District 14

District 14 Masterpoint Achievements

How are our players faring in lifetime masterpoint achievements in District 14 - and for masterpoint races in 2013?

Check out District Director Sharon Anderson's website for the scoop!

GNT 2013 Round Up

Mike Cassel, District 14's able and hardworking GNT coordinator, has thoughts he would like to share with us.  Mike ruminates about this year's District Finals, the winners and GNT plans for the future.

Our thanks to Mike, director Tony Ames and all the other people who work hard toward our GNT competition!

District 14 Teams Head to Atlanta

The District 14 Finals for GNT 2013 concluded on Saturday and Sunday in New Brighton, MN.  Four worthy teams will be representing our district:

Superflight:    Bill Kent - Peg Kaplan - Cindy Balderson - Carole Miner - Bob Balderson - Paul Meerschaert

Flight A:        Paul Gutterman - Eric Hendrickson - Richard Lawson - Andy Caranicas

Flight B:        Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus - Gene Brandl - Del Swanson

Flight C:        Nick Erpelding - Tony Ames - Andrew Yeckel - Eric Mueller

Many of you may know that District 14 has had a fine record of wins!  Indeed, the winning Flight A team this past weekend has already seized the national Flight B title.

We congratulate all the teams for their excellent showings - and - wish them the best as they head to Atlanta for the ACBL-wide competition!

Also, please check out a few photos from Saturday's competition below - and a link to final results at the Special Sectional/GNT District 14 Finals.

District 14 GNT Finals

This weekend, New Brighton, Minnesota hosts the final competition for Grand National Teams.  In addition to a nice masterpoint payoff, winners can earn the opportunity to compete against their peers at the Summer NABC in Atlanta - along with a subsidized trip!

The tourney is also hosting a sectional concurrently, so if your luck isn't there for the GNT, you can enter other events.  Check out the schedule and try to be the team that represents our District this summer!

Congratulations Minneapolis and Omaha!

As we in District 14 know, although our District comprises a fairly large geographical area, our population is another story.  With lots of farmland and vast plains, our bridge communities just cannot compare to the densely packed cities on the coasts and strong retirement areas.

Despite these hurdles, however, two of our bridge clubs managed to make it into the top 50 clubs in the ACBL for table counts in 2012!

Congratulations to the Twin City Bridge Center in Minneapolis for being #38, and to the Omaha Bridge Studio for their #46 ranking.

We are proud of all of our clubs, and especially delighted for our two clubs that defied the odds and made the list!

District 14 Membership

Curious about the members of District 14?  Here's the latest about our greatest members, as of March 31, 2013!

 

NAP Flight A - 2013

The Spring NABC in St. Louis is underway!  Yesterday, the qualifying session of the NAP flight A took place.

One of our district's three pairs qualified:  Terry Beckman and John Koch.  Read all about it here - and - join me in wishing Terry and John best of luck in the finals!

Grass Roots Fund

Sharon Anderson, District 14 director and Secretary Treasurer for our district, has a report about Grass Roots Funds for 2012.

ACBL Player Activity in 2012

Our District 14 Director, Sharon Anderson, is always compiling and analyzing data about our players and their activity.  This analysis can be helpful in continuing to improve bridge in the ACBL.

Here is a study that Sharon organized about masterpoints and bridge activity for ACBL players throughout 2012.

District 14 Masterpoints in 2012

Get the scoop at District 14 Director Sharon Anderson's website!