The Central Mass Bridge Association recently awarded 10 scholarships for $500 each to the children and grandchildren of CMBA players.  The recipients were drawn by random at our recent Unit game on September 11th.  For a listing of this year's recipients, check the News Page in the upper right corner.

The money for these scholarship awards is raised from our monthly Unit games and our two Sectional tournaments held in May and October of each year, along with the 50/50 raffles that we hold at each of our games.  Again, thanks for your ongoing support which has made these scholarship awards possible. 

 A NEW PAGE REFLECTING SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEW LIFE MASTER MILESTONES  HAS BEEN ADDED - CLICK ON THE CMBA PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS NEWS ITEM ON THE TOP LEFT OF THIS PAGE TO REVIEW THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PLEASE NOTE:    The CMBA Board of Directors voted to donate to several local Food Banks to share our good will with those less fortunate. A TOTAL OF $800 was distributed as follows: $100 to St Vincent de Paul/St Joseph Food Pantry of Fitchburg; $100 to the Montachusett Veteran's Outreach Center of Gardner; $300 to Rachels' Table and $300 to the Worcester County Food Bank.  This covers all the areas we play in and where most of our players reside.  Rachels' Table and the Worcester Food Bank provide help to Grafton, Auburn, Worcester, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland and many other towns around the Worcester area.  OUR THANKS to all of you who made this possible by coming out to play in our monthly Unit Championship Games and our Spring and Fall Sectional tournaments.

Scholarships were awarded at out Unit Game on September 20th for the fourth year in a row. Only children and grandchildren of CMBA members in good standing were eligible. The money for these scholarship grants is raised from the profits of our Monthly Unit Championship games and the two Sectional Tournaments held each May and October at the Auburn Senior Center.  In order for us to continue these awards, we need your ongoing support at our Unit events. This year we reduced the number of grants from 12 to 10 but increased the amount of each award to $500 for a total of $5,000.  It is our hope to give out these awards again next year and also to increase the number of recipients from 10 to 12.   Hope to see you at our monthly Unit Games and our two Sectional events in 2016.  The dates for these games are listed under "CALENDAR" on the far right hand side of this page.  Also, for a listing of the recipients of the 2016 scholarship awards, click on the News Page on the left side of this page.   

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  At our Unit Game on July 12th, 2015 we recognized all those players in our unit who are 90+ - thanks to all those who came out to support and help pay tribute to these long time players who have contributed so much to the wonderful world of duplicate bridge that we all enjoy so much.  We had our biggest turnout ever for one of our monthly Unit Championship Games - 18 tables!    ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  

WELCOME to the Central Mass Bridge Association, or CMBA Web Site. CMBA is Unit 113 of the ACBL, American Contract Bridge League. Membership is open to all Central Massachusetts contract bridge players who enjoy this challenging, competitive and mind-stimulating card game.

The greater Worcester area has several games a week at five locations. Click on the CLUBS in Unit 113 in the upper left hand corner for a list of all weekly games and locations.

OTHER GAMES -In addition, games are sponsored monthly by the Unit and are held at the Auburn Senior Center, 4 Goddard Drive, Auburn, Ma 01501. One or two of these may be two-day Sectional tournaments. See schedule to the right.

NEWCOMERS are always welcome at CMBA bridge games. Some clubs provide partners if a player arrives 15 minutes before the scheduled game time; or call the club contact, listed in the club section, to ensure that a partner can be provided. DUPLICATE BRIDGE is similar to party or rubber bridge games. Most games are stratified which allows players of similar experience to compete with one another playing the same cards in each session.

♠ ♥ ♣ ♦   If you have any suggestions or comments regarding the information on the CMBA Web Site, please contact Jim Culhane, jculhane@comcast.net. ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