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Monthly Unit Games Schedule

Monthly Unit Game Schedule for 2011: all games at the Vancouver Bridge Centre--beginning with the March 5 game, starting times for regular MUG games are now 7:00pm.

ALERT: The start time for the June 4 MUG team game has been moved back to 1:00 pm to avoid conflict with Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, which begins at 5pm.

  • Saturday, January 8 (pairs) [14 tables: Winners: Aidan Ballantyne/Steve Vincent]
  • Saturday, February 5 (teams) [18 teams: Winners: Kathy Adachi, Susan Peters, Julie Smith, Peter Cooper]
  • Saturday, March 5 (pairs) [12½ tables: Winners: Kai Zhou/Baixiang (Brian) Liu]
  • Saturday, April 16 (pairs) [14 tables: Winners: Larry Pocock/Jeffery Ren]
  • Saturday, May 7 (pairs) [13 tables: Winners: Angela Fenton/Samantha Nystrom]
  • Saturday, June 4 (teams) [13 teams: Winners: John Demeuelemeester, Jane Youngberg, Monica Angus, Marge Neate]
  • Saturday, July 2 (pairs) [14 tables: Winners: Yue Su/Jack Lee]
  • Saturday, August 6 (pairs) [11½ tables: Winners: Mike Dimich/Steve Vincent]
  • Saturday, September 3 (pairs) [12 tables: Winners: Zoran Peca/Jack Lee]
  • Saturday, October 1 (teams) [12 teams: Winners: Larry Pocock, Kai Zhou, Brian Liu, Jeffery Ren]
  • Saturday, November 5 (pairs) [13½ tables: Winners: Mike Dimich/Zoran Peca]
  • Saturday, December 10 (pairs) [9 tables: Winners: Julie Smith/Peter Cooper]
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  • Flight A and B Points Winner: Kai Zhou
  • Flight B Runner-Up and Flight C Points Winner: Baixiang (Brian) Liu
  • Flight C Points Runner-Up: Yue Su
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  • Other 2011 (non-tournament) games run under the Unit sanction but not part of the MUG points race:
  • Saturday, January 8 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Team Game [20 teams: Winners (tie!): Joel Fuhrman, Leslie Burdak, David Dilkes, Denise Wiggins; and Chester Michno, Anita Karp, Marge Neate, Peggy McShane]
  • Saturday, February 19 - 7:30pm (pairs) Ev Hodge Charity Classic (dinner 6:00pm) [23 tables: William Ge/Amy Gao]
  • Saturday, April 16 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Team Game [16 teams: Winners: Gilbert Lambert, Lucy Zhong, Lei Chao, Pamela Rattenbury]
  • Saturday, May 14 - noon/TBA (teams) Spring FUNdraising game (for CNTC/CWTC subsidy funds) [8 teams: Winners: Julie Smith, Susan Peters, Bryan Maksymetz, Rock Shi Yan]
  • Saturday, July 2 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Team Game [16 tables: Winners: Hsiang Li, Bill Wang, Kun Shao, Jin De Zhu]
  • Saturday, August 20 - 6pm @ VBC (pairs) Venice Cup Fundraising Game (festivities begin at 4pm) [16 tables: Winners: Diana Jing/Aidan Ballantyne]
  • Saturday, October 1 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Game (changed to pairs) [17½ tables: Winners: Lucy Zhong/Gilbert Lambert]

Game dates in 2011 are mostly the first Saturday of the month, with three logical exceptions:

  • January 8, because nobody wants a Monthly Unit Game on the 1st (and the VBC will run their New Year's Marathon)
  • April 16, to avoid conflict with the District Final of the Grand National Teams, held two weekends before at the VBC, and the Victoria Regional, April 4-10.  (This one also affects the Mentor-Mentee Game in the afternoon before the Monthly Unit Game.)
  • December 10, the week following the last weekend of the Fall NABC in Seattle WA

There are no confusing "monthly" games that actually take place in the preceding month.  January's game is always an "amnesty game;" all pay the $1 off price.  The entry fee for the 2011 Monthly Unit Games has gone up a dollar to $9 (still $10 if you did not play the previous one).  February, June, and October are Swiss Team games.  The Ev Hodge Charity Classic game on February 19 will be the annual Unit Party game, with a pre-game pot luck dinner and pre-sold tickets.

