Category Archives: Events

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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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 2021 Championship and B Finalists

Posted on May 28, 2021 by David Moss

Congratulations to District 24 GNT Open and Flight B finalists. They will play their final 2-session KO on Sunday, June 13th, starting at 10am. Open – 8 teams entered. Finalists Bill Dinner, Jack A Lipson, Bart Cirker, and Mark A Leibowitzvs vsRobert Blanchard, Sam Lev, Fred C … Continue reading →

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