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John McAdam District 1 Wide Charity
Game
Wednesday,
November 7th, 2007 (evening)
At
Clubs in District 1
For the last few years,
District 1 has had a District-Wide Charity game which raised money for the
Canadian Bridge Federation ( CBF) Charity Fund. This game was very capably
chaired by John McAdam. In December 2006 John unfortunately passed away,
and the District 1 Board decided to honour his memory by naming the event after
him.
John McAdam, of Ottawa was a bridge
player and administrator who served in many capacities on the District 1 and the
Unit 192 Boards. He was a fine bridge player and was a gentleman both at
and away from the bridge table.
This Charity game is typically held in
early November and changes days of the week annually, so that some clubs can
have the game on a regular bridge night.
In 2006 the game raised close to
$400 for the CBF Charity Fund which that year donated funds to organizations
that deal with child poverty and food banks. The overall winners were Victor
Giaccone and Heather Peckett of the Ottawa area, who had a 74.4% game.
Jean LaTraverse Jr. is now the
District Charity Chair, whose responsibility is to work with ACBL to organize
this game.
This will be the first
year that the game will be named after John McAdam. Let’s try to raise a
lot more money for the Fund! And the masterpoint awards aren’t bad
either.
Please ask your club if
they are holding a game in support of this worthwhile cause, and plan to play on
November 7th !
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