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2011 Sectionals
Feb 18-20 --	Winter Sectional Results
Jul 15-17 --	Summer Sectional Results
Nov 5 --	Falling Leaves 299'er Sectional Results Morning (0-20 Click on Hand Records and Recap -- Bottom of Page )	Falling Leaves 299'er Sectional Results Afternoon
2012 Sectionals
Feb 17-19 --	Winter Sectional Flyer

2012 Schedule
Results

The RECAP January 2012
Unit 363 Mini-McKenney 2010 2011
Unit 363 Ace of Clubs 2010 2011
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Player's Corner

Unit Game

The next Unit game is a pairs game on Saturday March 3 at the Lutheran Church in Fort Collins. Game time is 1pm, lesson at 12.

USA2 for Damiani Cup

Congratulations to Burke Snowden, Ben Kristensen, Hakan Berk, and David Soukup, who won a very close (141-136) 64-board match Sunday to become USA2, in the under 21 division, for the 14th World Youth Bridge Team Championships in Taicang, China, this summer. The winners, all 13 and 14-years old, prevailed against strong opposition from Arjun Dhir, Brandon Harper, Ricoh Das, and Matthew Weingarten. After adding a pair, team SNOWDEN will compete in China for the Damiani Cup. The other American team, USA1, is Adam Kaplan, Zach Brescoll, Adam and Zach Grossack, and Andrew and Richard Jeng.

Bridge Links

Improve Your Play with Larry Matheny

Bidding and play problems culled from many sources receive the post-mortem analysis that helps players of all skill levels to improve.

A Double Game Swing (February 5, 2012)
A Wild Hand (January 29, 2012)
The One Spade Trap (January 22, 2012)

Now! -- find what you want by name:
Enjoy earlier hands from "Improve Your Play"

Technique Tune-Ups

Lesson notes from mini-lessons presented at the Unit's Saturday Afternoon Games are collected here.

Slam Bidding
Problems and Solutions Part 3
Minor Suit Transfer Bids
More Counting at Bridge
Transfer Bids
Don't Lose That Major Suit!
The Bridge Detective
The Versatile 4NT
Counting at Bridge
Defensive Carding
Lebensohl Over Weak 2
Ten Declarer Problems
Disciplined Bidding
Safety Plays at the Table
Safety Plays
Doubles
Teams vs. Pairs
Responding to Partner's Overcall
The One Notrump Battlefield
Responding to Partner's 1NT
Mistakes We Make at Bridge
Bidding Problems & Solutions Part 2
Responder's Bids in Competition
Major Suit Game Tries
Which Suit to Respond?
Basic Bidding Sequences
Competing Over Preempts
Passed Hand Bidding
Cue Bids
Inverted Minors
Responding to 1NT -- minors
For What It's Worth -- Hand Evaluation at Bridge
Bidding Problems & Solutions
Opening Leads
Basic Bridge Techniques
Reverse by Opener
Forcing NT
Negative Doubles
Suit Preference
The Finesse
Rules, Ethics, Director Calls
Handling the Big Hands
Competing Over Preempts
Balancing: Part 1, Part 2
New Minor Forcing
Fourth Suit Forcing
The Law of Total Tricks