DINO HEADLINE NEWS

August 23-29: The Lynwood Regional. Follow the action in Daily Bulletins, click here

Matt Smith one of 3 directors honored at Summer NABC. Read more

The Penticton Regional. Follow the action in Daily Bulletins, click here

Canadian Bridge Championships - the CBFs annual championships took place Toronto. Many BC players were in attendance - follow the action on the CBF site, click here.

2010 GNT. The District Finals took place May 15-16 in Everett. Click here for results

Spokane Regional April 12 - 18, 2010 at the beautiful Mirabeau Park Hotel. Click here for Daily Bulletins and links

Minutes of DINO Board Meeting from Spokane Regional click here

END OF THE GAZETTE - At this week's board meetings in Spokane, the D19 Board of Directors voted to discontinue the District 19 Tournament Gazette. All sectional committees need to take note - be sure your flyer and listings are properly included on our website's TOURNAMENT TRAIl 2010

Stage One GNT Club Qualifying period deadline extended to April 2010. Find out more ...

Jacob new Grand LM - Dan Jacob has advanced to Grand Life Master, a rank requiring 10,000 masterpoints and a win in an NABC+ event or certain other achievements. Jacob, of Vancouver BC, has won the Canadian National Team Championship three times. He has represented Canada in world play five times. Jacob was the winner of the Silodor Open Pairs in 2008, and was second in the Baldwin North American Pairs in 2005. Jacob is an engineer who works for the Canadian government and lives BC.

Phil Wood 1921-2010. Phil Wood of Richmond BC (1921-2010), one of the most charismatic and entertaining of our National Tournament Directors, died on Sunday, February 14 of Parkinson's Disease. Phil, the first Canadian to be appointed a National Director by the ACBL, had tremendous microphone presence, a fine sense of humor, a way of making the players feel comfortable and at ease — and an amazing ability to add a column of numbers. He was held in high esteem by his co-workers and beloved by his staff. A former member of the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force), he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944.

A Memorial service will be held on Thursday, March 4th, at 11:00AM, at the First Memorial Chapel, 602 Kingsway, Vancouver.

Read article on ACBL.org Click Here

Bridge Seminar with Barbara Seagram in Vernon June 6-7. Army, Navy, Airforce Hall. Click here for flyer

Two Teacher Accrediation Programs (TAP) scheduled in District 19 2010. Read more here.

Vancouver/Surrey Regional November 9-15, 2009. Bulletins & results

Winter 2009-2010 Tournament Gazette - PDF Click Here

Grand National Teams - 2009-2010 Conditions of Contest now online. Click Here

D19 Wide STaC - results here

Click HERE or on DINO NEWS to find more of the latest news, announcements and links to regionals an other important pages.

DISTRICT 19, ACBL

A blending of two countries, two cultures and one
common love - the game of bridge.

District 19 includes Alaska, Washington and British Columbia and comprises 24 units. Our smaller units have as few as twenty-four members, and our largest units are Seattle with 1,244 members and Vancouver with 1,033.

The governing body for District 19  is the District 19 Organization (DINO). DINO successfully meets the challenges of a district which crosses and international border, deals in two kinds of currency and must operate according to the dictates of a variety of governmental organizations. The board is an active energetic and interested group of volunteers who have invested a lot of time and energy in the present and future health of the game of bridge. We can all be proud of our membership in District 19 and the commendable efforts of our DINO Board.

Jude Goodwin is the current Web Site Maintainer. Send your news, updates and bug reports to Jude!