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Welcome to The Central Mass Bridge Association
KENYA BELIEVE IT ?? !!
KENYA BELIEVE IT ?? !!

Our friend, Carol Seager, will be moving to Nairobi on July 8. Recognizing that her commute to our CMBA games is going to be somewhat more difficult, we held a surprise send-off at our Unit Game on June 13.

We will all miss Carol’s wit as well as her challenging opposition at the bridge table. But she has promised to return to our games on her occasional visit to the States, so let’s hold her to that.

In the meanwhile, as they often say in Kenya, “Kila la heri” – All the Best.

EVENING BRIDGE RETURNS . . . WITH COOKIES !!
EVENING BRIDGE RETURNS . . . WITH COOKIES !!

Thursday, June 4 was the first night game held at the West Boylston Senior Center. There were four full tables and chocolate chip cookies! Everyone had fun and many thanks to Gary Peterson for taking the initiative and being the photographer! Hope this becomes permanent in the Central MA Bridge Association. 

                     NEXT GAME: JUNE 25 6:30 PM

INDIVIDUAL SCORES &
NEW WEBSITE FEATURE

Just below the RESULTS tab in the left-hand ladder menu there is a new entry - CMBA RESULTS DETAIL.

If you select this tab, a calendar of all past CMBA (West Boylston & Unit) games will be displayed. If you then click on the small playing card symbol next to the game in which you are interested, the results of that game will be displayed. This option provides somewhat more information than you can obtain on ACBL Live. 

Give it a try. You can instantly see statistics such as your percentage score as Declarer and as Defender. You can see a quick summary of your good, average, and poor boards (Green, Yellow, or Red). 

AND . . . if you're a real glutton for statistics, click on the small PERSONAL ANALYSIS tab which appears just under the CMBA RESULTS DETAIL tab once you have opened it. This will display the names of all players in past CMBA West Boylston games (only), and selecting your name will display a graph and complete statistics for every game which you have played in West Boylston.

PARTNER REQUIRED ?

Players planning on playing at the CMBA West Boylston game (TUE) should check with the Director of the Day regarding their single player policy. Players at the Gardner (@ Westminster) Bridge Club game (WED) should arrive with pre-arranged partnerhips.

Unattached players can play at Wachusett (@ Holden) Bridge Club (MON 750 MP Limit), Grafton Bridge Club (THU), CMBA (THU NITE) or Worcester (@ Auburn) Bridge Club (FRI).

UPCOMING UNIT GAMES
       Date Event Type Location
July 11 Pairs Auburn
July 25 Swiss Teams HOLDEN !
NOON START
August 8 Pairs Auburn
September 19 Pairs Auburn
September 26 Swiss Teams HOLDEN !
NOON START
October 24 Pairs Auburn
November 21 Pairs Auburn
December 5 Pairs Auburn
YOUR DIRECTOR LINEUP
CMBA WEST BOYLSTON
7-Apr S. WAGNER 23-Jun J. WESSON
14-Apr J. WESSON 30-Jun A. BERG
21-Apr D. BAHOSH 7-Jul D. BAHOSH
28-Apr D. BAHOSH 14-Jul A. BERG
5-May A. BERG 21-Jul J. WESSON
12-May S. WAGNER 28-Jul S. WAGNER
19-May J. WESSON 4-Aug S. WAGNER
26-May A. BERG 11-Aug D. BAHOSH
2-Jun D. BAHOSH 18-Aug J. WESSON
9-Jun D. BAHOSH 25-Aug A. BERG
16-Jun S. WAGNER
NOT SO FAST !!

DUMMY

    S 2

    C 8 7 2

DECLARER 

   1 A

   C A K Q

The lead is in Dummy and declarer needs all four remaining tricks to make a 3 Notrump Contract. Declarer faces their hand and says only, “I have the rest.” A Defender still holds the Spade 3. Does Declarer have the rest given their claim?

Not according to the Laws, and all too many “experienced” players make incomplete claims of this nature. It is NOT up to Opponents to figure out how the claim will be fulfilled. Rather, it is up to the Claimer to SPECIFICALLY state their line of play.

It may be obvious that a Club lead to hand will make Declarer’s hand high and win all remaining tricks. But . . . the Laws tell Directors that they shall NOT accept any line of play “not embraced in the original clarification statement” if there is a line of play which would be less successful – INCLUDING careless or inferior play (Law 70D1).

Leading the Spade 2 would be careless, but maybe Declarer has a moment of inattention and calls for the Spade 2 instead of the Club 2. Without specifically claiming based on a stated Club lead off the board, Directors should make that exact ruling - DOWN 1 (at a minimum) on a cold contract.

Claiming is a good way to speed up the game. But show your Opponents some respect (as well as follow the Laws) by stating your complete line of play on all claims.

CMBA GAMES

MONDAY 12:00 PM

WACHUSETT BRIDGE CLUB
(Under 750 MP’s)

Holden Senior Center
1130 Main Street
Holden

Al Berg: 7ntbridge@gmail.com

 

TUESDAY 1:00 PM
CMBA WEST BOYLSTON
West Boylston Senior Center
120 Prescott Street
West Boylston

Denise Bahosh: dbahosh@yahoo.com
Al Berg: 7ntbridge@gmail.com
Shirley Wagner: swagner@fitchburgstate.edu


WEDNESDAY 12:30 PM

GARDNER BRIDGE CLUB
(@ WESTMINSTER)

Westminster Senior Center
69 West Main Street
Westminster
Shirley Wagner: swagner@fitchburgstate.edu


THURSDAY 9:00 AM
GRAFTON BRIDGE CLUB
Grafton Senior Center
30 Providence Road Route 122
Grafton
Denise Bahosh: dbahosh@yahoo.com

 

THURSDAY 6:30 PM
CMBA WEST BOYLSTON
West Boylston Senior Center
120 Prescott Street
West Boylston

Denise Bahosh: dbahosh@yahoo.com


FRIDAY 12:45 PM

WORCESTER BRIDGE CLUB
(@ AUBURN)
Auburn Senior Center
4 Goddard Drive
Auburn
Denise Bahosh: dbahosh@yahoo.com

 

MONTHLY w/ DATE TBA
CMBA UNIT GAME
@ AUBURN (OR HOLDEN TBA)
Auburn Senior Center
4 Goddard Drive

Auburn
(HOLDEN SENIOR CENTER ADDRESS AS ABOVE)
Check CMBA Website

 

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