H ere we are in January 2012. Wow! Where has the time gone? Since the last Presidents message 3 months ago a lot has happened in the Calgary Bridge World. We the Board have had an Oct and Dec Board meeting and plan for one on Jan19/12. First of all here are a few future items to put into your Bridge calendar:

(1) We have a Calgary Sectional coming up on March 30, 31, & April 1/2012 at the Marlborough Park Community Association. The flyer is posted on the ACBL website under Sectional tournaments.

(2) We have our AGM at Brian and Joys on Thursday May 03/2012. The time of this event will come later.

(3) The Calgary Regional is Aug 06th to 12th 2012 at the Radison Hotel on the Trans Canada highway and 19 St NE. Murray and Marilyn Haggins are the Co-Chairs for this Regional event. They and their committee have built a website for this event at http//www.calgaryregional.acblunit390.org. Please take a look at it. The flyer is posted on the ACBL website under Sectional tournaments.

(4) We are planning to have an open pairs Unit game in Okotoks Oct13 2012 to promote Bridge in Okotoks and surrouding area.. We have decided to call it “ Bridge folks in Okotoks”. You will hear more about this event as we get closer to the date.

(5) The Unit 390 Board approved the CBF fund raising Regional and will be in Calgary Jan 2013. This will be held at the Marlborough Park Community Association at 6021 Madigan Dr NE. This will be a 1 week event. Frank Ayer and Delores Hedley will be the Co-Chairs for this event.

(6) Unit 390 Board has been approved to host the Canadian Bridge Championships. This will be in Calgary on May 03-10 2014 at the Radison Hotel. Frank Ayer and Delores Hedley will be the Co- Chairs for this Canadian Event which will last for 8 days. This is held in a different Zone every year. I am sure Frank will be calling you over the next couple of years to help put this on.