ILLINI REGIONAL 

   Memorial Day weekend:  May 23-29,  2006

     NEW LOCATION:  Hawthorn Suites Hotel 
           101 Trade Centre Drive, Champaign, Illinois


Please join us for seven days of bridge and our special Illini hospitality:

  • Wednesday:  Seniors Day -- $4 off your 2-session Open Pairs entry for ages 65+.

  • Thursday:  Fighting Illini Fans Day -- Prizes, drawing for Illini football tickets, $2 off your afternoon entry if you wear Illini orange and blue!

  • Friday:  Juniors Day -- Full-time students age 25 and under play FREE in the 2-session Stratified Pairs!

  • Saturday:  Barometer final in the Flight A Strataflighted Pairs  (1:30 & 7:30).

  • Monday:  FAST Swiss Teams -- playthrough with free continental breakfast & cash snack bar. 

  • Novice/Intermediate Program:  0-300 events  Wednesday through Sunday. Expert speakers at 1:00 & 7:00, Wed. evening through Sun. afternoon.

  • Non-stop hospitality -- Evening buffets, hotel hospitality suite, registration gifts, door prizes, champagne splits & glasses to section winners, Daily Bulletin, Daily Web Bulletin, bridge bookstore, more!

  • Discounts for full-time students under age 25. NO entry-fee surcharge for non-ACBL members.

Bracketed Knockout Teams:
Big Ten -- 7:30 Tuesday & 9:30, 1:30 & 7:30 Wed.
Orange & Blue -- 9:30 Thursday & 9:30, 1:30 & 7:30 Friday
Chief Illiniwek -- 9:30 Saturday & 9:30, 1:30 & 7:30 Sunday.  Dorner-Meyer trophies to winners in bottom bracket.
OskeeWowWow Compact KO (two sessions, four 12-board matches) -- 1:30 & 7:30 Sunday
Side-Game Series:   Enter any or all sessions. Play two or more sessions in any series to qualify for overall awards (gold points). 
Charity Side Series AM Pairs -- 9:30 am, Wednesday through Sunday (to benefit CATSNAP, a local cat rescue center)
Thu-Fri Side Series ---- 1:30 & 7:30, Thursday & Friday
Sat-Sun Side Series ---- 1:30 & 7:30, Saturday & Sunday
Novice/Intermediate Pairs:
299er Pairs (0-300) -- 7:30 Wed., Thu., Fri. & Sat.;  1:30 & 7:30 Sunday
Easybridge Pairs (0-100) -- 1:30 Saturday
Strata:  A=Open  A/X=3000  B=1500  C=500  D=200
Daily Bulletins from the 2005 Illini Regional.
Host hotel:   
Bridge rate ($75 double) and free parking at Hawthorn Suites, 101 Trade Center Drive, one block south of the site of our previous regionals (the old Chancellor Hotel, Neil & Kirby).
The Hawthorn is an all-suites hotel with a free daily hot breakfast buffet and free high-speed Internet. Facilities include a heated indoor pool, Jacuzzi and fitness center. A wide variety of restaurants are within walking distance.  Hotel info & driving directions
Reservations:  800-527-1133 or 217-398-3400 (ask for bridge rate). Please reserve by May 15.
Tuesday, May 23
7:30 -- Big Ten KO Teams (continues Wednesday)
7:30 -- Play for the Pets Charity Pairs
Wednesday, May 24 -- Seniors Day
  $4 off 2-session Open Pair entry for ages 65+.  
9:30, 1:30 & 7:30 -- Big Ten KO (2nd, 3rd & 4th sess.)
9:30 -- Charity Side Series AM Pairs
1:30 & 7:30 -- Stratified Open Pairs (single-session entries available)
7:30 -- 299er Pairs
Thursday, May 25  -- Illini Fans Day
$2 off your afternoon entry if you wear Illini orange and blue!
9:30 -- Orange & Blue KO Teams (continues Friday)
9:30 -- Charity Side Series AM Pairs 
1:30 & 7:30 -- Thu-Fri Side Series Pairs
1:30 & 7:30 -- Strataflighted Swiss Teams (Flt. A separate: Flts. BCD in one event)
7:30 -- 299er Pairs
Friday, May 26 -- Juniors Day
  Students age 25 and under play FREE in the Stratified Pairs.
9:30 -- Orange & Blue KO (2nd, 3rd & 4th sess.)
9:30 -- Charity Side Series AM Pairs 
1:30 & 7:30 -- Stratified Open Pairs
1:30 & 7:30 -- Thu-Fri Side Series Pairs
7:30 -- 299er Pairs
Saturday, May 27   
9:30 -- Chief Illiniwek KO (continues Sunday)
9:30 -- Charity Side Series AM Pairs 
1:30 & 7:30 -- Flight A Strataflighted Pairs (qualifying with barometer final)
1:30 & 7:30 -- Flight BCD Pairs
1:30 & 7:30 -- Sat-Sun Side Series Pairs
1:30 -- Easybridge Pairs (0-100)
7:30 -- Barometer Final (2nd sess. of Flt. A Pairs)
7:30 -- 299er Pairs
Sunday, May 28
9:30, 1:30 & 7:30 -- Chief Illiniwek KO (2nd, 3rd & 4th sess.)
9:30 -- Charity Side Series AM Pairs 
1:30 & 7:30 -- Sat-Sun Side Series Pairs
1:30 & 7:30 -- OskeeWowWow Compact KO Teams
1:30 & 7:30 -- 299er Pairs (single sessions)
7:30 -- NEW:  Board-a-Match Teams
Monday, May 29
9:45 a.m. --- Free continental breakfast.
10:30 a.m. -- FAST  Swiss Teams (stratified by team's average MP holding). 
On the road by 6:00.
Chairman:  Karen Walker   (217-359-0042)     kwalker@insightbb.com
Partners:   Hugh Williams   (618-203-9566)     hrw1997@gmail.com
Madhu Viswanathan     madhubalan@insightbb.com