What an amazing day! Our club earned nearly $3500 for Alzheimer’s. There were 27 tables of bridge in the three sessions. 

There are many people to thank! Paul and Nancy Klein helped all day and donated the bagels. Al and Karen Langenfeld donated prizes for both the social bridge winners and … Read the rest

We are excited to announce Build Better Bridge will be holding The Longest Day on June 17, 2024. We have sponsored this event through the ACBL since 2012. I’ll enclose the flyer. 

The Build Better Bridge Club of Cedar Rapids honored both John Morano and Tom Flanders as new Diamond Life Masters.

Four other Diamond Life Masters attended the event:  Beth Kelly, Rich Bailie, Mark Patton, and Joyce Dodson-Anderson.

The achievement was celebrated 3/27/23 at an 11-table Grand National Teams Qualifying game.… Read the rest

On September 26th, 2022, the Unit 163 Board honored MaryAnn Boardman for her many years of tireless service to our bridge unit.  Carol Panzer has written a nice article , complete with pictures, about the surprise celebration and the many things for which MaryAnn was honored.… Read the rest

We are very excited to get back to celebrating The Longest Day for Alzheimer’s. We will be having all day activities on June 20. Doors will open at 9 for free bagels and coffee and social bridge. At 11 there will be a free Subway lunch and a speaker from … Read the rest

We are pleased to announce that Paul and Nancy Klein made Life Master. Not only that, but they went over 750 at the same time to make Bronze Life Master. They have done so much for bridge, volunteering at numerous events and supporting our clubs and tournaments.  We wish we … Read the rest

Remember the fall food drives Build Better Bridge used to have? Remember Face to Face Bridge games at all?  It’s tough for Bridge players, but, of course, we realize there are much bigger needs in our community.

Westminster Presbyterian continues to serve the needy through their food pantry. We thought we … Read the rest

Hello, all! We are the latest group to pool with Eastern Iowa Bridge, making it a total sweep for all out Unit clubs playing under one name!  If you have been playing in Mary Ann, Carol, and Ramesh’s games, you can now play in the QC games.

I am Vickki … Read the rest

One of our favorite bridge days was the fund raiser for Alzheimer’s, The Longest Day. This year it will look a little different. The ACBL is dedicating all the virtual club games played on the weekend of June 20 and 21 as Longest Day games. The proceeds will go to … Read the rest

Jack Murphy achieved the rank of Life Master at the June, 2019 Gold Rush Regional. He only needed a few gold points and I was pleased that he earned them right here in Cedar Rapids at our first ever Gold Rush Regional. I admire Jack for many reasons: He is … Read the rest