Announcements

Join us Saturday, July 11 for a special Swiss Teams game. We are honoring Josh’s big national robot win earlier this year with a potluck lunch following the game.

We’ve heard lunch will include some time for us to tell our favorite Josh stories, so come prepared!

Game starts at 9:30.

Don’t miss our club games during the weeks of July 13 and July 20!  These will be Progressive Sectional qualifier games and will award silver points. Players who do well in any of these games will advance to the Finals Games at the Keizer Salem Area Senior Center on Sunday, August 2, which also award silver.

This is a great chance to earn plenty of silver!

See the flyer below for details.

District 20 would like our feedback on the recently-completed High Desert Regional over in Redmond.

This tournament was not well-attended this year, and the tournament sponsors would like feedback on what they could do differently to attract more players.

Here are the details for providing feedback.

Thanks for helping.

Wilsonville’s Al Kader Shrine Center, located just off Interstate 5,  is the site of the
Portland Summer Sectional June 26-28.
In addition to Open games, both 299er and 1999er limited games are offered June 26-27.
On June 28, Bracket Swiss Teams competition is held.
And for 199ers, one session of match point play is offered as well.
This is a fun event with plenty of chances to earn silver.
See you there!

Over the three days, we attracted 106 tables and 109 players in the Sectional. The I/N regional filled 50 tables with 48 players.

Congratulations to John Cissel, who was the top Masterpoint winner in the Sectional. Other Eugene standouts in the Sectional were Alexander Lovejoy, John Thomas, and Josh Rosenbluth. See full results here.

In the I/N Regional, Peter Heroy and Bob Kendall were the top point earners in our club, with Cristin Babcock and Denise Cox close behind. See full results here.

A big thank you to everyone who helped make our tournament a success. Martin Nice, Ali Nice, and Cristin Babcock did a great job planning and seeing that things ran smoothly. Many other club members helped with setup, food, greetings, partnership desk, and more. The Unit 479 Board of Directors, headed by Betsy Ovitt, did its usual great job of overseeing the event. And of course Don Marsh and Sherri Morgan of Emerald Bridge Club were indispensable to the tournament’s success.

Thanks and congratulations to all!

P.S. Your webmaster apologizes for the late post as he was out of the country. Good to be back!

Join us at the Morse Event Center in Eugene for our annual Sectional and I/N Regional!

This is a fun event at a great playing venue in the heart of Eugene, featuring two days of pairs play and one day of Swiss.

If you are a Non-Life Master with 750 masterpoints or fewer, this is a great opportunity to earn gold points in our Gold Rush games May 29 and 30.

Hope to see you there!