LINKS OF INTEREST

D19 DIRECTOR, ACBL Board
Donald Mamula
January 2008 Report here

DISTRICT NAP Click Here

DISTRICT GNT Click Here

Kirkwood Trophy Race
Click Here

Jude Goodwin
DINO Web Site Maintainer.
Send your feedback, bug reports, news and updates to jude<at>d19.org.

HEADLINE NEWS

Puget Sound Regional coming up August 18-24. Click here for schedule.

Roger Putnam, one of ACBL’s and D19's most popular tournament directors – with his peers as well as with players – has been named as the 2008 recipient of the Jane Johnson Award for outstanding service.

Read more here ...

NAP News. For the 2008 season, District 19 has opted to NOT hold unit finals. Club Qualifers will move directly into the District Finals to be held December 13 in Tacoma. Read more here...

Pat and Polly Dunn lead the 2008 Kirkwood Trophy Race. Read more here ...

Filing Open for District 19 Board Positions. Click Here

PENTICTON REGIONAL - Despite the increase in the value of the Canadian dollar and the high cost of gas, The 2008 Penticton Regional once again surpassed the 3,000 table mark (3,029) and will, in all likelihood, remain Canada's largest Regional tournament. In 2009, CBF Bridge Week will be in Penticton June 6-13 followed by the Regional June 15-21. Click here to see 131 photos posted by Jonathan Steinberg

GNT Results now posted. Congratulations to winners:

Championship Flt: Pat Dunn - Jim Aitken - Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA; Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA
Flight A: Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA; Steve Handley, Edmonds WA; Mike Wilson, New Westminster BC; Howard
Epley, Kent WA; Alan Epley, Bellevue WA
Flight B: Pat White, Bothell WA; Cristal Nell, Woodinville
WA; Adam Ruprecht, Seattle WA; Jeff Ford, Redmond WA
Flight C: Long Xie - Joan Tang - Roy Li, Burnaby BC;
Baixiang Liu - David Hu, Vancouver BC; Jeffrey
Ren, Richmond BC

D19 member Dan Jacob wins first NABC. Detroit, March 2008 :: Dan Jacob, partnered by fellow Canadian Robert Lebi, scored two 60% games in the final sessions of the Silodor Open Pairs to win the event by less than a board. It was the third NABC title for Lebi, of Toronto, (the others were the Fast Pairs in 2006 and the Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1989) but the first for Jacob, of Vancouver. The winners posted a 59.74% score in the afternoon, and had a 61.59% game in the evening. Their total score (with carryover) was 2598.74. (Top in the final was 77)

D19 North American Pairs Finals Click Here for results

New District 19 President : Tom Hansen. Read his January 2008 Gazette President's Message here.

Paul Soloway. 1941-2007
Tributes collected here ::>

DISTRICT 19 UNIT PAGES

 Did You Know? Each Unit in District 19 has its own web page right here in the D19 site. Click on UNITS on the menu bar above and take a look around!

Individual units are welcome to send information and updates to the D19 webmaster for inclusion on these Unit Pages. Please note that we do not have access to this information unless you send it to us! Help us keep your Unit Page current. This service is free to all D19 Units. Email Jude Goodwin

WHAT IS A UNIT? Find out by clicking here ::>