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.
March 25 , 2018
Thirty-one youth bridge players participated in our March pizza party.
After casual play and pizza, 20 youth played in the tournament. Congratulations to Kayden and Javier who finished first North/South and to Victor and Ben who finished first East/West with a huge 71% game!
11 youth played casual bridge or learned the basics of bridge with table mentors. Of those, we had a recent record eight youth attending for the first time:
- Brothers Ethan & Owen are the grandchildren of Hamish Bennett, whom we miss! Their mother stayed and joined several youth at a table that played Handz, a game that introduces bridge concepts to new players. Their sister Audrey and cousin Maverick hope to come next time.
- Sister & brother Mia & Sebastian came to play. Mia has been playing in her school program, but this was her first pizza party.
- Clarissa, niece of duplicate player Eugene Hung, came all the way from Philadelphia to play! She attended camp last summer, but this was her first pizza party.
- SiVY veteran Sarah brought her brother David. They came with their duplicate-playing grandfather Roger Passal.
- Our other new players were Aria and Alex.
Following play everyone enjoyed cookies while SiVY President Randy Ryals read the names of the tournament winners who chose prizes.
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!).