Congratulations to Marie Filandro on exceeding 10,000 Master Points!

Here's a shot of Marie with a "Queen of Hearts" cake at the Blue Hen Sectional to celebrate her achievement.

Consider attending one of these Sectional tournaments close to Delaware. Both will take place April 4-6, so you'll have to choose just one.  Click the link below for the appropriate flyer.

The Spring PSBA Sectional at the Bala Country Club in Philadelphia PA.

The WBL Spring Sectional in Silver Spring, MD.

The 2025 Blue Hen Sectional Tournament

February 21-23, 2025 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington

Line up your partner(s) and save the dates! 

Lunch will be included between sessions each day.

This will be a cashless tournament: only debit and credit cards will be accepted for entry fees.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

Bridge In View NLM 0-500 Sectional Tournament

September 20-21, 2024 in Ocean View, DE.

This silver point tournament is open only to players with 500 or fewer masterpoints.  It will feature sessions for players with 0-20, 0-100, and 0-500 masterpoints spread over the mornings and afternoons of two days. Play once, play twice, or play all four sessions; the choice is yours.  Prizes will be awarded for session winners.  Lunch is complimentary.  And if you register ahead of time and need a partner, we guarantee to find you one!

More details are available on the event flyer, or contact one of the Tournament Co-Chairs, Paula Varrassi (pvarrassi @ gmail.com) and Trina Williams (trinasw47 @ icloud.com).

Walk-ins are welcome but space is limited.  Register early to guarantee your place.  Click here for the pre-registration form.

If you've never played in a tournament, that's OK.  We'll have folks available to explain how it works and help you get comfortable before play begins.

The 2024 Diamond State Sectional Tournament

September 6-8, 2024 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington.
Line up your partner(s) and save the dates!

This will be a cashless tournament. Pay by card at the door. Pre-registration is not required.

There will be no vaccination requirements and masks will not be required unless requested by opponents at your table.

The Annual Meeting of the DsBA will be held between sessions Saturday.  If you are a member of Unit 190 please plan to attend.

For questions, contact sectional@unit190.org
or see the tournament flyer here.

The 2024 Blue Hen Sectional Tournament

February 23-25, 2024 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington

Line up your partner(s) and save the dates! 

Lunch will be included between sessions each day.

This will be a cashless tournament: only debit and credit cards will be accepted for entry fees.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

The 2023 Dave Treadwell Sectional Tournament

December 8-10 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington.

Save the dates and line up your partner(s) now!

Lunch will be included between sessions each day.

This will be a cashless tournament: only debit or credit cards will be accepted for entry fees.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

The 2023 Diamond State Sectional Tournmanent

September 8-10, 2023 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington.
Line up your partner(s) and save the dates!

This will be a cashless tournament.  You can register and pay for events online in advance through the ACBL tournament website (for help, click here), or pay by card at the door. Pre-registration is not required.

There will be no vaccination requirements and masks will not be required unless requested by opponents at your table.

For questions, contact sectional@unit190.org
or see the tournament flyer here.

The DSBA is excited to announce the opening (reopening?) of the Shuffles club in Ocean View, Delaware! The new club, Shuffles 2, will be owned and managed by Donna Heckscher.

A Grand Opening game will be held Thursday, July 13, 2023 starting at 12:30 at the Ocean View Presbyterian Church. Everyone is welcome to the new club, but please text, call or email to reserve a place for the inaugural game, Space is limited.

Call or text Donna at  215-817-2465 or email her at shuffles2023 @ gmail.com

Games will continue every Thursday at 12:30. 

A welcome event!  See you at the tables!

DSBA is repeating the popular Mentoring Program that was run in 2022. We are working on gathering mentees from our student and beginner classes and are looking for mentors. It is our plan to start the program in late May, soon after the Bridge at the Beach Regional.

