WELCOME TO UNIT 497's SITE!!
Have fun at our games, & PLEASE be kind to your partners & opponents - we're ZERO TOLERANCE!
We're "B-E-R" (Berkeley-El Cerrito-Richmond) to ACBL; our "turf" also includes 9 (hill/bay)side burgs west of Berkeley Hills, along/above 80/580 between Golden Gate Fields & the Carquinez Bridge: Albany, Crockett, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, Pinole, Point Richmond, Rodeo, & San Pablo. Scroll down this page ALL THE WAY - all our basic info (club & Unit games, contacts, etc.) is here. Click a button on the left for quick links to specifics (Unit Board's empty until I get digital pix of & bio info from all). Club/Unit Game results stay for a year (monthly indices are numerical mmyy), as do unedited Beer Dude Forum columns & odd blogs. BER Player of the Year races get updated monthly (Unit 497 members only; name in italics indicates Non-LM as of 1/1 of current year). NOTE: You need Microsoft Excel or Excel Viewer to view P-O-Y; click below to get Excel Viewer FREE: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&DisplayLang=en
Gimme hell if you find something user-unfriendly - yap at me when I'm directing/e-mail beerman49@msn.com.
HEADLINES - PAY ATTENTION!
ACBL-wide Senior Pairs Mon Feb 22 - link to hand records & analyses will be here after the game - ACBL has stopped printing them.
NOTABLE CLUB/UNIT GAMES FOR FEBRUARY
FRI 12th - FREE PLAY Club Championship
MON 22nd - ACBL-wide Senior Pairs - gold points for section tops; age-restricted to 55 & over
SUN 28th - Unit Charity Game for ACBLCharity Foundation - Stratified pairs 1PM @ Castro - table fees $6.
UNIT GAME/SECTIONAL INFORMATION
Unit Pair Games start 1PM on the LAST Sunday of the month (holiday weekends excepted in 5-Sunday months - applies May 2010). We play @ Castro/Madera Clubhouses unless specified otherwise. Table fees are $5, $6 for charity games. Click Unit Games button for dates & sites. Our 2-session May & Sept BBQ Swiss team games (click the button for latest info) feed Unit 497 members FREE between sessions (non-unit members pay $7). Our holiday party is FREE to all who bring food to share. BBQ Swisses & Sectionals (normally 1st full weekends in March/Nov) play at the El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane (@ Ashbury).
CLUB GAME INFORMATION
Games are M/W/F at 12:15 PM, & are at Castro Clubhouse (1420 Norvell, El Cerrito) until school lets out - then we're back to Madera for the summer. Click Site Directions button for how to get there. All games now belong to the El Cerrito Bridge Club, which U497 runs. We've dubbed the Wed & Fri games "Live Oak Pairs"; see the results using the same button you're used to. Table fees are $4 for all games; club championship days (last Mon Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct; 3rd Wed Mar/Jun/Sept/Dec; 2nd Fri Feb/May/Aug/Nov) are FREE PLAY days that pay bonus masterpoints!
A/B/C Strats for 9+ tables are unlimited/1500/500; for smaller games, the A/B break varies at the director's discretion between 500-1000, depending on the player mix.
Partners: Newcomers/out-of town vistors - please call Mark Kornmann (phone #'s below). Until someone volunteers to replace Vi as the "partnership desk", "regulars" should sign-up on the calendar posted at the site. We'll provide you an active player roster (name/phone #/e-mail address) at your request; one will be posted once I get it; our Unit roster is available via the Unit Board/Roster button to your left.
UNIT 497 OFFICERS
PREZ: JIM SCOTT 510/(525-1759 H 847-3948 cell) eurekajim@aol.com
VP/WEBMEISTER/DIRECTOR: MARK KORNMANN 510/(528-5351 H 932-6064 cell) beerman49@msn.com
TREASURER: VEDA MASON 510/232-9890 vmmente@pacbell.net