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UNIT 143

This is a free service for our bridge-playing members. Our web site is an initiative of the

board of directors of Unit 143, the American Contract Bridge League of Greater St. Louis, Inc.

John Samsel

Unit 143 President

Find schedules and locations for our daily club games  &  results of club games. 

FREE bridge lessons for those who have never played. More than 40,000 people have downloaded this user-friendly & comprehensible program from the ACBL website. Click here for free download.

St Louis Team Wins NABC Title

Grand National Teams (GNT), Flight C

Thomas O'Reilly-Pol, Debbie Romero, Jonathan Goldberg & Sandy Bigg posted a 200-124 win to claim the National Championship with IMPs to spare.

Congratulations!!

Daily Bulletins and results from the NABC

(North American Bridge Championships)

in Las Vegas. 

Click here.

Fall Sectional Will Host

Elections for the Board of Directors.

Five (5) Positions open.

Have you ever thought of becoming a voting member of the Unit 143 Board of Directors? Take this quiz to see if you qualify.   Read more....

Upcoming 2008 Unit 143 Tournaments

August 11 - 17, 2008, REGIONAL

September 27, 2008, 199er Championship

October 17 - 19, 2008, Sectional

 

"8 Is Enough" Monthly Team Event

Unit Game (POTY qualifying) on the first Sunday of each month

Next UNIT Game:

Sunday, 5 pm, August 3, 2008

This event is now stratified, increasing the ways you can win.

Flt A = 8 pts, Flt B = 6 & 7 pts, Flt C = 4 & 5 pts

(At the director's discretion, games with less than 3 Flt C teams may have only 2 flights.

It's NOT Too Late!

You can qualify to play in the District 8 Finals in November -- and earn a trip to the Spring Nationals.

Earn Red points, yes, RED, in the club games.

50% red, 50% black at sectionally-rated payout, in the club NAP qualifying games.

If you place overall in the District 8 Finals in November (a strati-flighted 2-day event), awards pay GOLD.  (For example, Strat C pays 25% gold, 75% red.)

For scheduled qualifying games, click here.

To read more about the NAP, click here.

Membership Directory: Now you can print your own copy, changes updated monthly.  A huge THANK YOU to Milt Zlatic who made this dream come true! 

Locate player by last name -- or change your own listing.

Print one for yourself and offer to print one for a friend who would like one, but doesn't have access to a computer & printer.

General News. read about the future of bridge -- Youth Pairs -- and the results of Bragging rights KOs. Also, events at Bridgehaven.

Greater St Louis Bragging Rights KO Team Championships are over.  32 teams  competed, and congratulations go to the first place winners:

Flight A: Kenneth Bland - Tom Oppenheimer - Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin

Flight B: Dennis Spencer - Sanford Becker - Norman Goldman - Judy Putzel

Flight C: Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson - Donald Chase - Wojciech Golik

Flight D: Daniel Spangler - Dorothy Santner - Mike Arnheim - Cheryl Prante

AND, great news, we have the actual names of the KC teams for Flts B, C, & D so there will indeed by a match-up for everyone.

Intermediate/Newcomer News. Plan ahead!  199er Championship September 27, 2008.

District 8 Advocate.  June issue is now available.

Congratulations to Jack Bryant - Roger Lord - Ken Bland - Jacque Sincoff who won the Championship Flight in the District 8 Grand National Teams. And to  Debbie Romero - Thomas O'Reilly-Pol - Jonathan Goldberg - Sandy Bigg , who won the Flight C (0-500 NLM)  in the District 8 Grand National Teams.  And to Stephen Brauss, teamed with non-unit 143 players, who won the Flight A (0-5000) District 8 Grand National Teams. See the Advocate for additional Unit winners in the GNTs. as well as other interesting stuff.

For other District news and features of interest to all players, visit District 8's home page:
http://district8acbl.com

Ask the Expert, September '07.    Thanks to Barbara Stewart, Mathew Diehl, Phyllis Siegel.   Without their questions our experts would have no answers.

Unit Governance, including board meeting minutes. Next Meeting is September 10th.  Click here to meet your board members.