About our Pizza Parties
Young bridge players enjoy challenging competition and good food at the monthly Silicon Valley Youth (SiVY) Bridge party.
Aspiring bridge players ages 10-25 are welcome – as long as they know just a little bit about bridge and want to learn more.
Upon arrival the kids play casually and enjoy snacks. After pizza is served many players enter a mini-tournament while others keep playing for fun. Brand new players are taught the basics of the game, learning as they play.
The pairs in the mini-tournament practice skills in bidding as well as play. Prizes are awarded to the winners.
Volunteers are available to help the kids who play for fun.
Near the end of each party, dessert is served, while tournament winners are announced and prizes are awarded
The SiVY monthly events are held to provide kids from our after school classes a chance to meet aspiring players from other schools and organizations. They are also a great way for kids who have learned from adult family to play bridge with other young people.
August 14, 2016
Fifty-five youth attended our August pizza party. After playing bridge for fun and eating pizza, fruit and other goodies, fourty-three youth (and one fill-in adult) entered our bridge tournament with twenty youth playing in the 'experienced' section and twenty three youth playing in the less experienced section. Several pairs had big games, especially brother-sister pair Jonathon and Sarah who had a big 69.17% game!
The remaining youth played bridge for fun while learning from our volunteer table mentors.
Recognition was given to our talented bridge players who played well at the recent Youth NABC tournament in Washington, DC. Special recognition was given to Kevin Huang and Brent Xiao who finished first in the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs at the Youth NABCs.
- Daily Bulletin with picture of Kevin and Brent
- Sports Illustrated Kids article featuring several of our youth.
After the tournament, everyone enjoyed the cake while the winners of the tournament picked their prizes and had their photos taken.
The bridge games at our parties are American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) sanctioned awarding masterpoints (MP) to high scorers. ACBL membership is not required for our games but is strongly suggested. You can join online or at the Bridge Center on the night of an event. Adult membership is $29 for the first year and junior membership only $15 per year. Both include a monthly print magazine and registration of masterpoints (start earning towards becoming a Life Master!).