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D19 Came to Play at the Fall 2025 NABC

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Logo for the fall 2025 NABC, featuring San Francisco's iconic golden gate bridge

The members of District 19 made an impressive showing at the Fall 2025 NABC in San Francisco.

At the Nail Life Master Pairs on November 28-29, Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA) and Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) placed 7th overall.  Dan also placed 19th in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs with a separate partnership.

In the 0-3000 Pairs (Nov 29-30), JC & Scott Chupack (Seattle, WA) placed 5th.  They then followed that up by taking second in the 0-3000 Teams (Dec 1-2) with teammates Arthur Resnick (Seattle, WA) and Rosemay Vazeux (Seattle, WA).

Photo of 0-3000 Teams winners wearing medals

Mike Develin (Kirkland, WA) and Robert Glickman (Seattle, WA) both placed 4th and 9th respectively in the 10K Fast Pairs (Dec 3-4).  Robert also placed 11th in the 10K IMP Pairs (Dec 1-2).

Shawn Abernethy (Seattle, WA) took 4th in the Whitehead Womens Pairs (Dec 2-3).  She also achieved the rank of Gold Life Master via her win in that event.

A brief article snipped discusses Shawn Abernethy's rank achievement with a photo of Shawn

In the Mini Blue Ribbons (Dec 2-4), several D19 players made the overalls:  David Taylor (Seattle, WA) placed 8th; Robert Bell (Gig Harbor, WA) and Ben Tucker (Vashon, WA) placed 16th; Kevin Cline (Seattle, WA) and Aaron Mohrman (Seattle, WA) placed 17th; and James & Lily Andre (Allyn, WA) placed 23rd.

D19 had several players place highly in the Mitchell Open Board-A-Match Teams (Nov 30-Dec 1) while on teams spanning multiple districts. Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA), Stan Christie (Kirkland, WA), and Bryan Delfs (Vancouver, WA) placed 8th. Ben Bomber (Grandview, WA) and Ray Miller (Seattle, WA) placed 12th. Arthur Gong (Sammamish, WA) placed 16th. Brad Bart (Coquitlam, BC) and Matthew Weingarten (Seattle, WA) placed 21/22nd (tied with another team).  Alex Hong (West Vancouver, BC) placed 25th.  Last but far from least, Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) placed 28th. 

Alex Hong (West Vancouver, BC) also took 2nd in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams (Dec 5-7).

In the NABC+ Mixed Pairs (Dec 4-5), Jenni Carmichael (Marysville, WA) and Bryan Delfs (Vancouver, WA) led the charge at 12th place. Michael Christensen (Seattle, WA) and Becky Stevens (Seattle, WA) took 35th. Kim Eng (Issaquah, WA) and Eric Sieg (Issaquah, WA) took 47th.  James Rasmussen (Seattle, WA) finished 48th.  James also took 18th in the NABC+ Mixed Swiss (Dec 6-7), and Shelley Burns (North Vancouver, BC) took 21st in that event.

Beyond these wins at the National level, over a hundred players from D19 won masterpoints at this NABC.  The full list of masterpoint winners from the event is below:

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Victoria Regional Daily Bulletin

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The 2025 Victoria Regional is held from April 7 to 13.

As with all District 19 Regionals, for every day of the tournament, McBruce publishes a Daily Bulletin with up-to-date information on results, masterpoints, schedules and more. Here’s the link: mcbruce.ca/25vic/welcome.html

You might want to add it as a shortcut on your phone’s home screen so you can get to it quickly and easily during the tournament.

Here’s a link explaining how to do it.

New ACBL COVID policy

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Effective May 13, 2024, the requirement to wear masks when masked opponents ask is reduced from “must” to “should”. Moreover, players who wish their opponents to mask must provide them. The tournament is still expected to provide hand sanitizer. Tournaments no longer need to designate a safety officer.

Vaccination proof may no longer be required to play in tournaments; however, all these policies may potentially be superseded by local laws or policies.

A note to tournament organizers: In case your tournament publicity is inconsistent with the new policies, feel free to update it to reflect these changes. Send any new flyer to tournaments@acbl.org for posting.

