NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2017 SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR
We are seeking candidates that meet (or exceed) this criteria:
admirable ethical behavior and strong sense of fair play over an extended period of time and for their outstanding pleasant and gracious comportment at the table.
Any DBAA member may nominate a candidate. Nominations must be received by the SPOTY committee no later than October 1, 2017. You may email or snail mail your nomination to the committee members listed below. DBAA board members, SPOTY committee members and former winners are not eligible. (a list of former winners is on this website, under Member Recognition)
A successful nomination will refer to the criteria highlighted above and will include specific examples. Generally, it should be no more than one page, typed or hand written. You may nominate more than one person and a person may be nominated more than once. Voting will be by the DBAA Board at the scheduled October 14, 2017 meeting.
Please give this outstanding honor your serious attention and send your nominations as soon as possible to any of us:
Roz Howell rozrhowell@gmail.com
Janice Ripley bridge4jr@gmail.com
Rich Brody brodyrh2@gmail.com
Snail mail: Roz Howell, PO Box 280, Mansfield, GA 30055
Bridge Lectures for the advancing player
The Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta, which sponsors the Wednesday night game, is an independent non-profit organization and is the local bridge organization for Atlanta, promoting bridge in Atlanta and supporting all local Atlanta area clubs. Click on the following links for some of the lecture materials:
- Twenty Questions
- 2-Way_Checkback_Stayman
- Agreements_Sample
- Better Partnerships_Handout
- Bidding_at_the_5-level
- Defense_to_Big_Club_Opener
- End_Play_Hands
- Exclusion_Blackwood
- Forcing_Pass
- Modern_Notrump_Bidding
- Opening_Bid_of_2C
- Reverse_Drury
- RKC_Answers
- RKC_Handout
- rkc_questions.pdf
- Series_Free_Advance_Bridge_Classes
- Series_Serious_3nt
- Series_Serious_3nt_hands
- Simple_Squeezes
- Thinking_Defense