CCBA 2024 Annual Awards Nominations
Nominations for the Gran Sportsmanship Award and the Harmon Wilkes Award are now being accepted. Any director, club owner, or player can nominate a Unit 123 bridge player who embodies the values recognized by these two awards for either or both awards.
The Gran Sportsman is a player who abides by the rules, plays fairly, respects other players, and encourages them. In essence, an extraordinarily good sport at and away from the table!
The Harmon Wilkes Awards winner is not only an extraordinarily good sport but also an excellent bridge player interested in preserving and developing duplicate bridge and its players.
Please send Phyllis Bartlett (Bartlett.phyllis@gmail.com) letters of recommendation to nominate players and describe why they are worthy of such recognition. The awards will be presented at the CCBA annual meeting at the Winterfest Sectional on February 1, 2025.
Join us for the Winterfest Sectional January 31 - Feb 2
This year, the Winterfest sectional will be held at the White Eagle Banquet Center in Niles, Friday, January 31-Sunday, Feb 2. Friday and Sunday will each offer two single-session pair/team events, with a two-session Swiss team on Saturday. Check the Winterfest flyer for details.
The Saturday Swiss team will be followed by the CCBA annual meeting and a pizza dinner. Awards will be presented during the annual meeting.
The dinner will include pizza, salad, and soft drinks. A cash bar will also be available. Dinner tickets are $15 and need to be purchased in advance by January 17, 2025. To purchase your ticket, send a check made out to the CCBA to:
Judy Riehs
731 Hapsfield Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Please pick up your prepaid tickets from Judy on site, Saturday after the Swiss. Dinner tickets will be entered into a raffle to win a free two-session entry at the 2025 Windy City Regional.
CCBA 2025 Standardized Masterpoint Stratifications
The CCBA has standardized masterpoint stratifications for 2025 tournaments to balance the number of players in each flight, based on recent tournament data.
Open Events
A = 5000+ masterpoints
B = 2000 to 4999 masterpoints
C = 0 to 1999 masterpoints
Separate Gold Rush Events
A = 400 to 750 masterpoints
B = 200 to 399 masterpoints
C = 0 to 199 masterpoints
Find a Bridge Teacher with the CCBA Bridge Tracker
If you want to learn bridge or improve your bridge skills, the CCBA Teacher Tracker provides information about Chicago area bridge teachers, along with their contact information. View the Tracker by clicking this link: CCBA Teacher Tracker
The document will be updated periodically as information and details change. If you are a teacher and want to be included in the Teacher Tracker, or if you need to update the information that you provided, please contact Jamie Rubenstein, CCBA Communications Committee Co-Chair, at jamierube76@gmail.com.
Connect with area bridge players in our Facebook Group
The CCBA has a Facebook group where Chicago area players, club owners, and teachers can make bridge-related announcements, share information, and interact with each other.
If you are a Facebook user, you may have already received an invite. Simply accept the invite to become part of the group. If you haven't received an invite, go to Groups in Facebook, search for CCBA, and request to join the group. You'll be asked a few simple questions about your connection to the CCBA and an administrator will approve your request.
Once a member, you'll be able to invite other players to join as well. This is a private group, which will help us avoid spam and trolls.
We're looking forward to seeing you in Facebook. Please post any ideas you have about how to best use the group in the Discussions area.
CCBA Mailing Address
All mail to the CCBA should be sent to 106 Penn Court, Glenview, IL 60026. Please ignore the address at the bottom of the page.