Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association, Eastern Massachusetts, USA

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EDUCATION RESOURCES

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Welcome to EMBA - We are part of District 25 of the ACBL

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December Watertown Sectional

The next EMBA Sectional will be held on December 13-14, in Watertown.

Full schedule details can be found here.

Mansfield, MA Regional

The next District 25 Regional will be held February 17-21 in Mansfield, MA. More details are available on the District 25 website, available here, or by clicking on the picture below.

In Memoriam

We remember our EMBA friends who have passed recently:

(Each year is a link to a PDF file, which will open in a new window)

New Member Rankings

Congrats to the EMBA Members who achieved new Member rankings in 2025:

November, 2025

Name	New Rank
Harold A Nordstrom	Sapphire Life Master
Gerald Connors	Gold Life Master
R Edward Kelley	Gold Life Master
John F Sullivan	Gold Life Master
Joseph F Lanzel	Ruby Life Master
Jonathan F Freidin	Life Master
Christiane Corcelle	Advanced NABC Master
Dean S Leventman	Advanced NABC Master
Bob B Shor	Advanced NABC Master
Constance Thomson	Advanced NABC Master
John H Jones Jr	NABC Master
Jerry M Smith	NABC Master
Vinnie Lamenzo	Regional Master
Janet M Hall	Sectional Master
Sarah Ann Miller	Club Master
Timo T Pekkanen	Club Master
Joyce Rogean	Club Master
Maria G Smail	Club Master
Bess Weatherman	Club Master
Sarah W Wilcox	Club Master
Madge Desmond	Junior Master
Catherine Donovan	Junior Master
Megan Le	Junior Master
Joan Oustifine	Junior Master
Martin Pejko	Junior Master
Beverly Petrie	Junior Master
Sam Raju	Junior Master
Allen Snyder	Junior Master
Susan Stengrevics	Junior Master

October, 2025

Name	New Rank
Ellen B Math-Shute	Gold Life Master
Phyllis Bloom	Silver Life Master
Sue Geer	Silver Life Master
Bill Parks	Silver Life Master
E Weinberg	Silver Life Master
Sheilah R Hollings	Life Master
Judith Sacknoff	Advanced NABC Master
Jayant Ishwar	NABC Master
Fred J Wingerath	NABC Master
Thomas Mc Cafferty	Regional Master
George Zavaliagkos	Regional Master
Jim Hexter	Sectional Master
Edmund Barker	Club Master
Linda R Gallo	Club Master
Ethan G Harris	Club Master
Ruthanne Jepsen	Club Master
Charlotte O'Connor	Club Master
Jerry Salmans	Club Master
Leo Chiasson	Junior Master
Richard W Eifler	Junior Master
Ronald Goldstein	Junior Master
Betsy Goodell	Junior Master
Ann McMackin	Junior Master
Michael J McRae-Yates	Junior Master
Joanne Morreale	Junior Master
Wayne Stemmer	Junior Master
Haotian Wang	Junior Master

September, 2025

Name	New Rank
James E Negro	Diamond Life Master
Barry H Black	Sapphire Life Master
Martin L Cohen	Sapphire Life Master
Marsha Gerstein	Gold Life Master
Jay X Tang	Gold Life Master
Barbara Liskov	Bronze Life Master
Arthur G Epker	NABC Master
Vipin Mayar	NABC Master
Bonnie L Dehner	Regional Master
Kathy D Riley	Sectional Master
Jim Finn	Club Master
Stacy Havens	Club Master
John J Leonard	Club Master
Gabriel Bradley	Junior Master
Ivy Cheng	Junior Master
Mary Beth C Coville	Junior Master
Joshua Gahm	Junior Master
Martin Larson	Junior Master
Barbara Linder	Junior Master
Sloan T Simmons	Junior Master
Andrea J Wizer	Junior Master
Rebecca Yang	Junior Master
Charles Yie	Junior Master

