Author Archives: Lee Lin

Party in the GNTs! Join the Flight A and C Fun

Amazing. We matched pre-pandemic levels with 8 teams pre-registered for Flight A taking place this Sunday, Feb 4th (along with Flight C). And what a party it is, we have a huge crowd of GNT veterans joining the mix, including … Continue reading

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GNTs FAQ and Other Info

We have 15+ teams already registered for GNTs but room for plenty of more. We wanted to clarify and answer a few questions people have asked in the past few weeks Flight C is For Newer Players Last year our … Continue reading

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Grand National Teams 2024 (District 24)

Here is the GNT Flyer for 2024 and the full conditions of contest for GNT 2024.Click to pre-register your GNT 2024 team Championship (Open) Flight – Unlimited Masterpoints Opening Weekend – Saturday, Feb 24 + Sunday, Feb 25 Flight A … Continue reading

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Advisory Council Meeting Fall 2023

Today is another meeting of the ACBL Advisory Council, formerly the Board of Governors. ACBL Funding for Units: The 5-5-5 Plan Executive Director Bronia Jenkins outlined the new 5-5-5 plan focused on membership recruitment and retention. In the past, all … Continue reading

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Annual ACBL Unit 155 Membership Meeting

Active ACBL Members of Unit 155 are invited to attend our annual membership meeting on December 18th, 2023, at 8:30am ET via Zoom (link below and on gnyba.org). The agenda includes: Election of the 2024 GNYBA Board of DirectorsDiscussion of … Continue reading

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District 24 GNT Dates for 2024

As a reminder, District 24 GNTs will be held face-to-face at 110 East 55th Street, 6th Floor, at 11am ET each of the following days: Championship: Saturday Feb 24th + Sunday Feb 25thFlight A (0-6000): Sunday, Feb 4th + Complete … Continue reading

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Should NAP and GNT Both Have Four Flights?

We all love the grassroots events, the North American Pairs (NAP), and the Grand National Teams (GNT). These events begin at the local level playing against familiar faces at the District finals. Then, winners advance to the national finals at … Continue reading

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Mignocchi and Wooldridge Win D24 NAP

Kent Mignocchi and Joel Wooldridge delivered two extremely strong sessions scoring 66.54% followed by 66.91% in the D24 NAP Open Flight field of 14.5 tables. That was enough to take 1st place by a margin of over 4 boards above … Continue reading

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Reminder: NAP 10/15 and 10/22

See more info on District 24 NAPs for the 2023-2024 season. Flight A: Oct 15, 2023 — 32 gold points + $1400/pairFlight B: Oct 22, 2023 — 22.5 gold points + $1400/pairFlight C: Oct 15, 2023 — 20 half gold … Continue reading

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Tournament Update: Day 1 Queens Regional

Thanks for everyone who attended the first day of our Queens Regional. Results are on ACBL Live as usual: https://live.acbl.org/events/2310123 Tournament Capacity Concerns Attendance was better than expected. In fact, we had 50 tables and that is nearing the maximum … Continue reading

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