District 14

Atlanta Bridge Bowl!

Calling all college competitors in District 14!

A super opportunity to win a FREE TRIP to the Bridge Bowl in Atlanta!

 

 

Win a Free Trip to the Bridge Bowl in Atlanta!

 

WHAT - Spring Online Team Tournament (College only!)

WHEN - Sunday March 4, morning and afternoon

WHERE - Online (Library? Classroom?)

WHY - Win a  team travel package to go to Atlanta’s Bridge Bowl (worth up to $6,000)

HOW - acbl.org/college

Your first chance to win a trip to Atlanta for the Collegiate Bridge Bowl will be on Sunday, March 4! Join us for the initial Spring Online Team Tournament and compete in this exciting event. With up to $24,000 in travel packages being awarded, you don’t want to miss it! 

Session one of the two-session event begins at 9 a.m. Pacific/Noon Eastern, and session two begins at 1:30 p.m. Pacific/4:30 p.m. Eastern. Teams must be registered by Wednesday, February 28 in order to participate. Registration is not complete until all forms (Agreement of Fair and Sportsmanlike Participation and Proctor Agreement) been submitted to college@acbl.org. For conditions of contest, visit acbl.org/college. 

To be eligible for a travel package award, all team members must have played in at least two CBO Daily Online Individual Tournaments. If you haven’t played yet, there is still time! Sign up at acbl.org/cbo. 

There are also more chances to win! We will have a second Spring Online Team Tournament on April 8, awarding four team travel packages. Two additional packages will be given out for teams with the most game activity courtesy of the ACBL Educational Foundation. Visit acbl.org/college for more information. 

One travel package per school. 

Good luck! 

 

Stephanie Threlkeld

Education and Communications Manager 

New Junior Master!

District 14 Director Sharon Anderson congratulated Brad Gilbertson on achieving Junior Master status. Brad's lovely reply is here!

Sharon,

Thank you for the nice note, I appreciate it. While I am a little proud of myself, I think your kind words are slightly misplaced. I wouldn't know a thing about bridge if it weren't for three wonderful ladies in the Minot club.

Linda Wade, Karen Leir, and Toni Pickeral are the three ladies who deserve the credit. They somehow managed to take a dumb rancher and teach him a complicated game. Obviously there have been others who helped me along over the last year, but those three have been really outstanding. I would hope that if you want to hand out some praise that you would direct it at them. They deserve it much more than I do. Teaching me is no picninc!

Thanks,

Brad

2017 - Points Won Throughout ACBL-Land

Sharon Anderson, our District 14 Director, shared an interesting document with us today. It shows points earned throughout the ACBL, broken down into a variety of categories.

Congrats to everyone in District 14 for what they earned in 2017!  Below is the WHOLE story for all!

 

137,176 Members won   6,192,466.81 points at Any level of play

   15,091 Members won     661,835.27 points at Online Clubs

   54,897 Members won     277,082.83 points at NAP Games at Clubs

    6,727 Members won      28,404.71 points at Other NAP Games

   12,367 Members won      34,662.75 points at GNT Games at Clubs

    3,692 Members won      26,775.82 points at Other GNT Games

  133,452 Members won   3,013,509.69 points at Club Games

   73,187 Members won     322,392.08 points at STaC Games

   58,670 Members won     509,688.63 points at Sectionals

   50,986 Members won   1,027,284.71 points at Regionals

    9,875 Members won     128,201.44 points at Regional Events at NABC

    2,908 Members won      41,074.30 points at NABC Events (Not NABC+)

    3,114 Members won     121,554.58 points at NABC+ Events

 

    1,981 Members won points at Online Clubs Only

   60,213 Members won points at Face-to-Face Clubs Only

   74,982 Members won points at Sectionals or Higher

   53,598 Members won points at Regionals or Higher

    4,740 Members won points at NABC Events Only

By The Numbers

 

 

Unit	Unit Name	Members
103	Minnesota Gopher	933
104	North Dakota	203
162	South Dakota	154
163	Iowa State	445
178	Viking Bridge Unit #178	825
184	Nebraska	220
216	Hawkeye	457
235	Northwest Iowa	135
241	Cornhusker	483
Total		3855

 

At the end of January, we find a modest increase overall in District 14's membership. Let's plan on keeping it up - month after month!

Minnesota is seeing a significant increase in college students learning bridge.  A number of the young players are now competing in our clubs and at tournaments!  To the naysayers who say you cannot attract youth to our game - say "nay"!

Try reaching out to students in your area.  Don't be surprised if they end up loving our game as much as you did, "xxx" years ago!