August, 2025

Name	New Rank
Donald Caplin	Emerald Life Master
Monte Jaffe	Gold Life Master
Callie M Brauer	Silver Life Master
Haihong Li	Silver Life Master
Jayson Rhuda	Silver Life Master
Keith A Marcotte	NABC Master
Joseph Monkiewicz	NABC Master
Donald E Morgan	NABC Master
Rhoda B Silverleib	NABC Master
Cesare M Verdi	NABC Master
Dana L Britt	Regional Master
Ann H Webster	Regional Master
Mark Auerbach	Sectional Master
Klaus Freyer	Sectional Master
Patricia Grasso	Sectional Master
Laura Hourihan	Sectional Master
Sally Hughes	Sectional Master
Jean McDonnell	Sectional Master
Max Senter	Sectional Master
Molly H Sherden	Sectional Master
Mary K Speare	Sectional Master
Lorraine S Alexander	Club Master
Sharon Black	Club Master
Elizabeth M Campanella	Club Master
Arthur B Cilley	Club Master
Lyn Lemaire	Club Master
Clipper McMahon	Club Master
Ruth Sigler	Club Master
Kaj Wilson	Club Master
Amy Avergun	Junior Master
Rachel Buchsbaum	Junior Master
Janet Cinar	Junior Master
Barbara L Coleman	Junior Master
Leslie Greenberg	Junior Master
Jane Jones	Junior Master
Pamela J Lazares	Junior Master
Shengchao Lin	Junior Master
Arthur Rabson	Junior Master
Kathryn Rosenblum	Junior Master
David Taub	Junior Master
Diana Uehlein	Junior Master

July, 2025

Name	New Rank
Cecilla R Borras	Diamond Life Master
John F Manopoli	Diamond Life Master
Anne Farrington	Silver Life Master
Diana M Lam	Silver Life Master
Robert W Magher	Silver Life Master
Constance Sweeney	Silver Life Master
Ann W Johnson	Life Master
Mary H Hurley	NABC Master
Guido W Schuler	NABC Master
Wakiko Collins	Regional Master
Linda K Randall	Regional Master
Stephen E Wood	Regional Master
Judi M Forti	Sectional Master
James Krasno	Sectional Master
Loretta D McQueen	Sectional Master
Marinus Monen	Sectional Master
Thomas G Woo	Sectional Master
Bob L D'Amelio	Club Master
Thomas Dawe	Club Master
Karen A Joyce	Club Master
Sandra Lawrence	Club Master
Scott Tirrell	Club Master
Alison G Brown	Junior Master
Marsha Greenstein	Junior Master
Ruthanne Jepsen	Junior Master
Janet Kahane	Junior Master
Judith Norton	Junior Master
Maureen Quinn	Junior Master
Suzanne L Read	Junior Master
Carl Stutz	Junior Master

June, 2025

Name	New Rank
Christopher L Apitz	Emerald Life Master
Christina M Parker	Diamond Life Master
Paul J Simon	Diamond Life Master
Shen Duan	Silver Life Master
John Mahoney	NABC Master
Patricia R Scofield	NABC Master
Beverly F Blatz	Regional Master
Anne Fletcher	Regional Master
Vipin Mayar	Regional Master
Ted Moore	Regional Master
Carol M O Brien	Sectional Master
Nancy L Olt	Sectional Master
Dianne Y Ritchie	Sectional Master
David Genser	Club Master
Carl D Howe	Club Master
Carolyn Howe	Club Master
Leo Kiley	Club Master
Beatrice S Macdonald	Club Master
Patricia Palmer	Club Master
Robert Payne	Club Master
Raymond Ratchup	Club Master
Matthew E Sullivan	Club Master
Maureen Szal	Club Master
Robert Tatel	Club Master
John R Wright	Club Master
Alan Gordon	Junior Master
Jean Manasian	Junior Master
Betsy Powers	Junior Master
Megan Snell	Junior Master

May, 2025

Name	New Rank
Marina D Polestra	Emerald Life Master
Roger W Li	Sapphire Life Master
June Spurk	Ruby Life Master
Kathryn Conway	Silver Life Master
Marilyn A London	Bronze Life Master
Marilyn A London	Life Master
Arlene S Bornstein	NABC Master
Richard Carlson	NABC Master
Tina Yu	NABC Master
Douglas Myers	Regional Master
Rosanna Noseda	Regional Master
Jennifer Egener	Sectional Master
Todd Egener	Sectional Master
Todd L Hixon	Sectional Master
Richard Jones	Sectional Master
John P Lawler	Sectional Master
Vipin Mayar	Sectional Master
George Zavaliagkos	Sectional Master
Cheryl Bush	Club Master
Diana Charles	Club Master
Karen Ruben	Club Master
Steven Simon	Club Master
Helen Edmonds	Junior Master
Timo T Pekkanen	Junior Master
Greg Sotnick	Junior Master

