The Edison Elks Club is hosting another sectional from December 16th to 18th, 2022. The first one had a strong showing of New York City teams, especially during the Sunday swiss teams tournament. Here is the tournament flyer:
Edison Sectional December 2022 Tournament Flyer
Pizza Is Back!
As we mentioned in our prior analysis of Edison vs Woodbridge during August 2022, one of the big differences from the old Woodbridge sectional was the lack of pizza and salads on sale during lunch time. Thankfully, the pizza flow seems to be back! Despite all the inflation that we are seeing for everything, the proposed pricing is still quite generous at $1.50 a slice. It’s unclear whether the salads and sodas will also be on offer.
Seven Round Swiss Is Back!
As last time was the first Edison sectional since the Woodbridge pause, and because bridge in general was still in a cautious return to face-to-face tournament mode, the prior sectional had a 36 board swiss (6 rounds of 6). This time, the plan is to try for one of the more classic 48 or 49 board formats (7 rounds of 7 boards is the most common).
All Starts at 10am
Back in the day, there would be a 10am start time for the Friday and Saturday pairs games, but the Swiss began at 10:30. Now, everything is fully in sync with a 10:00am start time on all days. Although that requires waking up slightly earlier for the NYC car poolers, we easily get a better deal on the return trip. With an almost certain tunnel clog coming back, it’s nice that everything finishes 30 minutes earlier (at least), so that we are home in time at a reasonable dinner hour.
Stay tuned for any new updates, and also another reminder, the GNYBA Annual Membership Meeting, open to all active ACBL members in Unit 155, will be held on December 15th 2022 on Zoom. Link to be revealed the morning of the meeting on this site (or get the link from any board member the day prior).