• Mentor/Mentee pairs will play on six consecutive Tuesdays at the Bridge Studio with a break midway through each session for mentees and mentors to review play. First planned day of play: May 9, starting at 6:30 PM.
• Mentees should have 0-99 masterpoints, $12 per session
• Mentors must be Life Masters, free play

Please join us as either mentee to learn from experienced players or as mentor to share your knowledge and love of the game. This was a very popular event when last run and we hope to make it an annual event to benefit our I/N (Intermediate/Novice) Players.

Click here for a more detailed program description and here for a registration form.

Contact Don Adams (dwadams69 at gmail.com) with any questions, comments or suggestions.

The 2023 Blue Hen Sectional Tournament

February 24-26, 2023 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington

Line up your partner(s) and save the dates! 

Lunch will be included between sessions each day if COVID restrictions allow.

This will be a cashless tournmanent: only debit and credit cards will be accepted for entry fees.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

The 2022 Dave Treadwell Sectional Tournament

December 16-18 at the Bridge Studio in Wilmington.

Save the dates and line up your partner(s) now!

Lunch will be included between sessions so long as COVID restrictions allow.

This will be a cashless tournament: only debit or credit cards will be accepted for entry fees.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

The 2022 Southern Delaware Sectional tournament is scheduled for October 19-21, 2022, in Rohoboth Beach. 

The dates for this event have changed from those originally planned! 

Click here for more information.

For results of the 2022 Diamond State Sectional tournament, held September 9-11, click here.  Tournament attendance was especially high for the pairs games on Friday and the team games on Sunday.  Thanks to all who participated!

DSBA is restarting the popular Mentoring Program that was last run in 2018, pre-pandemic. We are working on gathering mentees from our student and beginner classes and are looking for mentors. It is our plan to start the program in late May, soon after the Bridge at the Beach Regional.

• Mentor/Mentee pairs will play on six consecutive Tuesdays at the Bridge Studio with a break midway for mentees and mentors to review play. First planned day of play: May 24, starting at 6:30 PM.
• Mentees should have 0-99 MP’s , $12 per session
• Mentors must be Life Masters, free play

Please join us as either mentee to learn from experienced players or as mentor to share your knowledge and love of the game. This was a very popular event when last run and we hope to make it an annual event to benefit our I/N (Intermediate/Novice) Players.

Click here for a more detailed program description and here for a registration form.  Contact Don Adams (dwadams69 at gmail.com) with any questions, comments or suggestions.

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!

Results for the State Online Championship Tournament are in! The tournament was held on BBO on six consecutive Saturdays starting January 8, 2022.  The results of all six sessions were combined to designate state champions in each of three flights: 0-500, 500-1500 and 1500+ masterpoints.

The winning players in the three flights are:

Flight A: Soley Kristjansdottir

Flight B: Kim Holm

Flight C: Kristin Haroldsdottir

The final standings for players in each flight can be viewed here.  Trophies will be awarded to the winners at the Blue Hen Sectional Tournament February 10-20.

Individual game results are available on the Bridge Studio website. 

The Southern Delaware Regional Tournament will take place May 2-6, 2022 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Make your plans to attend today!   Click here for a schedule of events and other details in the event flyer.

The Breakers Hotel offers guaranteed special Bridge rates of $98 for a standard room or $152.10 for a suite. These rates are available until April 1 or until the block of reserved rooms is filled. Contact information is in the flyer.

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.  All participants will be required to wear masks while in the Bridge Studio.

For more details, see the tournament flyer here.

The 2021 Dave Treadwell Sectional Tournament will be held at the Bridge Studio of Delaware, 1403 Foulkstone Plaza, Suite 203, Wilmington, Delaware 19803 on December 10-12, 2021.

All players must show proof of a CDC-approved course of vaccination against COVID-19, with the required 14 days having passed after the last required dose.

Players will be required to wear a mask if anyone sitting at their table requests it.  It is recommended that players wear masks while away from their tables, milling around the room before or after the session, etc.

