The mission of Clear Lake Bridge Club is to provide playing opportunities for members and guests as well as promote educational opportunities that encourage new players to enjoy the game of bridge. We offer weekday and weekend games for experts and beginners...come join the fun!
Membership dues are: $20.00/year. CLBC has about 300 Members who are all eager to welcome you to the world of duplicate bridge.
We are located at:
Phone: 281-480-1911
CLBC is an incorporated non-profit civic association located in the Clear Lake (Bay) Area of Houston, Texas
Clear Lake Bridge Club is a sanctioned member of the ACBL, District 16, Unit 174.
Inquiries about Membership, Education, Games? Club experience?Contact us with this email or call the club at 281-480-1911.
Starting June 15th, Game Fees will be $6.00 per player*.
We are hoping to make things easier on everyone by offering the opportunity to buy PrePaid Game Cards. The idea is that players will not need to have exact bills when they purchase a game entry.
Directors will have the PrePaid Cards available for sale..the price will be $60 for 10 games. They can be purchased with cash or check.
Below are the procedures for Game Entry:
*$6.00 per Member / $7.00 per Visitor
A few of Nelson's thoughts 25 years after the semi-official start of CLBC:
"We have a great community that still thrives in large part due to the small and large volunteer efforts that work so well.
From the beginning it was all about our volunteers. Rachel Johnston sent her housekeeper once a month to clean the building and celebrated each holdiay with decorations. Directors were volunteers. Growing through the purchase of the building, volunteers did most of the maintenance including roof repairs, toilet stoppages, tree planting and cleaning. Keeping us spoiled are members who do the shopping for snacks, drinks and bridge supplies. Our sense of community is sustained by volunteers who manage an array of regular social events celebrating holidays, special programs and rank advancements. As a thriving center for bridge, we modernized along the way with members installing hardware and software that are state-of-the-art. Through it all, introducing new players with successful teaching and special programs including Mentor/Mentee games and monthly 'Breakfast, Bridge and a Lesson'.
Most of the time, members were not asked...they just jumped in and got the jobs done.
And many thanks for members who served on the Board and managed as President.
Collectively we have LOTS of talents at Clear Lake Bridge Club! Did you know John Taylor is an artist?! He shared one of his works with the club (we hear he held back on his true masterpieces),
When you can't get back to the table and are selecting an online game, please make our Choose Houston Games you priority.
Why? Because when you Choose Houston all the club revenue for the games stay with our Houston Clubs. We hope you feel the way feel: keeping our Houston Clubs financially healthy supports our ongoing bridge community. It is the strength of our local community that sustains tournaments, beginning bridge players/teachers and the cordiality of our bridge friendships developed while playing together at the table.
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)
0-50 CHOOSE HOUSTON FLM Game.
Assisted play Tuesdays at 3:05 PM
Assisted play Second Saturdays at 9:00 AM
In Person Games
REGULAR GAMES
Open Pairs
Open Teams
749er Pairs
299er Pairs
199er Pairs
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SPECIAL GAMES
Donuts, Bridge & Lesson
When: Wed Sept 13th
9:00 Donuts
Lesson: 9:20
Anita Goldman
Topic: Director Calls ~ Options & Meanings
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Mentor Mentee Game
When: Sept 20th
1:30 PM Lunch
2:10 PM GAME
RESERVATIONS
REQUIRED
for Game and Lunch
Sign up at club
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Eight is Enough
Sunday Teams
When: Sunday, Sept 11th
1:00
(see game setup below)
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Bridge Lab
Supervised Practice
When: Every Tues & Sun
2:00 PM
Effective May 8, 2023, CLBC will no longer require Covid Vaccination as a condition for in-person play. We are making this change in alignment with the ACBL policy.
THAT SAID, we implore our Members who are ill, running a fever or otherwise "under the weather" to stay away from the club until they are symptom free. None of us want to be exposed to colds, flu or other communicable conditions...please be considerate of others!
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