Newplicate Niche
District 3 strongly supports
bridge for newcomers. We call our Newcomer Games Newplicate - a phrase
coined more than 20 years ago by our largest unit, Unit 140 in Central
Jersey. It is a great name
because it says it all.
.... these games are run for players relatively new to duplicate bridge
and limited to those with less than 200 masterpoints. All
events award Red Points.
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Cheryl Porter-Garofalo is our Newplicate Director and friend. She comes to all our regionals with a newplicate program, arranges partnerships, sells the entries, runs the games and even makes the snack lunch for during the break between sessions. Yes, that's right. District 3 offers a free snack lunch between sessions for all participants |
in our Newplicate games who play both sessions in a day. During this little lunch break, everyone has an opportunity to go over the hands they just played, get a few pointers and make new friends with whom to play bridge.
We run 4 Regionals a year. Our Newplicate Games are held at the Rye Town Hilton in Rye Brook, NY in January; the Fairfield Crowne Plaza in July and the Sheraton Danbury in October. These games are stratified when possible. In June we run Intermediate Games which are for players with up to 300 MPs at "The Saratoga" in Saratoga Springs.
District 3 wants you to
know we care. New players are the future of our
game. We welcome you with open arms and lots of fun, food, and prizes
every time you play at one of our regionals. Make sure you plan to be
with us.
E -mail Cheryl with any questions you may have. She will be more than
happy to help.
E-Mail: Cheryl
as of 5/08