As you know, we have successfully transitioned from our old site on Euclid Rd. to our new facility on the grounds of Kempsville Presbyterian Church. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Maureen Brines for making this move possible. Maureen identified the need, and had the vision, the expertise, and the will to transform a building that was very much in disrepair into a beautiful Bridge Center.

I would also like to thank all of you who helped with the move. You gave so freely of your time. From cleaning bathrooms and kitchens, repairing walls, dismantling and disposing of old furniture and equipment, cleaning table trays, bidding boxes, and bridgemates, packing all usable items, moving these items to the new site, unpacking everything, resynching the computer equipment, etc.  You completed these tasks in 7 days, which is an incredible accomplishment.

 I am hesitant to thank you all by name for two reasons. First, so many of you helped along the way and I am afraid I may inadvertently leave out a name. Secondly, and most importantly, the main reason that the move was accomplished within our designated timeframe was that we all came together and worked as a family to make our new home a success.

As we get used to our new site, we will continue to identify issues that we need to address. The noise level is currently the most pressing issue. Tile floors are much safer than carpet floors, but they do result in a noisier environment. We will continue to take action to reduce the sound level in the room. Please don’t hesitate to identify any other issues or to make recommendations that would improve the setting.

Thank you,

Beth

Renovations are underway at our new bridge center location (817 Kemspville Road, Virginia Beach, behind the Kempsville Presbyterian Church).  We are excitedly looking forward to moving into our new home for bridge in just a few weeks.  It takes a lot to convert the former classroom area into a high quality place to play bridge and teach new players.  We're asking our players to help in a fund-raiser with a goal of $20,000.  The Bridge Center of Hampton Roads, Inc., is a 501-c3 charitable organization, so donations are tax deductible*.  We hope that you'll help.  The Navy has a tradition whereby the first crew members of a newly commissioned ship are known as Plank Owners.  Please become a Plank Owner for our new location.

To donate, make checks payable to The Bridge Center of Hampton Roads, Inc.  The Tax ID is EIN 80-0790557.  Please hand checks to Bridge Center Treasurer Shary Schlain.  She usually plays Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

* Please check with your financial advisor or tax preparer about whether you can deduct your contribution in your tax return.

I apologize that the NLM game has few scores for Round 7 and no scores for Round 8.  This was caused by a Bridgemate software issue.  Anne, Bob, and I spent a lot of time after the game to try to fix this, including spending a long time on the phone with the Bridgemate software developer for remote troubleshooting.  Unfortunately, there's no way to recover from this.  This issue did not affect the Open Game.

The results shown on the website right now are preliminary.  I attempted to load them to ACBL Live for Clubs, but unfortunately their system is down while they run monthly master point totals.  I'll try again later, or tomorrow.

Thanks to all for coming and I hope that you come back.

Pete

Tracy and Maureen Brines appear to be the only Unit 146 members who attended the Spring NABC.  Tracy garnered 13.52 masterpoints and Maureen garnered 11.84.  

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Many of you are receiving email from club owners about upcoming events and other bridge topics, even if you never signed up for them.  The club owners probably obtained your email from the ACBL roster.  The ACBL terms of use (found at https://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/about/termsofuse.pdf) allow them to send information about ACBL-sanctioned bridge events and announcements and newsletters discussing activities of the respective club, Unit, or District.  If you don't want to receive their emails then send them a note to direct them to remove you from their mailing list.  If they won't honor your wishes then let me know.

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P. Haglich