Preregistration is strongly encouraged: please email sectional@unit190.org. We will not turn away vaccinated players who have not preregistered if we have space to accommodate them.  However, preregistration makes our planning much easier, and makes it much easier for us to check your vaccination status when we are working off a list of players who say they are coming.

Due to Covid-19 precautions we do not expect to be able to serve lunch.

You can read the flyer here for schedules and directions.  Watch this space for updates.

Congratulations to the Winter 2021 Delaware State Champions!

Flight A: Terry Patton
Flight B: Judy Cronin and Debbie Schenkel (tie)
Flight C: Stefan Haroldsson

[photo credit for Terry with his as-yet-undelivered trophy: Kristin Haroldsdottir]

Here are the top 15 players in each flight after all 9 weeks.

Results and hand records:
Week 1 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 2 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 3 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 4 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 5 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 6 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 7 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 8 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C
Week 9 games:  Flight A, Flight B, Flight C

Selfies submitted by some of the participants

On July 22, Unit 190's own David Venetianer won the North American Online Bridge Championships (NAOBC) 0–5000 Knockout Teams event as part of team "Mr. 1700 and Friends".  In addition to David the team included Eric Gentleman (Captain), Richard Franklin (David's longtime friend and partner), Paul Holmes, AJ Stephani and Isaac Stephani.   This was a four-day knock-out event with a single match each day.  In a remarkable performance, the Mr. 1700 and Friends team never trailed in any quarter of any of their matches throughout the event. They defeated the defending champions in the final round.  Please join us in congratulating David on his victory!

Come join us for the 2021 Southern Delaware Sectional Tournament, to be held at the Epworth United Methodist Church  in beautiful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Oct. 21-23!

It will be an opportunity to play “face-mask-to-face-mask” bridge and enjoy the game live again.

Proof of vaccination is required and masks are required full time except when taking a drink.

No food or drinks will be provided but you can bring your own drinks into the playing area. There will be plenty of break time for lunch at a local restaurant or you can bring your own and eat outside or in the church lobby.

Please join us and continue the process of bringing “live” bridge back! Make sure and bring your wheelbarrow to bring home the silver!

And please let us know by email to sectional@unit190.org if you're planning to attend. It's not required, but it will help us plan.

                You can read the event flyer by clicking here.  Keep your eye on this website for the latest information.

The Delaware State Bridge Association will hold its ANNUAL MEETING virtually on September 14, 2021 at 7:15 PM.

ACBL members in Unit 190 are asked to attend and vote their approval or disapproval of the following slate of candidates: Kim Holm, Sally Humphrey, Mark Nehra, Trina Williams, Rick Rowland and Richard Popper. If the slate is approved, then additional nomination(s) will be taken from the floor to elect one more Board member.

The following members are returning to the Board to complete their two-year term (2020-2022): Harold Jordan, Soley Kristjansdottir, Mark Henderson, Ala Hamilton-Day, William Herdle and Tom Tully. The Board appointed Rohan Mandayam to complete Debbie Schenkel’s two-year term, which will end in 2022.  Caroline Hughes, Eli Solomon, Brenda Vogel, Judy Cronin and Scott Freber will be retiring from the board at the end of their term. Sincere thanks go to these Board members for their dedication and service to the members of Unit 190.

To join the meeting use the following link at 7:15 PM EDT on September 14:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89118320381?pwd=bjk3RkdMV2ZDYjJtREthMHptM3Yydz09
Meeting ID: 891 1832 0381
Passcode: 505802

The Diamond State Sectional Tournament will be held September 10-12, 2001 at the newly renovated and relocated Bridge Studio of Delaware, 1403 Foulk Rd., Wilmington.

Silver master points will be awarded.

Pre-Registration is required no less than 48 hours before each event.
To pre-register, email Caroline Hughes, including name, email and approximate ACBL masterpoints for you and your partner(s) and listing the events for which you wish to pre-register.

