Western Mass Bridge Association

Come have fun in the Berkshires! The Western Mass Sectional is happening August 9th and 10th and is a great reason to spend a day (or weekend) in The Berkshires. Please join us in Great Barrington, MA for 2 session pairs or 299er pairs on Saturday or 2 session Open Swiss on Sunday. This year we have fun door prizes and special bridge rates at the Holiday Inn Express close to the venue. See the attched flyer for details. Hope you can join us!

Our Unit's annual meeting this year will be on October 5th, Saturday, @ 12 noon at the church in Northampton. This is the same time and venue where the annual club meeting for Northampton Bridge Club will be held, and the new board of directors for both the Unit and Northampton club will be elected. After the meetings, there will be a Unit game. Please save the date and plan to attend! Lunch will be provided at 12 and game starts at 1pm. The address is Christ United Methodist Church, 271 Rocky Hill Road (Route 66) in Northampton .

T his year’s Sectional, held in Great Barrington provided a fun weekend of Bridge. Thanks to Tournament Chair Michael Ramella who advertised the tournament to the community and secured donations from area businesses to help offset the cost and provide an array of door prizes for players. Our numbers were up considerably over last year: in 2023 we had 37 tables in play on Saturday – this year we had 50.5 ! Our tables for Swiss teams on Sunday were up 50% - from 12 to 18 !   Thanks to our Tournament Director Tim Hill who once again put in two long days ensuring that our games went smoothly.   Behind the scenes a number of members stepped up to help – thanks to John DeBaggis for all of his work moving, setting up and taking down tables and chairs. Thanks also to Board members Judy Larsen, Andrew Lipps, Kathy Love, Pat Watroba, Sandy Walters, Yan Drabek and Peter Samsel for all of their contributions. Putting on a Sectional takes a lot of work and it paid off to see so many comi...

Come have fun in the Berkshires! The Western Mass Sectional is happening August 17th and 18th and is a great reason to spend a day (or weekend) in The Berkshires. Please join us in Great Barrington, MA for 2 session pairs or 299er pairs on Saturday or 2 session Open Swiss on Sunday. This year we have fun door prizes and special bridge rates at both the Fairfield Inn and Suites and the Holiday Inn Express close to the venue. See the attched flyer for details. Hope you can join us!

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, John DeBaggis will be running duplicate games in the Berkshire South Auditorium, 15 Crissey Road. The games will start promptly at 12:30. Cost is $10 per person. The games will start on May 28, and continue until Labor Day. You are welcome to call John if you have questions, at 413-281-2744.

Beginner bridge lessons starting May 13th at the Lathrop Community, 1 Shallowbrook Lane, Northampton. This is an 8-week session, Mondays from 6-8 pm, $45.00 includes a book. Please contact Sheila at Ryandahl108@gmail.com if interested.