Thanks for joining us in Penticton and Anchorage!

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D19 had two regionals in June, in Penticton, BC and in Anchorage, AK. Thank you to everyone who put in work to make these regionals happen and to everyone who came out to both events!

We had 2119½ tables of play at Penticton.  We were up from last year’s iteration, though the schedule was also different this year, with more days of events offered. As for masterpoints, a whopping 15398.77 points were earned by 952 total players. We had a three-way tie for the masterpoint winner at Penticton; congratulations to Jacob Morgan (Madison, WI), Kevin Dwyer Rimstedt (Jupiter, FL), and Shan Huang (Jupiter, FL)!  Joan Millens (Kingston, NY) took fourth and Ming Sheng (Los Altos, CA) took fifth. Jennifer Hong of Burnaby, BC was the top NLM earner with 46.23 points total at the tournament. You can see the details on attendance and masterpoint winners on McBruce’s site.

In Anchorage, we had 139 tables of play, down slightly from last year’s 146 tables. 726.31 masterpoints were earned by 67 players at the event. Congratulations to G S Jade Barrett of Elk Point, SD and Donna Lombardini of Alcester, SD for being the overall masterpoint winners of the event.  Francis Wallis (Anchorage, AK) came in third.  Richard Kelly (Newport, WA) finished fourth. Martin Hrachovy (Houston, TX) finished fifth. You can see the details on attendance and masterpoint winners on the ACBL results site.

Our next regionals – Penticton & Anchorage!

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D19 has two great regionals coming up in June!

Photograph of Penticton featuring mountains, hotels, and lake coastline, with the word Penticton and the dates June 15-21 overlaid in yellow text

Come enjoy the Okanagan sunshine at the Penticton regional, held June 15-21 at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. Our flyer and schedule are posted on the website at pentictonregional.ca. Recommended accommodations are also included on the flyer. We have lots of great activities to enjoy as well as a full schedule of Bridge, including a Bridge workshop, the Welcome Buffet, morning walks, and a Wine tour!  Pre-registration is required for many activities, so sign up now on the Penticton regional website.

Questions?  Contact the tournament chair, Dave Johnson.

Need a partner?  Contact the partnership coordinator, Robert Wahl.

Photo of the Anchorage skyline with mountains and marshland and water visible and the words Anchorage and June 23-28 overlaid in yellow

Join us at the Midnight Sun Regional in Anchorage, where every session is a daylight session!  Events are held June 23-28 at the Anchorage Bridge Center. See our flyer for a list of nearby hotels and the full schedule.

Questions? Contact the tournament chair, Kathie Hoehne.

Need a partner? Contact the partnership coordinator, Mary Knopf.

Thanks for joining us in Leavenworth!

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Thanks for joining us in Leavenworth!

It was great to see so many of you at our first tournament of 2026 in Leavenworth. We had 358 tables of play at the Leavenworth regional this year, held April 13-19. At our last tournament in November of 2025 (Whistler), there were 757½ tables total.  In October 2023 in Leavenworth, there were 414½ tables, so we’re down around 13.5% versus that iteration.  For full details, check out McBruce’s Table Counts page!

2417.68 total masterpoints were earned by 183 players over the course of the event. Congratulations to John Adams (Cheney, WA) who was our overall masterpoint winner of the event with 85.74 masterpoints earned.  Dave Westfall (Spokane, WA) came in second with 70.56 points earned, and Paul Martin (Duvall, WA) and Ray Miller (Seattle, WA) tied for third and fourth with 61.33 points earned. We also want to recognize Juan Xu (Coquitlam, BC) who was our masterpoint leader among the non-life masters for Leavenworth, with 15.95 points earned.  (Juan was also the NLM masterpoint leader for Whistler!)

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Overarching Success for D19 in St. Louis

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Overarching Success for D19 in St. Louis

 

District 19 had another successful showing at the St. Louis NABC. 73 players scored over 1450 total masterpoints at the event, with 24 players placing in nationally rated events.  Congratulations to everyone who brought home victories!

In the North American Pairs (NAPs), Christine Chai (Redmond, WA) and Hugh Hendrickson (Renton, WA) placed 11th in the Golder B flight, while Shawn Abernethy (Seattle, WA) and Oyvind Tafjord (Seattle, WA) placed 16th in the same event. In the President’s Cup C flight, Yiyang Zhao (Redmond, WA) and Zhenghong Sun (Kirkland, WA) placed 5th, and Arjun & Mudit Chaunal (Issaquah, WA) placed 9th. These teams qualified at our D19 events; keep an eye on your email and this website for the next NAP qualifiers so that you can see your name here for Spring 2027 in Dallas!

Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) and Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA) had a sweet placement of 16th in the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs. We love seeing D19 partnerships that cross the border!

Jeffrey Ford (Redmond, WA) placed 23rd in the NABC+ Open Pairs. Cindy Oishi (West Vancouver, BC) and Kevin Cline (Seattle, WA) placed 29th in the same event (another lovely cross-border partnership).

Ben Tucker (Vashon, WA) ranked 39th in the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs.

In the Rockwell Mixed Pairs, we had five players in the rankings: Julie Smith (Vancouver, BC) & Dave Westfall (Spokane, WA) ranked 23rd; Shawn Abernethy (Seattle, WA) ranked 44th; and James Holzhauer (Seattle, WA) & Jenni Carmichael (Marysville, WA) ranked 68th.

Michael Gamble (Shawnigan Lake, BC) and Steve Beatty (Mill Creek, WA) ranked 18th and 57th respectively in the Silodor Open Pairs.

In the 0-3000 Pairs, John Krah (Seattle, WA) came in 10th.

Julie Smith (Vancouver, BC) and Cindy Oishi (West Vancouver, BC) took 9th in the Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs. Becky Stevens also placed with a ranking of 13th.

