Berkeley - El Cerrito - Richmond: ACBL Unit 497

ACBL

Unit 497: BER

Don't miss our BBQ Swiss: 12 noon and 5:45 pm at the El Cerrito Community Center (7007 Moeser, El Cerrito), on Saturday, May 17. This semiannual tradition is filled with excellent bridge and excellent dinner between sessions (free to unit members, $7 for others.)

Location change: All club games are back at Arlington Clubhouse, effective through the end of the school year at least.

Welcome to the website for Unit 497 of the American Contract Bridge League, covering Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, Crockett, and Rodeo. This webpage contains information about the officers, club games (including results), and unit games and special events, as well as some bridge links.

Here are the current officers of the BER board.

President / District Representative: James Scott, (510) 525-1759

Vice President: Mark Kornmann, (510) 528-5351

Treasurer: Veda Mason, (510) 232-9890

District Representative: Joyce Burks, (510) 528-1806

There are currently two club games active in the BER unit. All games are open, non-smoking and stratified.

Live Oak Bridge Club of El Cerrito: $3.00 fees for members ($5.00 annual fee), $4.00 for non-members. See also the newsletter.
Address: Arlington Clubhouse, 1120 Arlington Boulevard, El Cerrito. Go up Moeser, left on Arlington, clubhouse is on your rigt about half a mile.
Partnerships: Vi Kimoto, (510) 223-6539
Games:

Wednesday and Friday, 12:15 PM. Director: Mark Kornmann, (510) 528-5351 (home), (510) 932-6064 (cell)

See the results for Live Oak games.

El Cerrito Bridge Club: $4.00 fees
Address: Arlington Clubhouse, 1120 Arlington Boulevard, El Cerrito. Go up Moeser, left on Arlington, clubhouse is on your rigt about half a mile.
Games:

Monday, 12:15 PM. Director: Mark Kornmann (see contact info above.)
Partnerships: Vi Kimoto, (510) 223-6539

See the results for El Cerrito Bridge Club games.

Unit games are on the 4th Sunday of the month, at 1:00 PM, except in December, where there is a 7:45 PM holiday game on the 2rd Saturday of the month (this is often a STAC game, and will be this year.) All games are stratified, with stratifications based on the masterpoint totals of the attendees. The July game doubles as the North American Pairs (NAP) local qualifier. Unit games are currently held at the Arlington Clubhouse (1120 Arlington Boulevard, El Cerrito.)

In addition, there is a BBQ Swiss event held twice a year: on the second/third Saturday in May (subject to facility availability; occasionally a STAC if the event coincides with Western Conference STAC week), and on the third Saturday in September, both at 12 pm. These games are at the El Cerrito Community Center (7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito.) Unit members dine free on delicious food between sessions; non-members are charged $7.00, still well worth it. If you have questions about unit events, contact Mark Kornmann, (510) 528-5351 (home), (510) 932-6064 (cell).

Here are the results for unit games.

Here are some bridge links:

The American Contract Bridge League, this unit's parent organization.
District 21, comprising Northern California and containing the BER unit.
Contract Bridge Forum, District 21's (and 17's, and 22's) publication. Also, appearing only on this website also is the "director's cut" of the Beer Dude's column in the Forum.
Check your masterpoints at the ACBL website.
The Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs masterpoint races for Unit 497, and Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs races for District 21.
Richard Pavlicek's website has lots of useful bridge resources.
Bridge Base Online is a good, free place to play bridge online.

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this webpage, contact the webmaster, Mike Develin (develin@bantha.org).