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Welcome to the Westchester Contract Bridge Association, part of the ACBL's District 3.

Club Corner

This is where you can read about news and events happening at our local clubs.

Heritage Hills has joined The Common Game! This means that all of the Open clubs in Unit 188 are playing under The Common Game umbrella. You can all compare notes!

The Bridge Deck is holding a Club Championship game Friday March 29. Extra points, no extra charge!

The last week in April is Stardust Week! Clubs online and face-to-face can offer 1/4 gold points.

Another STaC is coming! Compete at your local club against players across the greater NYC region for silver points, during the week from March 31 to April 4. Hartes' Club, the Bridge Deck and Heritage Hills are all participating.

The last STaC week took place in January, that one was Royal, with strong performances bringing home 1/4 gold, 1/4 red, 1/4 silver and 1/4 black points. Click here for the full results.

Going back to 2023, click here for full results from the District 3 STaC in June, and here for the Royal STaC in October.

Visit the Local Club section for links and information about regularly scheduled games.

 

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Welcome to the Westchester Contract Bridge Association, part of the ACBL's District 3.

Spring in Westchester
Spring in Westchester

 

It's Time to Start Planning For Unit 188's Spring Event!

 

 

Save the date! Sunday April 28th the Unit will host a Swiss Teams competition and honor 2023's Ace of Clubs and Mini-McKenney winners, as well as holding its Annual General Meeting.

As in the past the venue will be the Beach Point Country Club in Mamaroneck.

This year the fee will be $50 per person or $200 per team, a rate subsidized by the Unit. That includes breakfast pastries and a gourmet lunch.

Last year 34 teams were in attendance. Let's aim to surpass that this year!

Entries go to Jill Marshall or Rick Rosenthal. Click here for the entry form. The application deadline is April 18th.

 

Player Performance

The lists of Masterpoint Award winners for 2023 are in!

Click here to see Ace of Clubs winners, and here for the Virtual Ace of Clubs winners, for those who play a lot online.

The ACBL website has a list of Mini-McKenney winners, that includes points won at larger tournaments. Click here to see it.

 

Well done to all for ACBL Rank Promotions in March!

Congratulations to new Silver Life Masters Keith Bronitt and Michele Lazar, new Bronze Life Master Bonni Bleustein and new Life Master Deborah Rappaport.

Likewise to new Advanced NABC Masters Melanie Appelbaum and Gina Davanzo, new NABC Master Ruth Chizzini and new Regional Masters Maria Arnett, Kelly Corwen and Michael Zoulis.

Click here for links to full ACBL information and current status for 2024 Masterpoint races.

And shout outs to those who did well in the latest District 3 Regionals!

Ron Gerard and Nancy Molesworth won pairs events on Monday and Wednesday. And Ron won teams events alongside Jeff Aker, Glenn Milgrim and Richard Oshlag on Tuesday and Thursday.

Other Unit 188 players scoring points included Barbara Loprete, Carol Kushnick and Susan Goldenberg.

See the full results roundup for the 2024 District 3 Winter Regional here.

And more shout outs to those who did well in the Royal STaC in October!

Sydel Newman and Harriet Lieb at Heritage Hills, who topped 157 tables on Monday afternoon -- and Jill Marshall and Paul Lewis at Hartes' Club, who did best competing in a 90-table field on Wednesday afternoon. Well done!

Get the full results roundup for the October Royal STaC by clicking here. Unit 188 had no District-wide winners in the January Royal STaC, although Cliff Nebel appeared on the leaderboard a few times with different partners. Click here for the full results.

 

Neighboring Events

Here's what's happening in neighboring Units:

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Are you looking for an evening FTF game? Very rare, but there's an invitational game Thursday nights in Poughkeepsie. Email Jack Parry (joparry40 at gmail.com) or click for the full New Hudson River Bridge club flyer.

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 -- Spring Sectional -- April 5-7 in Ridgewood, NJ -- click here for info on the ACBL website.

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-- Spring Sectional -- May 3-5 in Poughkeepsie, NY -- click here for ACBL info.

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-- Newcomer and Intermediate Sectional, Saturday May 11 in Newtown, CT. Click here for ACBL info, or here for the flyer.

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-- Unit 140 holds its Spring Sectional May 17-19 in Edison, NJ. Click here for ACBL info.

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-- Summer Sectional, Aug. 9-11 in Stamford, CT. Click here for ACBL info.

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-- Autumn Sectional -- Sept. 6-8 in Ridgewood, NJ -- click here for ACBL info.

 

 

Results
Spring in Westchester
Director: Aviv Shahaf
Grand National Teams

21 teams turned out for the 2024 District 3 GNT finals in Allendale Saturday Feb. 24.

New Jersey players dominated the leaderboard but at least 2 teams from Unit 188 came away with red points.

See results here.

District 3 Regionals

District 3 held its latest Winter Regional in Suffern January 14-18.

Ron Gerard and Nancy Molesworth won two pairs events and Ron also took two team titles alongside Jeff Aker, Glen Milgrim and Richard Oshlag. Click here for a partial results roundup, or here for a full roundown on ACBL Live.

Results from the last Summer Regional in Fairfield, NJ in June can be found on ACBL Live, or click to see results from the 2023 Winter Regional here.

And save the dates for the next regionals, July 7-11, 2024 and January 19-23, 2025.

Passings

A memorial service for Julian Laderman, who played at the Bridge Deck, took place on Sunday, Oct. 22 at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

We sadly note the passings of several other members in 2023: Joan Katz and Eva Lampert. In late 2022 we lost Kathy Fino, Cheryl Feldman and Beverly Jansen, as well as Ingrid Zablauskas Nargi.

Calendar
April 28, 2024
Spring in Westchester
Beach Point Country Club, Mamaroneck 10am
Swiss teams, AGM and honoring outstanding 2023 performances
 More Info
July 7, 2024
District 3 Summer Regional
Fairfield, NJ
District 3 Summer Regional runs July 7-11, 2024.
 More Info
January 19, 2025
District 3 Winter Regional
Suffern, NY 10am
District 3 Joan Gerard Regional runs Jan. 19-23 2025
 More Info