Bay State Bridge players are at the top of the Spring North American Bridge Championships in New Orleans, after winning both NABC+ events that concluded in the first four days! Zach Grossack and Linda Robinson won the Baldwin North American Pairs Wednesday and Thursday (Friday Daily Bulletin). Sheila Gabay and Lew Gamerman won the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs Friday and Saturday (Sunday Daily Bulletin). Mark Aquino and Robinson were third in the Silver Ribbons, and Alan Watson was sixth.

Robinson tops the masterpoint list with 156 points (all platinum) followed by Grossack at 106 and Gabay and Gamerman both at 100.

These were the first NABC+ victories for Gamerman and Robinson. The win makes Gamerman a Grand Life Master. Gabay now has four NABC+ wins and Grossack nine.

All Bay State Bridge games in March award extra masterpoints (64% or 82% of sectional tournament rating). Most are the same price as regular club games. Please see Calendar Month.

We're delighted to add an Intermediate/Newcomer game to our weekly schedule. Please join us and tell your friends!

Congratulations to Bay State Bridge players:

• who advanced in masterpoint rank in January, including Gold Life Master (2500 points) Carolyn Krebs
• who rank high in 2023 masterpoint races, including district leaders Barbara Tarlin, Marina Polestra, Stewart Rubenstein, Sheila Gabay, and Zach Grossack

For complete lists, please see Masterpoint Achievements on our site and Masterpoint Races and Member Rank Achievements on the ACBL site.

Congratulations to Bay State Bridge players who won 2022 masterpoint races, including:

• unit Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs winners Sue Geer, Sam Gallo, Bob Gervis, Barbara Murphy, Carole Weinstein, and Haven Sharaf
  • Murphy also won her district race
• unit Mini McKenney winners Dori Senerchia, Rita Vachani, Ethan Wood, Larry Lebowitz, Harrison Luba, Barbara Murphy, Carole Weinstein, and Adam Grossack
  • Wood, Lebowitz, Murphy, Weinstein, and Grossack also won their district races
  • Wood also won his ACBL-wide race
• Harrison Luba was the top youth (under 20) in our district and second ACBL-wide
• Zach Grossack, Ethan Wood, Harrison Luba, and Emma Kolesnik were the first, second, third, and fifth juniors (under 26) in our district and ranked first, sixth, eighth, and tenth ACBL-wide
• Adam and Zach Grossack, Larry Lebowitz, Sheila Gabay, Ethan Wood, and Stephen Gladyszak were the top six in our district in total masterpoints
  • Adam and Zach were sixth and eighth ACBL-wide
• Zach Grossack was the Player of the Year (most platinum points in NABC+ events at the three North American Bridge Championships). Adam Grossack ranked fifth and Larry Lebowitz tied for ninth.

For complete lists, please see Masterpoint Achievements on our site and Masterpoint Races and Member Rank Achievements on the ACBL site.

On 2021 June 1 Newton Bridge Club and Westwood Duplicate Bridge Club joined forces and resumed in-person duplicate bridge. We have a new name

Bay State Bridge

two new venues

Italo American Educational Club
75 Pleasant Street, Wellesley*

Temple Ner Tamid of the North Shore
368 Lowell Street, Peabody*

and a new schedule.

We require proof of vaccination. Masks are optional.†

— Tim Hill, David Metcalf, and Gary Peterson

* Both venues are minutes from route 128. For directions, please see How to Find Us.

† For everyone’s safety and peace of mind, we require COVID vaccination, including a booster if eligible. Please note that “up to date” vaccination now includes a new updated bivalent booster, and we urge you to get one as soon as practical. So we can assure you that everyone is vaccinated and boosted, please show us your CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card or some other proof of vaccination the first time you come. Masks are optional, but many of us choose to wear them. If someone asks you to wear a mask while you’re sharing a table with them, please do so graciously without question.

The ACBL continues running Support-Your-Club online games that proportionately benefit whatever clubs you played at in 2019. Thank you for your support!

The Westwood, Puritan, Mid-Cape, and Dennis-Yarmouth clubs are most grateful for your participation in the Westwood/Puritan/Cape Online games, which ended when we resumed in-person play. Thank you!

The 7NTWorld group still runs their online games.

Please click here and read the promise we made on your behalf to newcomers and advancing players.