent trump support and either invite or force to game? What about when you have only good support? What about when the opponents interfere? Discussion starts at about 10:45 and will run about 20 minutes.
You can get the CBA Lecture Series materials here:
| Bergen Raises - 5/24 | Lebensohl -5/3 |
| 4 Level Responses to 1NT - 4/26 | 3 Level Responses to 1NT - 4/12 |
| Four Suit Transfers - 4/5 | |
| Stayman on Steroids - 3/29 |
Overall May Unit Championship Results
Check out the May UNIT-wide Championship results Congrats to all!
Special games in May
| TUE | 5/22 | NO GAME | due to voting |
| WED | 5/23 | Mentor/Mentee | play in mentee strat |
| TUE | 5/29 | Club Championship | extra points |
| WED | 5/30 | Edu. Fund | double points, $5 |
| THU | 5/31 | IMP Pairs | scored against par! |