Author Archives: Lee Lin

ACBL Multi-Day Pairs Events at NAOBC: Automatic Prepaid “Consolation” Entries?

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Lee Lin

I tend to prefer team games to pairs, but I noticed an interesting quirk in the NAOBC multi-day pairs events. You prepay for ALL days of the event. For the 2-day pairs events starting today, you pay either $64 for … Continue reading →

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GNT 2021 National Finals Enters Round of 16

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Lee Lin

The national finals of the Grand National Teams kicked off yesterday, with 6 teams from New York and Long Island representing in the 4 flights. In the championship and A flights, each of the 25 districts send exactly one team … Continue reading →

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Special Meeting of ACBL Board of Governors July 6, 2021

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Lee Lin

A quorum of eligible Board of Governors members gathered for Zoom meeting to discuss upcoming ACBL events and consider a set of motions. Board of Governors chair Doug Couchman led the way through the agenda. After a few administrative to … Continue reading →

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District 24 2021 GNT Final Results

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Lee Lin

All four flights completed their final 48-board knockouts this past Sunday. Here are the results! Championship: Blanchard vs Dinner Team Blanchard won after 36 boards with a score of 82-18. For winning first in the championship flight, Robert Blanchard, Sam … Continue reading →

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Team Xing and Team Wagner to Represent District 24

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Lee Lin

Congratulations to Team Xing and Team Wagner for winning their semi-final GNT-C KO matches today. They will still compete in the finals next Sunday, along with all the other flights, to determine the district champions. Normally, the district champion includes … Continue reading →

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GNT Flight A and C kicks off today!

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Lee Lin

Today we have 15 teams playing in the opening round of their GNT Flight. Fight A is a simply 6 team round robin, 5 rounds of 10 boards each. Flight C is a little more weird, and shows the limitations … Continue reading →

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GNT real-time scoreboard, B and Championship

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Lee Lin

We won’t bother to put too much spin on the results. We know what everyone wants is the real-time scoreboard, so here it is. Championship Flight Leaderboard Flight B Leaderboard With 4 rounds complete in B and 3 rounds complete … Continue reading →

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District 24 GNT 2021 Kicks Off This Weekend!

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Lee Lin

We have 18 teams registered for the first GNT weekend, with 8 teams in the open flight and 10 teams in Flight B. Because we have crossed the required threshold, we are eligible to send two B teams to the … Continue reading →

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District 24 GNT 2021

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Lee Lin

District 24 will hold District GNT finals online. Winners in each flight will advance to the national finals, also held online, in late July 2021. Fees are $60/session per team, with all teams ensured at least one full, two-session opening … Continue reading →

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ACBL Board of Governors Livestream NOW

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Lee Lin

Today the ACBL Board of Governors is doing its first ever remote livestream. Here is the link embedded below. Nothing TOO exciting should be discussed, but you may see several of the folks representing you. Livestream: https://youtu.be/Mpx9FmJNBwwsoUpdate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eki6IJedtho The stream will … Continue reading →

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