Author Archives: Lee Lin

ACBL Board of Governors Meeting 7/19/2021

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Lee Lin

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!

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Lee Lin

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?

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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