Congratulations to Uit 223 members who have reached bridge milestones!

    New Junior Masters – Suzanne Callahan, Moro IL

    New Sectional Masters – Vicki Brantley, Paducah KY & Linda Steele, Paducah KY

    New Regional Masters – Pamela Pearson, Marion IL & Janet Kuehn, Fairview Hts IL

Club directory

Unit 223 now has eleven active clubs. Ten are open clubs and one is restricted. They all meet at various time of the week. Following is a list of the clubs and the club managers. If you are interested in finding out more about a club, go the ACBL website and look under Find a Club. There you will find the name and contact information of the club director, and the days and times of the bridge games. 
 

Brazlb 621 W Moro Moro IL  62067 Director – James Reid Brazier                 Edwardsville Duplicate BC 800 N Main St Edwardsville IL  62025 Director – Kadie Davis   Effingham Park District BC 1906 S 4th St Effingham IL  62401 Director – Donna Swick   Fulton Duplicate Club 414 Carr St Fulton KY  42041 Director – Dianna Nerren   Highland DBC 110 Main St Highland IL  62249 Director – Raymond Ford

Mayfield DBC 901 N 15th St Mayfield KY  42066 Director – Larry Lemon                  Monday Bridge Group 100 Fairway Dr Harrisburg IL  62946 Director – Janet Jones   Paducah DBC 1723 Kentucky Ave Paducah KY  42003 Director – Dennis Rose   Piasa Bridge Club 2603 N Rodgers Ave Alton IL  62002 Director – Pamela Ames   Saluki Bridge Club 1200 S Carbon St Marion IL  62959 Director – Wanda Culpepper   Yorktown Duplicate Club 504 E Highway 50 O’Fallon IL  62269 Director – Charles Keltner

We have lost two clubs from last year. The Denzel Bridge Club in Carbondale IL has disbanded. The director, Carolyn Taylor decided not to continue and there was no one to replace her.  Recently, the director of the DuQuoin Duplicate Bridge Club, William McLaughlin, passed away, and the manager, Leona Bullock, is not able to continue without him. Following is a shortened version of Bill’s obituary:

William McLaughlin

William Dean “Bill” McLaughlin, 64, of Centralia passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at his home in Centralia IL. He was born on August 11, 1955 and was the son of Dr. Dean and Thelma (Bierman) McLaughlin in Sullivan IL. He is survived by several brothers and sisters, a step-mother, and nieces and nephews.

Bill was a 1973 graduate of Sullivan High School and continued his education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Centralia. He had a passion and a true gift for cooking and was famous for his mouthwatering, homemade apple pies, clam chowder, chocolate chip cookies and homemade rolls. He had a green thumb and grew amazing gardens that allowed him to create delicious dishes and can flavorful vegetables for future use.

Bill was no stranger to a game of bridge, attending bridge clubs for many years. For the last several years, he served as Director for the DuQuoin Duplicate Bridge Club. Bill love to travel, was a devoted son, and was considered the family historian.

Bill’s dedication to his family and his kindness to all will not be forgotten.  He will especially be missed by all of his bridge friends and the DuQuion Duplicate Bridge Game is a loss to many in the Southern Illinois Area.

Opportunities to support your club

Are you missing your bridge game because of COVID-19? You still have chances to place bridge, win black masterpoints and support your local club!

ACBL has partnered with Bridge Base Online (BBO) and The Common Game to offer exclusive online events every day, whether you play solo or as a pair. The newest chances to win are the special daylong tournaments (one each day). In addition, more time slots have been added for the already popular Support Your Club pairs games (now at 10 a.m., 5:10 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Eastern).

For more information and an FAQ about both games, visit www.acbl.org/ClubSupportOnlineGames .