La Jolla Bridge (Unit 526)

Welcome to the website for ACBL Unit 526 (U526). We are the La Jolla and Beach Unit in District 22 (D22) of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). Our games are held at 1 PM on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at the Soledad Club at 5050 Soledad Road in Pacific Beach. We tradeoff the occasional fifth Sunday with San Diego Unit 539. If you play bridge but are unfamiliar with duplicate (tournament) play, check out Karen Walker's introduction. Completely new to the game? Check out the ACBL's Learn to Play software.

Election Result By voice assent at the June 14th Annual Meeting and Election game, Janet Ansfield, Randy Fadem, BJ Petersen, and Robert Walters were elected to the board. Ron Ignelzi was reelected. They will be joining Manoochehr Bahmanian, Bill Grant, Steve Johnson, Matthew Kidd, and Diana Marquardt.

♥ Hang in there, Anne Terry! During the last week of May, Anne started playing social bridge again. She is staying with her daughter Susan near Rose Canyon just a short distance out of La Jolla cove. Call the house at (858) 455-7979 if you would like to visit (and of course play bridge).

Please welcome the Eastlake bridge club, located near highway 125 east of Chula Vista, to the San Diego region. Tell all your friends.

The Esplanade Bridge Club has reopened in a new Solana Beach location and has games every day of the week.

Upcoming Events

July 12	-	NAOP Club Qualifier (Pairs)
July 26	-	Unit Championship (Pairs)
		Full 2009 Schedule

The 2009 Youth North American Bridge Championship (YNABC), for players 19 years old and younger, will be held in Washington, DC from July 30 through August 1st. See schedule and website.

Recent Results

June 28	-	Unit Championship (Pairs)
June 14	-	Annual Meeting & Election
May 31 Open, 499er	-	Unit Championship (Pairs)
		Full 2009 Results 2008 2007 2006

Looking for Soledad Club results instead?

Mon Aft Thu Eve

David Oakley and Dave Walters won the Weiss trophy with a 65.66% game.

What's New

Table Talk page updated. The La Jolla Unit taught bridge at La Jolla High (article and pictures). New ACBLmerge release (1.0.8); support for multiple CPUs/cores and minor bug fixes. Photo gallery index. Unit News published in the Contract Bridge Forum is now also available on our website.

Contacts and Board Information

E-mail the Webmaster, E-mail the La Jolla Board, Contact a board member

Board Members, Governance, Minutes, Financials

2009 Annual Masterpoint Races

U526 Mini-McKenney, D22 Mini-McKenney, National Mini-McKenney
U526 Ace of Clubs, D22 Ace of Clubs, National Ace of Clubs

The Mini-McKenney counts total masterpoints earned for the year and the Ace of Clubs counts only masterpoints earned at clubs as opposed to sectionals, regionals, and nationals. There are multiple brackets for each race based on the number of masterpoints a player has at the start of the year.

Other Resources

Find news that has migrated off the homepage on the Table Talk page. The Educational Resources page contains many links to rules and regulations, San Diego players, bidding and card play, online play, and even a bit of humor. The Free Bridge Software page has descriptions and links to some great free programs.

The Conventional Wisdom series (PDF) from the ACBL Bulletin explains how to fill out a Convention Card accurately. Unlike the version on the ACBL website, our version has the entire series in a single document, complete with an index.

Locate your nearest San Diego club on the interactive club map.