| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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