Unit 147, Washington Bridge League
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Welcome to Unit 147, Washington Bridge League
WBL Unit Games

The Thursday evening unit game is held weekly at Ohr Kodesh Congregation, 8300 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. There are open and flight B (under 2500) games, attendance permitting. If you play against a masked pair, you must wear a mask if requested by one of them. 

The start time for the unit game has changed back to 7:30 pm.

If you need assistance finding a partner in advance of the game, please contact Barbara Doran at WBLpartnerships@gmail.com no later than 5 pm the day of the game. You may also click here to use the WBL online partnership desk to look for a partner ahead of time, or look for a partner at the game. Players looking for a partner can let the director know.

The schedule for upcoming Thursday evening in-person WBL unit games is as follows:

October 29 Stratiflighted unit championship; WBL players in the flight B game play free
November 5 Stratiflighted unit championship
November 12 Stratiflighted club championship
November 19 Grand National Teams qualifier (team game)
November 26 Closed for Thanksgiving

 

Click here for unit game results.

NEW: There is a zoom meeting every Friday from noon to 1 to discuss the previous evening's hands. You can join regardless of whether you played that night (the hands are available online at the unit game results link). We hope to see you there. Click here to join the meeting.
Upcoming Tournaments

WBL Fall Sectional, Silver Spring, MD, October 22-25

 
ABA Updates

Play bridge with our friends and neighbors at the other Washington bridge organization, the Washington Bridge Unit of the American Bridge Association. For information about the Washington Bridge Unit's activities and links to other ABA events, click here.
Who We Are

The Washington Bridge League (Unit 147 of the American Contract Bridge League) covers Washington, DC and its Maryland suburbs. The Washington Bridge League holds a weekly unit game on Thursday evenings, and usually holds three sectional tournaments each year. The Washington Bridge League also holds annnual round robin and knockout competitions played in less formal settings. Come join us and play the world's greatest game! 
New to Bridge (or Duplicate Bridge)?

Many resources for new players are available on the ACBL web site.  I especially recommend the (free!) software available here.  If you're an iOS user, Tricky Bridge is a great (and free) way to learn as well.
WBL Trophy Races are back!

The WBL has historically awarded trophies annually for four categories of players (with qualification based on masterpoints as of the beginning of the year): the Lovenberg trophy (no masterpoint restriction), the Cohen trophy (under 1500 masterpoints), the Tubbs trophy (non-life master and under 500 masterpoints), and the Woolridge trophy (under 20 masterpoints). The trophies are awarded to WBL members based on masterpoints won at WBL events (including the unit game, WBL sectionals, WBL KO and Round Robin, and the Thursday night section of NVBA sectionals held at Ohr Kodesh). These trophies were last awarded for 2019. We are restarting these trophy races, beginning with 2025. The results for 2025 are:

Lovenberg trophy: 1. Peter Boyd (78.44 mp), 2. Bob Bell (73.58 mp), 3. Steve Robinson (72.91 mp)

Cohen trophy: 1. James Berry (27.29 mp), 2. Brian Childers (22.31 mp), 3. David Ball (21.93 mp)

Tubbs trophy: 1. David Ball (21.93 mp), 2. Larry Pinkus (10.88 mp), 3. Utku Moral (9.97 mp)

Woolridge trophy: 1. Larry Pinkus (10.88 mp)

For this year's leaderboards, click here. For results of prior trophy races, click here.
Unit Knockout and Round Robin

The 2025 WBL Round Robin has been completed. Check out the results for Flight A here, and check out the results for Flight B here.

The 2026 WBL Knockout is underway. Check out the results so far here.
What's New?

Congratulations to WBL members who attained the rank of life master during 2025: David Ball, David Benson, Patsy Brannon, Wes Buchanan, Lawrence Dinkes, Morton Faller, Kim Gandy, Donald Gutman, Cathy McIntyre, Shirley Meddaugh, Michael Swift, and Lilly Trabucco!

Congratulations to the 2026 Eynon Trophy winners Mike Richey, Jay Kelkar, Lloyd Rawley, and Jim Geist!

Congratulations to the 2026 Robinson Trophy winners Mark Shaw and Marty Graf!

Congratulations to Linda Marshall, the 2026 winner of the Machlin Sportsmanship Award. Read more about this award here.
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