Category Archives: ACBL News

WOW: Bracketing Rules To Change!

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Lee Lin

The always productive Competitions and Conventions Committee met for the first time in 2024 and passed some extremely sweeping changes. The big one that will impact many of us in the greater District 24 area is the bracketed KO and … Continue reading →

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Advisory Council Meeting Fall 2023

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Lee Lin

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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Should NAP and GNT Both Have Four Flights?

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Lee Lin

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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PickleBridge?

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Lee Lin

Very interesting. Today is the Advisory Council General Meeting, formerly the ACBL Board of Governors. ACBL Executive Director Bronia Jenkins revealed the new Picklebridge initiative. ACBL will work with Pickleball clubs and encourage members to play a game of pickleball, … Continue reading →

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Chicago NABC Day 1: New York GNT Teams

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Lee Lin

Today is a great day in District 24 history as we kick off the national finals of the Grand National Teams. For the first time ever, New York City and Long Island is sending 6 teams to the face-to-face NABCs. … Continue reading →

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Motions and Committee Decisions: Summer 2023

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Lee Lin

It’s time for the 3x per year committee meetings that take place just prior to or during the NABCs. Here are some of the discussions from the MP Committee, C&C, and Advisory Council, my main touchpoints with the national branch … Continue reading →

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Advisory Council Meeting Number Three, Spring 2022

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Lee Lin

Amazingly, the Advisory Council is meeting for a 3rd time in March 2022, but for a very important reason. The first meeting was a pre-NABC Reno meeting, to discuss the Board of Directors agenda items in case the constituents of … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 3: Competitions and Conventions Committee

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Lee Lin

The C&C Committee is holding their meeting on Monday, March 14th 2022 in Reno at the Silver Ballrooms. They are responsible for a variety of procedures and regulations around competitions, convention charts, alert procedures, and many other tournament and competition … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 2: Advisory Council General Meeting

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Lee Lin

Today is the Advisory Council General Meeting held during the Spring NABC. Because of the fast-paced nature of this meeting, we will be live updating as information comes. It is a hectic combination of important information, interesting news, but also … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 1: Big Apple Making a Big Impact

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Lee Lin

So it’s not really Day 1 of the NABC. Officially March 9th was the first day, which kicked off the Flight A NAP tournament. However, this is the first day for a large part of the NYC crew and the … Continue reading →

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