| What are STaC Games? |
What are STaC games? Several times a year, ACBL authorizes Sectional Tournaments at Clubs, better known as STaC games! This gives players an opportunity to earn silver masterpoints without going to a special event. So what is a Royal STaC game? Instead of silver, winners at a Royal STaC game earn one quarter of whatever points they are awarded in each color category: 25% gold, 25% red, 25% silver and 25% black. This week (November 18-24), all Western Conference bridge clubs have the opportunity to hold STaC events during their normal bridge sessions. Be sure to come out and add to your masterpoint total with some color!
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| Question of the Month |
For November 2024, we look at the annual Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs contests:
Players know that winning points can earn them a higher rank, such as Club Master, Regional Master or Life Master. But they may not be aware that they also are automatically in an annual race for the most points accumulated locally.
The Mini-McKenney award system was created in 1974 in honor of William E. McKenney, a key figure in founding the ACBL in 1937 and the Executive Director from its beginning until 1947. The Mini-McKenney tracks all points earned by each ACBL member during a calendar year at both club games and tournaments.
The Ace of Clubs was added in 1984 to distinguish players who accumulate the most points at the club level only. It was renamed the Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs awards in 2011 to honor Shanbrom, a Grand Life Master who had won the Ace of Clubs more times than anyone else in ACBL history.
Both the Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs contests provide recognition for all levels of players from 0-5 points to 10,000-plus. In other words, you can be a winner in your category simply by out-scoring other players at your level.
We will publish the final results for 2024 after they are released in January. But for now, click Ace of Clubs 10-24.pdf and click Mini-McKenney 11-24.pdf to check out the October standings. One of the tightest races is in the 50-to-100-point category, where Andrea Smutz, Laura Starkey and Patricia Weize are neck-and-neck for both the Mini-McKenney and the Ace of Clubs awards!
To read past answers, go to Questions of the Month on the navigation bar at left.
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| Recent Happenings |
Celebrate! Two players moved up in rank in October.
New Junior Master (5 points):
Gail Arnold-Kowallis
New Club Master (20 points):
Marian Vassar
Congratulations to October high scorers at our three clubs (Incline Village is closed until March):
70.83% for Elizabeth Symons and David Gregorich (South Lake Tahoe, 10/29)
64.12% for Jefri Donavan and Helen Trop-Zell (Carson City, 10/30)
63.1% for Warren and Tina Kaplan the day they left for their winter home in New Jersey (Gardnerville, 10/14)
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| When and Where to Play Bridge |
12:30 p.m. Mondays
(Closed on federal holidays)
Carson Valley Bridge at the Douglas County Community and Senior Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville NV
Director Glen Rowe, 775-315-5611, hgrowe@sbcglobal.net
1 p.m. Tuesdays
(Closed on federal/CA state holidays; arrival at 12:45 recommended)
Bridge by the Lake at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe CA
Director Barbara Jones, 530-541-3973, bbjones417@gmail.com
Noon Wednesdays
Carson Cube Bridge at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive, Nevada Room, Carson City NV
Director Paul Jorgensen, 775-741-0836, minnetahoe@yahoo.com
Incline Village Game Closed Until January
(July 10, 2024 through the end of September; January through March time/place TBD)
Incline Village Bridge at the Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Avenue, Incline Village NV
Director Richard Reiter, 910-297-1828, rbemstt7@cs.com
For more details about these and the Reno club, click here.
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