Congratulations to Anita and Barbara!

Anita Thompson and Barbara Webb were crowned champions at the 499er sectional tournament in Newton, CT, on September 12. With 13 tables in play, they achieved an impressive score of 75% to claim the golden trophy.

Congratulations!

Good Sport!

WINNERS of the T-Shirt Contest in Warwick!

Barry: There are three kinds of bridge players. Those who can count and those who cannot.
Anita: Bridge, the final frontier. Bold bidding is the only way to go. "USS 7NT"
Sheila: Bridge players love a good dummy.
John: DUMMY!

Bridge is about partnership, friendship, and fun!

News from Warwick Regional, 2025

WINNERS With Top 3 Finishes!

Click here to see complete results.

Sept 03 Open Swiss Team

First - 11.55 Gold

Jim Osofsky, Michael Heider, Judy Hyde and partner

Sept 04 Gold Rush

Second - 3.27 Gold

John Dahl and Kathy Meyer

Sept 04+05 Open KO Team 2

First - 16.82 Gold

Barry LaFlam, Jim Nowill, Yan Drabek, Sheila Ryan

Sept 05 Bracketed Pairs Bkt 2

Second - 2.09 Red

Ann Hudson, Michael Wavada

Sept 05 Bracketed Pairs Bkt 6

Second - 0.89 Red

Barbara Webb and partner

Sept 05 ProAM Pairs

Second - 1.64 Red

Barry LaFlam, Anita Thompson

Sept 05 ProAM Pairs

Second - 1.55 Red

Yan Drabek, Barbara Webb

Sept 05 ProAM Pairs

Third - 1.11 Red

Sheila Ryan, John Dahl

Sept 05 Open Swiss Team 2

Third - 5.51 Gold

Jim Osofsky, Michael Heidert and team

Sept 06 Open Swiss Team 3

Third - 2.13 Gold

Sheila Ryan, Barbara Webb, Barry LaFlam, Yan Drabek

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

At the ProAm game, we had this hand

Sheila and John were EW. Over N's 1C opening bid, Sheila overcalled 2H. The bidding escalated to 6C. Doubled. The pro (a nice young pro bridge player/coach) sitting North went to 6NT. Doubled. Down 7. 2000 for Sheila and John.

Barbara and Yan were also EW. Over N's 1C opening bid, Yan overcalled 4H. S double. Barbara Re-double. All pass. Opening lead was club J. Yan won the Ace and run spades to discard diamonds. On the third spade N ruffed with the King. 4H XX made for 880.

We got the 2 highest scores on this hand.

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Barry and Yan were in the Swiss game on Saturday. All vulnable. As dealer, Barry opened 1C, Yan announced "could be short as 2". The next opp overcalled 3C. Yan had 14+ HCP with 5 spades, 4 hearts, 1 club and 3 diamonds. She doubles. All pass. Down 5. 1400 for Barry and Yan. Barry's club holding: K Q J 8 5. :-)

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To view the past post: Warwick 2024

To view the past post: Warwick 2023

Congratulations to Barry LaFlam!

I am thrilled to announce that Barry LaFlam has achieved the rank of Silver Live master! He earned his final point for silver by partnering with one of our newest players, Wendy Gannett. Remarkably, this point also marks Wendy's very first point as an ACBL member!

Congratulations Barry!

Congratulations to Bob Leitch!

On August 17, 2025, at the Orange Sectional, Bob Leitch's team earned enough points for him to achieve the titles of Life Master, Bronze Life Master, and Silver Life Master simultaneously.

Bob played alongside his teammates (left to right) Jan Nettler, Anita Thompson, and Sheila Ryan.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following players who attained their new ranks recently!

Anita Thompson	Regional Master
Robert Minsky	NABC Master
Susan McCoy	Bronze Life Master (click to read her story here)
Sheila Ryan	Silver Life Master
James Osofsky	Gold Life Master

Well Done Folks!

CONGRATULATIONS to the following players who attained their new ranks recently!

Allison Ryan	Life Master
Michael Ramella	Life Master
Jan Nettler	Ruby Life Master

Well Done Folks!

CONGRATULATIONS to the following players who attained their new ranks recently!

John Dahl	Sectional Master
Robert Leitch	Adv NABC Master
Carol Fricker	Silver Life Master
Yan Drabek	Ruby Life Master

Well Done Folks!

Congratulations on Achieving Your New Ranks!

Well Done Folks!

Emily Kim	Junior Master
Barbara Webb	Sectional Master
Kathy Meyer	NABC Master

Congratulations to Alan Peterfreund!

News from Warwick Regional, 2024

WINNERS!

Sept 04 Open Swiss Team

First - 10.05 Gold

Jim Osofsky, Michael Wavada, Judy Hyde, Michael Heider

Sept 05 Gold Rush Graduate KIKO 2

Second - 8.44 Gold

Barry LaFlam, Jim Nowill, Yan Drabek, Sheila Ryan

Sept 07 Bracketed Pairs 4

Fifth - 3.53 Gold

Sheila Ryan and Jan Nettler

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Our Winners at the Great Barrington Sectional Last Weekend!

Aug 17, Saturday Winners

Anita Thompson and John Dahl (299ers) 

Philippe Galaski and Roger Webb (Open Pairs) 

Aug 18, Sunday Swiss Team Winners

Judy Hyde, Roger Webb, Philippe Galaski and Tim Joder

To view full results, click here: https://live.acbl.org/events/2408346

Thank you all for coming out and play! 

It was fun!

BTW, if you use the following businesses please thank them for their support:

Red Lion Inn

Domaney’s Liquors

Dunkin Donuts

Price Chopper

Aegean Breeze

Barrington Brewery

Berkshire Mountain Distillery

Koi Restaurant

Big Y

Xicohtencati Restaurant

Guido's Market

 

Click here to read the Unit President's message: http://www.westernmassbridge.org/

Triumph from NABC Toronto!

Congratulations to Anita Thompson, Barbara Webb and John Dahl! They won second place and third place overall on Monday and Tuesday 299er games respectively!

Unit 196 2023 Mini-McKenney Awards

The Western Mass Bridge Association is ACBL Unit 196.

Click here to view the 2023 Mini-McKenney Awards winners

Congratulations to the winners! Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Barry Laflam!

Congratulations to Barry Laflam who attained his Bronze Life Master rank! Well done! When you see him at the table either online or in-person, please congratulate him.

Congratulations to Susan Daily!

Congratulations to Susan Daily who attained her Silver Life Master rank! Well done! When you see her at the table either online or in-person, please congratulate her.

Congratulations to Patricia Leitch!

Congratulations to newest member Patricia Leitch who attained her Junior Master rank! Well done! When you see her at the table either online or in-person, please congratulate her.

Congratulations to Lanette Sweeney for Her New Rank!