| Come Play at our Unit 141 Clubs! |
Click HERE for a detailed list of our Face to Face bridge clubs where you can play, socialize, and make new friends!
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| Unit 141 Fall Sectional - Cherry Hill, NJ |
Our next Sectional is September 25-27 in Cherry Hill, NJ at Game Friendzy (7 Carnegie Plaza, Suite 400 Cherry Hill, NJ 08003)!
Come and earn some important silver points!
Friday: Pairs
Saturday: Pairs
Sunday: Teams
Check out our flyer HERE!
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| NAP District 4 Finals |
The 2026 NAP District 4 Finals are coming up shortly! If you played at your club this summer in an NAP qualifying game and got qualified to participate in the District 4 NAP Finals competition, then don’t miss the opportunity to join in! Not only is it a fun time, it’s also an chance to earn gold points and to qualify for a subsidized trip to the Spring NABC competition in Dallas, TX (March 11-21, 2027).
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT: October 3-4, 2026 (no pre-registration required) ... South Jersey Bridge Club/Game Friendzy
"A" FLIGHT: October 24, 2026 (pre-registration ends 10/17/26) ... Harrisburg Bridge Club
"B" FLIGHT: October 3, 2026 (pre-registration ends 9/26/26) ... Canandaigua Duplicate Bridge Club OR Harrisburg Bridge Club OR North Penn Duplicate Bridge Club
"C" FLIGHT: October 24, 2026 (pre-registration ends 10/17/26) ... Canandaigua/First Congregational Church OR Harrisburg Bridge Club OR Jenkintown Bridge Club OR South Jersey Bridge Club/Game Friendzy OR West Elmira Town Community Center
Click HERE for more info!
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| 2026 Unit 141 Mystery Team Game |
The Unit 141 Game will be held on November 7th, 2026, at Bala Golf Club, with festivities from 10:00am to 4:30pm.
$15 for each Unit member includes a lesson from Joann Glasson, a catered brunch, a mystery team game, and lots of fun prizes!
Click HERE to access our flyer for more information!
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| New "PhillyBridge" Club Opened! |
Unit 141 has opened a new bridge club (PhillyBridge) to support bridge in Center City, Philadelphia. We use RSVPbridge for reservations. (Click on the title of this post to go to the PhillyBridge's website!)
We run an open game on Fridays at noon at the Cosmopolitan Club at 1616 Latimer St (between Locust and Spruce). Craig Bersak directs each Friday.
We're also holding Tuesday evening games at Old Pine Community Center, 401 Lombard St. Christina Valente directs an open game the 1st and 4th Tuesdays of each month, 6:30pm. Jay Apfelbaum runs a barometer learning game the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30pm.
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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.
If you want to play in the District 4 finals in September/October (Gold Points!), you need to qualify at a club during June, July, and August.
(By the way, who is Steve Lyditt?)
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| Top MP Holders Unit 141 |
Ever wonder who has the most master points? Or how many more you need to earn to make the Top 100 in our unit?
Click HERE to find out.
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| 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)
November 7, 2026 - Annual Meeting (To be posted)
September 24, 2026 (To be posted)
Archives of earlier meetings
August 7, 2026
June 25, 2026
April 7, 2026
January 8, 2026
Nov 9, 2025 - Annual Meeting
Oct 23, 2025
Sep 11, 2025
May 29, 2025
Apr 10, 2025
Jan 23, 2025
Jan 04, 2025
March 21, 2023
May 8, 2023
July 31, 2023
September 12, 2023
Annual Meeting October 7, 2023
November 13, 2023
January 22, 2024
May 13, 2024
July 15, 2024
Oct 07, 2024
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| Bridge Friend Forever - BFF |
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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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| 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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