At this time we expect that all participants must show proof of vaccination and must wear masks.  Requirements may change to comply with government and ACBL guidelines.

Food will not be served.  We have collected a partial list of local dining options.

Click to see the tournament Flyer

For more details, please read the Frequently Asked Questions.

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23ffffff&ctz=America%2FNew_York&src=YXF2OWFtcnZ0dGthcGo0aDkxMW52ZTMyaDhAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&color=%237CB342&mode=WEEKOnline Bridge offers many features that are not available when playing live. Perhaps the most exciting and useful feature is the HISTORY TAB.  Here you will find a complete play-by-play account of every hand played at every table in your tournament or team match.  For instructions on how to use the HISTORY TAB to best advantage follow the link below

USING THE HISTORY TAB

Take advantage of the daily opportunities to play duplicate bridge with local friends and colleagues.  Just look at the schedule below! Pairs events for ACBL masterpoints.  Team events in a fun and friendly format.  If you have yet to experience the revolutionary world of online bridge, now is surely the time. Here are some links to get started.

REGISTER WITH BBO

BUYING BB$ NEEDED FOR PAIRS GAMES

USING THE HISTORY TAB ON BBO

USING THE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR

HOW TO REGISTER FOR A PAIRS GAME

PLAY BRIDGE ONLINE

SETTING UP A TEAM MATCH

Unit 190 (Bridge Studio) Pairs Events and Team Matches (Google calendar) 

All team captains have been invited to add our calendar to their google calendar.  They have permission to add events, edit, and invite participants.  Detailed instructions can be found  here:  Unit 190 team match scheduler instructions.

All players can see the up-to-date calendar.  If it doesn't display above, try clicking the title at the top of this box.

Try it, but continue to inform us of your matches. Once the online calendar makes our webpage calendar obsolete we will convert.

Flighted Pairs Games Continue at the DSBA Virtual Club

Flighted pairs games will continue each Saturday morning 10:00 EDT on BBO.

As before, the Delaware State Bridge Association will award DOOR PRIZES and make a donation for each participant to the Food Bank of Delaware.

On BBO, look for "DSBA Flight A/B/C Pairs" under Virtual Clubs.  You can choose Flight C if you and your partner each have less than 500 MP, Flight B if you each have less than 1500 MP, or Flight A otherwise.

Here's the April flyer, which also describes the details for the May games.

Bridge Summer Camp for Young Players 

The Delaware State Bridge Association is sponsoring a FREE Virtual Bridge Summer Camp for players ages 10-19.

The camp will run for two weeks, July 6-9 and 12-16 from 9-11 AM each day held virtually by computer.

For details, see the event flyer here.  The registration form is here.

Special Delaware bridge events continue on Saturdays in March....

It's “March Madness” time!

For the month of March we are turning our Saturdays to Swiss Team Games.

Click for our preliminary flyer

Assemble a team of four players and register your team with Soley Kristjansdottir (siggasoley@gmail.com) each Friday.  Plan to be online at 9:30 AM Saturday for a 10:00 start in a bracketed Swiss Team event of 20 boards in 4 matches.  For details, see the Frequently Asked Questions and the instructions for team captains to set up the BBO games, linked below.

Frequently Asked Questions

Instructions for team captains navigating Swiss events on BBO

Click the links below for the session results:

March  6 :  Gold Bracket, Silver Bracket, Bronze Bracket
March  13 :  Gold Bracket, Silver Bracket, Bronze Bracket
March  20 :  Gold Bracket, Bronze Bracket

Unfortunately, BBO doesn't (yet) provide a straightforward way for you to view hands from Swiss team events or compare contracts with your teammates. However, you may be able to click this link, choose the date of the game and click Get Hands to list the hands you played. On the list of hands you can click Movie to replay a hand, or Traveller to see what your teammates did. 

The 2020 Diamond State Regional has been canceled.  Consistent with ongoing efforts by state and local officials to stem the spread of COVID-19, the Board of District 4 has canceled the event. 

