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News from Greater St. Louis Unit 143

Editor:  Debbie Romero    dcromero@sbcglobal.net
 

Upcoming Unit 143 Tournaments:

I/N 499er Sectionals:

The next St. Louis I/N 499er Sectional Tournament is scheduled for March 16-17 at the St. Louis Bridge Center located at 1270 North Price Road, Olivette, MO 63132.  This tournament is open to all bridge players with 0-500 masterpoints, including Life Masters in this point range. 

Game times for single-session Pairs games are 10 am & 2 pm on Saturday.  There is also a one-session Swiss Team event on Sunday at 12 pm.  This tournament is a great opportunity to earn silver points, improve your bridge play, and have fun playing against other players at your level!

If you need a partner or have questions, please contact the Partnership Chair:
    Phyllis Siegel at 314-313-6092    psiegeltennis@yahoo.com

Open Sectionals:

Please book your calendar for the next St. Louis Open Sectional scheduled for May 17-19, 2024 at the St. Louis Bridge Center located at 1270 North Price Road, Olivette, MO 63132.

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 pair games or team games. A full schedule is here.

Enjoy Free Hospitality:

• Morning Donuts

• Morning & Afternoon Coffee

• Candy

• Hot Lunch on Sunday

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

• The Regional kicks off with a FREE Newcomer lesson & practice game at 10 am Monday.

• Followed by a FREE 0-20 Pairs Game at 1:30 pm Monday

• Daily 2-Session Gold Rush Pairs are offered Mon-Sat.

• 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 -- 1pm and 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

Bridge Haven  bridgeatbridgehaven.com

St. Louis Bridge Center  stlouisbridge.org

South County Games  jsbridgepad.com