2024 Election

The nominating committee has named a slate of candidates for election to the board.

April Apfelbaum

John Nothdurft

Pam Scalamandre

There are three open positions and three candidates - if no other candidates come forward, we will not need to hold an election and the three candidates will be seated by acclamation.  Should additional candidates place themselves on the ballot, we will hold the election during the January sectional Jan 5-7 2024

Should we need to hold an election, all paid up PCBA members will be able to vote, and will be able to vote by secret ballot.  Specific instructions will be posted here once the deadline for new candidates to place themselves on the ballot arrives on Dec 7, 2023

2023 Election Results and Board Officers

Your new Unit board met March 21, 2023 and elected officers for the duration of CY 2023

Full board and terms:

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!

Benefit for Women's Center of Montgomery County at Philadelphia Cricket Club

Luncheon to be followed by bridge and other fun activities

Click here for details

In Memoriam

Jane Ball, a long time member of Unit 141, passed away October 16th.  Jane originally hailed from the UK and for years ran successful games in New Hope and Doylestown and was a special friend and teacher to Intermediate and Novice players

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

New Tricks Bridge Club

Fabulous new effort to attract new players and improve the game for all intermediates.

Check out these links on their YouTube Channel. 

       (Note: If link does not work, you may have to copy and paste the URL into your browser (Google security thing)).

        Or just Google "New Tricks Bridge Club".

Introduction to New Tricks: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqBdhiWyRpg&t=0s

Master Series to watch and listen to experts play hands!
                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMifqV6Z9RQ&t=24s 

GoFundMe Campaign to help support this effort:
                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BciaF4NWk   
 

This is definitely worth checking out!

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.

Great TED Talk on the value of bridge.

Excellent description of bridge for introducing the game to beginners.

Click Here to watch video.

Or copy and paste this URL:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YICFXRPFek0

Why You Should Play Bridge

Just Google "Keep Bridge Alive"

To learn the reasons and how you can help fund the project. 

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).

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.

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.

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.

Eight
Is
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.