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basis in their own communities. The
people holding these sanctions become
club managers and they operate clubs
which may offer as few as one
sanctioned game a month to as many 21
sanctioned sessions a week. The games
are held at specific times and locations
according to the sanction of each. There
are approximately 3200 clubs which run
more than three million tables of
sanctioned bridge annually.
Bridge clubs take many forms. Some are
conducted as proprietary clubs in which
the owners expect to make a profit just
like a motion picture theater where
entertainment is provided in return for
an entry or admission fee. Some clubs
are owned by the members and operated
by a board with bylaws. Clubs may also
be sponsored by organizations such as a
country club, a service group or a
residential complex. A few clubs are run
in foreign countries on military bases,
some are located on the Internet and
others are found on cruise ships.
Many full-time clubs offer bridge lessons
on site, a bridge library for members to
use, social activities, tournaments for
newer players and special events for
ACBL members.
For detailed information on ACBL
games in your area, visit Find a Club at
https://web3.acbl.org/findalist/club
Club Appreciation Games
See Jane Johnson Club Appreciation
Month.
Club Championship
Each regularly scheduled weekly club
game is entitled to four club
championship sessions per year. Overall
awards for club championship games in
open clubs are 63.6% of sectional rating.
Club Director
ACBL offers any member the
opportunity to become an ACBL-rated
club director in order to run a local clublevel
sanctioned game and award
masterpoints. This title can be achieved
through a self-study course or by
attending a Club Director Course and
successfully completing a test. See
" Become a Club Director " at
www.acbl.org/become.
Club Directors Handbook
This publication is available for people
wishing to become ACBL club directors
and for club directors to use in running
games at ACBL clubs. Download at
http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/
clubs/cdHandbook.pdf.
Club game classifications
There are five general classes of games
at clubs:
 Open club games which welcome
all players.
 Invitational club games which
may limit participation to
members of a particular
organization or to participants
invited by the club manager.
Guests are often accepted at
invitational clubs.
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