| Palm Springs Unit 533 of the ACBL |
 WELCOME VISITORS
Our website has all the information you need about the duplicate bridge community across all nine cities in the Coachella Valley. Please use the page links on the left side of our home page to navigate the website.
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| CVBF Honors Nancy Erickson |
Nancy and Ron Erickson
On May 18th, at Duncan Bridge Center, in celebration of the support and leadership Nancy Erickson has provided to the Coachella Valley Bridge Foundation and our entire bridge community for over 20 years, CVBF recognized her contributions by naming the Intermediate/Newcomer section of the Duncan Bridge Center in her honor. A Chinese-style lunch was served, followed by words of praise and gratitude from CVBF board members, friends, and Nancy herself. Everyone enjoyed a game of bridge afterwards, in Open and 0-750 sections. Thank you, Nancy!
The CVBF Board pictured (l-r): Dewey Green, Lou Arevalo, Nancy Erickson, Ross Grabel, Hugh Meeks, Guy Bracket (President), Sean Lui (Executive Director-DBC), and David Peim.
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| Unit Games in Clubs Winners May 14th |
Congratulations
to Our May 14th
Unit Games in Clubs
Winners!
Duncan Bridge Center
Open
1st Overall - James Gundell & Ulrich Eckel, N/S
1st E/W - Jeffrey Reid & Laura Gherman
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| Unit 533 Annual Awards |
Barb Wegener was selected as the Unit’s Volunteer of the Year for 2025! Barb, a graduate of UCLA, spent her career in education with a focus on special needs students and physical education. She herself was a talented tennis player and golfer. Married to Bill, they have six children from their blended marriage. Barb served as a member of the Unit Board for three years and has continued as the Unit Championship Game coordinator. She also has volunteered several times as the decorator in Mick Riccio’s annual Halloween Extravaganza, was the food purchase coordinator for DBC one year, and worked hard to keep the bidding boxes at DBC in good form! Thank you Barb!
Mini-McKenney and Ace of Clubs Winners present at the Awards Program
(l. to r.) Lou Goldsmith, Briget Dugan, Chip Graves, Patti Hartley, Marty Blain, Valerie Aron, Ellie Pynes, David Kane, Kathy Rodeman, Rob Lucas, Sid Galton, Lynn Castoldi, Harriet Rossetti, Mark Borovitz, Doug Cairns, Denyse Raskin, Vickie Graves
For a complete list of the Mini-McKenney Award winners and the Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs Award winners, click on Awards and Races at the upper left of this home page.
The winner of the Barbara Sonsini Award in recognition of our top I/N player at the 2025 Palm Springs Regional is Kathy Rodeman
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| Your 2026 Bridge Bucket List |
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2026
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Summer 2026
NABC
North American Bridge Championships
Minneapolis, Minnessota
July 8 - 19
Minneapolis Convention Center
Click here for Complete Tournament Information
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Orange County Regional
September 7 - 13
Irvine Marriott Hotel
Click here for the Flyer
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Ventura Halloween Regional
October 26 - November 1
Ventura, California
Ventura Beach Marriott Hotel
Click here for the Flyer
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