Barbara Pofcher (Rudolph) of Newton MA and West Brattleboro VT, passed away on April 5, 2024. She was born January 12, 1924. For 59 years she was the beloved wife of the late Harvey Pofcher. She was the loving mother of Steven, Eric (Wendy) and Amy (Enrique). She was also devoted to her seven grandchildren and was a dear sister to the late James Rudolph (Adrienne).

Barbara was an exceptional woman and, being 100 years old, was a role model for many of her younger friends. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1945, where she became an avid bridge card player. After college, she played bridge three times a week and she achieved Life Master status.

Graveside services on Monday, April 8th at 11:00am at the Roxbury Lodge Cemetery, Baker St., West Roxbury.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Fanny Pofcher-Golda Griefman Scholarship Fund at Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre St., Boston, MA 02131.

Players with <500 masterpoints are invited to play in our Monday 10:30 open games in Wellesley for $5! Come with or without a partner—we’ll find you a partner.

Congratulations to Bay State Bridge players who advanced in masterpoint rank in December, including Life Masters Joe Lanzel, Fred Wardwell, and Sam Wardwell!

Congratulations to Bay State Bridge players who did well in 2023 masterpoint races!

• First in unit Mini-McKenney races:
  • Unit 108 (Eastern Massachusetts): Joe Lanzel (5-20), Cesare Verdi (20-50), Robin Zelle (50-100), Doug Costello (100-200), Mine Usluel (300-500), Walter Driscoll (500-1000), Emma Kolesnik (1000-1500), Ethan Wood (1500-2500), Larry Lebowitz (2500-3500), Harrison Luba (3500-5000), Natalie Bassil (5000-7500), Alan Watson (7500-10,000), and Zach Grossack (over 10,000).
  • Unit 113 (Central Massachusetts): Eric Xiao (500-1000) and Jeff Xiao (1000-1500).
  • Lanzel, Verdi, Eric Xiao, Wood, Lebowitz, Luba, Bassil, Watson, and Grossack were first in District 25 (New England).
  • Lanzel, Wood, Grossack, Harrison Luba, and Eric Xiao were first, second, fifth, tenth, and tenth respectively ACBL-wide.
• First in unit Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs races:
  • Unit 108: Cesare Verdi (20-50), Doug Costello (100-200), Joe Taverna (300-500), Barbara Tarlin (2500-3500), Cilla Borras (3500-5000), Natalie Bassil (5000-7500), Joe Cappannelli (7500-10,000), and Sheila Gabay (over 10,000).
  • Unit 113: Chuck Rossi (1000-1500) and Jeff David (2500-3500)
  • Tarlin, Bassil, and Gabay were first in District 25.
  • Gabay was fourth ACBL-wide.
• Harrison Luba, Eric Xiao, and Jeff Xiao were the top three youth (under 20) in District 25 and second, eighth, and tenth respectively ACBL-wide.
• Zach Grossack, Harrison Luba, Ethan Wood, Eric Xiao, Jeff Xiao, and Emma Kolesnik were the top six juniors (under 26) in District 25 and first, fourth, sixth, 18th, 20th, and 25th respectively ACBL-wide.
• Zach Grossack and Adam Grossack were the top two players in District 25 and fifth and 22nd respectively ACBL-wide.

For complete lists, please see Masterpoint Achievements on our site and Masterpoint Races and Member Rank Achievements on the ACBL site.

On 2021 June 1 Newton Bridge Club and Westwood Duplicate Bridge Club joined forces and resumed in-person duplicate bridge. We have a new name

Bay State Bridge

two new venues

Italo American Educational Club
75 Pleasant Street, Wellesley*

Temple Ner Tamid of the North Shore
368 Lowell Street, Peabody*

and a new schedule.

— Tim Hill, David Metcalf, and Gary Peterson

* Both venues are minutes from route 128. For directions, please see How to Find Us.

The ACBL continues running Support-Your-Club online games that proportionately benefit whatever clubs you played at in 2019. Thank you for your support!

The Westwood, Puritan, Mid-Cape, and Dennis-Yarmouth clubs are most grateful for your participation in the Westwood/Puritan/Cape Online games, which ended when we resumed in-person play. Thank you!

The 7NTWorld group still runs their online games.