| March Birthday Trio |
On March 13, Puritan celebrated the birthdays of three of its members, Bill Shaffer, Peter Griff, and Ellen Dilbert.
Friday the 13th brought happy days to these members!
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| ACBL-Wide Charity Game results |
Puritan participated in the ACBL-Wide Charity game on March 25.
Congrats to our local winners: Jen Reidy - John Jones Jr
A detailed analysis of the played hands can be found here.
Unfortunately, none of the Puritan players made the District or National overall rankings.
The National and District results can be found here.
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| Bridge Lessons |
Good News!
Puritan will be offering bridge lessons to new players and/or players who would like a refresher of basics.
Lessons will begin April 11 at 9:00 A.M.
$10 per person.
Spread the word and a big thank you to Kenny Wirkala for running these lessons with the help of Maureen Cullen!
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| Thank You to Mimi Roos |
 Puritan Bridge Club wishes to extend a huge thank you to Mimi Roos!
Mimi has served as secretary for over ten years! She was never shy about pointing the Board in the right direction. We will miss her thoughtful analysis as we approach decisions. Mimi will continue to be an important part of our club whenever she is not traveling the world with her husband Peter. We are happy to remain an important part of her full life and appreciate her service to Puritan. Keep loving life, Mimi!!
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| Annual Meeting of Puritan Bridge Club |
On September 16, 2025 the Annual Meeting of Puritan Bridge Club took place. After a quorum was determined, an election took place. Here is the new Board of Directors:
President: Chris Gorton
Vice President: Elaine Sheeran
Treasurer: George Melman
Secretary: Nora Schneider
Auditor: Larry Schell
House: Jerry Smith and Jeff Sweeney
Membership: Diane Ritchie
Bridge: Jenny Koenicke
Entertainment: Nancy Mullen and Maureen Cullen
Past President: Jeff Sweeney
Elaine Sheeran will continue in the role as club manager.
We are so pleased to welcome
Jerry Smith to our Board!
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| Puritan Events |
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We are pleased to announce some upcoming events!
Wednesday, April 8 will be a Team Game.
Wednesday, April 22 will be our spring luncheon.
May 11 will be our next mentor game.
Look for sign up sheets and more details!
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| Braintree Scholarship |
 Each year Puritan Bridge Club awards a $1,000 scholarship to a Braintree High School Senior. This year Mia Hargrave is the recipient of the award. Mia will study early childhood education at the University of Vermont. Congratulations, Mia!
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| ideas, Comments, Suggestions? |
We welcome feedback from our members!
Please express concerns or comments to our directors or any board member.
We try our best and want to hear from you.
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| Welcome! |
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Puritan Bridge Club is located at 22 Faxon St. Braintree, Mass. 02184
(781) 843-9621
We host five games each week.
Monday's game is for 499ers, starting at 10:15 am.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday games are Open games, starting at 10:15 am.
The Saturday Open game starts at noon.
On Thursdays we offer lessons for new players in non ACBL sanctioned sessions.
9:30 for lesson 10 to 12:15 for Beginners-Plus - Supervised play of the hands. Cost is $10.
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| Membership and table fees |
 Membership fees are $40 per year full time and $20 per year half time.
For members-table fees are $11
For non-member-table fees are $13
StaC games are $2.00 more.
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| Tournament News |
Tournament News
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The next District 25 Regional will be held April 14-19 in Southbridge, Mass.
www.nebridge.org
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