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Bulletin

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.

All local clubs will be closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday Nov. 28.

Hartes' Club is running its Club Championship games the week of November 18. Extra points, no extra charge!

The next chance to earn gold points in your local clubs is coming starting December 16, it's Stardust week!

The next STaC runs January 27-31.

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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.
Player Performance

 

 

188's own Jill Marshall on the front of the September Bulletin, hope you did well at NABC in Toronto!

 

 

 

 

Well done to all for ACBL Rank Promotions in November!

They included new Bronze Life Master Karen Sloan, new Life Masters Barbara Cuiffo and Sandra Miller, new NABC Master Deborah Sherran, new Regional Master Sybil Nessim, new Club Master Joe Chizzini and new Junior Master Geoffrey Domm. 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 September Royal STaC!

Colin Baigel and Jill Marshall topped a 158-table field on Monday afternoon across the NYC region, playing at the Hartes' Club. At Heritage Hills, Glafkos Keramidas and Lisette Voorhees had the best score in C Stratification across a 132-table field on Thursday afternoon.

Click here for details on the full week of play.

 

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.

And more shout outs to those who did well in the last 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.

 
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.

And click here for some pictures of those receiving awards for their accomplishments in 2023.

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

Here's what's happening in neighboring Units and Districts:

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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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-- Harvest Regional -- Nov. 18-23 in Norwich, CT. Click here for ACBL info, or here for the New England Bridge Conference website.

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-- Holiday Regional -- Dec. 26-29 in Manhattan. Click here for ACBL info or here for the tournament flyer.

 

 
Results
April 28, 2024
Spring in Westchester
Director: Aviv Shahaf
April 30, 2023
Spring in Westchester
Director: Aviv Shahaf
North American Pairs

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Congratulations to Richard Zucker and Ethan Stein, who won the 2024 NAP District 3 finals in Flight A, with a 60 percent score! 

Paul Lewis and Jill Marshall placed third, while Robert Rebelein and Farley Mawyer came fifth. Click here for the full results.

On to the Spring NABC in Memphis in March!

 
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.
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
January 19, 2025
District 3 Winter Regional
Suffern, NY 10am
District 3 Joan Gerard Regional runs Jan. 19-23 2025
 More Info
April 19, 2025
Spring in Westchester
Beach Point Country Club, Mamaroneck
June 8, 2025
District 3 Summer Regional
Fairfield, NJ
District 3 Summer Regional runs June 8-12 at the Doubletree Hilton in Fairfield, NJ
 More Info
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