In The News:

News Flash!!

• Due to the ongoing risk posed by COVID-19, the ACBL has canceled the 2021 Spring North American Bridge Championships that were scheduled for March 11-21, 2021 in St. Louis, MO. They have also cancelled all tournaments through April.

• Silver Linings week – Jan 18-24 – Silver points at our Virtual Club games – same price –  Silver Linings Week

• MVBA Election Results!
  The four members elected to the 3-year MVBA Board terms are Joe Camillus, Lori Harner, Bob Stitt, and Stefanie Stitt. The 1-year term goes to Joanne Deutsch.

• The Thursday am game has changed again to a 1 pm Virtual game Limited to players under 2500, as of November 19. We are hoping that players who don’t want to play against the “big guys” will come  to this game.  Bill Gottschall (937-974-2159) directing. Thurs 0-2500 game

• The Wednesday afternoon game has changed to 1 pm as of November 18, in order to keep all afternoon games at the same starting time. Bill Gottschall still directs.

•  President’s Report: 

  • •  This is a challenging time for everyone. I hope you all are staying healthy and safe. The MVBA Board of Directors met virtually on “Zoom”  May , thru the present.  If you want to see the minutes from this and other Board minutes, go to “About Us” at the top of the home page, and then the link for “MVBA Board Minutes”. 
    • Received by G. Banziger, Wed September 2, 2020 from Joe Jones, ACBL Executive Director:
       “….Tournament Sanctions are cancelled for January and February 2021. At this time, we are not hopeful there will be a vaccine or a significant change in the current conditions to allow in-person play for January and February. We are announcing this now so Units and Districts can begin cancelling their events. No decision has been made regarding the spring NABC or March tournaments. We just completed our third regionally rated online event. These have proven to be very successful. The recent tournament and the last event, held in June, generated 13,000 tables in four days. We are offering these events every other month with the next ones being held in October and December.”

  • Miami Valley Bridge Association Financials (provided by David Kennedy, Treasurer, & Jim Rachal, Investment Committee Chair)

    • Unit Checking account as of mid-October – oct Checking.xls
    • Profit and Loss as of mid-October – Oct P&L Oct P & L Detail
    • Unit Investment report as of October 20th – Unit Inv Oct 19 2020

  • Bridge Center Manager’s Report

    • MVBC Financial Status    
      • The current balance in the BC Checking account is $7971.26 (See attached PDF of checking account from Sept 15 to present).  We received $350 in  donations from members and $3847.70 from ACBL for our Virtual Club Games since last month’s Board meeting. We should be in good condition for a while without asking for more member donations. Bridge Center Checking Account trans – Account transactions 9 15 2020 thru 10 18 2020
    • During the closure of MVBC, the following 3 types of BBO Bridge sessions are available for our MVBC players to participate, thanks to the efforts of ACBL and BBO. A portion of all entry fees are returned to MVBC:
      • 1. Support Your Clubs Pairs Program Sessions are conducted 3 times daily at 10:00 AM, 5:00 PM, and 7:30 PM.  Entry Fee is $6.00/player in BBO currency.  Registration is available 2 hours prior to the start time of the session, and is advisable to register early as these sessions are open to all ACBL players in North America and fill up quickly with a limit on # of tables.
        2. Support your Club ACBL Daylong Individual vs Robot sessions – Sign up anytime and you have up to 12 hours to complete the 18 board session.  Entry Fee $6.00.  See the following link:  About ACBL Support Your Club Black Point Daylong Tournaments.  
        3. ACBL/BBO Virtual Club games.  – MVBC currently has 6games weekly in this program: Mon , Wed, Thursday (0-2500), Friday,  Saturday all at 1:00 PM, and for newer players Tuesday’s 749er game at 7:00 PM. Starting in April, these sessions have averaged about 12 tables per session. Entry fees are $6.00/player.
      • Directions: On BBO home page go to “Virtual Clubs”, then ACBL North American Clubs, and then locate Miami  Valley Bridge Pairs… Host VABC 197145.  It’s best to sign on a minimum of 15 minutes prior to start time, because some of our names have been purged by ACBL. If you cannot get in, you need to have time to call the director. Currently Bill G is running the M, W, & Th games (937-974-2159), Jeff Gargrave is back running the Fri. game (937-554-0856), Steve Forsythe runs the Tues Eve 749er game (937-640-1665), and Lori runs the Sat game (937-305-5495).
      • If you need a partner for any of the MVBA Bridge Center Virtual Games, Marilyn O’Connor is our Partnership Chair.  Additionally, the director of these sessions, Screen name VACB197145, may be able to find a “sub” to play with you.  Also, there is a “Partnership Desk” option on the BBO web site in the Virtual Games area.  List yourself there, and any club member can invite you to partner with them.
      • If you haven’t signed up to play on BBO, sign up at  www.bridgebaseonline.com and follow their tutorials. Your results will be emailed to you or you can check them at the “Results” section on this website.

MVBA Bridge Library  Several donated books were added 5/15/19 . The books have been alphabetized by author. Please help keep them this way. All have been stamped ” MVBA” and have pockets with cards in the back. See the Director for check out and return. The MVBA Board has committed to buy $300 worth of books per year. The right side of the bookcase has a “Reference” shelf and 2 “Historical Books” shelves; these are for perusing only and cannot be checked out.

• • MVBC Slow Play Policy
  • MVBC Cell Phone
  • The first 4 spots in the parking lot are now allowed for our members. ( Lifepointe office moved to the other side of the building) Please don’t park in either ramp entrance.