January 12th, 2012 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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Good morning and Happy New Year!
I know I’m a little late in my well wishes but it’s been a busy beginning for us all here at MPP. Cookbook, some free winter downloads, loads of book conversions and new titles coming up in March!
But I’m here to tell you about Daniel Levee’s new Tricks Are For Kids newsletter: January 2012 edition.
What’s Inside:
- US Junior wins prestigious Blue Ribbon Pairs
- Bridge4Kids.ca Brain Teaser
- Where youngsters can learn and play in the GTA
- Erin Berry Memorial Fund (get up to 75% of cash back for bridge related expenses)
The weekly after-school Bridge club restarts this Friday at Partner’s Bridge Club from 4:30-6pm http://www.partnersbridge.com/SpecialEvents.html
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Tricks Are For Kids January2012
November 30th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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It’s out and ready to see, the new Trick’s Are For Kid’s newsletter, presented by Daniel Lavee.
What’s inside this issue you ask?
- Winners of the US Junior Bridge Championships
- Interview with GTA Junior
- Most tables in the 2011 Erin Berry Rookie-Master Game
- Bridge4Kids.ca Brain Teaser
- Information for Canadian Juniors from the Canadian Bridge Federation
As always check out Bridge4Kids.ca for more information on where to learn to play bridge, previous newsletters and more.
Tricks Are For Kids December 2011 Newsletter
November 30th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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We’ve had some interest so I thought I’d say it again,
Congratulations to The Netherlands!
Congratulations go out to all participants and the winners of the 40th World Team Championships. USA 2 took the silver, and Italy the bronze. But the home advantage must be a wonderful edge that with skill and luck earned The Netherlands their win.
We’ve had lots of bloggers post about the Championships from the home field and abroad. Here at Master Point Press Linda was often watching and a running commentary would come along with it. It was a great time and I can’t wait for the 41st games.
For those interested in our contest winner and information please follow the link below to my previous post regarding the Guess the Bermuda Bowl Contest!
Cheers and happy blogging!
November 25th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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I’m excited to announce that eBooksBridge.com will be offering a Cyber Monday deal!
Instead of just one day you get the whole week!
Details:
After you’ve chosen your books and you’re getting ready to your check out please put in the discount coupon code:
CyberMonday2011
Please note that this code is case sensitive.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at lisa@masterpointpress.com and I’ll see what I can do!
November 2nd, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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The Netherlands!
Congratulations go out to all participants and the winners of the 40th World Team Championships. USA 2 took the silver, and Italy the bronze. But the home advantage must be a wonderful edge that with skill and luck earned The Netherlands their win.
We’ve had lots of bloggers post about the Championships from the home field and abroad. Here at Master Point Press Linda was often watching and a running commentary would come along with it. It was a great time and I can’t wait for the 41st games.
But we all know you’re itching to see who won out Contest: Guess that Bermuda Bowl Winner!
It was close, and I was interested to see how different the votes went but the winner of our contest goes to…
Kevin Lane!
Congratulations to Kevin, who scored 17 out of 30 potential points. He may not have guessed the winner, but he had a mind for the top players and we’re pleased to announce his prize selection:
A gift certificate for $25 for www.ebooksbridge.com
OR
A paper copy of one of the best bridge books of all time, The Rodwell Files,
personally put in an envelope by Sally Sparrow and sent to you
OR
An autographed (by Linda Lee) copy of Bridge Squeezes Complete, which Linda
will personally put in an envelope and send to you.
For all our entrants into the contest, we thank you for your time and I will be personally setting up the emails to get you all your $5 gift certificate for eBooksBridge.com!
We hope you all enjoyed the World Championships as much as we did.
Cheers and Happy gaming.
October 24th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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Good afternoon bridge blogging followers. For all those interested in the Bermuda Bowl Contest we’re having here at MPP we have some results!
First there was the Top 8 Semi-Finalist!
Italy
China
USA 2
Sweden
Iceland
Netherlands
USA 1
Israel
For every team picked off from this list there will be 1 point awarded.
It’s really great to see some Countries that didn’t receive a lot of votes poking their heads up at the Semi Finals.
Top 4 Teams: The Quarter Finalists!
Italy
USA 1
USA 2
Netherlands
For every team picked from these four 2 points will be awarded.
Quite a few people entered most of these teams as their top four picks so I can feel the competition brewing!
For more results and information check out the World Team Championships Website!
Also, check out how Linda’s doing with her picks. If my math is solid she’s standing at a strong 13 points with the chance for 14 more! Only one other entry is above Linda’s, but so far they’re all really close.
Check out Linda’s post on the results from Round 7!
