Our neighbors in nearby District 3 are holding another sectional in Edison, NJ, from Fri-Sun May 19th-21st 2023. For those just getting back to the local tournament scene, Edison is the new Woodbridge.
Here is the Edison May 2023 tournament flyer.
For those who haven’t been, the playing location is a reasonably short drive from Manhattan, about 35 miles driving and 45 minutes away from most of Manhattan. In all the years of playing in Woodbridge and Allendale, the drive is quite smooth. There is absolutely no traffic on the way there, especially on Saturday and Sunday morning, and surprisingly a reasonably smooth drive back, even with light tunnel traffic.
An Unintentional Conflict
Unfortunately, there is a conflict on Sunday with our own District 24 Flight B GNT opening round, and potentially for the final qualifying teams of other GNT flights. It’s particularly sad for two reasons. First, we want to do our best to avoid scheduling conflicts with nearby tournaments, and secondly, the Edison team game on Sunday would have been an excellent final practice for many Flight B GNT teams. Next year we will do a better job coordinating, which might include moving GNTs back to early Feb. The past three years of holding them in May has its own pros and cons (the biggest downside being not enough time to plan Summer NABC travel).
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