 

Monthly Unit Game 2010 Winners

  • Saturday, January 2 (pairs) [11 tables: Winners: Zoran Peca/Dennis Groden]
  • Saturday, February 6 (teams) [20 teams: Winners: Mike & Vicki Moffatt, Olive Macdonald, Joerg Schneider]
  • Saturday, March 6 (pairs) [14 tables: Winners: Zoran Peca/Dennis Groden]
  • Saturday, April 3 (pairs) [18 tables: Winners: Baixiang Liu/Jack Lee]
  • Saturday, May 1 (pairs) [12 tables: Winners: Baixiang Liu/Kai Zhou]
  • Saturday, June 5 (teams) [17 teams: Winners: Xiangdong Meng, Diana Jing, Yinsheng Tu, Yizhong Wu]
  • Saturday, July 3 (pairs) [13 tables: Winners: John Hurdle/Nick Stock]
  • Saturday, August 7 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: David Yu/Evan Zhuang]
  • Saturday, September 4 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Sheila Sache/Ken Danielsen]
  • Saturday, October 2 (teams) [14 teams: Winners: David Yu, Rock Shi Yan, Roy Li, S.W. Jiang]
  • Saturday, November 6 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Aidan Ballantyne/Nick Stock]
  • Saturday, December 11 (pairs) [13 tables: Winners: June Pocock/Dave House]
  • Flight A and B Points Winner: Baixiang (Brian) Liu
  • Flight B Runner-Up and Flight C Points Winner: David Yu
  • Flight C Points Runner-Up: David Hu
  •  
  • Other (non-tournament) games run under the Unit sanction but not part of the MUG points race:
  • Saturday, January 30 - 7:30pm (pairs) Ev Hodge Charity Classic [25 tables: Winners: Rock Shi Yan/Kai Zhou]
  • Saturday, May 8 - noon/TBA (teams) Spring FUNdraising game (for CNTC/CWTC subsidy funds) [13 teams: Winners: Samantha Nystrom, Angela Fenton, Martin Henneberger, Mark Eddy, Dianne Isfeld]
  • Saturday, June 5 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Team Game [18 teams: Winners: Barry Yamanouchi, Junko (Amy) Noguchi, Krista Kehl, Eurydice Nours]
  • Saturday, July 3 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Team Game [16 teams: Winners: Xiangdong Meng, Diana Jing, Amy Gao, Yinsheng Tu]
  • Saturday, October 2 - 1pm @ VBC (teams) Mentor-Mentee Team Game [21 teams: Winners: Sachi Yamakami, Donna-Faye Madhosingh, Don Keith, North Johnson]
  • Saturday, October 30 - noon/TBA (teams) Fall FUNdraising game (for NAP/GNT subsidy funds) [12 teams: Winners: Julie Smith, Rock Shi Yan, Bryan Maksymetz, Peter Cooper, Brad Bart]

 

Monthly Unit Game 2009 Winners

  • Saturday, January 10 (pairs) [13½ tables: Winners: Aidan Ballantyne/Katrin Litwin]
  • Saturday, January 31 (pairs) Ev Hodge Charity Classic (not part of MUG points race)
    [34 tables: Winners: Mike Dimich/Don Brazeau]
  • Saturday, February 14 (teams) [17 teams: Winners: June and Larry Pocock, Gordon Estrada, Kathy Adachi]
  • Saturday, March 7 (pairs) [18 tables: Winners: Joel Martineau/Mike Dimich]
  • Saturday, April 11 (pairs) [16½ tables: Winners: John Chen/David Hu]
  • Saturday, May 2 (pairs) [14 tables: Winners: Brian Liu/Edward Hui]
  • Saturday, June 6 (teams) [10 teams: Winners: Tao Feng, Rock Shi Yan, David Yu, Jeffrey Ren]
  • Saturday, July 4 (pairs) [15½ tables: Winners: Mike Dimich/Joel Martineau]
  • Saturday, August 8 (pairs) [17 tables: Winners: Brian Liu/Kai Zhou]
  • Saturday, September 5 (pairs) [19 tables: Winners: Julie Smith/Peter Cooper]
  • Saturday, October 3 (teams) [12 teams: Winners: Joel Martineau, Mike Dimich, Laurence Betts, Mike Strebinger]
  • Saturday, November 7 (pairs) [13 tables: Winners: Aidan Ballantyne/David Breton]
  • Saturday, December 12 (pairs) [12 tables: Winners: Kai Zhou/Jeffery Ren]
  • Flight A Points Winner: Mike Dimich
  • Flight B & C Points Winner: Baixiang (Brian) Liu
  • Flight C Points Runner-Up: Kai Zhou

 

