| WBL Unit Games |
The Thursday evening in-person unit game is back on a bi-weekly schedule. The game starts at 7:30 p.m., and is held at Ohr Kodesh Congregation, 8300 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. There are open, flight B (under 2500), and 499er games, attendance permitting, with a pre-game intermediate/novice lesson at 7:00. Click here for more details about the reopening of the in-person unit game (including a vaccination requirement and an obligation to wear a mask if requested by someone at your table). The bi-weekly in-person schedule will continue through the end of July 2023, with some schedule variations for tournaments and holidays.
The unit game guaranteed partner is currently suspended. If you need assistance finding a partner in advance of the game, please contact Barbara Doran at WBLpartnerships@gmail.com no later 5 pm the day of the game. You may also look for a partner at the game. Players attending the pre-game lesson may be matched after the lesson, and other players looking for a partner can let the director know.
The schedule for upcoming Thursday evening WBL unit games is as follows:
| May 18 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--stratiflighted unit championship |
| May 25 |
online |
| June 1 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--North American Pairs qualifier (no NVBA online game) |
| June 8 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--WBL sectional stratiflighted pairs (no NVBA online game) |
The schedule for 2023 through the end of June is available here.
The WBL and the NVBA hold a weekly Thursday evening joint unit game on Bridge Base Online, with separate open, flight B (under 2500), and 499er games. These online Thursday evening games will continue while in-person games are held bi-weekly at each location. However, NVBA will hold in-person games every week during June 2023; therefore, there will be no online game on any Thursdays in June when WBL also holds an in-person game. The 499er game start at 7:05 pm, and the open and flight B games start at 7:15 pm. WBL and NVBA alternate running the three sections of this game. Click here for more details, including how to register and play. If you are new to BBO, new to BBO tournaments, or need more specific instructions on participating in the game, click here. For special instructions on registering to participate in our online limited masterpoint games, click here. Tutorials on using BBO from the ACBL website are available here. For more information about how to disclose your bidding and carding methods to your opponents during online play, click here.
Click here for unit game results.
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
Richmond Memorial Day Regional, Richmond, VA, May 22-28
Baltimore Sectional, Catonsville, MD, June 2-4, schedule available here
WBL Spring Sectional, Silver Spring, MD, June 8-11 (and see our new restaurant guide)
National Capital 4th of July Regional, Reston, VA, July 3-9
WBL Summer Sectional, Silver Spring, MD, August 3-6, schedule TBA
Baltimore Regional, Baltimore, MD, August 21-27
See the tournament page for a list of all 2023 local tournaments
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| Message from the WBL President |
Read the latest message, dated August 17, 2022, from WBL President Hadi Abushakra about the status of the return to in-person bridge here.
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| ABA Updates |
Play bridge with our friends and neighbors at the other Washington bridge organization, the Washington Bridge Unit of the American Bridge Association. As with the ACBL, the ABA have moved entirely online for the foreseeable future, and is running online games on BBO. Check out their schedule of online ABA events here.
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