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 7:00 p.m. 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 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 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:

April 16 NVBA sectional stratiflighted pairs (silver points)
April 23 Stratiflighted unit championship
April 30 Stratiflighted unit championship
May 7 Stratiflighted club championship
May 14 WBL sectional stratiflighted pairs (silver points)
May 21 Online on bridgebase.com (Ohr Kodesh unavailable)

 

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.

NVBA Spring Sectional, April 16-19, Fairfax, VA

WBL Spring Sectional, May 14-17, Silver Spring, MD

Baltimore Summer Sectional, June 5-7, Catonsville, MD

Enter the WBL Round Robin!

The 2026 WBL Round Robin will begin on May 20, 2026. There will be two flights, A/X (Open) and B/C (0-3,000). This is a fun social event that can be played virtually or face to face. The entry fee is $50.00 for flight A/X and $40.00 for flight B/C. We invite players from NVBA, MBA and other units to participate! The deadline for entry is May 15, 2026.

First place in each flight will win their entry fee back! 

Round Robin Coordinators, Steve Robinson and Alex Gretsinger, will gladly help you to form or join a team of four to six players to play in the A/X or B/C Flights. In both flights, you'll play two 12-board matches against each of the other teams in your league. B/C eligible teams (or players) may play in both flights if they want. 

Open Flight rosters can be submitted by email to Steve Robinson. B/C flight rosters can be sent to Alex Gretsinger. Entries must include a designated captain, team roster, and contact information for the captain. Click here for the conditions of contest, which has all necessary details.

Payment can be made via check payable to the Washington Bridge League, and mailed to Bob Ives, 5120 Cammack Dr, Bethesda, MD 20816, or sent via Venmo to @WBL147. Cash is not accepted.

Don’t have teammates? Don’t have a partner? Don’t worry. Contact the Coordinators. They will make every effort to find a team for you.

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)

Updated leaderboards for this year's trophy races are coming soon. 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 the winners of the 2025 Open Flight Round Robin: Bill Cole, Pete Boyd, Steve Robinson, Mark Shaw, Mike Gill, and Noble Shore!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Flight B Round Robin: David Ball, Lilly Trabucco, John Huffman, Jason Carter, Archana Rathnakar, and Paul Marjoram!

Congratulations to the 2025 Eynon Trophy winners Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Alan Schwartz, Mark Shaw, and Bill Cole!

Congratulations to the 2025 Robinson Trophy winners Malik Magdon-Ismail and Usuf Magdon-Ismail!

Congratulations to Kim Gandy, the 2025 winner of the Machlin Sportsmanship Award. Read more about this award here.