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District 6 Grand National Teams Event 2023-2024

Please note that this year, players must qualify to play in the Open Flight and Flight A ONLY.

There are no club qualifiers for Flight B or Flight C – any District 6 player who meets the masterpoint requirements for B or C may enter the event.

In the Open Flight OR Flight A: a player must qualify by playing:

1> in a GNT Club Qualifier online OR face-to-face

OR

2> in a Sunday District Six Sectional Team game

Players qualify as individuals.  Teams for the District level competition can be formed from qualified players without regard to the partnerships/teams that played together in club qualifying.

District Six is requiring qualifiers to support our clubs and Sectionals. 

To qualify, all a player needs to do is play in the qualifying event.  Result or placement does not matter.

Dates of the GNT District Finals are:

Open:

1st weekend: January 6-7, 2024 at
Viers Mill Park Building
4425 Garrett Park Rd.
Wheaton, MD  20906

January 6, 2024: 11:30 AM (1st session)
4:45 PM (2nd session)


January 7, 2024: 10:30 AM (1st session)
3:45 PM (2nd session)

 

2nd weekend: February 17-18, 2024 at NVBA Sectional site (Elks Lodge, Fairfax, VA)

Flight B (0-2500) Online

1st weekend:
February 3: 10:45 AM on BBO
February 4: 10:45 AM on BBO

2nd weekend:
March 9: 10:45 AM on BBO
March 10: 10:45 AM on BBO

NLM Flight (0-500) Online
1st weekend: February 4, 2024 on BBO starting at 11 AM
2nd weekend: March 10, 2024 on BBO starting at 11 AM

The Flight A (0-6000) finals will be held online.

1st weekend: March 2, 2024 on BBO starting at 11 AM
March 3, 2024 on BBO starting at 11 AM

2nd weekend: April 13, 2024 on BBO starting at 11 AM
April 14, 2024 on BBO starting at 11 AM

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District 6 Grand National Team Winners 2021-2022 Competition

Congratulations go to the team of Robbie Hopkins, Joan Lewis, William Pettis, Kent Goulding, Barry Falgout, and Rusty Krauss for winning the District Six GNT Open Finals on May 8, 2022.

Coming in 2nd were: Ron Zucker, Michael Richey, Monique Smith, and Merril Hirsh.

In the Finals on May 1, Flight B was won once again by a team led by Rick
Bingham
, with his teammates: Mel Yudkin, Ernie Schuler, and
Tom Peters.

Coming in 2nd were: Dr. Michael Berard, Peter Van Zijl, Murat Berk, and Hakan Berk.

Flight C was won on May 1 by Nadejda Drenska, Walter Spiegel,
Daniel Aldrich,
and Jacob Baron.

Coming in 2nd were: Michael Vanous, Elizabeth Lomas, David Dunston, and Doug Helfman.

Best of luck to our teams at the NABC in Providence this summer!

2021-2022 District Six Grand National Teams (GNT) Competition

Congratulations go to the team of Robbie Hopkins, Joan Lewis, William Pettis, Kent Goulding, Barry Falgout, and Rusty Krauss for winning the District Six GNT Open Finals on May 8, 2022. Coming in 2nd were: Ron Zucker, Michael Richey, Monique Smith, and Merril Hirsh.

Best of luck to our teams at the NABC in Providence this summer!

In the Finals on May 1, Flight B was won once again by a team led by Rick Bingham, with his teammates: Mel Yudkin, Ernie Schuler, and Tom Peters.

Coming in 2nd were: Dr. Michael Berard, Peter Van Zijl, Murat Berk, and Hakan Berk

Flight C was won on May 1 by Nadejda Drenska, Walter Spiegel, Daniel Aldrich, and Jacob Baron

Coming in 2nd were: Michael Vanous, Elizabeth Lomas, David Dunston, and Doug Helfman

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DISTRICT 6 FLIGHT B TEAM FOR ITS WIN IN THE JULY 2021 NORTH AMERICAN ONLINE BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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.
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