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 13, 2017
Thirty two youth bridge players participated in our August pizza party.
Players played casual bridge and noshed on pizza, chips and fruit before the official tournament play. Twenty eight players (7 tables) competed in our tournament. The remaining four players continued to learn and have casual play.
Our event wasn't advertised as a special family game but it turned out to be just that. 19 of the 32 youth had at least one sibling at the event. Four pairs of brothers played together in the tournament and they all placed in the top three of their strata!
We are so happy to have so many families! We hope you are playing at home too!
At the conclusion of play, everyone enjoyed cake while new SiVY President Randy Ryals read the names of the tournament winners who chose prizes and posed for photographs.
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 $5 per year. Both include a monthly magazine (print for Adults, online access for Juniors) and registration of masterpoints (start earning towards becoming a Life Master!).