GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS

DISTRICT 19 CONDITIONS OF CONTEST FOR GNT (GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS)
Conditions of Contest Click Here

The Grand National Teams is a grass-roots event that begins at the club or unit level, continues with District Finals in the spring, and concludes at the Summer NABC. Players qualify as individuals at the club/unit level, and may form new teams for the District Final. There are four flights: Championship Flight, Flight A, Flight B, and Flight C. Each winning team at the District Final is invited to participate at the National Final of the GNT at the Summer NABC. District 19 awards the winning teams in each flight a subsidy to assist in transportation and accommodation costs, provided they play in the GNT National Final. Players who win should expect to represent the District at the North American National Championship. Captains should verify that all team members expect to play the entire event. Entering the event with the knowledge that one cannot compete throughout is a violation of ACBL ethics guidelines.

THE 2009-2010 EVENT
All information specific to this year's event, referred to in the Conditions of Contest, is on this page.

Click here for 2010 District Level Winners

The DISTRICT COORDINATOR for the GNT is:
Tom Hansen, 24700 NE 126th St, Duvall WA, USA 98019.
He can be reached at 425/485-8616 (days), 425/788-0647 (evenings), and by email at thansen2@mindspring.com

The DISTRICT DIRECTOR of District Nineteen is:
Don Mamula, 15329 14th Drive SE, Mill Creek WA, USA 98012.
He can be reached at 425/357-1964 (home), 425/269-7936 (mobile), and by email at don@d19director.net

STRAT LIMITS for the 2009-2010 event are:

Open Championship Flight: unlimited
Flight A: all members of the team under 5000 masterpoints
Flight B: all members of the team under 2000 masterpoints
Flight C: all members of the team under 500 masterpoints and non-Life Masters

(These limits are based on the September 2009 masterpoint cycle done at ACBL Headquarters, and are usually run in the first or second week of August. A player who moves up a level over the course of the event is still eligible to compete at the original level.)

IMPORTANT DATES for this year's event:

Tuesday, July 1, 2009: Deadline for applying for an exception from the residency requirements for the GNT, for players wishing to qualify in a different district than that of their primary physical residence

Monday, September 1, 2009: STAGE ONE (club qualifying) period begins

Wednesday, April 30, 2010: STAGE ONE (club qualifying) period ends

May 15-16, 2010: District Semifinals and Finals at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2913 W Marine View Dr, Everett WA . Participating teams should pre-register with the District Coordinator. Registration closes at 12:30 pm.

July 22-August 1, 2010: Summer NABC in New Orleans, LA, where the National Final
of the GNT will be held. (Different flights may be held on different dates.)

The 2009-2010 Event
Congratulations to winners. Here are the results:

D19 GNT CHAMPIONSHIP FLT
4 Tables

1 Dick Yarington - John Schermer, Seattle WA; Ken
Scholes, Bellevue WA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC;
Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish

BC DISTRICT 19 GNT FLIGHT A
4 Tables

1 Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA; John Maki, Bothell WA;
Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Bill O'Brien,
Mountlake Terr WA

D19 GNT FLIGHT B
4 Tables

1 Jingsong Liu, Renton WA; John Aslin, Seattle WA;
David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA; Brian
Zaugg, Burien WA

2 Shawn Abernethy - David Wright - David Taylor,
Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA

D19 GNT FLIGHT C
4 Tables

1 Amy Gao - Yizhong Wu, Richmond BC; Yinsheng Tu -
Xiangdong Meng, Vancouver BC

2 Hongqi Tian - Hongjun Liu - Jianmin Jim Ren,
Bellevue WA; Henry Hu, Sammamish WA

THE 2008 - 2009 EVENT
Congratulations to winners. Here are the results:

GNT CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

1 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Craig Barkhouse, Redmond
WA; Stanford Christie, Federal Way WA; Rod
Caldwell, Snoqualmie WA; Dave Setterholm,
Issaquah WA

2 Larry Pocock - Gerry McCully, New Westminster BC;
Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC; Martin Henneberger,
Coquitlam BC

GNT FLIGHT A

1 Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA; Kevin Bolan, Snohomish
WA; John Maki, Bothell WA; Bill O'Brien,
Mountlake Terr WA

2 Sandra Robson, New Westminster BC; Gene Fomin,
Glacier WA; Michael Dodson - Ron Beall,
Bellingham WA

GNT FLIGHT B

1 Brian Liu, Vancouver BC; Long Xie - Eric Pan -
Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC

2 Andrew Nalos - Grant Gayman, Vancouver BC; Anne
Smith, Burnaby BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC

GNT FLIGHT C

Roy Li, Burnaby; Amy Gao, Richmond; Ann Hung, Vancouver; Xiangdong Meng, Vancouver

FOR PREVIOUS WINNERS, CLICK HERE