Registration is now open!

The Unit 171 Annual Unit Meeting and Springfest will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM  at Blue Ridge Community College, East Campus Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731.

There will be a brief business meeting followed by presentation of the 2025 Unit 171 masterpoint race awards, and then a Unit Championship Game. A catered lunch will be served at 12:30 PM. The game is expected to be completed by 3:30 PM.  There will be two sections - 0-750 masterpoints, and Open. 

As with last year, registration will be online, and will be by pair.  When you register, you will be asked for your partner's name, your approximate total masterpoints, and whether or not you need a stationary table.  THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING IS MONDAY, MARCH 16th, so that we can get an accurate count for lunch.

The cost will be $30 per pair for the lunch and the game. The lunch will be catered by Carolina Ace Barbeque.  The menu will incude pork barbeque, chicken barbeque, and sides.  There will also be dessert.  The Unit is subsidizing the lunch cost for the day.  If you would like to bring snacks to share for the morning, that would be most welcome, but it is not required.  There will be a space on the registration form for you to indicate if you will be bringing snacks.

A charge of $30.00 from WNC Unit 171 will appear on your credit card statement.

Please contact June Patton at junepatton@gmail.com or 781-771-9975 with questions.  

New to the 2026 Land of the Waterfalls Senior Games is - Party Bridge and Duplicate Bridge! 

Both games will take place at the French Broad Community Center (FBCC), 281 East French Broad Street, Brevard, NC  28712. 

The Party Bridge game is at 9:30 AM and the Duplicate Bridge game is at 1:00 PM. 

Applications are available at the FBCC and at other places around Brevard. 

You can also register online at http://torch.ncseniorgames.org/ . 

You MUST have a partner for either game.  We will not be providing a partnership service. 

Each partner MUST register separately.  There will be a space on the registration form to indicate who your partner is.  

The registration fee per person is $15.00. 

For more information, go the Transylvania County Recreation site.

Click HERE to register for the Free Beginning Bridge I Class.

Do you want to challenge your brain and keep it active in a fun way?  

Do you want to make new friends?  

Then join the FREE Bridge class beginning:

• Tuesday February 10th, at 9:30 AM, at the French Broad Community Center, 281 East French Broad Street, Brevard, NC  28712.  June Patton will teach the two-hour classes every Tuesday morning for 6 weeks. 

Pre-registration is required.

Who should take this class?  It is appropriate for:

• People who have never played bridge 
• People who have not played in a long time, 
• People wishing to improve their game.  

Bridge has changed a lot in the last 40 years.  You will learn the newest methods of bidding and playing.

The first class will start at the most basic level, proceed through opening bids and responses to opening bids, and some basic defensive and basic playing techniques.  We will be using a pre-publication version of a new book, and all materials will be provided free of charge. This introductory class is designed to give you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of bridge.

This class will be immediately followed by another six week class, Beginning Bridge II, where you will learn some more advanced bidding techniques (including Stayman and Jacoby Transfers, and how to handle more complex auctions), as well as additional play and defensive techniques. Beginning Bridge II is a follow-on to Beginning Bridge I.  If you have already taken a beginning bridge class a few times, you could start with the second class.

Pre-registration is required.  You can pre-register for both classes HERE. 

For further information contact:

• June Patton at 781-771-9975, or email junepatton@gmail.com

We have made some changes to our reservation policy for our Thursday and Friday duplicate games.  While we welcome everyone, we will be giving priority to our long-time players.    Please see below.  

1. Reservations will open for Brevard Bridge Club (BBC) members 14 days before the day of the game.  BBC members will have exclusive reservation access for ten days, until 12:01 AM three days before the game.  BBC members can continue to make reservations right up until game time.
2. A Brevard Bridge Club member is defined as anyone who has played in one of our games before June 30, 2024 - about seven months ago, OR has played in one of our face-to-face games at least 20 times.
3. Non-members can email June (junepatton@gmail.com) one week before the game to request a reservation.  Non-members may not make reservations through the website.  June will add them manually starting the morning three days before the game.
4. The game will be limited to no more than 14 tables on Friday and 13 tables for both sections on Thursday.
5. Reservations will be held until 10 minutes before game time.
6. Anyone who does not show up for a game without cancelling their reservation before game time will receive a warning the first time, and have their reservation privileges suspended for two weeks the second time.

We are not requesting reservations for Tuesdays  even though you will see a reservation icon on the calendar for that day.  

Instructions for how to do make a reservation are below. 

Please note that while you must be a BBC member to make a reservation,  you DO NOT need to login to do so.  

To make a reservation:

1. Click on the Calendar link in the menu to the left (or click HERE).
2. Click on the date of the game for which you would like to make a reservation.  Reservations may be made up to two weeks in advance.
3. Click on the Reservation Required link at the bottom of the popup window.  
   
4. You will see the current list of reservations.  Enter your email address, ACBL number, or name (exactly as it appears on the website) and then click the Check button.  Your email address will tend to work best here.
   
5. Enter your partner's name (and direction, if desired), and then click Add Reservation.button.
   
6. That's it!  You're done.

If you need to cancel your reservation, you can repeat steps 1 - 5.  Your existing reservation will be displayed, and you can click the Remove button at the bottom of the popup window.  Please cancel your reservation on the website.  Do not contact June to do it.

Reservations will be held until 10 minutes before game time.

Contact June Patton (junepatton@gmail.com) or 781-771-9975 with questions.