VANCOUVER BC UNIT 430
1,097 Members

Unit 430 covers the Greater Vancouver area, including the Fraser Valley east to Hope, the Sunshine Coast, and the Howe Sound to Whistler. See here for a list of clubs in Unit 430 area. The Executive Board of Unit 430 promotes bridge by organizing tournaments, coordinating ACBL special events with local bridge clubs, producing an informative newsletter (the Matchpointer) for its members, and running monthly Unit championship games and the popular IMP League, an annual contest every winter of team-of-four play, with matches played once every two to three weeks. Unit 430 also runs several rookie master games, and future stars events per year, targetting the newer players. In honor of one of our most senior members we also run the Ev Hodge charity fundraiser. This consists of a pot luck supper, and an evening of bridge. Proceeds go to a designated local charity.

The MatchpointerClick Here -->>. is Unit 430's newsletter. One thousand copies are printed in a letter digest, running to about 24-36 pages, three times a year, and distributed to local bridge clubs where players pick them up for free. Issues appear in early March, late May, and mid November. Issues normally include several feature articles, an interview with a local player, a middle section for club news called the "Club News Yellow Pages," and an information section containing winner's lists, details on tournaments, special events, and Monthly Unit Games. Copies of the Matchpointer are sent to the Vancouver Public Library, which houses issues dating back nearly thirty years. Current editor is Ben Takemori. There is also an online copy of some of the articles here. In recent years more emphasis has been put on the online content, which contains articles which have not appeared in the printed version for lack of space.

Unit 430 runs seven sectional tournaments every year. Four of these are the familiar weekend tournaments: the Trophy Sectional in late January, the Spring Sectional in late Spring (Victoria Day weekend), the Evergreen Sectional in early September, and the Round-Up Sectional in early November. The fifth and sixth sectionals are the spring and fall Future Stars Sectionals restricted to players with less than 300 masterpoints. The seventh sectional is the District wide Sectional Tournament at Clubs. The STaC attracts players to their local clubs to play in sectionally-rated events for silver points without having to attend a sectional tournament. Unit 430 invites all clubs in District 19 to particpate and large overall awards are available for each session, Monday to Sunday, day games or evening gmaes. In effort to promote the STaC, the Unit subsidizes the sanction fees for the particpating clubs.

Four trophies exist for the annual masterpoint race. The overall leader in masterpoints at Unit 430 Sectionals (not including the Future Stars or the STaC) wins the Phil Wood Trophy. The Edith Bonnell Trophy is awarded to the woman who wins the most masterpoints over the course of the four tournaments. The Phil Wood Under 200 Trophy is awarded to the player amassing the most masterpoints at the four sectionals who began the calendar year with less than 200 masterpoints. The Leo Steil Trophy is awarded to the senior player (over 65) who wins the most masterpoints in the four sectionals. (This trophy is often not claimed!)

The winners for 2010 are:
Phil Wood Trophy (masterpoints won at open sectionals): Jack Lee
Edie Bonnell Trophy (masterpoints won at open sectionals by women): Julie Smith
Phil Wood Under 200 Trophy (masterpoints won at open sectionals by under 200 players): Diana Jing
Leo Steil Trophy (masterpoints won at open sectionals by people over 65): Kathy Adachi

There are also many other trophies awarded for winning the IMP league, the Monthly Unit Games, etc. see here for a complete list of 2011 performances.

IN MEMORY

Don Keith : ???? - 2011