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Spring 2026 ACBL Board Report

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(posted on behalf of Tim White, Region 13 Director)

The ACBL Board of Directors held its spring in-person meetings February 23-26 in St. Louis. The Board and its Committees and Task Forces continue to meet regularly online using Zoom and Microsoft Teams. 

FINANCE 

ACBL concluded the 2025 fiscal year in a stable financial position with net assets increasing $1.367M to $12.58M. 

While operating revenues of $17.98M were slightly below budget, primarily due to a $1.1M shortfall in club table fees, this was offset by NABC performance $358K better than budget and steady membership dues. Administration and operations cost management resulted in year-end expenses $992K below budget, resulting in a positive bottom line. 

There was an unrealized gain of $688K in the market value of investments. 

Strategic investment remains a priority, with $640K dedicated to capital projects. Of this, $553K was invested in continuing modernization of the AS400 back-office system, securing the foundation of membership and scoring infrastructure and data for the future. 

MEMBERSHIP 

The February 2026 report showed a year-on-year 5% membership decline from 124,076 to 117,813. 

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D19 Came to Play at the Fall 2025 NABC

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D19 Came to Play at the Fall 2025 NABC

The members of District 19 made an impressive showing at the Fall 2025 NABC in San Francisco.

At the Nail Life Master Pairs on November 28-29, Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA) and Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) placed 7th overall.  Dan also placed 19th in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs with a separate partnership.

In the 0-3000 Pairs (Nov 29-30), JC & Scott Chupack (Seattle, WA) placed 5th.  They then followed that up by taking second in the 0-3000 Teams (Dec 1-2) with teammates Arthur Resnick (Seattle, WA) and Rosemay Vazeux (Seattle, WA).

Photo of 0-3000 Teams winners wearing medals

Mike Develin (Kirkland, WA) and Robert Glickman (Seattle, WA) both placed 4th and 9th respectively in the 10K Fast Pairs (Dec 3-4).  Robert also placed 11th in the 10K IMP Pairs (Dec 1-2).

Shawn Abernethy (Seattle, WA) took 4th in the Whitehead Womens Pairs (Dec 2-3).  She also achieved the rank of Gold Life Master via her win in that event.

A brief article snipped discusses Shawn Abernethy's rank achievement with a photo of Shawn

In the Mini Blue Ribbons (Dec 2-4), several D19 players made the overalls:  David Taylor (Seattle, WA) placed 8th; Robert Bell (Gig Harbor, WA) and Ben Tucker (Vashon, WA) placed 16th; Kevin Cline (Seattle, WA) and Aaron Mohrman (Seattle, WA) placed 17th; and James & Lily Andre (Allyn, WA) placed 23rd.

D19 had several players place highly in the Mitchell Open Board-A-Match Teams (Nov 30-Dec 1) while on teams spanning multiple districts. Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA), Stan Christie (Kirkland, WA), and Bryan Delfs (Vancouver, WA) placed 8th. Ben Bomber (Grandview, WA) and Ray Miller (Seattle, WA) placed 12th. Arthur Gong (Sammamish, WA) placed 16th. Brad Bart (Coquitlam, BC) and Matthew Weingarten (Seattle, WA) placed 21/22nd (tied with another team).  Alex Hong (West Vancouver, BC) placed 25th.  Last but far from least, Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) placed 28th. 

Alex Hong (West Vancouver, BC) also took 2nd in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams (Dec 5-7).

In the NABC+ Mixed Pairs (Dec 4-5), Jenni Carmichael (Marysville, WA) and Bryan Delfs (Vancouver, WA) led the charge at 12th place. Michael Christensen (Seattle, WA) and Becky Stevens (Seattle, WA) took 35th. Kim Eng (Issaquah, WA) and Eric Sieg (Issaquah, WA) took 47th.  James Rasmussen (Seattle, WA) finished 48th.  James also took 18th in the NABC+ Mixed Swiss (Dec 6-7), and Shelley Burns (North Vancouver, BC) took 21st in that event.

Beyond these wins at the National level, over a hundred players from D19 won masterpoints at this NABC.  The full list of masterpoint winners from the event is below:

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🎉Congrats to the D19 NAP Winners!

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Our District 19 North American Pairs qualifiers were held November 22-23, 2025.  🎉Congratulations🎉 to the pairs who qualified and will be representing our district in St. Louis this spring!

Note: Pairs listed in italics are unable to represent for the listed flight in St. Louis; the next pairs in rank order will represent in their stead and will be awarded the associated travel stipend.

Championship (Open)

  1. Michael Christensen and Stan Christie
  2. Bryan Delfs and James Holzhauer
  3. Jeff Ford and Kim Eng

Flight A (0-6000)

  1. Ben Tucker and Robert Bell
  2. Bryan Delfs and Scott Chupack
  3. Qinqin Zhang and Genie May
  4. Peggy Moen and Ann Romeo
  5. Lak Lakshmanan and Joe Grill

Flight B (0-3000)

  1. John Krah and Nathan Kasperkiewicz
  2. Nick Tipton and Leyi Chen
  3. Art Resnick and Rosemay Vazeux
  4. Oyvind Tafjord and Shawn Abernethy
  5. Hugh Hendrckson and Christine Chai

Flight C (NLMs who are 0-750)

  1. Arjun Chaunal and Mudit Chaunal
  2. Hua Ying Wan and Yan Luo
  3. Yiyang Zhao and Zhenghong Sun
  4. Sulu Nisargand and Jim Dowling
  5. Jessica Yao and Leyi Chen
  6. Laurence Newell and Kenneth Schultz

If you have any questions about the results or the event, please contact our NAP and GNT coordinator, Ann Romeo.