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

Win Gold points at your local club and donate to charities helping communities devastated by Hurricane Helene!

The second week of the ACBL's Gold for Good event runs Dec. 16-21. Pay a $30 registration fee and give yourself the opportunity to win gold points from two to six local club games!

Click here to visit the ACBL website for details and links to register. The deadline closes just before midnight on Sunday Dec. 15, so don't delay if you're interested.

Well done to all for ACBL Rank Promotions in December!

They included new Bronze Life Master Judith Burger, new Life Masters Wayne Olson and Franne Weinberg, new Regional Masters Carmen Ess, Cindy Kennedy and John Leonard, new Club Masters Deborah Doyle, Nancie Ellis and Michael Schnur, and new Junior Masters John Engles, Mary Sikes and Wendy Zimmermann. 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.

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.

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