Darby Connections

09/15/2026

Johnny Blacks promoting our Euchre Nicely! We play at the Rochester location every Tuesday.

09/12/2026

We play Pickleball every Saturday at noon in Northville. Join us! All levels welcomed. Our Teams & Scores app arranges teams by skill level. https://darbyconnections.com/events/2679

09/11/2026

We’re expecting 200 players! We need to finalize our headcount and payment by next week, so please register now!

And remember—the more players we have, the more prizes our generous donors will provide!

Register here: https://darbyconnections.com/events/2540

09/10/2026

Macomb County Casual Euchre Is Off to a Great Start!

What a great first night at Aspen Restaurant in Macomb last night! We kicked off our newest Casual Euchre location with 21 players and a great mix of brand-new faces, longtime members, and several players who came over from Rochester Hills to help us get started.

Aspen passed its first test too. Our format can be challenging for servers because players move to a different table after every round. The Aspen staff caught on quickly and did a fantastic job keeping the food, drinks and tabs straight while we shuffled everyone around the room!

We've wanted to bring Casual Euchre to Macomb County for quite a while, and 21 players on our first night gives us a great foundation. Now let's turn 21 into 30+! We've seen at our other locations that once we consistently reach 30 players, friendships form, people bring friends, new faces keep showing up, and the group really starts to take on a life of its own.

A huge THANK YOU to our new players, longtime members, Rochester Hills crew, and the Aspen staff for making our first night such a success!

We're back at Aspen every Wednesday. Come have dinner, play some Euchre, meet some great people, and help us build our new east-side community!

Macomb County, we're here!

https://darbyconnections.com/events/2686

08/26/2026

Bowling is about to start! We need seven more bowlers.

Many of our members bowl on the Jack & Jill Bowling League at Wonderland Lanes in Commerce Twp every other Tuesday throughout the winter. This is a pretty casual co-ed league. It has a n...

08/19/2026

We’re trying to boost attendance at our Wednesday night Euchre in Highland and Lake Orion, so we’re adding a little extra incentive!

We’re adding an additional $50 to the monthly prize! You still have tonight and next week to earn points, and winning is definitely within reach. Your monthly score is based on your top 10 scores, so two good weeks—especially with those Dinner Bonus Points—can put you right in the running.

Most importantly, please help us build up these locations! It typically takes a few weeks of 30+ players for a location to gain enough momentum to become self-sustaining. Every person who comes out helps us get closer to that point.

Come play, have dinner, earn some points, and help us get Highland and Lake Orion over that magical 30-player mark!

08/15/2026

The Great thing about our Pickleball is ALL LEVELS! Our system places you with people at your skill level. Northville Pickleball is a fantastic facility with AC

Heading to the courts alone for a game can feel a bit daunting to many. It's common to see the same groups sticking together, or find yourself either outmatched or barely challenged. And let...

08/12/2026

August is turning into a GREAT month for Darby Connections Euchre!

What a night we had Tuesday! The Tiki Bar in Walled Lake had 40 players and Johnny Black’s in Rochester Hills had 31 — that’s OVER 70 Euchre players in one night!

The Tiki Bar continues to be our fastest-growing location and is quickly becoming a dominant force, even edging out our longtime powerhouse B1 Tavern in Keego Harbor, which had an impressive 38 players this week!

Thursday was another big night! Oak Park Social and the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club in Clarkston each had 28 players, putting both within striking distance of that magical 30-player mark.

Why is 30 so important? When a location gets above 30 players for a few weeks in a row, it tends to become self-sustaining. Attendance stays strong, there’s a steady flow of new faces, and the group develops momentum of its own.

But getting there isn’t easy.

Patty, Julie and Jimmy have been putting a lot of work into promoting Darby Connections, and we have significantly increased our advertising. That costs money, so a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has donated! Your support is helping us reach more people and grow these events.

Many others are helping in different ways too. Sheri’s many pictures keep things fun and her posts help spread awareness. Word of mouth remains one of our best forms of advertising, so please keep posting on social media, telling your friends about us, and bringing new people along.

But the single most important thing you can do is simply SHOW UP!

That is especially important at our newer and smaller locations. Every person matters. Sometimes just one person deciding to come gets the ball rolling and results in five more people signing up.

And we cannot overstate how helpful it is to RSVP EARLY! A lot of people are guest-list watchers who wait to see enough names before committing. This week, just a couple hours before start time, it looked like we might not even break 20 players at The Tiki Bar. Then suddenly — 40 players! Imagine how many more might have joined us if everyone had committed earlier.

It looks like many of our locations are finally coming up to speed. Please make an extra effort to come out this August and help us keep the momentum going!

We especially need your help with Lake Orion and Highland. Being on the outskirts of our core area makes them more challenging to grow, and they are still among our smaller locations. If you can make it out to one of them, your attendance really does make a difference!

07/29/2026

Euchre went very well in the main bar area. We are going to try to stick with it. Now let's fill it up!