| 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, with a pre-game intermediate/novice lesson at 7:00. Click here for more details about the reopening of the in-person unit game. NVBA holds in-person unit games on the Thursdays when WBL does not hold an in-person game. We plan to resume weekly in-person unit games beginning in September of 2022. The next in-person game at Ohr Kodesh will be held on June 30th.
The WBL and the NVBA hold a weekly Thursday evening joint unit game on Bridge Base Online, with open, flight B (under 2500), 499er, and 199er. These online Thursday evening games will contine while in-person games are held bi-weekly at each location. The 499er and 199er games start at 7:05 pm, and the open and flight B games start at 7:15 pm. WBL and NVBA alternate running the five 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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| Masks at the unit game |
We are not requiring that all players wear masks at the Thursday night unit game. However, we do require that you wear a mask that covers your mouth and nose if anyone at your table asks you to wear a mask. Please bring a mask to the game to wear if someone at the table asks you to wear one (though we will have extras at the game in case anyone forgets to bring one).
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| Third Wednesday Evening Monthly District 6-Wide Pairs Game |
District 6 holds a monthly virtual club game on the evening of the third Wednesday of each month. As members of District 6, all WBL members are eligible to play in this event. There are three flights: 0-199, 0-999, and open. Game time is 7:05 pm for the 0-199 game, 7:10 pm for the 0-999 game, and 7:15 for the open game. For more information, click here.
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| Local bridge tournaments are back! |
Baltimore regional August 22-28, 2022, click here for more information
NVBA September Sensations sectional, September 8-11, click here for more information
WBL Fall Sectional, September 29--October 2, more details coming soon
Lancaster regional, October 31-November 6, click here for more information
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| Get ready to play at Ohr Kodesh: submit your vaccination information to get an Ohr Kodesh VaxPass |
To play at WBL’s unit game at the Ohr Kodesh Congregation (OKC), you must be fully vaccinated (including a booster) for COVID-19 unless you have a documented medical exemption from vaccination. Documentary evidence of vaccination or medical exemption is required to enter the OKC building. To facilitate the entry process, OKC is issuing an OKC VaxPass to individuals who submit a proof of vaccination or medical exemption. Please fill out the form available here and submit it electronically to OKC. VaxPass holders will be able to access OKC in future by showing their VaxPass.
Players can enter OKC by providing proof of vaccination instead of a VaxPass, but this may delay the start of the game. Please help us start the game on time by obtaining your VaxPasses in advance of game day. Players with a documented medical exemption from vaccination must obtain an OKC VaxPass in advance of game day in order to play. In order to keep medical information safe, OKC will delete the uploaded image of a person’s vaccination certificate/medical exemption within 48 hours after it is received.
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| Message from the WBL President |
April 5, 2022
We are delighted to announce that the Washington Bridge League (WBL) will be opening for face-to-face play every other week at the Ohr Kodesh Congregation (OKC) starting Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Initially, the WBL in-person game will be held every other week, alternating with the Northern Virginia Bridge Association until the end of July 2022. Every Thursday evening, one unit will host the in-person game and the other unit will host an online game, and members of both units are welcome to play in either game.
We hope to resume weekly in-person unit games at OKC beginning August 2022.
It has been a long couple of years, but WBL remains financially healthy and ready to resume normal operations. By normal operations, I mean holding Thursday unit games, holding Sectionals, and continuing to offer educational programs to those seeking to learn the game of bridge and enhance the skills of those who already play it.
Those who wish to play in-person at OKC must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, including a booster, or have a documented medical exemption from vaccination. Documentary evidence of vaccination or medical exemption is required to enter the OKC building. To facilitate the entry process, OKC is issuing an OKC VaxPass to individuals who submit proof of vaccination or medical exemption.
To prepare for our first in-person game at OKC, please, if you have not done so already, fill out the form attached to the email sent to you by WBL on March 20, 2022, and submit it electronically to OKC. OKC will send your VaxPass by USPS soon thereafter. VaxPass holders will be able to access OKC in the future by showing their VaxPass.
Players may enter OKC by providing proof of vaccination instead of the VaxPass, but this may delay the start of the game. So please help us start the game on time by obtaining your VaxPass in advance of game day. Players with a documented medical exemption from vaccination must obtain the OKC VaxPass in advance of game day in order to play.
We are looking forward to seeing you in the coming weeks.
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| View the Latest Solvers' Club Problems |
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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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