June 2024
Our July regional will be from Monday July 1 through Sunday July 7 at the Long Beach Hilton. There should be a flyer for the regional elsewhere in this newsletter. This is a great place to earn red and gold points and to see friends again.
May 2024
There will be an ALACBU (District 23) meeting
on May 11 from 9:30 AM to11:30 AM. It will be a hybrid meeting.
April 2024
D23 GNTs will be held on Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14 at the Long Beach Bridge Center, 4782 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach (562)-498-8113. Contact GNTcoordinator Walt Schafer via email at
walt_schafer2000@yahoo.com or at 847-7444426.
Mar 2024
D23 GNTs will be held on Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14 at the Long BeachBridge Center, 4782 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach (562)-498-8113. Contact GNTcoordinator Walt Schafer via email at
walt_schafer2000@yahoo.com or at 847-744-4426.
Feb 2024
D23 had plans for the GNTs to be held on April 6 and 7. There were some unavoidable
snags. GNT Chair Walt Schafer has sprung into action and isclose to having the problem
solved. The most likely scenario is that the GNTs will be held on Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14 at the Long Beach Bridge Center,
Jan 2024
We will have an ALACBU meeting at 10:00 AM on January 20, 2024. It will be a
hybrid meeting, both online and live. The live meeting will be at the Long Beach Bridge Club, 4782 Pacific Coast Highway,
Long Beach (562-498-8113.
Dec 2023
Mitch Dunitz frequently gets mentioned because of his bridge expertise. Mitch did well again, he finished well again in the Atlanta national. Mitch was on the team which finished third in the prestigious North American Swiss.
Nov 2023
Welcome to November, one of my favorite months. It includes Thanksgiving, has excellent weather when much of the country is getting cold, great meaningful college football games, and the start of ACBL’s Fall Nationals, which are being held in Atlanta this year.
Oct 2023
The reports on our July Long Beach Regional are essentially in. Our tournament
manager, Peter Benjamin, and treasurer, Stan Holzberg, have worked hard to resolve issues with the Long Beach Hilton from the July Regional. Thank you,gentlemen!
Sep 2023
The reports on our July Long Beach Regional are beginning to come in. Our
tournament manager, Peter Benjamin, and treasurer, Stan Holzberg, have been valiantly dealing with issues with the
Hilton Hotel. We are trying to schedule a meeting to settle the account next week. I’ll report more on this when I have the details.
Aug 2023
I will keep my first
president’s report short. I will deal with goals and other items more fully in the coming months. I want to thank Bob Shore for four years of great service. Bob was elected to two terms of two years each. He presided over several
rough years, including the beginning of the pandemic.
I was elected as the new president. Morris (Mojo) Jones is the new vice-president. Lillian Slater is continuing as secretary. Stan Holzberg was reelected as treasurer.
Jul 2023
As some readers of this
column will know, there was a controversy involving the selection of our Grand National Teams Championship Flight team. In the interest of full transparency, I’ll explain what happened from my perspective. But before I dive into the nuts and bolts, I need to say a couple of thank yous. First, I want to thank our GNT Coordinator, Jeff Grotenhuis, who handled a challenging situation impartially and with fairness.