-Lisa
October 21st, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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Good luck to the Canada Team in the 18th World Zonal Women Team Championship for the Venice Cup!
It looks like the ladies will be playing New Zealand tomorrow. If they do well they just might make it into the quarter finals!!
Cheer them on with us here at MPP.
Good luck ladies!
Canadian Team:
Karen CUMPSTONE (Canada)
Joan EATON (Canada)
Sandra FRASER (Canada)
Dianna GORDON (Canada)
Katrin LITWIN (Canada)
Sharyn REUS (Canada)
Nader HANNA (Canada) non-playing captain
October 13th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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Now that was a mouthful!
It’s that time of year and Master Point Press is out to get you excited about the Bermuda Bowl and other World Team Championship games!
Our contest:
Select the teams that place in the Bermuda Bowl to win fabulous prizes for your bridge habit.
Your job is to:
Pick the final eight teams
Pick the four semifinalists
Pick the two finalists
Pick the winner of the 3/4 game
Pick the winner
Tie breaker this year: who you think will be the highest placing team in the D’Orsi Senior Bowl.
If there is a tie the winner will be chosen by the position of their Senior team. If there is still a tie then we will select the winner through an electronic coin toss here in the headquarters of MPP.
Points:
- 1 point for each of the quarter finalists: MAX 8 points
- 2 points for each of the four semifinalists: MAX 8 points
- 3 points for each of the two finalists: MAX 6 points
- 3 points for the winner of the 3/4 playoff: MAX 4 points
- 4 points for the winner of the final: MAX 4 points
Now Linda has asked that if any mathematician thinks we should change the point system to then let us know.
The Prize (What would a contest be without a prize?!): A gift certificate for $25 for www.ebooksbridge.com OR a paper copy of one of the best bridge books of all time, The Rodwell Files, personally put in an envelope by Sally Sparrow and sent to you OR an autographed (by Linda Lee) copy of Bridge Squeezes Complete, which Linda will personally put in an envelope and send to you.
All entrants will get a $5 gift certificate to www.ebooksbridge.com. This gift certificate will be emailed to you when the Championships begin!
Send your entries to me at lisa@masterpointpress.com
Entries must be submitted before Saturday October 15th!
We will endeavor to keep you up to date on the score but you can find all the information on teams, times and games at www.worldbridge.org.
And if you’re interested here’s a link to Linda’s Picks!
As always, cheers, happy bridge playing and I await all your entries to the contest. They just keep coming in!
September 30th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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EXTRA! EXTRA!
The new newsletter for Bridge4Kids.ca is out with a few new features such as Interview a GTA Junior!
Now you might be wondering, Why are Master Point Press and BridgeBlogging.com excited?
It is very simple: because we LOVE bridge and we think it’s great to see the game of bridge grabbing a new and young audience. Who knows, Bridge4Kids.ca could be interviewing and guiding the next generation of bridge teachers and masters as we speak!
In this most recent newsletter we see the new feature ‘Interview with a GTA Junior’, this edition featuring Shan Huang, 22 from Toronto! Interviewing Juniors is a great way for the rest of the bridge community to join them in their growth with the game, see what they like best and know a bit more about the bridge players of tomorrow.
We hope you’ll take a few moments to check out the newsletter and look at Bridge4Kids.ca too.
Bridge4Kids.ca October2011 Newsletter.pdf
Cheers,
Lisa and the Master Point Press Team!
September 16th, 2011 ~ Lisa Wilson ~
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It’s just after 3pm on a Friday afternoon and I feel like I’ve been through a whirlwind! For the last hour or so I was taken through my first game of Bridge with Linda and the gang here at Master Point Press.
My Conclusion: I need to learn to speak the language of bidding! There is a lot that goes into the game and thankfully everyone here has been patient enough to let me stumble and learn. I enjoyed it, though I doubt I could recreate any hands here to help descibe the game itself.
What I do know is that my bidding is going to need some training! For what I bid as a 1♥ quickly turned into a 4♥ that I could not see through. It was madness I tell you! A wonderful entertaining and educational madness that I’ll gladly try my hand at again.
Linda has been wonderful in teaching me the do’s and don’t with a very supportive attitude. After each hand we walked through what I could have done better, what I did well and what couldn’t be avoided. Definitions started coming at me and all those words I’ve been reading in the bridge books like ‘Finesse’ are starting to have more meaning than just ‘bridge terms’. While Sally and Ray demonstrated to me that bidding is a complicated language, completely reliant on what happened before, after and from what direction.
Now here’s to hoping that next time I get some better hands and a little courage to bid with confidence and play strategically.
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