Monthly Unit Game 2008 Winners

  • Saturday, January 5 (pairs) [13 tables: Winners: Mark Eddy/Mike Wilson]
  • Saturday, February 2 (teams) [16 tables: Winners: Martin Henneberger, Dianne Isfeld, Sandra Robson, Eugene Fomin]
  • Saturday, March 8 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Kai Zhou/John Chen]
  • Saturday, April 12 (pairs) [16 tables: Winners: William Ge/David Hu]
  • Saturday, May 3 (pairs - Unit Party and Dinner game) [32 tables: Winners: Gilbert Lambert/Peter Morse]
  • Saturday, June 7 (teams) [16 teams: Winners: Diane Ayukawa, Patti Adams, Zoran Peca, Jadwiga Polujan]
  • Saturday, July 5 (pairs) [16½ tables: Winners: Aidan Ballantyne/Katrin Litwin]
  • Saturday, August 2 (pairs) [14 tables: Winners: Aidan Ballantyne/Katrin Litwin]
  • Saturday, September 13 (pairs) [12 tables: Winners: Jack Lee/Tao Feng]
  • Saturday, October 4 (teams) [17 tables: Winners: Mike Dimich, Peter Cooper, Steve Vincent, Ben Takemori]
  • Saturday, November 1 (pairs) [14½ tables: Winners: Tao Feng/Jack Lee]
  • Saturday, December 6 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Ernie Dietrich/Yuko Fujieda]
  • Flight A, B and C Points Winner: Tao Feng
  • Flight B Points Runner-Up: Jack Lee
  • Flight C Points Runner-Up: David Yu

 

Monthly Unit Game 2007 Winners

  • Saturday, January 6 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Bryan Maksymetz / Gord McOrmond]
  • Saturday, February 3 (teams) [19 teams: Winners: Larry & June Pocock, Murray Clements, Larry Chow]
  • Saturday, March 3 (pairs) [13 tables: Winners: Mark Eddy / Nigel Fullbrook]
  • Saturday, March 31 (pairs) [29 tables: Winners: Peter Morse / Gilbert Lambert]
  • Saturday, May 5 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Trudy & John Hurdle]
  • Saturday, June 2 (teams) [9 teams: Winners: Peter Morse, Gilbert Lambert, Trudy & John Hurdle]
  • Saturday, July 7 (pairs) [13½ tables: Winners: Rock Shi Yan and David Yu]
  • Saturday, August 4 (pairs) [15 tables: Winners: Rock Shi Yan and David Yu]
  • Saturday, September 1 (pairs) [16 tables: Winners: David Breton and Nick Stock]
  • Saturday, September 29 (teams) [11 teams: Winners: Peter Cooper, Julie Smith, Trudy & John Hurdle]
  • Saturday, October 27 (pairs) [11 tables: Winners: Ken Lochang and William Ge]
  • Saturday, December 8 (pairs) [17 tables: Winners: John Chen and Jack Lee]
  • Flight A Points Winner: Gilbert Lambert
  • Flight B Points Winner: Jack Lee
  • Flight C Points Winner: David Yu

 

Matchpointer Online :: Unit Game Schedule -- EVENTS LIST (related to this page)
Date/TimeLocationEvent Details
2012: Saturday,
February 4
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreFebruary Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (Swiss Teams)
2012: Saturday,
February 11
1:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreQuarterly Mentor-Mentee Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs). Contact David Dilkes to register.
2012: Saturday,
March 3
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreMarch Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
March 31
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreFourth annual Ev Hodge Charity Classic. Pot luck dinner before the game at 5:30pm.
2012: Saturday,
April 7
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreApril Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
May 5
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreMay Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
May 19
1:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreQuarterly Mentor-Mentee Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (Swiss Teams). Contact David Dilkes to register.
2012: Saturday,
June 2
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreJune Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (Swiss Teams)
2012: Saturday,
July 7
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreJuly Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
August 4
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreAugust Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
August 11
1:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreQuarterly Mentor-Mentee Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (Swiss Teams). Contact David Dilkes to register.
2012: Saturday,
September 1
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreSeptember Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
October 6
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreOctober Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (Swiss Teams)
2012: Saturday,
November 3
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreNovember Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs)
2012: Saturday,
November 17
1:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreQuarterly Mentor-Mentee Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (Swiss Teams). Contact David Dilkes to register.
2012: Saturday,
December 8
7:00pm
Vancouver Bridge CentreDecember Monthly Unit Game at Vancouver Bridge Center (pairs). (One week later than normal 'first Saturday' date to avoid conflice with Fall NABC in San Francisco.)