Author Archives: Lee Lin

District 24 North American Pairs Finals: 10/24/2021

Flight A, B & CSunday, October 24, 202110:30 am & TBD (probably 2:30pm)Online on BBO (Bridgebase) District 24—which includes New York City and Long Island—will hold a tournament to determine who will represent the district at the spring national tournament, … Continue reading

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Last Chance to Qualify for NAP 2021

First, mark your calendars for Oct 24th, 2021. District 24 has a sanctioned and approved district final for NAP, all flights (Open, 0-2500, and NLM 0-500). Club Qualification To participate in the Oct 24th District finals, you and your partner … Continue reading

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NAP in District 24, Club Quals and District Finals

After a nice lull following GNTs, there is suddenly a whole lot going on in the ACBL world. First off, a lot of folks are asking about NAP club qualifiers. You still have 2 full weeks to qualify, the All-For-One … Continue reading

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District 24 and 25 Regional Director Debate 8/11

The ACBL board of directors is going through a massive overhaul. For years, the board of directors consisted of 1 director per district for a total of 25 people representing all regions of North America. Now we are reducing that … Continue reading

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ACBL Board of Governors Meeting 7/19/2021

The Board of Governors is meeting again today. Didn’t we just have a BoG meeting two weeks ago? Yes, but that was a special meeting to discuss any reactions we would have to the Board of Directors meeting during NAOBC … Continue reading

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Team Xing and Merlo advance to GNT National Finals!

Congrats to our Flight B and C GNT teams for making it to the 2021 finals! That automatically ensures them a spot on the Wikipedia page forever. Team Merlo got slightly more rest today after their semifinal opponents conceded the … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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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