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Winter Weather Advisories and Cancellations

The winters in Highlands can have snow at a moment's notice, making the roads unusable for several hours.  If you are concerned about the access to Highlands, tune your radio to WHLC FM 104.5 or call the Highlands Recreation Center at 828-526-3556.

 

Mailing Address

Highlands Duplicate Bridge Club

P. O. Box 734

Highlands, NC 28741

MEMBERSHIP and GAME FEES

The Highlands Duplicate Bridge Club welcomes all players and club membership is open to all.   HDBC members pay only $5 per game to play even if the game is a special event that costs the club a premium -- but also pays extra ACBL masterpoints to the game winners.  However, in lieu of joining the club, a player may play as a guest for a fee of $10 per game.

The annual fee to become a member is only $20 and is due on January 1 or on the first day that a player participates in a game.  The annual dues may be sent to the club's PO Box or paid directly to the club's Treasurer.  The club's mailing address is:

HDBC

POB 735

Highlands, NC 28741.   

We hope to see all of you at the club soon!

 

HDBC Zero Tolerance Policy

HDBC Board policy* for violation of Zero Tolerance follows the Club Regulations, Roman Numeral III, found in the HDBC Bylaws:
"The director is responsible for strict enforcement of ZERO TOLERANCE FOR RUDENESS. (See Law 74 Conduct and Etiquette, ACBL
Laws of Duplicate Bridge, 2017, pp. 83-84). After one warning of a rudeness infraction from the director, an additional infraction within six
months of the initial infraction shall subject an offender to such penalty as imposed by the Board of Advisors.  A penalty may be imposed after
hearing from offender(s), director, and any persons witnessing the objectionable conduct."
        

*Director discretion is allowed, per Duplicate Law 91, if the DIC determines that any offense warrants a less or a more serious penalty.

Click here for info on the Bridgewebs iPhone app. You can view results from Highlands DBC as well as other clubs using Bridgewebs while away from your computer.

Welcome to Highlands Duplicate Bridge Club
GAME CANCELLED

The game that was scheduled for Friday, December 27, has been cancelled.  See you next year.

GAMES SCHEDULE

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL GAMES :  

 
Dec-24
18 Wed Stardust Week (+GOLD+)
20 Fri Stardust Week (+GOLD+)
25 Wed Christmas - No game
27 Fri No game

Jan-25
1 Wed   New Year's Day- No game
3 Fri    Junior Fund Game
8 Wed    Junior Fund Game
10 Fri    Junior Fund Game
15 Wed    Junior Fund Game
17 Fri    Junior Fund Game
22 Wed    Junior Fund Game
24 Fri    Junior Fund Game
29 Wed    Junior Fund Game
31 Fri    Junior Fund Game
Feb-25
5 Wed   Education Foundation
7 Fri   Education Foundation
12 Wed   Education Foundation
14 Fri   Education Foundation
19 Wed   Education Foundation
21 Fri   Education Foundation
26 Wed   Club Championship
28 Fri   Club Championship

SPECIAL GAMES HDBC POLICY:  No extra fee for special games.     The standard fee for all HDBC games:  HDBC MEMBERS $5; GUESTS $10. Please either (1)JOIN HDBC , (2)RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP or (3) PAY $10 GUEST FEES FOR EACH GAME. The cost to join or renew is only $20 annually. Dues are owed on January 1 and are to to paid to HDBC at the member's first game in the new year.  

Should you have any questions about the special games, please contact Club Manager Delores Bode (deloresbode@frontier.com).   

 

 

Highlands, NC is a small town on a 4,000 foot  plateau in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. It is approximately 2 hours north of Atlanta GA and about 1.5 hours south of Asheville, NC. From a winter population of around 3,000, the town swells to about 30,000 in the summer due to its reputation as summer camp for adults. Duplicate bridge has been part of the town for over twenty years. Sanctioned games are held Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 1pm throughout the year. Please be seated by 12:50pm.  And a novice/intermediate game (499ers Non-Life Masters) is scheduled June-October on Friday mornings at 9am - Please be seated no later than 8:50am.  

 

SPECIAL GAMES

Special games that provide extra masterpoints will be offered all year at Highlands Duplicate Bridge Club.  These include: 

 Junior Fund games

♠ North American Pairs, 

 International Fund games,

♣ Jane Johnson Appreciation games,

 Club Membership games,

♠ Club Championships,

 ACBL and Local Charity games,

♠ Club Championships,

♣ Education Foundation games, and

 Grass Roots. 

Each month specific games are listed below.  Check this out to see what is happening, month by month. 

SCORE CORRECTIONS

Please be careful entering and also checking scores.  This responsibility lies with both N/S and also E/W.

When a score is entered on the BridgeMate by North and approved by either East or West, this accepted score will remain as posted, unless a correction is received via email within 24 hours after the score was posted on the website.  Before the score can be corrected, one of the players from both sides (Either N/S and Either E/W) must confirm that this correction is due. 

Corrections for Open games should be directed to Cecil Hines (cjhinesite@gmail.com). 

It is the responsibility of the player making the correction to secure confirmation from their opponent(s) and to have one or both opponents notify the appropriate game manager.  Thank you. 
 

BridgeMates -- Did You Know?

After the last round is entered and verified, a quick recap (percentage) of standing may be obtained by pressing the button under the word Rank on the BridgeMate, which is the second button from the left at top of BridgeMates. Percentage will appear.   To obtain an individual analysis of each board by pairs, follow prompts on BridgeMates to view how many points were received per board.   The percentage of  last opponents will also appear.   If others are still playing, results will not be final until all tables complete play, but current percentages are available.

Officers/ Board Members

Elected Officers:  Board of Advisors

Bob Buchanan - President

Monika Howard - Vice President

Gina Cogswell  - Secretary

Lynn Kleifgen - Treasurer

Other Voting Members: Board of Advisors

TBD - Tournament Chair
Delores Bode - Club Manager - deloresbode@frontier.com

WELCOME EVERYONE

*HDBC OPEN GAMES:   Our Open games are held every Wednesday and Friday at 1pm, ALL YEAR.  Please be seated no later than 12:45 so the Director can set up the game by 1pm.  Those arriving after this time, may or may not be included in the game, based on whether or not there is space available (arrive early in the summer season as we have a maximum capacity of 20 tables) or whether the game has already been set up with Bridge Mates activated.  The decision to seat you after the 12:45 arrival time is at the discretion of the game's Director.  We welcome everyone and appreciate your courtesy to the Director and fellow bridge players!!!  Zero Tolerance is in effect for all HDBC games.  We will be having Special Games all year, which increases the number of masterpoints for our winners. We have a Board-approved list of special games, posted in the bridge room at the REC CTR if you would like more information.

 

NEED A PARTNER?

  Our past president, Sandy Barrow, will be happy to help you find a partner.  She can be reached at sandybarrow@bellsouth.net or 828-743-3774.

Results

The 4 most recently posted results are listed in the left column (yellow) below.  The next 5 future games are shown in the right column (blue). A complete list of older results and future events are shown under the Results and Calendar tabs on the left side of the home page.

 

Results
Stardust Week (+GOLD)
Director: Bob Buchanan
Stardust (+GOLD+)
Director: Delores Bode
ST@C
Director: Cecil Hines
ST@C
Director: Cecil Hines
Calendar
Wed Dec 25, 2024
NO GAME
Fri Dec 27, 2024
No Game
1:00 PM
Wed Jan 1, 2025
NO GAME
Fri Jan 3, 2025
Junior Fund
1:00 PM
Wed Jan 8, 2025
Junior Fund
1:00 PM