Clear Lake Bridge Club

It's time!   Lone Star Regional is here!

 LSR Flyer

2025 LSR Tournament Results

Feb 3rd - Feb 9th  

We hope to see you there...then back at the club when we reopen on Feb 10th.

Don't forget to join CLBC Picture Day at LSR!  

Wed, Feb 5th at 9:30...gather at the Photo Station!

If you are attending LSR on Wednesday, FEB 5th we invite you to join our Club Photo at 9:30 am.  As you know, our Clear Lakers are great partipants in local Tournaments and we think it will be wonderful to commemorate our presence!

Ronnie Martin has made ball caps for his Team and has a few extra.  For those who are willing, Ronnie will have extra caps for the photo shoot! 

Meet Feb 5th at 9:30 am at the photo station.

SMILE...you are at a Tournament...LIFE IS GOOD!

Game Results

The Annual Meeting of the Membership is Feb 22nd at 11:30.  Pizza will be served and the meeting will be adjourned in time for the 1:00 Open Game.  

The CLBC ByLaws require a quorum of Members vote on issues, especially the upcoming Board Members.  IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE SUBMIT A COMPLETED PROXY. Proxy forms are at the club in a wall acrylic holder near the Director's desk.  OR/ALSO a printable Proxy form is attached below.

Meeting Agenda

Slate of Nominees 2025 Club Board 

Proxy for 2024 Annual Meeting

Grand National Teams info

Are you interested in the Grand National Team competitions?  

• The above link takes you to the D16 website which describes the program including the games, levels and traveling stipends for winners heading to Nationals in Philadelphia.

• The District competitions take place in Houston and Dallas on the below schedule. 

GNT Flyer

 Allison Ochsner 

Allison Ochsner…if you are lucky you know her!  

And Clear Lake Bridge Club is DARN LUCKY to have her as a member!!

Allison is another of our extremely valuable behind-the-scenes contributors to the success of CLBC.  If you don’t know, here are some of the ways Allison keeps us humming along~

• Keeps our computer hardware current, integrated and working
• Maintains our computer security  
• Maintains our ACBLScor database for scoring and masterpoint allocation purposes
• When we need Member information on Advancements, Allison helps track down the history.
• Notifies the Unit Board various CLBC announcements (significant birthdays and member deaths) 

Furthermore, Allison has been a long-time contributor to Unit 174 for the benefit of ALL Houstonians!

• Allison is the webmaster for www.acblunit174.org
• She works with the Unit Board to post the various features… advising and editing along the way.
• Keeps the website updated with the latest Tournament Flyers

Allison is a model of what it means to be a good member of our bridge community.  She is a pleasure at the bridge table, mentors a newer player most Sundays and helps our club and Unit function effectively.

We all love that we have a nice club, good tournaments and a thriving Houston bridge world ~ and that does not happen without volunteers who contribute…

Allison steps us and “gives back”! 

THANK  YOU  ALLISON!

YES!  We still do have a few Virtual Club games for CHOOSE HOUSTON!  Mainly we offer Evening Games and Mentor Games. These games are hosted by Bridge Club of Houston.  

The ACBL has relaxed the rules of participation so ANYONE can play...invite your out-of-town friends and family!

Choose Houston vClub Schedule  

Virtual Club Games 

           BBO: "CHOOSE HOUSTON!" 

Open Games Pairs

    Evenings                                                                

           Tues, Thurs, & Sat                                           7:00 PM                 

Mentor Games

            1st & 3rd Mondays                                          7:00 PM 

Special Games for Future Life Masters (FLM)

      CHOOSE HOUSTON FLM Game

              Assisted play Second Saturdays at 9:00 AM

 In Person Games

Game Fees:

Members $6.00

NonMembers $7.00 

REGULAR GAMES

Open Pairs

• M/T/W/F           10:00 AM
• Thursday            1:00 PM
• Saturday             1:00 PM

Open Teams 

• Sunday                1:00 PM

749er Pairs

• Tues                    10:00 AM
• Thurs                    1:00 PM

299er Pairs

• Mon & Wed           2:00 PM

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SPECIAL GAMES

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Eight is Enough 

Sunday Teams 

When:   Sunday, Feb 1st

               1:00

                  (see game setup below)

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Mentor Mentee Game 

When:    Wed, Feb 19th

               1:30 PM Lunch

               2:10 PM GAME

RESERVATIONS 

REQUIRED 

for Game and Lunch  

Sign up at club

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Bridge Lab

Supervised Practice 

When:  TUES & SUN

              2:00 - 5:00

Price:   $8.00

Eight is Enough Team Game!

 Get your Teams together using the below format

All players are assigned a number 1, 2, or 3 depending on their masterpoint level:

Level 1  

       Players with less than 750 mps

Level 2  

       Players with 750 to 2000 mps

Level 3  

       Players with over 2000 mps

• No team can have more than 8 points for members on their team.
• If two players are designated as ‘3,’ both of their teammates would have to be designated a ‘1’ to keep the total below eight.
• A '1' and a '3' could play with two '2s'.
• Or four players who are all ‘2’ could be on the same team.
• It's okay for a team to total less than eight, but not more.

Mentor-Mentee Games 

3rd Wed afternoon of each month