Congratulations to Jim Boardman on becoming a Diamond Life Master!
Category: Community
The Longest Day 2023: A Partnership Between ACBL and the Alzheimer’s Association
The Longest Day®, an annual Alzheimer’s Association® fundraising event, is the perfect opportunity to share your passion for bridge with the community while raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease. This year five clubs in our bridge unit will be holding fundraisers:…
Congratulations, John Morano & Tom Flanders
The Build Better Bridge Club of Cedar Rapids honored both John Morano and Tom Flanders as new Diamond Life Masters. Four other Diamond Life Masters attended the event: Beth Kelly, Rich Bailie, Mark Patton, and Joyce Dodson-Anderson. The achievement was…
Honoring MaryAnn Boardman
On September 26th, the Unit 163 Board honored MaryAnn Boardman for her many years of tireless service to our bridge unit. At the surprise celebration, the board presented MaryAnn with a beautiful paperweight and a cake in her honor. Unit…
Bill Kent Memorial Sectional
The Bill Kent Memorial Sectional was held August 26-27, Hills Community Center, Hills, Iowa, with 23 Eight is Enough teams, 14 open pair tables, and 4 newer pair tables in play on Friday. On Saturday 14 Swiss Teams competed in…
District North American Pairs Results
Bridge Unit 163’s Steph Baumann and Dan Walker received 26.8 GOLD and Ellen Vanvooren & Peg Wolfereceived 6.4 red/gold. Nancy and Paul Klein received 2.48 red. Congratulations to all! NAP Finalists D14 October 2 -3 2021 Results: Flight A 1st…
Bill Kent Appreciation Games Raise $1244 for UIHC Stead Childrens’ Hospital
Dear Unit 163 Bridge Players, On behalf of the Unit 163 Board of Directors, I want to express our deep appreciation for the wonderful level of participation in the four Bill Kent Appreciation Games last week. In total, your participation…
Milestone Makers – October, 2020
Congratulations to the following players, who achieved new ACBL ranks in October. Diamond Life Master: Tom Flanders, Cedar Rapids Bronze Life Master: Dan Walker, Fairfield Life Master: Joel Youngs, Taylor Ridge, IL NABC Master: Penny Gilloon, Dubuque Sectional Master: Janice…
Charity games in Honor of Bill Kent
Our friend and bridge player extraordinaire, Bill Kent, has entered hospice after a long battle with cancer. In recognition of Bill’s many, many years of service to the Unit and the game of bridge in general, there will be for…