Feb 10 - 16

Masterpoint Awards:

πŸŽ‰ 25% Gold / 75% Black πŸŽ‰

AT THE CLUB!

Lone Star Regional

 2025 LSR Tournament Results

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CLBC Highlights from 2025 LSR

πŸŽ‰ 102 Members played at least once

πŸŽ‰ 990 Masterpoints were awarded

πŸŽ‰ Top Masterpoint winner:  Sherry Scoggins 48.09 mps 

πŸŽ‰ Life Master earned:  Mary Ellen Vail

 πŸŽ‰ Gold Life Master earned:  Dave Glandorf

 πŸŽ‰ Diamond Life Master earned:  Nelson Brown

 

Thank you Ronnie Martin for those CLBC Caps!

 

2025 Annual Meeting Feb 22

The Annual Meeting of the entire Membership is Feb 22nd at 11:30. Pizza will be served and the meeting will be adjourned in time for the 1:00 Open Game.  

The CLBC ByLaws require a quorum of Members vote on issues, especially the upcoming Board Members.  IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE SUBMIT A COMPLETED PROXY. Proxy forms are at the club in a wall acrylic holder near the Director's desk.  OR/ALSO a printable Proxy form is attached below.

Meeting Agenda

Opening of the Meeting

Sherry Scoggins

President

Approval of 2024 Annual Meeting Minutes

Penny Dougherty

Secretary

2024 Financial Report & Acceptance

Bill Churchman

Treasurer

State of the Club

Sherry Scoggins

President

Board Topics for Discussion

CLBC Board

 

 

Topics from the Floor

Membership

 

Board Elections

Membership

 

Additional Topics

Sherry Scoggins

President

Close of Meeting

TBD

New President

 

 

Slate of Nominees 2025 Club Board 

 

Role

Nominee

President

Sherry Scoggins

1st Vice President

Jim Ochsner

2nd Vice President

Judith Rebman

Secretary

Penny Dougherty

Treasurer

Bill Churchman

 

 

 

Proxy for 2024 Annual Meeting

Starting Saturday, March 1st

CLBC will have a 99er game

EVERY SATURDAY at 1:00!

 

We hope all our newest players will participate in this game...we need 3 tables for the game to 'make'.  So grab a partner and come on down!

January Mentor Mentee Winners!

2025 GNT

Grand National Teams info

Are you interested in the Grand National Team competitions?  

  • The above link takes you to the D16 website which describes the program including the games, levels and traveling stipends for winners heading to Nationals in Philadelphia.

 

  • The District competitions take place in Houston and Dallas on the below schedule. 

GNT Flyer

 Allison Ochsner 

 

Allison Ochsner…if you are lucky you know her!  

And Clear Lake Bridge Club is DARN LUCKY to have her as a member!!

 

Allison is another of our extremely valuable behind-the-scenes contributors to the success of CLBC.  If you don’t know, here are some of the ways Allison keeps us humming along~

  • Keeps our computer hardware current, integrated and working
  • Maintains our computer security  
  • Maintains our ACBLScor database for scoring and masterpoint allocation purposes
  • When we need Member information on Advancements, Allison helps track down the history.
  • Notifies the Unit Board various CLBC announcements (significant birthdays and member deaths) 

 

Furthermore, Allison has been a long-time contributor to Unit 174 for the benefit of ALL Houstonians!

  • Allison is the webmaster for www.acblunit174.org
  • She works with the Unit Board to post the various features… advising and editing along the way.
  • Keeps the website updated with the latest Tournament Flyers

 

Allison is a model of what it means to be a good member of our bridge community.  She is a pleasure at the bridge table, mentors a newer player most Sundays and helps our club and Unit function effectively.

 

We all love that we have a nice club, good tournaments and a thriving Houston bridge world ~ and that does not happen without volunteers who contribute…

Allison steps us and “gives back”! 

 

THANK  YOU  ALLISON!

 

Choose Houston...OUR Virtual Club!

YES!  We still do have a few Virtual Club games for CHOOSE HOUSTON!  Mainly we offer Evening Games and Mentor Games. These games are hosted by Bridge Club of Houston.  

The ACBL has relaxed the rules of participation so ANYONE can play...invite your out-of-town friends and family!

Choose Houston vClub Schedule  

Virtual Club Games 

           BBO: "CHOOSE HOUSTON!" 

Open Games Pairs

 

    Evenings                                                                

           Tues, Thurs, & Sat                                           7:00 PM                 

 

Mentor Games

            1st & 3rd Mondays                                          7:00 PM 

                 

Special Games for Future Life Masters (FLM)

      CHOOSE HOUSTON FLM Game

              Assisted play Second Saturdays at 9:00 AM

 

 

 

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CLUB GAMES & EVENTS

 In Person Games

Game Fees:

Members $6.00

NonMembers $7.00 

REGULAR GAMES

Open Pairs

  • M/T/W/F           10:00 AM
  • Thursday            1:00 PM
  • Saturday             1:00 PM

Open Teams 

  • Sunday                1:00 PM

749er Pairs

  • Tues                    10:00 AM
  • Thurs                    1:00 PM

299er Pairs

  • Mon & Wed           2:00 PM

 

♣️♣️♣️

SPECIAL GAMES

 

 

 

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Eight is Enough 

Sunday Teams 

When:   Sunday, Feb 1st

               1:00

                  (see game setup below)

 

                                                                                                         ♦️♦️♦️

 

Mentor Mentee Game 

When:    Wed, Feb 19th

               1:30 PM Lunch

               2:10 PM GAME

 

RESERVATIONS 

REQUIRED 

for Game and Lunch  

Sign up at club

 

                                                                   ♦️♦️♦️

 

 

 

Bridge Lab

Supervised Practice 

When:  TUES & SUN

              2:00 - 5:00

Price:   $8.00

 

            

 

8 is Enough Team Game…great for Mentee/Mentors!

  

Eight is Enough Team Game!

 Get your Teams together using the below format

 

All players are assigned a number 1, 2, or 3 depending on their masterpoint level:

 

Level 1  

       Players with less than 750 mps

Level 2  

       Players with 750 to 2000 mps

Level 3  

       Players with over 2000 mps

  • No team can have more than 8 points for members on their team.
  • If two players are designated as ‘3,’ both of their teammates would have to be designated a ‘1’ to keep the total below eight.
  • A '1' and a '3' could play with two '2s'.
  • Or four players who are all ‘2’ could be on the same team.
  • It's okay for a team to total less than eight, but not more.

 

Happenings at the Club😁

Mentor-Mentee Games 

3rd Wed afternoon of each month

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