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

Club Corner

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

The Bridge Deck is offering games every weekday, adding Thursday games to the club's lineup.

Heritage Hills holds North American Pairs qualifiers Monday July 15 and Thursday July 18, with red points on offer as well as a chance to qualify to play in the next round of the national competition.

At Hartes' Club during the week of July 15 all games will be Club Championship rated: extra points, no extra charge!

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The latest STaC which took place in early June is now history. See results for the NYC region here.

The next one is set to run Sept. 23-29. Click here for details.

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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!

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

 

Welcome to Unit 188
WCBA

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

Spring in Westchester
Spring in Westchester

 

For a second year in a row, 34 teams competed in Unit 188's premier annual event!

 

 

The players enjoyed the comfort and hospitality of the Beach Point Country Club in Mamaroneck on Sunday April 28.

Congratulations to Swiss Team winners Mimi Bieber & Eileen Paley and Faye Marino & Richard Laufer, who edged out Jill Marshall & Melissa Baker and Jay Sloofman & Timothy Baird.

Third place overall and top in the B & C Strats went to Michelle Lazar & Jonathan Turell and Bonnie & David Bleustein. See full results here, or click here to see them on ACBL's Live for Clubs.

 Many thanks to organizer Jill Marshall and those who helped put the event together, including Unit 188 president Rick Rosenthal.

Player Performance

Well done to all for ACBL Rank Promotions in July!

Those advancing in July were new Sapphire Life Master Elizabeth Baecher, new Silver Life Master Ivan Petrovic, new Life Master Melanie Appelbaum, new Regional Master Missy Swan, new Sectional Masters Lisa Kayata and Sue Newman, and new Junior Masters Marilyn Birnbaum and Cheryl Zeitz. Congratulations!

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 June STaC! 

Jan Carnow and Subash Sindhwani at Heritage Hills finished first in the region in C-Strat Thursday afternoon, with more than 130 tables playing. See the week's full results here.

In the STaC in April, Martin Barschi and Dennis Newman topped a 130-table field from the Bridge Deck on Monday afternoon, Christopher Jobin and David Lewis, also playing at the Deck, came first in C-Strat among 77 tables Tuesday afternoon, and Joanne Jantos and Diana Kent from Heritage Hills led C-Strat with 80 tables playing on Thursday afternoon. Well done to all! 

See full results here.

In the Royal STaC in January, Melanie Appelbaum and Barbara Matas topped C-Strat in a 70+ table field on Wednesday afternoon from the Bridge Deck. 

See full results here.

And Unit 188 also saw glory in the Royal STaC in October, with Sydel Newman and Harriet Lieb at Heritage Hills topping 157 tables on Monday afternoon, while Jill Marshall and Paul Lewis at Hartes' Club did best competing in a 90-table field on Wednesday afternoon. Get the full results roundup for the October Royal STaC by clicking here. 

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

Ron Gerard had a strong showing, placing in at least a half dozen different pairs events. He won Sunday and Thursday afternoon pairs with regular partner Richard Oshlag. He also placed with Nancy Molesworth.

Paul Lewis and Jill Marshall won ABC pairs Thursday morning.

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

 

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

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-- Unit 140 holds its Summer Sectional Aug. 16-18 in Edison. Click here for ACBL info.

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-- Summer Sectional -- Aug. 23-25 in Ridgewood, NJ. Click here for ACBL info.

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-- Holiday Regional -- Dec. 26-29 in Manhattan. Click here for ACBL info.

 

 

Results
Spring in Westchester
Director: Aviv Shahaf
Spring in Westchester
Director: Aviv Shahaf
District 3 Regionals

District 3 held its latest Summer Regional in Fairfield July 7-11.

Ron Gerard had a strong showing, placing in at least a half dozen different pairs events. He won Sunday and Thursday afternoon pairs with regular partner Richard Oshlag. He also placed with Nancy Molesworth.

Paul Lewis and Jill Marshall won ABC pairs Thursday morning. See full results here.

Save the date for the next Regional, January 19-23, 2025 in Suffern.

North American Pairs

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The qualifying period for the North American Pairs is in full swing this summer. All of Unit 188's Open Clubs are offering games with half red/half black points and an opportunity to move on in the competition.

But the ACBL has changed the rules this year, and you can qualify by performing well in any NAP game offered at any licensed club anywhere, face-to-face or online. See if you've managed it by checking the full list of qualified local players here.

To progress further, however, if you're registered in District 3 you'll have to play in the final now set to take place in Allendale, NJ on Saturday October 5th. You can play with a new partner if you like, but you both must be registered in District 3. Click here for ACBL details.

Pairs performing well in Allendale can compete for a title at the next Spring NABC in Memphis in March.

 

Region 3

We are now a part of ACBL's Region 3, made up of Districts 3 and 4.

Visit the website to see news of interest in the area, and reports from leader Joann Glasson about decisions and discussion by the ACBL board.

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
October 5, 2024
District 3 NAP Finals
Allendale, NJ 10am
A/B/C District 3 Flighted Final for those who have qualified at club level in the North American Pairs competition.
 More Info
January 19, 2025
District 3 Winter Regional
Suffern, NY 10am
District 3 Joan Gerard Regional runs Jan. 19-23 2025
 More Info