| Play in the GNTs (Grand National Teams) |
The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American Bridge Championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships (NABC). GNT is a team knockout event broken into four flights (Open, A, B, and C). The Championship Open flight is open to all. Flight A is restricted to people with fewer than 6000 MPs. Flight B is restricted to people with fewer than 2500 MPs. Flight C is restricted to non-Life Masters with fewer than 500 MPs. To qualify for the GNT championships, teams must first qualify on the District level. Flight A and C will be held from March 2-3, 2024 at Harrisburg Bridge Club in Camp Hill, PA and Flights Open and B will be held from March 9-10, 2024 at Game Friendzy in Cherry Hill, NJ.
For more info and to sign up, go to District 4 website (link on left)
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| We Miss You! |
Face to Face bridge - you know you miss it!
Click here for a map of U141 and a list of our Face to Face bridge clubs where you can play, socialize, and make new friends!
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| Board meetings |
Unit 141 Board of Directors Meetings
We would like all members of the Philadelphia Contract Bridge Association to be informed of Board actions and priorities. To this end, we are publishing the minutes of our meetings from this point forward. Please click on the links below to see what your Board is up to! And if you have ideas on how we can better serve the players of Unit 141, please pass your thoughts on to any member of the Board.
Minutes of meetings (click on any date below to open the corresponding minutes)
March 21, 2023
May 8, 2023
July 31, 2023
September 12, 2023
Annual Meeting October 7, 2023
November 13, 2023
January 22, 2024
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| Bridge Friend Forever - BBF |
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Here is another well done and very simple introduction to bridge. It is a series of ten videos by Elena Grewal which can be viewed on YouTube.
Try this link or search on YouTube.
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| Bridge - The Ultimate Mind Game |
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| Why You Should Play Bridge |
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Why You Should Play Bridge
Just Google "Keep Bridge Alive"
To learn the reasons and how you can help fund the project.
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| Commentary on the Laws of Duplicate Bridge |
 Commentary on the
Laws of Duplicate Bridge
The laws governing duplicate bridge can be confusing at best. The World Bridge Federation has written an excellent document giving commentary and many good examples on the new 2017 Laws. These laws govern all of our duplicate games at clubs and tournaments. This commentary is worth reading for all players and especially for directors. It is a good reference guide if you have had a problem related to one of the laws and you are looking for a clear explanation. Here are some links to the commentary and to the actually Laws.
Click Here for the Commentary (PDF).
Click Here for a link to the actual laws on the WBF website (PDF and Word).
Click Here for a link to the Laws on the ACBL website (download, purchase).
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| Why you want to play Bridge! |
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Why you want to play bridge . . .
Four bridge players from USA win $180,000 playing bridge
There are a lot of bridge tournaments in the USA and in the World for that matter. One just completed was the Yeh Bros Cup in Beijing, China. Eighteen of the world's top twenty ranked players were in attendance. The field included 28 teams from around the world and three teams represented the USA. Note that the teams can be multi-national, that is have members from other countries.
This year the winning team was USA (Kranyak) splitting the top prize of $180,000. The winning team members (pictured above) were: John Hurd, John Kranyak, Vince Demuy, and Justin Lall. All four are top players from the USA.
Click here for more USA Team pictures.
Click here for Yeh Bros Cup home page.
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| Director List |
 Need a Club Director for your Club or Special Event?
The PCBA maintains a list of all certified club directors in Unit 141. If you are in need of a director on a regular basis or to fill in one time, you can request a copy of the Unit 141 list by sending an email to philadelphiabridge@gmail.com. We will send you the current list. If you are a director and want to make sure you are on the list (or have your name removed), you can send an email to the same address.
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| Fragrance Policy |
 District 4 Fragrance Free Policy
District 4 has a clear policy on keeping our tournaments free of strong scents. Strong scents include perfumes, any fragranced products, the smell of smoke, and poor personal hygiene. If you attend a tournament, please leave these scents behind.
Here is a link to the D4 policy on the District website.
Here is the complete text of the Fragrance Free Policy:
All Regional tournaments in District 4 are fragrance free. Players must refrain from wearing any of the following: cologne, after shave lotion, perfume, perfumed hand lotion, fragranced hair products, and/or similar products when participating in our tournaments. These fragrances can cause serious health issues for migraine sufferers and players with breathing-related problems. Strong scents, including fragrances, the smell of smoke, and poor personal hygiene violate the Zero Tolerance Policy.
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| Eight Is Enough |
 Eight
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Enough
Eight is Enough is a format for team games that is used in some team events.
Click Here for a description of how it works.
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