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Our next regionals – Penticton & Anchorage!
D19 has two great regionals coming up in June!
Come enjoy the Okanagan sunshine at the Penticton regional, held June 15-21 at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. Our flyer and schedule are posted on the website at pentictonregional.ca. Recommended accommodations are also included on the flyer. We have lots of great activities to enjoy as well as a full schedule of Bridge, including a Bridge workshop, the Welcome Buffet, morning walks, and a Wine tour! Pre-registration is required for many activities, so sign up now on the Penticton regional website.
Questions? Contact the tournament chair, Dave Johnson.
Need a partner? Contact the partnership coordinator, Robert Wahl.
Join us at the Midnight Sun Regional in Anchorage, where every session is a daylight session! Events are held June 23-28 at the Anchorage Bridge Center. See our flyer for a list of nearby hotels and the full schedule.
Questions? Contact the tournament chair, Kathie Hoehne.
Need a partner? Contact the partnership coordinator, Mary Knopf.
Thanks for joining us in Leavenworth!
It was great to see so many of you at our first tournament of 2026 in Leavenworth. We had 358 tables of play at the Leavenworth regional this year, held April 13-19. At our last tournament in November of 2025 (Whistler), there were 757½ tables total. In October 2023 in Leavenworth, there were 414½ tables, so we’re down around 13.5% versus that iteration. For full details, check out McBruce’s Table Counts page!
2417.68 total masterpoints were earned by 183 players over the course of the event. Congratulations to John Adams (Cheney, WA) who was our overall masterpoint winner of the event with 85.74 masterpoints earned. Dave Westfall (Spokane, WA) came in second with 70.56 points earned, and Paul Martin (Duvall, WA) and Ray Miller (Seattle, WA) tied for third and fourth with 61.33 points earned. We also want to recognize Juan Xu (Coquitlam, BC) who was our masterpoint leader among the non-life masters for Leavenworth, with 15.95 points earned. (Juan was also the NLM masterpoint leader for Whistler!)
Overarching Success for D19 in St. Louis
District 19 had another successful showing at the St. Louis NABC. 73 players scored over 1450 total masterpoints at the event, with 24 players placing in nationally rated events. Congratulations to everyone who brought home victories!
In the North American Pairs (NAPs), Christine Chai (Redmond, WA) and Hugh Hendrickson (Renton, WA) placed 11th in the Golder B flight, while Shawn Abernethy (Seattle, WA) and Oyvind Tafjord (Seattle, WA) placed 16th in the same event. In the President’s Cup C flight, Yiyang Zhao (Redmond, WA) and Zhenghong Sun (Kirkland, WA) placed 5th, and Arjun & Mudit Chaunal (Issaquah, WA) placed 9th. These teams qualified at our D19 events; keep an eye on your email and this website for the next NAP qualifiers so that you can see your name here for Spring 2027 in Dallas!
Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) and Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA) had a sweet placement of 16th in the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs. We love seeing D19 partnerships that cross the border!
Jeffrey Ford (Redmond, WA) placed 23rd in the NABC+ Open Pairs. Cindy Oishi (West Vancouver, BC) and Kevin Cline (Seattle, WA) placed 29th in the same event (another lovely cross-border partnership).
Ben Tucker (Vashon, WA) ranked 39th in the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs.
In the Rockwell Mixed Pairs, we had five players in the rankings: Julie Smith (Vancouver, BC) & Dave Westfall (Spokane, WA) ranked 23rd; Shawn Abernethy (Seattle, WA) ranked 44th; and James Holzhauer (Seattle, WA) & Jenni Carmichael (Marysville, WA) ranked 68th.
Michael Gamble (Shawnigan Lake, BC) and Steve Beatty (Mill Creek, WA) ranked 18th and 57th respectively in the Silodor Open Pairs.
In the 0-3000 Pairs, John Krah (Seattle, WA) came in 10th.
Julie Smith (Vancouver, BC) and Cindy Oishi (West Vancouver, BC) took 9th in the Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs. Becky Stevens also placed with a ranking of 13th.
D19 Came to Play at the Fall 2025 NABC
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).
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.
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:
Victoria Regional Daily Bulletin
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.
Ocean Shores Regional website now live!
The Ocean Shores Regional will be held November 4 to 10. For complete information, go to McBruce’s Tournament website where you will find the Daily Bulletins.
The welcome page has all the info you need to find your way there, buy your entries, dress appropriately for the weather, etc.
Each daily page, from Monday to Sunday, shows results and rankings and much more.
Ocean Shores Regional coming soon!
District 19’s next regional is Ocean Shores, Wa, November 4th-10th, 2024.
Click here for flyer.
For more information please contact:
- Chair: Karen Rise
- Co-Chair: Marilyn Olson
- Partnerships: Ann Romeo
Not sure how to get to Ocean Shores? Here’s a map.
Click on Directions for an itinerary from your location.
New ACBL COVID policy
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!
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!