♣ Greater St. Louis Bridge News ♣

News from Greater St. Louis Unit 143

Editor: Debbie Romero dcromero@sbcglobal.net

Upcoming Unit 143 Tournaments:

I/N 499er Tournament: The next St. Louis 499er tournament is scheduled for September 28-29, 2024 at the St. Louis Bridge Center in Olivette, MO.

Open Regional: We hope you will join us for the upcoming St. Louis Regional August 12-18, 2024 at the Renaissance Hotel by the airport! This tournament offers a great, action-packed schedule for players of all skill levels-- whether they prefer Pairs Games or Team Games. The full schedule is here.

Enjoy free hospitality -- Morning donuts, morning and afternoon coffee, candy.

The St. Louis Regional is very I/N friendly:

The Regional kicks off with a FREE Newcomer's lesson & practice game at 10 am Monday.
Followed by a FREE 0-20 Pairs Game at 1:30 pm Monday

Mon-SatDaily 2-Session Gold Rush Pairs are offered .
Daily 0-299er Single-Session Pairs are offered Mon-Sat.
Bargain $10 entries for Gold Rush and 299er Games
All events are FREE for players with 0-5 masterpoints

Great daylight & evening game choices for all levels of players ($15 entries for Open Events):

Daily 2-Session Open Pairs Mon-Sat
Two Daylight Mini-Soloway Knockouts (Mon/Tues & Wed/Thurs)
Four Daylight 2-Session Bracketed Swiss Team games (Tues, Thurs, Sat, & Sun)
- Only play teams in your bracket
- Bracketed from the bottom up
One Daylight 2-Session Stratified Swiss Teams (Fri)
Two Evening 2-Session Stratified Swiss Teams (Tues/Wed & Thurs/Fri)
Evening Side Game Series (Mon-Fri)

Regional game times:

NOTE: Monday game start times -- 1 pm & 6 pm -- are earlier than other days.

Tues-Sat game start times are 10 am, 2:30 pm, and 7 pm
Sunday game times are 10 am & TBA

Unit 143 Board

Unit 143 Officers for 2024 are::

President: Mark Boswell

Vice President: Mark Zellmer

Treasurer: Steve Russell

Secretary: Sandy Bigg

Unit 143 Tournament Coordinator: Dennis Abeln

There is currently one vacancy on the Unit 143 Board.

Club Game Schedules

Face-to-Face bridge games are available within Unit 143 for players of all skill levels. Currently, there are no regular online club games in the St. Louis area except in the case of inclement weather conditions. Please check the table below for schedules and availability.

Face-to-Face Bridge Games

Club	Team Games	Pairs Games	Contact Info
Bit O Bridge Club (Lake St. Louis)		Open Pairs Wed eve at 6:00 pm Call ahead to confirm game is on	Janet Vontz (314) 803-8808
Bridge Haven	Lucky 7 Swiss Team Saturdays at Noon	Open Pairs M, W, F at 10:30 am Wed eve at 6:30 pm	Mike Arnheim (314) 583-1745 Chuck Starovasnik (618) 530-4300 bridgeatbridgehaven.com
South County Games (Mehlville)		Open Pairs Tues & Fri at 10 am	Jay Shah (314) 495-6093 jshaent@gmail.com jsbridgepad.com
St. Louis Bridge Center	1st Sunday Swiss Team 1 pm 3rd Sunday Swiss Team 1 pm	0-99 Chat Game Mon 10 am 0-199 Games Tues 10 am 0-750 Games Mon, Tue & Thur 10 am Life Master/ Non-Life Master Pairs 2nd Sunday 1 pm Rookies < 99 4th Sunday 1 pmnday 1 pm Open Pairs Mon - Fri 10 am 5th Sunday 1 pm Tues Evening 6 pm	Beth Percich (314) 306-3368 Bridge Center Phone: (314) 569-1430 frontdesk@stlouisbridge.org

For the latest schedule of Face-to-Face Bridge games, please visit these websites:

Unit 143 www.unit143.org

Bridge Haven bridgeatbridgehaven.com

St. Louis Bridge Center stlouisbridge.org

South County Games jsbridgepad.com