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One of District 14's fun summer regional begins tomorrow, June 29th. Come to Des Moines from June 29th through July 5th to enjoy a wonderful week of bridge - plus celebrate Independence Day!
A schedule and details about the Regional can be found here. Looking forward to seeing you all in Iowa!
Have you ever seen the Liberty Bell?
Have you ever played in a World Championship?
If the answer to both of the above questions is "no" - you will have an opportunity to remedy that next year!
I'm pleased to announce that a World Bridge Series will be held from October 1-16 at the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia.
More details can be found in the press release below. This is a tremendous opportunity for all District 14 players - and for ACBL players throughout North America!
Jay Baum, the ACBL's CEO, sends periodic reports to board members. For those who are interested in some of the current happenings at ACBL, please review Jay's report below!
Our district has first and second alternate representatives to the ACBL Board of Directors.
Steve Gaynor, of Unit 178 is our First Alternate. Gus Doty, of Unit 103 is our Second Alternate.
Our thanks to both Steve and Gus for their service!
1. Should we establish an Ace of e-club race(s)? Currently there are 13 categories of the Ace of Clubs (most masterpoints won in a year at clubs) and Mini McKenney races (most masterpoints won in a year). Further, races are also broken down by Unit.Also, the name is up for grabs. Ace of e-Clubs is a choice, but if anyone has another name to consider, please mention it.There are 13 categories. We can suggest, for consistency, that there also be 13 categories in the Ace of e-Clubs races. We could suggest less categories. For example, six categories, namely, 0-100, 100-500 (new LM level), 500-1,000, 1,000-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 5,000+ . Other possibilities could be considered.2. The committee discussed having one page in the Bridge Bulletin devoted to Internet activities. This could include sanctioned play articles, online race results, online teaching, online instructive web sites, etc. There might be an page editor with invited authors each month. What are your thoughts on this?3. There is a wealth of information on the Internet and much bridge activity also. Should the ACBL web site might have a visible link to an Internet page that contains this information, either in articles, discussions, links to interesting activities, more sanctioned play information including the Ace of e-Clubs races, etc.?
