Welcome to the website of Unit 559 of the ACBL





Unit Game Director:   
Marie Nimmrich
448-3304
Unit Column Reporter:
Jan Wickersham
355-2666
WebMaster:        
Roy Wilson
332-0350
Unit President:   
Mark Hartzell
818 472-7226
Arcadia Bridge Center:
Art and Diane Gulbrandsen
445-3797


Regional
The Los Angeles Regional starts today so there won't be a game in San Marino on Wednesday evening.     ...Good luck at the tournament!

Highlights of the tournament include the Eddie Kantar Stratified Open Pairs on Saturday the 18th and a tribute on Sunday the 19th to the Cal Tech Bridge Team for winning the Intercollegiate Championship.

Check the schedule and a map below.

Picture of the Week
Life can interesting...

Web Page by Roy Wilson

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UPCOMING NEARBY TOURNAMENTS



Los Angeles Fall Regional: Oct 13 - 19
Thousand Oaks Sectional: Oct 24 - 26
Fresno Sectional: Oct 30 - Nov 2
Long Beach Sectional: Nov 7 - 10
Phoenix Regional: Nov 10 - 16
Palm Springs Regional: Dec 15 - 21
Reno Regional: Dec 26 - 31

Complete Tournament Calandar


Do you need a map for the Los Angeles Regional?
It's at the Pacific Palms in the city of Industry Hills.




Unit 559 Membership
RankMP Active
Rank Requirements
Rookie 0-5 35
Junior Master 5-20 47
Club Master 20-50 75
Sectional Master 50-100 49
Regional Master 100-200 37
NABC Master 200-300 26
Life Master 300-500 19
Bronze Life Master 500-1000 38
Silver Life Master 1000-2500 54
Gold Life Master 2500-5000 19
Diamond Life Master 5000-7500 3
Grand Life Master 10,000+ 1
October Total 403
Advanced in Rank
Nolan Chang Junior Master
Ho-Lin Chen Sectional Master
David Lievsay Sectional Master
Ann Raymond Sectional Master
Chien-Yao Tseng Regional Master
New Members
Ruby Theophile
Transferred In
Osvaldo Barreiro West Los Angeles
Gene Kulawik Anchorage
Mary Kulawik Anchorage
Constantin Parvulescu St Louise
Transferred Out
Bettie Middleton Santa Clara Valley
Mike Shuman -- 626 793-9637
Mike has more than 25,000 masterpoints and
is available for club games, tournaments
and private lessons.  Mike was number 210
on the Top 500 players list in 2006.



Bob Gish -- 626 442-2717
Bob is an ACBL Gold Life Master and author of
The New Awakening, which many consider an
improved bidding system in bridge.
He is available for both private and group lessons
as well as playing dates.


Claudia Elmes -- 626 794-8481
Do you have a group of friends that would like
bridge lessons?   Claudia is a certified Director
and teacher and can come to your home or club.





Fred Theurkauf -- 626 564-9327
Like to travel?  Fred has some great travel
packages for bridge players at
Finesse West Bridge Tours.



Sudoku Puzzles
If you like sudoku puzzles, this is the best
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Sudoku Puzzles

CrossWord Puzzles
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Washington Post's crossword puzzle?
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Jigsaw Puzzles

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Cryptogram Puzzles

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