Welcome to the home of
ACBL Unit 549, serving
North County Inland San Diego
President’s Message
Thank you to all who participated in our April Unit 549 Game. We were delighted to see 18 tables in the Open and 9 tables in the 499er games. Congratulations to David Oakley & John Howard, and Lynne Newman & Randy Dougherty for their wins in the Open Game; and to Blaine Hibbard & Richard Palmer and Jere Lyster & Jerry Aarestad in the 499er Game.
Our Unit games would not be possible without our volunteers, so a big thank you to Gayle Katzmann and friends for the great lunch, and to Chuck Gourley and crew for the setup and teardown: thank you.
We would also like to thank Ida Burcham for being our game director and being a steadying influence on over 100 bridge players.
Our next Unit 549 Game is on Saturday, May 24th. The game starts at 12:30pm and the free lunch is served from 11:45am.
Save The Date for the NLM Sectional, two games on Saturday July 12th for those with less than 750 masterpoints, and are Non Life Masters. Come and earn those silver points that you need!
Alan Turner
Unit 549 Board President
Unit News
​​Save the Dates for Robert Todd:
March 28-29th
Our Unit is pleased to announce that Robert Todd will be coming to San Diego for a 2 day bridge event. Cost is $115 per person per day OR $190 for both days - such a deal!
Click HERE for the flyer. Topics are:
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Hand Evaluation
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Responder Rebids
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When They Open
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Suit Management
Click HERE to register in advance.
More details to follow on the Robert Todd Event page.
Recognition
Congratulations to those achieving ACBL master status:
Junior Master - Mary Kay Boutilier, Stephen Capon, Weihua Chang, Don Lochhead, John Rosicky, Susan Rowe, and Harris Simon.
Club Master - Donna Ballew, David Fisher, William McGurk, Harris Simon (he’s just racking up those points!)
Sectional Master - Jere Lyster
Life Master - Steven Anthony
2024 Unit 549 Ace of Clubs Results
Each year ACBL releases the top face to face Club Master Point winners. The Ace of Clubs competition was created in 1984. This award was renamed in 2011 in honor of Grand Life Master Helen Shanbrom of Tamarac FL. Shanbrom was one of the most active players in the ACBL for decades and won the top category of the Ace of Clubs more times than any other member in ACBL history. Only Black Points earned face-to-face at Club sanctioned events (excluding NAP/GNT qualifiers and STaCs) are counted. Click HERE to see if your name is on the list!
When the Games are . . .
Sectional Games
July 12th, 2025
Summer Sectional
Click HERE for flyer
Regional or National Tourneys
Watch this space for announcements