Category Archives: ACBL News

Sectional Cancelled But Swiss Teams Still On

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Lee Lin

Unfortunately, the GNYBA Winter Sectional did not generate enough pre-registrations to hold a viable sectional. In order to award those precious silver points with a standalone sectional rating, we need to use an ACBL approved director and pay various other … Continue reading →

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Annual ACBL Unit 155 Membership Meeting Dec 29th, 2021

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Lee Lin

As everyone knows, 2020 and 2021 were sort of mulligan years for all things bridge. We did not have a GNYBA player of the year, Goldman Pairs, Countess Cup, or any of the other normal New York events. But don’t … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Lee Lin

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

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Lee Lin

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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District 24 and 25 Regional Director Debate 8/11

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Lee Lin

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

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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