The 2023 Victoria Regional Bridge Tournament is now over.
It ran from April 17 to 23, 2023.
The tournament was very successful with 659 players attending, and a total of 1257 tables played.
For complete details, please access the Daily Bulletins.
We look forward to seeing you again in two years for the 2025 edition!
Tim White, National Director for Region 13, sends us this report following the ACBL Board of Directors spring meeting in New Orleans. The report is also available on our ACBL Board of Directors page, along with the previous ones.
Spring 2023 ACBL BOD Report
The Victoria Regional Tournament runs from April 17 to 23.
For complete and detailed information, please access the tournament website, vicregional.ca.
View the schedule and pre-register for games, thus avoiding the daily lineup, by going to Tournament Details on ACBL’s website.
If you’re not sure how pre-registering works, have a look at this short video which will walk you through it.
For any questions, please contact Tournament Chair JP Weber at [email protected] or 778-587-7242.
For partnership information, Jan Galena at [email protected]
Tim White, National Director for Region 13, sends us this report following the ACBL Board of Directors fall meeting in Phoenix at the end of November. The report is also available on our ACBL Board of Directors page, along with the previous ones.
Fall 2022 ACBL Board ReportThe tournament runs from Thursday Nov 3 to Wednesday Nov 9.
You will find detailed information by clicking on the following links:
For any questions, please contact Tournament Chair Marv Norden at [email protected] or 778-214-6278.
For partnership information, Ian Gibson at [email protected] or 778 514-5448
You can now register your pair for the 2022 District 19 NAP Finals on BBO (assuming you’re qualified).
Go to our NAP page for more information and to access the on-line registration form.
The ACBL Board of Directors held its summer meetings face-to-face July 11 through July 14, 2022 in Providence, RI.
Tim White, Director for ACBL Region 13, has sent us the report which can be found on our ACBL Board of Directors page, under Governance.
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The June 2022 issue of our newsletter is now available in the Bridge North West section. You can get to it from the top menu or click here for direct access.
The 2022 Penticton Regional was quite successful with a total of 1657.5 tables.
The local online paper, PentictonNow.com has an interesting article, with many pictures, which you can read here.
And of course, McBruce’s Daily Bulletins have all the details, including table counts, masterpoint leaders and more!
Tournament chair Marv Norden informs us that five COVID cases were reported, four from Idaho attendees and one from a Victoria player. If you are experiencing any symptoms, please take appropriate action, such as self-testing and informing your partners and teammates.