THIS IS NOT A NEW(S) STORY!

Ken (Wiley) Wiggins resigned as Club Manager just before the end of the COVID-enforced closure of ALL F2F bridge clubs in 2020-2021. For several years previous, Wiley had edited the ACBC website that he also designed. NOBODY else could make it work! Mike Kiwak tried, and gave up! When I (Lou Slyker) became (by default) the Club Manager in 2021 I also inherited the job of Webmaster.(for which I remain totally unqualified). WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GOT! I don't mind doing a mediocre job, BUT I WISH SOMEBODY WASNT HAPPY!

The "Find A Partner" seems to work (imperfectly) and the Member Roster is (somewhat) accurate. The home page raises no red flags.

I need feedback... and HELP! In a world of social media, we are about as visual as a phone book (do these even exist?). PI... PI... PICTURES! I wouldn't mind somebody offering to become webmaster (please?), but I really would like our website more relevant and useful! The ACBC needs an editor for the Gallery section.

LANSING WAS... LONELY?

The Lansing Regional was held August 10-14 at Royal Scot Golf Course (and humungous bowling alley) near the Lansing airport. It was well run, the facility is fine and access is generally easy. But it wasn't as large as last year and that worrying trend continues in a lot of places. It's the nearest Regional Tournament to Northwest Michigan, but the total representation from our part of the world was ONE team-of-four combining ACBC and Traverse City regulars. Since Gold and Red masterpoints are awarded at Regional and National events (though a few can be earned at special F2F or online events), most players who aren't Life Masters already apparently aren't interested in achieving that rank... or simply can't/won't travel very far to do it!