Western Mass Bridge Association

Our annual meeting has taken place on Oct 25 and a total of 12 tables played a game afterwards. We want to thank Peter for his many years of service as the president of the association! The membership has elected new board members and Sheila Ryan to be our new president. WMBA Board Members (2023) Sheila Ryan (President) Robert Brodeur (Vice President) Yan Drabek (Secretary) Judy Larsen (Treasurer) Andrew Lipps Kathy Love Peter Samsel Sandy Walters Pat Watroba

Special Unit Meeting and Game on Wednesday, October 25 We plan to have our annual meeting and elections for the Western Mass Bridge Association at our regular game on Wednesday, October 25. The game will be an Instant Matchpoint Game, with a Gold Point for first place finishers, and combined Red and Black Points for others. The Northampton Bridge Club members plan to attend this game in Pittsfield, instead of their own Wednesday afternoon game. For the elections, we need enough voting members of WMBA to be present, so we would appreciate all of you attending. The location for this game is: South Congregational Church 110 South St, Pittsfield, MA 01211 The schedule for this game is: 12 Noon – pizza for all, along with our annual WMBA meeting & elections 12:30 – Unit Game, with Open and 299er sections (may start a bit late if the meeting is not over by 12:30) Game over by about 4 PM If anyone is willing to be a...

Staying in the game: Longtime Greenfield resident keeps bridge alive by bringing it online By MARY BYRNE Staff Writer Bob Sagor plays an online game of bridge. STAFF PHOTO / MARY BYRNE When the COVID-19 pandemic hit three years ago, one longtime Greenfield resident never would have guessed that the online bridge community he helped to create would later become the one he’d rely on. Click here to read more... We owe our thanks to Bob Sagor. He was interviewed by the Greenfield Recorder and this article appeared on Saturday, June 10, 2023.

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Well Done Folks! Mary B Dickson Junior Master Darlene Stone Adair Junior Master Lesley Dearden Junior Master William Han Junior Master Thomas Ye Junior Master Kathy Meyer Regional Master Robert Sagor Sapphire Life Master

We are very excited to offer an OPEN Pairs club game at the campus. Pre-dealt common-game hands, ACBL masterpoint award. There will be 10+ students from the Amherst College joining us, and maybe more from other nearby campuses. If it goes well, we will offer more games in the future. So please consider coming to play with us. Date: March 25, Saturday Time: 10am Where: The Powerhouse at Amherst College Cost: $5 (first timers at our club play for free!) Director: Philippe Galaski Parking: Parking lot next to the Powerhouse Interested persons please email ydrabek@live.com before March 22, Wednesday so she can get a count and bring enough tables. MASKING: Masks are optional. Players, staff and volunteers are advised to check the COVID-19 Community Level rate as determined by the CDC or a similar metric from a health agency in making their decision on masking. Masking is recommended if an attendee is at high risk for severe illness or otherwise is a member of a ...

On March 4, despite the snow storm, the Amherst College First Collegiate Tournament took place. Seeing the new energy for the game is truly encouraging and exhilarating. The organizer, Michael Xu, has written a report which can be read here: https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/amherst-college-first-collegiate-tournament/ .  The Northampton Bridge Club, whose players are from all over the valley, welcomed the future stars of our game, and extended our invitation to everyone to play our Tuesday and Thursday 7pm games on BBO. Several students expressed interests to play with us online, and several requested to have in-person games offered at times more suitable for them to attend (our current Wednesday 1pm game will not work for them). We will discuss this in our next board meeting. Comment and suggestions? Send them to treeomatic at gmail dot com. Players from Amherst College and Brown University. There were five tables at play. Some had already left when this pictur...