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Reno NABC Day 10: Team New York City and Long Island

The District 24 Goldner and President’s Cup NAP contestants rallied just before the 1PM kickoff to this year’s Flight B and C national finals. Finals Sunday Advancing to the finals tomorrow are Michael Schwartz playing with Janie Woo and Alan … Continue reading

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NABC Reno Day 2: Advisory Council General Meeting

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

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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ACBL Multi-Day Pairs Events at NAOBC: Automatic Prepaid “Consolation” Entries?

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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Fairfield Regional Cancelled

As expected, District 3 cancelled the Fairfield Regional originally scheduled for early July. It’s too bad, I always had fond memories of Fairfield, because it is the last regional for New Yorkers prior to Summer NABC. It was the second … Continue reading

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Honestly It Feels Like NABC Right Now

We all missed Columbus and Montreal NABCs, but right now Silver Linings Week is the closest proxy. The turnout has been so successful, even the virtual club operators are surprised. Almost every club has augmented their daily schedule to squeeze … Continue reading

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Montreal NABC Summer 2020 Cancelled

The Summer 2020 NABC held in Montreal is officially cancelled. Many of us saw this coming, but we were holding on to hope that the public health situation was improving. However, even with 3 months to go, the Quebec government … Continue reading

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Is Summer 2020 NABC Montreal Still Happening? (Nope)

So far, NABC Summer 2020 is still on (EDIT: NABC Summer 2020 is officially cancelled), and it runs from July 15th to July 26th. It would have conflicted with the Tokyo Summer Olympics, but that is no longer a problem. … Continue reading

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NAP and GNT Moved to Summer / Fall 2020 NABC

Big news – the ACBL National Board has voted and passed a motion to move NAP 2020 to Montreal Summer 2020, and GNT to Tamp Fall 2020. ACBL Board Journal, March 20, 2020 Motion: The 2020 NAP Finals will be held … Continue reading

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Online NABC Meets Wine And Cheese Lessons!

(Note: The May 2020 Regional is still on the books) Last board of Day 2, I had one of those hands where you are just really scared the bots are going to misinterpret and do something crazy. LHO opens a … Continue reading

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