We are encouraged by your enthusiastic response to the Diamond State Regional, and will be exploring opportunities to reschedule.

Thank you for supporting District 4 events.

2020 Blue Hen Sectional Tournament

Friday-Sunday, Feb 7-9, 2020

Bridge Studio - Wilmington Delaware

more details

Complementary lunch! Click for menus

Results (ACBL site)

Click for more information

Complementary lunch!  Click for menu

Congratulations to Susan and Robert Shenkin, our DSBA Delaware State Open Pairs Champions for 2019!

The 299 sectional in the spring was so well attended and so much fun, we decided to do it again.

Mark your calendar now  October 17, 2017

Get the Details Now!

OVERALL MASTERPOINT WINNERS

Thanks to Jeff Ruben and Debbie Shenkel for hosting a fabulous event.

NOTE THE LOCATION: 1409 FOULK ROAD (PREVIOUS BRIDGE STUDIO LOCATION)

                                BLUE HEN SECTIONAL FEB 2019

MARK YOU CALENDAR NOW  

STATE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, REHOBETH BEACH

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH

SEE FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS

Sun and Fun

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EVENT WINNERS, SEE THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE "DUMMY"

2018 299er south

DIAMOND STATE SECTIONAL SEPT 2018 FLYER

  ♥ UNIT 190 EVENT WINNERS ♥ 

SUNDAY;  KAREN POLLAK, JANE BECK

SATURDAY: RICK ROWLAND

FRIDAY: THOMAS GEORGE, WILLIAM SHRIVER

THURSDAY: ANDY STAYTON, TERRY PATTON

WEDNESDAY: WILMA GLASSMAN, ELLEN MEYER (THEY CAME IN SECOND, BUT THIS WAS A TRUE "FIRST")

FOR ALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS CLICK HERE OR ON THE BANNER

Thank you all for your participation in and contribution to the National Tournament in Philadelphia. Unit 190 Success stories are too numerous to list , but  they are lead by Richard Popper advancing to the third day of the Platinum Pairs, and Rick Roland winning an daylite Swiss Team Event.

And there were a lot of players from around the world honoring Dave by facing the card that represented the contract first, as they put down dummy.

For the complete list of tournament overall winners click below:

Nationals Overall winners , all events

Mark your calendar now for the Blue Hen Sectional February 24th through 26th at the Bridge Studio.  Events for all levels of expertise. Between session meals provided with entry.  Partners assured with reasonable notification. Click the link below for details.

2017 Blue Hen Sectional Flyer.pdf

Your DSBA Board is excited to announce a new event just added to the 2017 calendar. A 299er Sectional Tournament will be held on March 7, 2017 at the Bridge Studio of Delaware.  Eligibility for this event is limited to rising bridge players who have not achieved 300 master points at the time of the event. Click on the link below for details.

299er Sectional March 7, 2017

SAVE THE DATE!  SAVE THE DATE!  SECTIONAL AT THE BEACH, IN BEACH SEASON. FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR DETAILED INFORMATION

Southern Sectional 2017 Flyer

Game time  10:00 am

Now that you've saved the date, be sure to register!

DSBA State Pairs Championship

NORTH - SATURDAY AUGUST 26 - BRIDGE STUDIO 

(A separate 299er event is planned provided there are sufficient entries)

CONTACT ANNE TAYLOR (ANNETAYLOR128@GMAIL.COM) TO REGISTER AND LEARN MORE 

SOUTH - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23 - OCEAN VIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

CONTACT PETER HARRIS (PHARRISDILLER@COMCAST.NET) TO REGISTER AND LEARN MORE

Congratulations to Anne and Monte Taylor, overall winners at the Southern Delaware Sectional.

For all masterpoint winners, click on the link below

http://live.acbl.org/masterpoint-winners/S1707077

Event results are available on the right hand side of this page.