The team of Rick Bingham-Ryan Connors-Thomas Peters-Ernie Schuler-Adam Kind-Will Colmer won the Sheinwold GNT Flight B Competition at the July 2021 North American Online Bridge Championships (NAOBC). They prevailed over the team from District 24 in the Final Round 122-103. Our Flight A team of Mark Laken-Joe Trapani-Richard Baum-Barry Ko finished a very respectable 5-8 at the NAOBC, as did our Flight C Team of Tom McGlynn-Janet McGlynn-Jim Dickson-Mark Valavanis.
District 6 is very proud of the excellent play by these talented and skilled bridge players and looks forward to their future success on the national and world stage.
Congratulations to the following teams who won the District 6 2020-2021 Grand National Teams (GNT) Competition. They played the winners from the other ACBL Districts July 14-18, 2021 online.
Flight C (20 Teams)
1st: Tom McGlynn – Janet McGlynn – Jim Dickson – Mark Valavanis
2nd: Jo Ann Holback – Charlie Lockridge – Mike Barry – Joan Lawhon
3rd/4th: Diana Balducci – Connie Gardner – Gaye Nelson – Susan Hovig
3rd/4th: Preston M. Collins, Jr – Kurt Guelzow – Lewis Singer – David Nova – Karen Shimchock – Connie Lyons
Flight B (25 Teams)
1st: Rick Bingham-Ryan Connors-Thomas Peters-Ernie Schuler
2nd: Michael Berard-Murat Berk-Hakan Berk-Eric Gettleman-Peter Van Zijl
3rd/4th: Adam Kind-Jeffrey Schwartz-Shiang Chen-Will Colmer
3rd/4th: Amy Brisson-Joyce Currie-Donna Hickling-Jeffrey Yutzler
Flight A (14 Teams)
1st: Mark Laken-Joe Trapani-Richard Baum-Barry Ko
2nd: Paul Block-Deb Dhar-Sorina Negulescu-Witold Palosz
3rd/4th: James Fox-Judy Fox-Tracy Brines-Maureen Brines-Michael Lane
3rd/4th: Michael Berard-Murat Berk-Hakan Berk-Eric Gettleman-Peter Van Zijl
Open Flight (12 Teams)
1st: Steve Robinson-Peter Boyd-Bill Cole-Alan Schwartz-Bill Pettis-Ai-Tai Lo
2nd: Jason Meyer-Lloyd Rawley-Larry Kahn-H. John Edmonds
3rd/4th: Robert Hopkins Jr-Joan Lewis-Barry Goulding-Kent Goulding-Rusty Krauss-Barry Falgout
3rd/4th: David Rodney-Avril Rodney-Linda Marshall-Mary Tenenbaum
Congratulations to the team of Steven Fox, Howard Booth, James Orleans, Paul Hattis and David Edelson who won the 0-1500 KO Teams event at the March 2021 NAOBC.