Fifth Annual Bay Area High School Bridge Championship
by Lynn Johannesen
It’s time to form your teams of four to six players from the same high school for the Bay Area High School Bridge Championship on Sunday, April 28, 2019, at the Bridge Center in Mountain View. The event will consist of a day-long team event and an afternoon pair event, with a free lunch for all participants in both championship events. An optional warm-up pair event will be held in the morning. The event is free for all participants.
The winning team will receive gift cards with a total worth of $800, a trophy for their school, and personal trophies for each team member. Winners of the afternoon pair event will each win gift cards worth up to $125 and personal trophies. Both members in each pair need not be from the same school.
The mandatory registration deadline for teams is March 30. Pairs are not required to register, but only players who register by the March 30th deadline will be guaranteed to receive tee shirts and other gifts.
All participants in the championship are invited to a training session at the Bridge Center in Mountain View on Saturday, April 20, from 1 to 5 PM. Three-time High School Championship winner Sarah Youngquist will oversee the session. Ideally pairs who plan to play together will practice together, but SiVY Bridge volunteers will make sure partners are available for any individual players who come to the session.
Details of the format, requirements, and schedule for the events are provided below. A free lunch will be served to all participants in both events at about 1:30 PM.
Read about and see pictures of last year’s winners.
Team Event
Paly High Bridge Team, winners of 2018 Bay Area High School Bridge Championships The event will begin at 10:00 AM.
All team members must represent the same school.
A team may consist of 4 to 6 players, but each player must be available to play all of the morning or the afternoon session and at least 4 players must be available for each session.
Individual schools may enter an unlimited number of teams.
The first session will consist of a round robin to qualify 2 to 4 teams, depending on the number of teams participating, for the afternoon championship round.
At 2:30, qualifying teams will meet in head-to-head matches.
Pair Events
Winners of the Championship Pair, Brent Xiao and Calix Tang, event with SiVY Bridge Founding President, Debbie Rosenberg
The warm-up pair event will begin at 10:30 AM.
The championship pair event will begin at 2:30 PM.
Pairs are not required to sign up but those who sign up by March 30th will receive a T-shirt and other gifts. We will be glad to help you find a partner if you do not have one.
All members of teams who do not qualify for the championship round are invited, but not required, to compete in the championship pair event.
The two members of a pair may represent different schools.
