Announcements Archive

We’ve added a Sunday game to our Virtual Club schedule at 6:30pm, making a game available every day of the week. We are constantly exploring new possibilities, and your feedback is always welcome. See you online!

Check out the new BBO reference and training materials. Go to EBC on BBO, where you’ll find all-new materials, including video tutorials on getting the most out of your Virtual Club games on BBO.

Bob Freeman passed away on July 1, 2020. Along with his wife Vi, he was owner of the Finesse Bridge Center in Eugene a number of years ago.

Some of our members were acquainted with Bob and played at his club. If you knew Bob and would like to share some stories, please add a comment to this post.

You can read Bob’s obituary here.

You can also learn a little more about the history of bridge in […]

We need to acknowledge the passing of Bob Freeman. For many years, Bob and his wife Vi were bridge in our area. Along with Jim and Eleanor Rice, the two couples built and ran the Finesse Bridge Center on Country Club Road in the 1970s. When the two couples sold that facility, Bob and Vi moved their games first to the basement of the Eugene Hotel and later to the old Elks Lodge on Centennial […]

ACBL has eased up on some of the restrictions on having people from outside our club play in our Virtual Club Games.

New guidance from ACBL:

The rules for visiting Virtual Clubs on Bridge Base Online (BBO) have relaxed, letting you play more online bridge than ever. Previously, to join a Virtual Club you needed to have played face-to-face bridge at that club in the last year. Now you can play as a visitor!

If […]

From Don and Sherri:

Monday begins another Silver Linings Week. All Silver and double points.  For this week, we will be adding a 299er game on Thursday. The game will start at 12:15. So, you can play in the Open game that day or the 299er. 

We know that ACBL just sent out a notice indicating that the restrictions per playing in other Virtual clubs have been […]