Great News! The Nationals are Coming to Seattle!

JP Weber News, Tournaments

The last time the Nationals were here was Fall 2011—where many of us attended our first Nationals, and some of us won our first gold points! Two of us even won a national title (Pat and Polly Dunn, Senior Mixed Pairs).  Headed by Barbara Nist, this event was an out-and-out party for the Seattle bridge community.  We had wonderful weather, put on a great bridge burlesque (shout outs to Andy Kopser, Marcia Rayton, and Ruth Bunin), ran a successful cruise for the Intermediate/Novice players (due to hard work by John Weinberg and yours truly)—it was a great time for all.

Well, we get to try it again!  D19 recently approved to have the Fall NABCs for 2027 to be held here in Seattle.  We are in the process of putting together our committees and army of volunteers needed to make this event a success. We will need help with everything from soliciting donations to manning information desks, from selecting promotional gifts for our attendees to locating entertainment, from stuffing registration bags to handing out prizes.  If we raise enough money, volunteers may get free parking or free plays for their help.  If you are interested in helping out, let me know.  Jobs can be big or small, and ideas and energy are always welcome.  Contact Ann Romeo at seattlenabc@gmail.com.

There is nothing like going to a Nationals and be able to sleep in your own bed!

The Puget Sound Regional (aka Lynnwood) is Coming!  Announcing  New Events and Time

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Per usual, District 19 will be running the Puget Sound Regional in August, from Monday Aug 19 through Sunday Aug 25, at the Lynnwood Event Center.  What’s new this year?  We will be running a daylight schedule, so that most events will start at 10:00 and 3:00, with evening games starting  at 7:15.  We are also offering new events for our players: a Pro-Am game on Monday at 3:00, a Non-Life Master Charity Pairs at 7:15 on Monday night, a 0-300 Pairs on Saturday at 10:00, and finally, a Semi-Fast Pair series at 7:15 pm Tue-Friday.

Other highlights will be a charity auction run by Bridge for Youth, and our Tips for Tops, to be offered by some of our area’s best instructors. Stay tuned for more information, and if you have any questions in the meantime, contact Ann Romeo at  lynnwood@d19.org.

Calling for Caddies: Teens or Spry Seniors Welcome to Apply!

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We are looking for caddies for the Puget Sound Regional in Lynnwood this summer.  The dates for the event are Monday August 21-Sunday August 27.

Check your calendars and let me know if you or the teen in your life is interested in working a couple days during the week of the Puget Sound Regional.
I’m not guaranteeing anything at this time, but I suspect you will get a good chunk of the shifts in which you might be interested.

Here are the details:

  • Each shift runs approximately 4 hours: from 1:00pm-5:00pm and 7:00pm-11:00 pm.
  • Payment is $60.00 per shift.  If you work 2 shifts, you will make $120.00 for the day.
  • A tip jar will be put out, and the tips will be split amongst all the caddies after the last Sunday shift.
  • The work involves moving sets of card boards between tables as the players finish up their play.  You will also help with cleaning up the room.  You will also pick up entry forms as directed by those in charge of the game.  You will also help hand out treats to the tables during the game.
  • Mon has one shift (evening), that starts at 7:00.
  • Tue-Fri have two shifts, (1 to 5 and 7 to 11)
  • Sat has 2 shifts (10-2 and 3 to 7)
  • Sunday has 4 shifts (2 for 10 to 2:30ish, and TBA to the end)
  • You must dress appropriately–no flip flops, you should look clean and neat.  We should have t shirts and waist aprons for you this year.
  • You can bring a book or a phone, but when you are working you will need to be alert.  There will be ‘down times’ but then times of a flurry of activity.
  • You are responsible to get to the venue (in Lynnwood) and to get your own meals between sessions (if you do both sessions in a day).

Are you interested in helping?  If so, let me know what days and shifts you want to help.

Contact Ann Romeo, Tournament Chair at annromeo@gmail.com

Successful Victoria Regional

JP Weber News, Tournaments

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!