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President’s Message
by Cynthia Clark – President, Calgary ACBL Unit 390
October 2025
Growing the game and maintaining membership continues to be a concern for the ACBL. Overall, the total number of members as of July 2025 was 121,499. This is a decrease of 7,707 members over the previous year. Unit 390 currently has 941 members which is at or near the membership of 938 in July of 2024. Calgary bridge remains healthy as membership and participation continue to recover from the lockdown era, and as other factors contributing to the decline in the growth of bridge are addressed. Many thanks to all those behind the scenes keeping Calgary bridge membership trends above those in other districts.
Currently, new players can register for a free Guest Membership. Players can join by providing their name, email and postal code on-line to the ACBL. Guest members receive a permanent membership number and have access to the MyACBL portal. They can earn up to 20 masterpoints. Once this limit is reached, a full membership is required to continue earning points and to participate in regional and national tournaments. Guest members converting to a regular membership receive the first year at a discounted rate. This new policy may be adjusted to best serve existing and future members.
New members can join the ACBL at a cost of $29 USD for the first year. Due to rising costs, these first year dues will be raised to $39 USD beginning January 1, 2026. However, new members can still join for the remainder of this year at the lower price. After year one, the ACBL membership dues are $59 USD per year.
This year the ACBL is celebrating 100 years of Contract Bridge. There will be Centennial Games at the clubs and on-line during the months of October, November and December of 2025. Gold, Red and Silver points will be awarded. More information and the game schedules can be found on the ACBL website at acbl.org.
The August sectional saw an attendance of 203 tables, up five tables compared to the fall tournament of 2024. This can be attributed to the growth of the 299er attendance which had a table count of 41. This just about doubled the 2024 participation. The tournament ran very well thanks to our new Tournament Chairperson, Terry Nazar.
Three Calgary sectionals have been scheduled for 2026. The dates are January 2-4, June 5-7 (tentative) and September 4-6. It is the intent of the Unit to hold a Non-Life Master regional tournament simultaneously with the June 5-7 sectional. Details of these coming events will be posted on the Unit 390 website.
Calgary will host a 299er sectional on October 25, 2025 at the Calgary Bridge Centre. Check out the flyer available from the Unit 390 website or at the Bridge Centre. The 2026 dates for 299er sectional events are tentatively set for May 9th and October 24th. Stay tuned for details.
This concludes the report.
Cynthia Clark
President
Calgary ACBL Unit 390