Category Archives: Events

District 24 NAP Dates: Oct 6th A/C + Oct 27th B

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Lee Lin

As GNT KO season reaches the semifinal and final stages, let’s not forget about the other main grassroots events, the North American Pairs. Unlike GNT, the whole event is done in just one day. Teams that are fighting through 4 … Continue reading →

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Lipkin Leads Championship Flight Opening Round

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Lee Lin

Six teams entered the GNT Championship Flight opening round today to play 50 boards in a round robin. They played 10 rounds of 5 boards each, which allows for more match awards and more flexibility or the 5-handed and 6-handed … Continue reading →

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GNT Flight B Seeding Problem

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Lee Lin

We have an interesting first world problem. There are a lot of teams signed up for GNT Flight B this year in District 24. In fact, it is popular enough that the every eligible member of our District GNT Committee … Continue reading →

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Smirnov Advances to GNT-C Semi Finals

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Lee Lin

The 2nd KO of the KO-packed GNT season has completed with Smirnov prevailing to the semi-finals with a 65-22 halftime score and finishing the match with a final score of 114-34. First off, congratulations to the 5th place team consisting … Continue reading →

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GNT Knock Outs: Trophy Wars

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Lee Lin

We’ve entered the GNT phase that everyone both loves and hates: the KO rounds. For those in Flight C playing GNTs for the first time, congratulations. You are guaranteed to win a big chunk of gold and red points, but … Continue reading →

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GNT Flight C: Rockoff and Li Take Opening Round

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Lee Lin

The 12 Flight C teams played 50 boards each today in two groups of 6 teams. In group A, the leaders are Music Li, Yuchen Xu, Joshua Allen, and Lee Silberman. Also surviving to the KO round are Team Oratofsky … Continue reading →

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Flight C Reaches 12 Teams, Conditions Explained

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Lee Lin

Just after celebrating the party in GNT Flight A, Flight C has also reached pre-pandemic levels with 12 teams. Filling a teams event with 48 players in our District, all non life masters with under 500 Masterpoints, is incredible. A … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Lee Lin

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

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Lee Lin

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)

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Lee Lin

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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