District 16 News & Coming Attractions
East Texas Tournament of Stars - Regional APRIL 8 - 14
Gold Points Regional - East Texas Tournament of Stars, April 8 - April 14 is being held in Longview, TX
2019 Longview Friday Bulletin <-- Click on Link for Longview Friday Bulletin
2019 Longview Thursday Bulletin <-- Click on Link for Longview Thursday Bulletin
2019 Longview Wednesday Bulletin <-- Click on Link for Longview Wednesday Bulletin
2019 Longview Tuesday Bulletin <-- Click on Link for Longview Tuesday Bulletin
Holiday Inn Longview - North <-- Click on Link for Directions
Tournament Flyer <-- Click on Link for Tournament Flyer
NAPS: District finals results:
The following players qualified at the District NAP finals held in January in Austin to represent the District at the Nationals
Flt A
1 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX
2 Bart Bramley - Norman Beck, Dallas TX
3 Daniel Jackson, Spring TX; Mike Doyle, Katy TX
Flt B
1 James Zhan, Sugar Land TX; Lunhui Lin, Dickinson TX
2 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX
3 Ari Sippola, Richardson TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX
4 Al Cupps, Houston TX; Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Katy TX
Flt C
1 Pravina Jani, Austin TX; Zaeem Lutfi, Leander TX
2 Lacy Peterson, Dallas TX; Floyd Gerwig, Plano TX
3 William Eads, Fort Worth TX; Michael Blanchard, Benbrook TX
4 Alice Wright, Denton TX; Sharon Harbach, Argyle TX
Congratulations and good luck to all!
2019 District Teacher of the YEAR Award
District 16 will acknowledge and celebrate the teachers of our bridge community at the Lone Star Regional with Teacher Appreciation Day on Friday February 8th. The winner of the 2019 Teacher of the Year Award will also be announced that day. We had an especially strong slate of candidates this year, listed below. Please be sure to thank them and any other bridge teachers you know for their efforts in bringing in new players.
Buck Buchanan--Arlington
Betsy Dubose--Houston
Julie Halperin--Houston
Pam LaShelle--Austin
Llsa Looney--East Texas
Gayle Moyers--Austin
Sally Sassen--Austin
Stephen Segall--Lake Chalapa, Mexico
Previous recipients of this award are: Gary King (2018), Nancy Smalley (2017), Laura Delfeld, Dave Glandorf, and Mary Jane Orock (2016).
Scorecard
The January/February 2019 issue of the District 16 Scorecard has been posted on this site. You may read it here and other past issues.
Grand National Team 2019 District 16
Things to Know
- Dates
April 5, 6 & 7, 2019
- Location
Houston Marriott Westchase <-- Click on Link for Directions
2900 Briarpark Drive, Houston, TX.
713.978.7400 or 888.236.2427
Bridge Rate: $99.00 per nite – must reserve by 3/22/2019 Reservation Code: ACBL APR
- Schedule
Flight B only: 1st Session – Friday, April 5 at 7:30 pm
Continuing Saturday & Sunday @ 10 am & 2:30 pm
All other Flights: Saturday & Sunday @ 10 am & 2:30 pm
*** Championship Flight and Flight A: please be registered on site 30 minutes prior to start time or notify BJ Sanders with your team members’ names by Friday evening, April 5 at: bjinaustin@gmail.com
- Qualifying
Flights B & C: Each Team Member must have qualified in a GNT Club Qualifier or a GNT Unit Qualifier held in District 16 between September 2018 and March 2019.
Flight A and Championship Flight: No pre-qualifications necessary.
Houston will be holding its Election Sectional at the same location beginning Friday, at 10 am & 2:30 pm. Warm-ups anyone?
Grand National Teams’ 2019 Qualifiers in District 16
Following is a list of known, at press time, GNT Qualifiers being held within D16. Any member in good standing of D16 may compete in any of these Qualifying Games. Please check with your local Club/Unit if you do not see your local Unit schedule below.
| Name | Location | Flight | Date | Time | Club (Click on link for directions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | San Antonio | BC | Sat 2/23 | 10 am & TBA | Fiesta Bridge Club |
| 174 | Houston | BC | Sat 1/13 | 6 pm | Westside Bridge Academy |
| 174 | Houston | BC | Sat 2/2 | 12 noon | Bridge Club of Houston |
| 176 | Dallas | C | Sun 2/17 | 1:30 & TBA | Bridge Academy of North Dallas |
| 176 | Dallas | B | Sun 2/24 | 1:30 & TBA | Dorsey’s Bridge Studio |
| 183 | Fort Worth-Arlington | BC | Sun 1/27 | 2 pm | Arlington Duplicate Bridge Club |
| 183 | Fort Worth-Arlington | BC | Sun 2/10 | 2 pm | Arlington Duplicate Bridge Club |
| 183 | Fort Worth-Arlington | BC | Mon 3/4 | 7 pm | Arlington Duplicate Bridge Club |
| 183 | Fort Worth-Arlington | BC | Sun 3/17 | 12:30 & 4:30 | Fort Worth Bridge Studio |
| 187 | Rockport | Sat 3/9 | 10 am | Women’s Club | |
| 207 | Austin-San Marcos | BC | Sun 1/27 | 1:30 pm | Bridge Center of Austin |
| 207 | Austin-San Marcos | C | Wed 1/30 | 10:30 am | Bridge Center of Austin |
| 207 | Austin-San Marcos | Sat 3/9 | 10 & TBA | Bridge Center of Austin | |
| 207 | Austin-San Marcos | BC | Fri 2/22 | 10:00 am | San Marcos Activity Center |
| 233 | Central Texas | Sun 1/20 | 1:00 pm | Bridge Studio |
Please Note:
Flights B & C need to qualify, though A players may play in games with unlimited masterpoints and win points.
Super Flight is unlimited, Flight A is 0 - 6000, Flight B is 0 - 2500, Flight C is non-life master with less than 500 masterpoints. MP Cutoff is August 6, 2018.
Each player must be a member in good standing of District 16.
Each Team may include 4, 5, or 6 players.
Players qualify as individuals and may form new teams for the District Finals.
NEW FOR TEACHERS!
Click on the tab at the left, Teaching Material
Find all sorts of information that may be helpful for your classes.
Fall 2021 NABC
Austin, TX (Nov 25 - Dec 5)
2019 District 16 Charity Games
Please update your personal Calendars with the 2019 sanctioned events:
| Date | Game |
|---|---|
| 02/18/2019 | ACBL Grass Roots Fund Game |
| 02/19/2019 | D16 Charity Fund Game |
| 02/21/2019 | ACBL Grass Roots Fund Game |
| 03/15/2019 | D16 Charity Fund Game |
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