| Unit 141 Sectionals |
We held a very successful sectional at Bala Golf Club January 6-8 2023 with 153 tables in play.
We are pleased to announce that our next sectional will be held at the King of Prussia Bridge Club on March 31st through April 2nd.
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| Important Announcement - New Election |
Important Announcement
During February we will be holding an election to seat members to our Unit Board.
The election held at the January sectional was found not to comply with our bylaws, which mandates electronic voting, such that all paid up members of the Unit can vote.
We will be sending electronic ballots in February to all unit members who are up to date on dues, have provided a valid email address to the ACBL, and have agreed to share that address with Districts and Units. You can view instructions on how to ensure you have a valid and shared email address here.
We have 12 candidates running for 11 open positions on the board. Once votes are tabulated by our secure and private service, Simply Voting, the top four candidates will receive 3 year terms, the next four candidates will receive 2 year terms, and the last three successful candidates will receive 1 year terms. Ties, if any, will be decided by lot.
You can view a list of candidates here.
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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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| Play in the NAPs |
 Why put the NAPs on THE BLACKLIST? Even Raymond Reddington has played in them!
To hear Red talk about his experience, Click Here.
(By the way, who is Steve Lyditt?)
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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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