Author Archives: Lee Lin

District Director Letter March 2021

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Lee Lin

Once again, District Director David Moss updates all of us on the latest happenings with ACBL, our unit in Greater New York, and our neighboring unit 242. In the quarterly letter, he announced the dates for our greatly revamped District … Continue reading →

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Winter League on VUGraph!

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Lee Lin

We held our GNYBA Winter League semi-finals on this quiet Saturday night, in order to avoid conflicts with the all-important Valentine’s Day. However, we livened up the BBO party with a live vugraph broadcast. Eventually several dozens of people joined … Continue reading →

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Masterpoints and GNYBA League? Round 4 Concludes

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Lee Lin

Currently, the GNYBA League does not award ACBL masterpoints. We only award a small quantity of fame and glory. Should it and could it award points? That’s a question for ACBL to answer someday in the future. Would paying points … Continue reading →

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League 2.0, Round 1 Results Posted

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Lee Lin

Check out the leaderboard to see the round 1 results and round 2 matchups. Remember, it’s a swiss, so you play against a team with a similar victory point total to yours. Also, there are no playbacks during the 5 … Continue reading →

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GNYBA League – Thoughts and Thanks

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Lee Lin

Today marks the last round of the first ever GNYBA Winter League regular season. We still have the exciting postseason knockouts, but for now I’ll take some time to reflect. As a reminder, we are an all-volunteer committee of three … Continue reading →

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GNYBA Winter League FAQ: Register While You Can

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Lee Lin

We have an amazing 20+ teams confirmed for the Winter League, with many more teams still forming. For now, we are welcoming all registrations, but we may need to limit entries in the coming days. A few frequently asked questions … Continue reading →

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ACBL Side Game Overalls Not Stratified

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Lee Lin

My Howling Winds side game adventure, aka the 9:15pm side game, has been very educational and lots of fun! I could have played with a different partner daily, but for this regional, I was lucky to have 3 sessions with … Continue reading →

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More ACBL Gold Points: Oct 15-18 Fall Into Bridge

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Lee Lin

The second last online regional for 2020 begins tomorrow, with the usual stratified two-session pairs events each day, as well as many single-session side game series and newcomer games. And for those who like team games, stay tuned. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Team Milman Wins GNT Flight A

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Lee Lin

We realize we left everyone in suspense for the GNT Flight A finals in our last four-flight GNT update. As a reminder, GNT Flight A is open to all District 24 residents as of September 2019 who had fewer than … Continue reading →

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All For One Gold Point Week Speedballs

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Lee Lin

I was excited for the special Gold Point Week for virtual clubs, less so for the points and more because it would bring back the extra special evening speedballs. In fact, we have stratified speedballs now: Late night session: There will … Continue reading →

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