April, 2025

Name	New Rank
Alan M Godes	Sapphire Life Master
Livingston Carroll	Gold Life Master
Venky Venkataramani	Gold Life Master
Mary Jo Feeney	Ruby Life Master
Laura G Pearlstein	Bronze Life Master
Jen K Reidy	Bronze Life Master
Joe Taverna	Bronze Life Master
Robert Faberman	Life Master
Laura G Pearlstein	Life Master
Joe Taverna	Life Master
Janet B Cerella	NABC Master
Margaret E Guziewicz	NABC Master
Kate King	NABC Master
Harriet J Lazarus	NABC Master
Janet G Ryan	NABC Master
Weidong Wang	NABC Master
Linda H Thomas	Regional Master
Thomas E Bessette	Sectional Master
Susan St Thomas	Sectional Master
Judith Haber	Club Master
Pamela Kiley	Club Master
Colin M Young	Club Master
Stan Miller	Club Master
Joan Milnes	Club Master
Thomas Robichaud	Club Master
Paul A Vermaelen	Club Master
George Zavaliagkos	Club Master
Chilton M Ames	Junior Master
Sarah V Bent	Junior Master
Lillian Carney	Junior Master
Jim Finn	Junior Master
Kathleen Gallery	Junior Master
Bruce Hampton	Junior Master
Karen Kay	Junior Master
Nancy J McCarthy	Junior Master
Bess Weatherman	Junior Master

March, 2025

Name	New Rank
James B Keegan	Sapphire Life Master
Paul J Durda	Gold Life Master
Joseph M Shulman	Silver Life Master
Paul Bay	Advanced NABC Master
Jacqueline Roy	Advanced NABC Master
Foster Tom	Advanced NABC Master
Doug Costello	NABC Master
Martin S Rawitz	NABC Master
John D Clouser	Regional Master
R A Freeman	Regional Master
Mike Schwinden	Regional Master
Rachel Castel	Sectional Master
Kao Li	Sectional Master
Priscilla A Lyons	Sectional Master
George Mellman	Sectional Master
Mieke M Monen	Sectional Master
Marek Orzechowski	Sectional Master
John F Poulton	Sectional Master
Ann Bousquet	Club Master
Beverly Dewitt	Club Master
Ellen Dockser	Club Master
Lee Gately	Club Master
Paula Kavolius	Club Master
Vipin Mayar	Club Master
Ralph G Pinto	Club Master
Janet Spillane	Club Master
Chuck Thomas	Club Master
Patti Thomas	Club Master
Paul Bamberg	Junior Master
Helga W Berglund	Junior Master
Susan E Davis	Junior Master
Karen Drislane	Junior Master
Janet Echelman	Junior Master
Maureen A Harrington	Junior Master
Thomas Robichaud	Junior Master
William White	Junior Master

February, 2025

Name	New Rank
Albert R Votolato	Diamond Life Master
Wilmont F Howard Jr	Sapphire Life Master
Andrew Z Fenves	Gold Life Master
Peter Doubilet	Ruby Life Master
Robert S Williams	Ruby Life Master
Deirdre A Ling	Silver Life Master
Timothy Wright	Silver Life Master
Ken Einstein	Bronze Life Master
Benjamin J Kompa	Bronze Life Master
Sam Wardwell	Bronze Life Master
Alan H Aaron	Life Master
Ken Einstein	Life Master
Medha Sinha	NABC Master
Lester Stockman	NABC Master
Anthony A Wilson	NABC Master
Ann H Jenkins	Regional Master
Florence P Cornelssen	Sectional Master
Matthew Murphy	Sectional Master
Susan M Stearns	Sectional Master
William J Walsh	Sectional Master
Jamie C Whitney	Sectional Master
Virginia P Bride	Club Master
Barbara D Burr	Club Master
Ginny Dorne	Club Master
Lea Mannion	Club Master
Carol A McCarthy	Club Master
Sara Tague	Club Master
Jos J Cobau	Junior Master
Leslie Goldstein	Junior Master
Nancy B Insley	Junior Master
Judith Kidwell	Junior Master
Martin F Ryba	Junior Master
Ted Sharpe	Junior Master
Marcels J Torres	Junior Master

January, 2025

Name	New Rank
Barbara G Murphy	Emerald Life Master
Linda Robinson	Diamond Life Master
Bernard T Bendiksen	Gold Life Master
Elizabeth R Wood	Gold Life Master
Walter A Driscoll III	Ruby Life Master
Mine Usluel	Bronze Life Master
Peg Belden	Life Master
Louisa H Morgan	Regional Master
Janet L O Hara	Club Master
Susan P Sisk	Club Master
Patricia Sluder	Club Master
Ed Winslow	Club Master
Beverly R Conklin	Junior Master
Judith Haber	Junior Master
Ethan G Harris	Junior Master
Anne Marie Magee	Junior Master
Edward Sullivan	Junior Master
Robert Tatel	Junior Master
Kathleen B Taylor	Junior Master
Mary Jane Weinstein	Junior Master

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