Our state-wide online tournament in January-March of 2021 was so successful that we're doing it again in 2022.

The tournament will be held on BBO at 10:00 on six consecutive Saturdays starting January 8, 2022.  The results of all six sessions will be combined to designate state champions in each of three flights: 0-500, 500-1500 and 1500+ masterpoints.

The first session on January 8 saw 27 pairs participating.  Results are available on the Bridge Studio website.  The standings after two weeks will be posted here after Saturday's games complete.

For more details, you can read the flyer by clicking here.

The 2022 Blue Hen Sectional Tournmanent

February 18-20, 2022 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington.

Line up your partner(s) and save the dates!  Pre-register early by email to sectional@unit190.org telling us in what sessions you plan to play and with which partners and teammates. We don't want to have to combine some flights if there are insufficient entries in a particular event.

We will comply with all applicable restrictions on indoor events.  In Delaware you are currently required to wear a mask at all times while in the Bridge Studio.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

Grand Life Master Rick Rowland passed the 20,000-masterpoint mark earlier this year, gaining the last several hundred while playing online.

He is pictured here with his grandchildren, who we assume are kibitzing his online play, or perhaps helping with his duties as Vice President for the DSBA Board. 

Congratulations to Rick on his accomplishments in the bridge world and a huge THANKS! from DSBA for all the work he has done to promote and support bridge.

CALLING ALL OF RICK'S PARTNERS and OPPONENTS: Have a favorite bridge story about Rick?  We would love to hear it. Send any and all stories to Trina Williams (tswilliams47@gmail.com) as we roast Rick in the next publication of The Dummy!

Familiar Faces, Familiar Places — Time to get back to the tables!

The future of bridge in Delaware depends on our clubs, but they are facing significant obstacles to reopening for face-to-face play. Attendance is down from pre-pandemic levels at those clubs that have reopened. Some players are playing online but are reluctant to return to the clubs in person.  Some have stopped playing altogether. The Delaware State Bridge Association (ACBL Unit 190) has started an initiative to help Delaware clubs who have novel ideas for drawing former and new players back to the clubs.  The DSBA will offer financial backing and other support for experiments by clubs intended to get them back in operation quickly. 

If you have an idea that you think will help revitalize face-to-face participation, please contact your local club or Kim Holm (kimrholm13@gmail.com), who heads the DSBA’s initiative. In the meantime, support your local club by playing there in person!

You can read more about the DSBA initiative in the minutes of the most recent DSBA Board meeting, here.

See you at the tables!

There are many resources available to assist bridge players in improving their game. Some of the best are available free and online.  This month we highlight learning resources provided by "LEARNBRIDGE.NYC".  Whether your interest is declarer play, conventions, defense, or strategy, LEARNBRIDGE.NYC can help.  Click on the link image below to go directly to their site.

More learning links are available in the library