Chairman: Ken Monzingo Director: Nancy Boyd Wednesday, October 31 - Halloween! Santa Barbara Knockout Teams (sessions 3 & 4).................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Compact Knockout Teams (sessions 1-4).......................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Oxnard Knockout Teams (sessions 1 & 2).......................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Flight A/B/C Pairs (two sessions) 0-1500/3000/+..................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Side Game Series (single sessions)........................... 10:00 a.m., 3:00 & 7:30 p.m. Today s Guest Speaker Wednesday, October 31, 2:15 p.m. Ron Smith, Chicago Grand Life Master Losing Trick Count and Trick & Treats Ron Smith is a top professional player with multiple National titles and hundreds of regional wins. Has more than 37,000 masterpoints (more than 1000 won this year). He is also an accomplished and entertaining pianist. Having Ron here is a first for us and a real Halloween treat. Costume Contest Tonight Hopefully you are all decked out to the nines today in your kinky, fun costumes and makeup. The Four Points by Sheraton will be judging who spooked us the most, and awarding a nice prize. Mini-Lessons with Margie Mini-Lesson 9:15 a.m. Marjorie Michelin Planning Trick 1 Play of the Hand Entry Management
Ventura Halloween Regional Tournament Information Zero Tolerance he ACBL Zero Tolerance (ZT) Policy has been expanded to include all ACBL tournaments, although District 22 has always adhered to the ZT Policy. Unacceptable behaviors include: rudeness, intimidation, profanity, threats or violence; negative comments about the opponents bidding or play; gloating and arguing with the director. T Costume Contest ednesday, October 31, will be our famous Halloween Costume Contest. Dress up and paint up no holds barred and hopefully win a nice prize. Sheraton staff will judge. Dress Up Today! W Prize Desk fter you win an event or win your section (that means you have a number 1 by your name), come to the Prize Desk to get your take-home prize for your victory. Prize Desk is open 30 minutes before the 3:00 games. A Nightly Daily Bulletins oes the ACBL have your correct email address? Have you perchance marked emails from the ACBL as spam? If no to the first, or yes to the second, you will not be getting the Ventura Regional Bulletin nightly via email. To make sure you are included: 1. Go to www.acbl.org 2. Click MyACBL (top of window). 3. Click Update My Information. 4. Click Update My Contact Information. 5. Enter, or re-enter, your email address. 6. Click Submit D Partnership Desk an Wickersham will again be efficiently running our Partnership Desk. See Jan if in need of a partner or teammates. J Winners & New Life Masters if you win an event overall, or make Life Master, go to the Welcome Desk 30 minutes before the 3:00 p.m. games and ask for Bonnie Bagley to take your photo for the 22FORUM. I New Life Masters AMTRAK ere s the deal with the train: I no longer have a car, so will be unable to pick you up at the train station. But just take a Taxi, Uber or Lyft to the Four Points by Sheraton, bring us your receipt and we ll reimburse you. H Yesterday s Results are all included, just... Finn Kolesnik Ventura, Calif. Beverly McLeod Northridge, Calif. check the results link on this email!
Thursday, November 1 Goodwill Day! Oxnard Knockout Teams (sessions 3 & 4).......................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Flight A/B/C Pairs (two sessions) 0-1500/3000/+..................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Bracketed Swiss Teams (sessions 1 & 2)........................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Side Game Series (single sessions)........................... 10:00 a.m., 3:00 & 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 2 Carpenteria Knockout Teams (sessions 1 & 2)...................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Flight A/B/C Pairs (two sessions) 0-1500/3000/+..................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Side Game Series (single sessions)........................... 10:00 a.m., 3:00 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 3 Carpenteria Knockout Teams (sessions 3 & 4)...................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Compact Knockout Teams (sessions 1-4).......................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs (two sessions)............................... 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Side Game Series (single sessions)................................ 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. No Games Saturday evening Sunday, November 4 Flight A/AX Swiss Teams 5000+/0-5000.............................. Stratified B/C/D Swiss Teams (8 boards/6 matches)..................... B/C/D: 0-500/1000/2000 Fast Open Pairs (two sessions) playthrough........................... 10:00 a.m. & TBA 10:00 a.m. & TBA 10:00 a.m. & TBA