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Grand National Team Qualifying Season is ON!
Wanna go to Philadelphia next summer to represent District 19 in the Grand National Teams? Come participate in qualifying games thorugh the end of February at your local clubs. These games cost a bit more but will reward you with extra masterpoints. The Grand National Teams (GNT) is a grass-roots event that begins at the club level, continues with the District Finals competition in the spring, and concludes at the Summer North American Championships. There are four flights: Open Championship Flight, Flight A, Flight B, and Flight C. The winning team in each flight at the District Finals is invited to participate in the national finals of the GNT at the Summer NABC. If there are at least 8 teams in Flight B and/or Flight C, then two teams in that flight will qualify for the national finals.
This year the ACBL has changed the masterpoint requirements for some of the flights, allowing more to participate in C and in B. Here are the new flight restrictions:
We will have the District 19 finals in two stages: for the Champion Flight and the Flight B teams the finals will be at the Everett Regional, March 1-2, 2025 at Beautiful Savior Church, 12810 35th Ave SE, Everett, WA. Start times: SAT: 1:00 and TBD; SUN: 10:00 and TBD.
Those in Flight A will have their finals at the Victoria Regional, April 12-13 at the Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St., Victoria BC V8W 3M7. Start times SAT: 10:00 & TBD; SUN: 9:30 & TBD.
Flight C will be held at the Victoria Regional on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at the Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St., Victoria BC V8W 3M7. Start times SUN: 9:30 & TBD.
Prequalification at club level is strongly encouraged, but not required to play. Each team member who has not prequalified will be allowed to play in the D19 finals with a $30.00 (local currency) buy-in. Fees at the District Finals per team: $144 US or $168 CAN per day.
Unfortunately, due to the current D19 financial situation, there will be no subsidies from the District this year.
To find out if you have prequalified, check this link at the ACBL website: https://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/play/GNT_Qualifiers/GNT_D19.htm.
The GNT National Finals will be held in Philadelphia, starting July 23, 2025.
If you have any questions, please contact the GNT/NAP Coordinator, Ann Romeo, at [email protected].
Conditions of Contest
D19 GNT Conditions of Contest 2024-2025GNTs in past years:
GNT 2024 Report: Team Ford wins A Flight; Team Li wins C Flight
Our District Finals for C and A were held in conjunction with the Everett Sectional in March. Congratulations to Team Ford (Jeff Ford, Nathan Gong, Arthur Gong and Sriram Ganesan, photo below) for winning Flight A, and to Team Li (Qiao Li, Jin Mei Luo, Hong Helen Chang and Juan Xu) for winning Flight C.
We will be holding the finals for the Champion and B Flights in conjunction with the Burnaby Sectional on May 18-19 in Burnaby, British Columbia. This event will start each day at 10:00, and will be held at IUOE Engineers Hall, 4333 Ledger Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3T3. Put together a team and come play! I know of pairs looking for partners, so let me know if you need teammates at [email protected]. And please remember your passport! All winners win the opportunity to represent D19 this summer at the NABCs in Toronto, July 10-14.
The 2021 GNT (Grand National Team) District finals concluded on June 20th 2021.
Here are the winners of each flight:
D19 GNT Final Championship Flight
- Michael Roche, Victoria, BC
- Michael Hargreaves, Victoria, BC
- Daniel Lyder, Vancouver, BC
- Gordon McOrmond, Vancouver, BC
- Dan Jacob, Vancouver, BC
- Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver, BC
D19 GNT Final Flight A
- Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park, WA
- Marty McCune, Seattle, WA
- David Taylor, Seattle, WA
- Gary Haldane, Issaquah, WA
D19 GNT Final Flight B
- Jennifer Hong, Burnaby, BC
- JinMei Luo, Burnaby, BC
- Amy Gao, Richmond, BC
- Diana Jing, Surrey, BC
D19 GNT Final Flight C
- Jennifer Hong, Burnaby, BC
- Henry Yao, Delta, BC
- Lucy Zhong, North Vancouver, BC
- Jack Qi, North Vancouver, BC
- Open and B flights: http://live.acbl.org/
events/2106644 - A and C flights: http://live.acbl.org/
events/2106619
The District 19 2020 finals were cancelled due to COVID-19.
The 2019 District 19 Grand National Teams Finals for the Open Flight and Flight B were held on April 13 & 14 in Victoria. Finals for Flights A and C were held on March 16 & 17 in Everett. All teams pictured below will be representing D19 at the GNT National Finals at NABC Las Vegas in July.
Flight B winners, left to right: Ryley Breiddal, Daniel Lyder, Tom Anderson and Jordan Tessarolo
Flight A winners left to right
Sidney Yang, Alex Hong, Lu Gan, Kai Zhou.
Flight C winners left to right
Henry Yao, Jennifer Hong, Lisa Li and Flora Yan.
District 19 awards the team representing the District in each flight a subsidy to assist with transportation and lodging expenses, provided they meet conditions discussed herein. Teams that win the District Finals are expected to represent the District in the National Finals or, if they cannot, to immediately so inform the District GNT Coordinator. Captains must verify that team members will play the entirety of the National Finals; entering the event with the knowledge that one cannot compete throughout is a violation of ACBL ethics guidelines.
Prospective participants should familiarize themselves with the
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST. Among other things, this document provides information on masterpoint awards for the club, District Finals, and National Finals stages of the event.
Winners of 2018 and 2017 D19 finals and championship are shown here.