| 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 2022, with some schedule variations for tournaments and holidays.
The September 2022 Thursday evening WBL unit game schedule is as follows:
| September 1 |
online |
| September 8 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--NVBA Sectional |
| September 15 |
online |
| September 22 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--GNT qualifier |
| September 29 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--WBL Sectional |
The October 2022 Thursday evening WBL unit game schedule is as follows:
| October 6 |
online |
| October 13 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--Club Appreciation Pairs |
| October 20 |
online |
| October 27 |
in-person at Ohr Kodesh--Upgraded Club Championship |
The WBL and the NVBA hold a weekly Thursday evening joint unit game on Bridge Base Online, with separate open, flight B (under 2500), 499er, and 199er games. These online Thursday evening games will continue 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 four 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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| Annual Meeting and Elections |
The annual meeting will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 3:15 pm (before the second session at the WBL sectional tournament) at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center in Silver Spring. We will conduct our annual election of WBL officers and board members at the annual meeting. Information about the candidates is available here.
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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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| Local bridge tournaments are back! |
NVBA September Sensations sectional, September 8-11, click here for more information
WBL Fall Sectional, September 29--October 2, click here for more information
Lancaster regional, October 31-November 6, click here for more information
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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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