

For complete information about the upcoming Presidential Regional in Southbridge, MA, just click on the above image. For the event schedule, click here. The Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center is offering a special rate for the tournament of $109. This offer is good until January 14. To make reservations call (508) 765-8000. Then press 1 for reservations. Use the code NEBC. The hotel's address is 14 Mechanic St, Southbridge, MA 01550. The hotel has received 853 reviews with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5. Wednesday, February 8 and Thursday, February 9 will feature many exciting special events for New and Advancing players: Double Dummy is a documentary film, featuring a team of Americans playing in the junior world championships of bridge. It’s now freely streamable here and on the PBS App. The cast includes recent ACBL Player of the Year winner Zach Grossack, and three former Kings of Bridge. Some high school classmates started asking for bridge lessons, after having watched Double Dummy. Now, one of them already has over 1,000 Bridge Base Online logins, in a little over a year! It's GNT Time again! The Grand National Teams is a national (actually continental) championship held in three flights every year at the summer NABC, which in 2023 will be held in Chicago, IL (July 13-23). Qualifing events will be held online again this year, on BBO, using the following schedule:
Each team can have 4-6 players. To register your team for any of the above events, click on the link below: District 25 GNT Registration Form Registration fees are $20 per person per session, or $80 for a 4-person team per session. Enter your name, ACBL number and click "Pay Now" to pay your GNT entry fee using a credit card and PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account. The North American Pairs is a national (actually continental) championship held in three flights every year at the spring NABC. Congrats to the pairs representing District 25 at the New Orleans NABC:
The list of players who advanced in rank in January is available here. The list of players who advanced in rank in December is available here. Congratulations to all. Feedback: A new page has been created for the emails from players who advanced in rank in October. You can read them here. Problems regarding conduct and ethics are addressed by the District Recorder. Neil Montague has written an introduction to this process, which you can read here. Minutes: Carolyn Weiser, District 25's secretary, has provided minutes for the February meeting of the Executive Committee, the body that makes the most important decisions about the course of bridge in New England. You can read them here. The minutes for the latest Board of Delegates meeting are here. Note: Minutes are not posted until they have been approved, which generally happens at the next meeting. District 25 is definitely social. To keep up with the bridge news and gossip in New England check out our Facebook (NEBridge) page. New England Youth Bridge, Inc. has been working hard to showcase this great game to the video-game set. They urgently need our help. Details can be read here. We strive to keep the website informative and easy to navigate. Please “Contact Us” if you have any questions or suggestions regarding District 25, the site, or anything else. Thank you for visiting. |
Coming Events
|