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Wednesday:
Seniors Day -- $4 off your 2-session Open
Pairs entry for ages 65+.
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Friday:
Juniors Day -- Full-time students age 25
and under play FREE in the
2-session Stratified Pairs! $3 student discount for all other
sessions.
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Saturday:
Barometer final in the Flight A Strata-flighted
Pairs (1:30 & 7:30).
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Sunday:
Fighting Illini Fans Day -- $2 off your
afternoon entry if you wear Illini orange and blue!
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Monday:
FAST Swiss Teams -- playthrough with
free continental breakfast & cash snack bar.
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Novice/Intermediate
Program: 0-300 events Wednesday through Sunday. Expert
speakers at 1:00 & 7:00, Wed. evening through Sun. afternoon.
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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!
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Discounts
for full-time students under age 25.
- 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=3500 B=2000 C=500 D=200
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Entry
fees: $12 session
$8 session for Easybridge & 299er Pairs
$3 per session discount for full-time students age 25 and under
- 2007
Daily Bulletins (click on calendar links).
- Host
hotels:
- Bridge
rates and free parking at the Hilton Garden Inn ($89) and
Homewood Suites ($99), both at 1501 South Neil (corner of Neil &
Kirby). Homewood Suites rate includes hot buffet breakfast.
- Both
hotels opened in fall 2006. Facilities include a heated indoor pool
and fitness center. Homewood Suites rooms have kitchenettes. A wide
variety of restaurants are within walking distance. Map
with link for driving directions
- Hilton
Garden Inn reservations: Call 217-352-9970 and ask for bridge rate
or book
online (use group code BRDG08).
- Homewood
Suites reservations: Call 217-352-9960 and ask for bridge rate or book
online (this page offers the bridge rate).
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- Tuesday,
May 20
- 7:30 --
Big Ten KO Teams (continues Wednesday AM, Aft & Eve)
- 7:30 --
Play for the Pets Charity Pairs
- Wednesday,
May 21 -- 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 22
- 9:30 --
Orange & Blue KO Teams (continues Friday AM, Aft & Eve)
- 9:30 --
Charity Side Series AM Pairs
- 1:30
& 7:30 -- Thu-Fri Side Series Pairs
- 1:30
& 7:30 -- Strataflighted Swiss Team (Flt. A separate)
- 7:30 --
299er Pairs
- Friday,
May 23 -- Juniors Day
-
Students age 25 & 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 24
- 9:30 --
Chief Illiniwek KO (continues Sunday AM, Aft & Eve)
- 9:30 --
Charity Side Series AM Pairs
- 1:30
& 7:30 -- Flight A Strataflighted Pairs (qualifying with barometer
final)
- 1:30
& 7:30 -- Stratified Flight BCD Pairs
- 1:30
& 7:30 -- Sat-Sun Side Series Pairs
- 1:30 --
Easybridge Pairs (0-100)
- 7:30 --
Barometer Final (2nd session of Flt. A Pairs)
- 7:30 --
299er Pairs
- Sunday,
May 25 -- Illini Fans Day
-
$2 off your afternoon entry if you wear Illini orange &
blue!
- 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 --
Board-a-Match Teams
- Monday,
May 26
- 9:45
a.m. --- Free continental breakfast.
- 10:30
a.m. -- FAST Swiss Teams (stratified
by team's average MP holding). On the road before 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
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