The GNT (Grand National Team) District finals will be held online on BBO over 2 weekends in June. Put a team together if you want to compete.
Complete details can be found on our GNT page.
The GNT (Grand National Team) District finals will be held online on BBO over 2 weekends in June. Put a team together if you want to compete.
Complete details can be found on our GNT page.
Bridge North West, District 19’s newsletter, is now available on our website! Click here for more!
The Communications Work Group of the ACBL BOD’s Governance Committee has produced the first edition of the National Director Report which can be downloaded here.
The Work Group comprises Cindy Shoemaker (Chair), D17D; David Johnson, D18D; and Tim White, D19D.
Shelley Burns of North Vancouver BC and Kelvin Raywood of Vancouver BC win the 0–5000 IMP Pairs.
Read the full story on the NAOBC Daily Bulletin.
John Lai of Vancouver BC and Morris Chen of Surrey BC, representing District 19, won the Golder North American Pairs, Flight B with an impressive score of 63.94%.
Read the full story on the NAOBC Daily Bulletin.
Tim White, ACBL D19 Director, has sent us a letter detailing ACBL’s plans for a reopening of face-to-face bridge. This is a must-read document for tournament organizers, Unit boards, club owners and players who want an update on the current situation.
Click here to access Tim’s letter.
For more information, you can reach Tim at [email protected]
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind is putting on a fundraising bridge game, Bridging Barriers Charity Game. Here’s a chance to contribute to a worthy cause while enjoying your favourite game. And note that you don’t need to live in Canada* to play!
The cost is $50, eligible for an income tax receipt for the whole amount.
* Note: Everyone is eligible for prizes but tax receipts are of use to Canadian taxpayers only.
This spring we will roll out a new semi-annual newsletter. Our target date for the inaugural issue is late April 2021. It will be web-based and hosted on our website (d19.org). We will send out an email to all D19 members (at least the ones with email addresses) advising when each new issue is posted. In addition to highlighting player achievements and updates from the District, we look forward to having challenging hands to review, news from the local Units and more. Anyone have any good bridge jokes they want to share? We welcome your submissions, suggestions and ideas of all types. Please email them to: [email protected]
The following District 19 Regional Tournaments have been cancelled for 2021: Victoria (originally scheduled for April), Penticton (June) and Lynwood (August).
Whistler is still in the cards, so to speak, and could be held at the end of October or the beginning of November. A final decision will be made by D19’s Board no later than the end of May.
Here’s ACBL Executive Director Joseph Jones’s full text:
Due to the ongoing risk posed by the surging coronavirus and the slow rollout of the vaccine, the ACBL will not staff face-to-face bridge tournaments through April 30, 2021.
This means all Sectionals and Regionals scheduled during this period have been canceled. Consistent with this decision, the ACBL is also canceling the sanctions for any remaining Non-Life Master Tournaments or other bridge tournaments through the end of April where ACBL Tournament Directors are not technically required.
We will contact you by March 1 if the moratorium will be extended past April 30.
Online events, including Regional-rated tournaments, will continue to be offered along with chances to win gold, silver, red and black masterpoints®. Click here for the 2021 schedule of online events. More details can be found at www.acbl.org/virtual.
Sincerely,
Joseph Jones
ACBL Executive Director
January 12, 2021