Welcome to the Official Site for the Richmond Bridge Association, Unit 109, part of District 6 of the American Contract Bridge League! Here you will find information on duplicate bridge in central Virginia.
Where is Unit 109?
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Memorial Day Regional
May 23-29, 2017
DoubleTree Inn, 10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23235
Join us for a great District 6 Regional during Memorial Day week.
Take advantage of the best regional hotel rate – just $90 + tax at the DoubleTree Inn by Hilton. Hurry because the hotel is almost sold out. Call (804) 379-3800 for reservations.
Winners of RBA games points for 2016
The RBA held its annual dinner and awards meeting, Wednesday, May 10 at the Clarion Hotel. President Barry Fratkin presided over the meeting in the non-election year and announced winners of the unit awards for 2016.
Winners of the awards for most points in the Unit monthly game were Donnie Walsh (in C for under 500 points), Linda MacCleave (B for under 1500 points) and John Kloke (A over 1500 points). The Sheila Kleiman Congeniality award went to Ed Kinlaw.
Congeniality Award 2016
Certificates were presented to the winners of the Ace of Clubs (highest points in Unit 109 games) and medallions were presented to the winners of the Mini-McKenney award (most points in all ACBL games). See the list below.
Treasurer Tom Kasvin gave a financial summary, which will soon be posted on the web site.
The meeting was followed by bridge in two sections (0-500, NLM and Open) with a total of 29 tables.
Mini-McKenney Winners for 2016
Ace of Clubs Winners for 2016
| Ace of Clubs | 1st in Unit |
| 0 – 5 | Ron Corio |
| 0 – 20 | Jack Ryan |
| 20 – 50 | Tommy Thompson |
| 50 – 100 | Landon Woody |
| 100 – 200 | Sheila Weir |
| 200 – 300 | Tom Kasvin |
| 300 – 500 | Chris D’Ambra |
| 500 – 1000 | Ron Vande Bunte |
| 1000 – 1500 | Willem Vet |
| 1500-2500 | Paul Haselbush |
| 2500 – 3500 | Mark Rosenbloom |
| 3500-5000 | Becky Duty |
| 5000-7500 | Mike Fine |
| 7500 – 10,000 | DeWayne Jones |
| Over 10,000 | Harry Gellis |
| Mini-McKenney | 1st in Unit |
| 0 – 5 | Ron Corio |
| 5 – 20 | Jack Ryan |
| 20 – 50 | Tommy Thompson |
| 50 – 100 | Landon Woody |
| 100 – 200 | Mary Baril |
| 200 – 300 | Tom Kasvin |
| 300 – 500 | Chris D’Ambra |
| 500 – 1000 | Marc Warner |
| 1000 – 1500 | Barry Fratkin |
| 1500 -2500 | Patti Martin |
| 2500-3500 | Mark Rosenbloom |
| 3500-5000 | Becky Duty |
| 5000 – 7500 | Richard Deyerle |
| 7500 – 10,000 | DeWayne Jones |
| Over 10,000 | Harry Gellis |
Aug 17-18 2017
Ford’s Colony Country Club
$250 p/p
(Limited to 120 Attendees)
Join us at the Bridge Center Wednesday night, April 26 for the return of the popular BAM and Pair game. The Pair game will be stratified with a lower first strata, giving newer players a better chance to win points.
Due to current ACBL restrictions, which we hope will change soon, we can’t award BAM points, but we will have free plays for the BAM winners who don’t score points in the Pair game. Two chances to win!
Next up for RBA bridge players is our Annual Meeting on May 10 at the Clarion Hotel. Although this is not an election year, there will be dinner, awards, and bridge starting at 5:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:30 p.m. and the game (two sections: 0-300 and Open) at 7:00 p.m. Cost is only $15.00 per person.
Congratulations to all other Unit 109 players who have received a new rank as of April 2017, especially those who achieved Life Master or above:
Silver Life Master: Nancy Golden
Life Master: Kay Rogers
For a complete listing of all April rank changes, go to
https://web3.acbl.org/rankachievements/?year=2017&month=4&unit=109&rank=0