District 25 News for December 2006

Summing Up 2006

I apologize for posting no District 25 news since September. I was unable to attend the North American Open Pairs this year, and only played the final weekend of the Masters Regional in Burlington, Vermont. Burlington drew only 700 tables, but the site and hospitality were excellent. Congratulations to the winners. See the results page for the list. Congratulations to Sheila Gabay, for winning the most masterpoints at District 25 regionals in 2006, as listed under races. I'll post other masterpoint race results for 2006 when the ACBL sends them, which I expect will be early February 2007.

District 25 gained three Grand Masters in 2006 - Connecticut's Doug Doub, Maine's Dick Budd, and Massachusetts' Pat McDevitt - bringing our total to 11. A few New Englanders did well in the fall NABC in Hawaii. See Rich DeMartino's November report for news from the nationals. Congratulations to District 25's Robert Bertoni and William Nason for winning the non-LM pairs in Honolulu.

Other News

Our next regional, the New Keohane Individual, will be held in Newton, MA January 5-7, 2007.

The District 25 tournament committee is making some schedule changes for 2007, starting with our biggest regional in Cromwell in February. The biggest is game times of 10 AM and 3 PM for senior events. Don't assume 2007 tournament schedules will be the same as 2006.

District 25's 2008 fall nationals co-chairs, Kathy Benjamin and Frank Lombardo, are filling the various committee chairs. I'll post these when I get them.

The webmaster solicits New England bridge-related written matter of suitable quality for posting. District 25 web site material is volunteer only, but you'll see your name in lights. Short is best.

Attaboys and Attagirls

Congratulations to New England players who achieved milestones , moving up in rank during November 2006.

Previous congrats:
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
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