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Friendship Chairman:    Linda Stuart 909-592-6800 909 641-3790 - Cell	Unit Game Director:    Marie Nimmrich 626 448-3304 626 552-2344 - Cell	Unit President:    Mary Falvey 626 359-0271 626 484-7169 - Cell
San Marino Bridge Club:   Marie Nimmrich 626 448-3304 626 552-2344 - Cell	Arcadia Bridge Center: Art and Diane Gulbrandsen 626 445-3797 .	Unit 559 Webmaster: Roy Wilson 626 340-9575 .

Sunday Game in Long Beach The Long Beach club will host their unit game this sunday.  Game time is 12:30 and will be in the Common Game so you can check your results on-line.  The 199er side game fees are only $1.99... can't beat that price. New Officers Our unit board has elected new officers for the coming year... President:   Mary Falvey Vice President:   Peter Szecsi Secretary:   Linda Stuart Treasurer:   Miriam Harrington And these are the Chair Positions for our new board: Unit Manager:   Miriam Harrington and Michael Rodrigues Supplies:   Linda Stuart and Rosemary Schroeder ALACBU:   Peter Szecsi Membership:   Marie Nimmrich Friendship:   -- TBA Sectional:   Mary Falvey Over/Under Game:   Peter Szecsi Holiday Party:   Mariann Newman Election Party:   -- TBA Scholarship:   Peter Szecsi 50/50 Raffle:   Sadika Elewy The McCabe agreement is pretty simple...   Below is the most popular explanation of it, but be aware that there are slight modifications with different partnerships. After you open a weak two bid, and the next hand doubles... A new suit by your partner shows support and is lead-directing if the opponents play the hand A redouble asks you to bid the cheapest suit available - your partner has a long suit and poor support for yours but cannot just bid the suit...(Because that's just lead-directing.) Example Hands: Your partner opens 2 and the next hand rudely doubles... Looks like they will probably play the hand in spades, right?  So bid 3 for a diamond lead.  Your bid does not show a diamond suit!  It simply requests a diamond lead, but if your side plays the hand you want to play in partner's suit.  If the next hand passes, your partner should correct back to 3! On the next hand your partner opens 2 and again the next hand doubles.  If you hold this hand, you won't describe your long suit by bidding it....   That's a lead directing call.  Redouble instead.  Your partner should then bid the cheapest possible bid... 3.  Now you can bid your diamond suit. As long as we are talking about bids after a weak two opening, have you seen the letters RONF scrawled across the bottom of a convention card?  That's Raise Only Non Force.  You open 2 and your partner raises to 3.... Many players will tell you it's an attempt to Further the Preempt and not an invitation for you to bid again.  (All other responses are forcing, and if your partnership does not consider them forcing, you need to alert.)   Close   Pasadena-San Gabriel Unit 559 Our unit is one of nine in District 23 and we are sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League.   We have an elected board of 12 members that meets monthly and is responsible for unit games and the p;nnual John Waken sectional.   There are two clubs in our unit - The San Marino Bridge Club and the Arcadia Bridge Center. The card fees are $8.00.       Gametime is 12:30 and lunch is available at 12:00. Our next Unit game is on Sunday, April 7. If you want to request a N/S or you need a partner, call Miriam Harrington:     626 232-0558 Our Director is Marie Nimmrich.  626 448-3304 Table Assignment Policy Flight Assignment Policy Unit Board Policies Map Unit Game Results Unit Game Dates Hand Records Unit Game Winners Unit Board Members Scholarship Foundation Holiday Party Results John Waken Results

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Unit 559 Membership Report Ranks are updated quarterly after the 7th of the month Other information is updated monthly
Rank Requirements	The rank requirments shown below are for members who joined the ACBL after the year 2000.
Unit 559 Active Members Click the rank below for a list	Master Points	Number
Rookie	0-5 No color points needed	62
Junior Master	5-20 No color points needed	65
Club Master	20-50 No color points needed	95
Sectional Master	50+ 5+ silver points	49
Regional Master	100+ 15+ silver points and 5+ gold points	24
NABC Master	200+ 25+ silver and 20+ red/gold/platinum (5 must be gold or platinum)	19
Advanced NABC Master	300+ 50+ silver and 50+ red/gold/platinum (25 must be gold or platinum)	2
Life Master	500+ 75+ silver and 100+ red/gold/platinum (50 must be gold or platinum)	19
Bronze Life Master	750+ Life Master with at least 750 points	34
Silver Life Master	1000+ Life Master with at least 1000 points (200+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)	22
Ruby Life Master	1500+ Life Master with at least 1500 points (300+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)	23
Gold Life Master	2500+ Life Master with at least 2500 points (500+ must be silver/red/gold/platinum)	16
Sapphire Life Master	3500+ Life Master with at least 3500 points 700+ silver/red/gold/platinum (350+ must be gold or platinum)	9
Diamond Life Master	5000+ Life Master with at least 5000 points 1000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (500+ must be gold or platinum)	12
Emerald Life Master	7500+ Life Master with at least 5000 points 1500+ silver/red/gold/platinum (750+ must be gold or platinum)	1
Platinum Life Master	10,000+ Life Master with at least 10,000 points 2000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (1000+ must be gold or platinum)	2
Grand Life Master	10,000+ Life Master with at least 10,000 points 2000+ silver/red/gold/platinum (1000+ must be gold or platinum) Must have a victory in an eligble event	1
New Members
Sihui Dai	Pasadena
Showzhen Gu	Pasadena
Michael Hollis	South Pasadena
Nina Huang	Pasadena
Ethan Li	Pasadena
Transferred In
Donald Garner	South Pasadena
Margie Lee	South Pasadena
Transferred Out
S P Duffield	Las Vegas
Robert Lennox	Vergennes, VT
Advanced in Rank - 3	New Rank
Sophia Chang	NABC Master
Angela Peters	NABC Master
Hanna Zhuang	Advanced NABC Master
March Total Membership  459

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