Author: Jennifer Samuels

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We have news to share – Unit 487’s 2024 Tournaments have a new home!

• We’ve been so lucky to partner with the Portland Bridge Club to host our Unit’s tournaments – and as our bridge community continues to grow, we find we need a bigger space. Most clubs aren’t even big enough to host tournaments, so it’s really been a treat to play at PBC!
• Unit 487 has explored our options and we’re happy to announce we have a new tournament space: Al Kader Shrine Center, 25100 SW Parkway Avenue, Wilsonville, OR (suburb south of Portland)
• The Al Kader Shrine Center has it all: room to grow, attractive facility, comfortable chairs and lighting, easy access location with free parking, nearby restaurants and hotels, and a sustainable price tag that means we don’t have to raise prices
• We look forward to welcoming you to our 2024 tournaments!

At our June 23-25 Sectional, we’ll be utilizing a new space made available from Lloyd Center. We’ll set up the office suite immediately next door to the Portland Bridge Club which will be more spacious and will accommodate more attendees than the Chess Club we have used for the past several tournaments.

The Unit’s September 2023 Fall Sectional has been upgraded to an Intermediate/Newcomer Regional rated event! Players with fewer than 750 master points will be playing for gold master points at this event. This is the first such regional tournament we have sponsored as a Unit, and we are planning a great event and expect a great turn-out.

Local clubs are opening, and even tournaments. For more information, see Portland Bridge Club. The Ace of Clubs is still virtual only.

For a report of the just concluded Oregon Trail Regional and information about upcoming events, see the District 20 Spring Trumpet.

After only 30 years Alan Johnson is leaving as the Unit’s Co-Tournament Manager.

I won my first Portland sectional fractional point October 5, 1991. Alan’s first?

Amazing! Paul Walker will carry on.

Play again at the Ace of Clubs or Portland Bridge Club!

• Earn Masterpoints!

• Play with Friends!

• Support your club!

• Limited games available!

For more information on how to play, check https://www.bridgewebs.com/portland/ or https://www.bridgewebs.com/aceofclubs/.

For members who have reported their BBO names (or “handles”) to Jon, we’ve included them in the Directory on this site. If you want yours included, e-mail him at jonpgassaway@yahoo.com.

The Ace of Clubs and the Portland Bridge Club now offer open and limited games on-line. Check out their web sites, https://www.bridgewebs.com/aceofclubs and https://www.bridgewebs.com/portland for game times and tips on how to sign up and play.

Sunday, March 8 at the Portland Bridge Club. As usual, play with a new partner in the first session, which begins at 11. Play with a regular partner in the second session.

Times to be announced for the second session..

For more details, see http://acbld20.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Election_2020.pdf(o