HEADLINE NEWS
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
DON’T MISS THE 2008 DINO CHARITY WEEK MARCH 10-16, 2008
This could be your last chance to win free plays! Click
here for more
New District 19 President : Tom Hansen. Read his January 2008
Gazette President's Message here.
  
Paul Soloway. 1941-2007
Tributes
collected here ::>
Winners of the Lynn Blumenthal Memorial Trophy
Barbara Nist, Seattle WA; Lisa Fishman, Bellevue WA; Dee Berry, Arlington
WA; Yayoi French, Kirkland WA
Puget Sound Regional. Oct 29 - Nov 4. Click
here for webpage.
Follow the action at the World Championships. Click
here for page of links.
Highlights from D19 Board Meetings September :: Tom
Hansen was elected District President for 2008. David Schmidt was elected
District Treasurer for 2008. Dudley Brown was reappointed District Secretary
for 2008. For more click here.
Kirkwood Trophy Race. Here are the
top 150 with one regional to go! Thanks to Bruce McIntyre for this list.
Click Here
North American Pairs (NAP). A highly prestigious "grass
roots" event, the North American Pairs starts at the club level in
June, July and August. For more information and current Conditions of
Contest, click here.
Tri-Cities Regional Underway. 10-16 Sep 2007 Red Lion
Hotel, Kennewick WA For Website click
here
Become a Dino Board Director. Filing Period Deadline
Oct 30. New three-year terms (2008-2010) for the following positions on
the District 19 Board are open for filing.
• Vancouver Island
• British Columbia At Large (excludes Vancouver Island and Vancouver
B.C. Units)
• Alaska
Interested parties may make written declaration for a position where their
membership is to the District Elections
Officer by 30 October 2007. If more than one person per position files,
then an election will be held. Applicants should furnish a short biographical
summary or statement that would be sent to electors if an election becomes
necessary. In case of an election Unit Board members in the affected areas
would be furnished with a written mail ballot.
Congratulations to our 2007 DINO Charity Week Hand Record
Game Overall Winners Sharon Fitzsimmons, Thorp, WA, & Mary Owen, Cle
Elum, WA (69.79 percent). Plan to participate in the 2008 District 19
Charity Week: Mar. 10-16. Click here
for more info ::>
STAC District-Wide. Click
here for results
PENTICTON REGIONAL. Click
here for webpage, news, and Daily Bulletins. June 22 - 17. Lots of
photos too!
BC Teams win three bronze and one silver at Bridge Week in Winnipeg.
Players from BC recently played in the finals of CBF's National Bridge
Week. Click Here
Congratulations to D19 GNT finalists. Click
here
Congratulations to Tony Kasday of Puyallup WA for winning the 2006 Kirkwood
Trophy for most masterpoints at District Nineteen Regionals.
Tony has attracted a great number of bridge stars to tournaments in the
Pacific Northwest and until he got to Yakima seemed to win just about
every knockout he entered. Tony has had a fantastic year, winning over
400 masterpoints at the four D19 Regionals. As well, he was sitting 7th
overall for ACBL Barry Crane race with 1,662.26 as of Dec 6 and has won
the Emerald Life Master category for D19 by a margin of over 1200 masterpoints.
Four D19 members made it into the top 100 of the ACBL's annual masterpoint
race open category:
5 Paul Soloway Mill Creek WA 1,807.08
7 Tony Kasday Puyallup WA 1,662.26
62 Cameron Doner Richmond BC 990.89
97 G Gard Hays Veradale WA 772.77
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 ::>
Junior Fund Games. Clubs can hold Junior Fund Games during
any sanctioned session in any month except April and September. Players
pay an extra $1.00 per session and can win sectional-rated black points.
February continues to be Junior Month. Visit
our Junior page for more info ::>
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