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St. Louis Bridge NewsEditor:
Mary Dolan, 10806 Charlton Way, St. Louis MO 63146
dolanmary@sbcglobal.net
“I
have always believed that your attitude towards your partner
is as important as
your technical skill at the game."
--
Attributed
to Rixi Markus
A
Partnership Game George Marvin and George Jones, known as the Two Georges, have played together since 2008. Theirs has been a successful partnership. What is the secret to their success?
From George Jones: “Our success is using simple conventions and playing good defense.”
From George Marvin: "Our game is simple. No bourbon [Bergen] raises and no flattery. If there is a disagreement on a play, bid, or convention, George is always right.”
And the number #1 response from other Unit 143 players when asked for tips on
successful partnerships:
Don’t criticize partner at the table. This includes
nonverbal frowns, grimaces and so on, as well as negative comments about
partner’s bidding or play of the hand. Save discussions for later.
Email your tips for successful partnering for inclusion in future Advocate issues to dolanmary@sbcglobal.net . Limit your contribution to a few sentences and let me know if it's okay to use your name. Otherwise I’ll use first name only.
Bronze Life Masters: Mary Dolan, Jan Mackey & Jo Ann Froelich
Silver Life Master: Janet Vontz
Ruby Life Master: Ann Ruwitch
Sapphire Life Master: John Samsel
The 4th annual ACBL-wide Longest Day was held on June 20, 2016. This year’s team at the St. Louis Bridge Center raised over $42,000 toward helping to find a cure for Alzheimers disease.
Players donated money and auction items, sponsored tables, bought raffle tickets, solicited auction items and contributions from friends, and participated in the day-long series of games.
Congratulations to this amazing group and to its co-chairs Linda Powers and Jane Ettelson!
Forty young people from 12 states attended the week-long Youth Bridge Camp at Lake Williamson in Carlinville IL. Two campers were from the Eastern Missouri area (Unit 143). The remainder came from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey New York, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
A typical day at bridge camp included lessons and play throughout the day interspersed with typical camp activities. These activities included archery, miniature golf, 9-square, blacklight dodge ball and bowling, obstacle course, swimming, golf, ping-pong and tennis.
Directors Steve Reiss and Amy Stabenow divided the campers into one of three groups based on bridge skill level. Phyllis Siegel worked with beginners, Kathy Rolfe taught the intermediate group, and Mike Huston taught the advanced group. Also participating was Unit 143’s George Marvin.
With the exception of Andrew Carver and Amy Carver,
participants pictured here are from Unit 143.
Front row, seated left to right:
Amy Stabenow, George Marvin, Amy Carver
Back row standing: Phyllis Siegel,
Steve Reiss, Benjamin Torio (2016 Unit 143 scholarship recipient), Kaleigh
Ishmael, Andrew Carver.
At the end of camp, the kids were asked to fill out a survey. Here are a few of their responses.
QUESTION: What did you think of Youth Bridge Camp?
One of my favorite experiences yet
10/10
It was a ton of fun and I am definitely coming back each year until I age out
Great but exhausting
It was really fun, and the tournaments were great.
Cool
QUESTION: If you were going to tell someone about Youth Bridge Camp, what would you say?
You will meet some of the greatest friends you will ever have
That it’s really fun and it’s cool to meet new people and learn to play bridge
They should go even if they have no idea what bridge is
It’s a fun game and it includes sportsmanship
It is very fun. The food is not great. There are tons of water activities and you can win masterpoints
Go, it’s awesome even if you don’t know how to play bridge
Hey, you should go to bridge camp! It’s really fun and you learn a lot!
Go, Go, Go! It’s one of the best experiences I’ve ever had
If you want to learn bridge and have lots of fun, go to youth bridge camp
You will learn a lot in bridge camp. There is a lake and 9 square, tennis, also blacklight dodgeball. You play in a tournament every night. I hope I see you there.