Teams in the Championship, B and C Flights have earned spots in the finals to be held at the Philadelphia NABC this summer.

GNT:  Flight C (completed February 1-2)

The winning team from the southern site and the winning team from the northern site will represent the District. 

February 1:  Flight C South (Richmond)

Winners: David Cohn, Gordon Kellett, Nicholas Farrell, David Johannas

February 2:  Flight C North (Silver Spring)

Winners:  Jennifer Moore, Fenby Moore, Elisa Donohoe, Hamilton Sawczuk

GNT:  Flight B (completed February 23)

Winners:  Rick Bingham, Alan Munro, Colin Schloss, Mel Yudkin

The second place Berard team (Mike Berard, Art McCann, Rolf Swenson, Murat Berk, Hakan Berk, and Peter Van Zijl) will also represent the district at the Philadelphia NABC this summer.

GNT:  Open Flight (completed February 23)

Winners:  Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Bill Cole, Mike Gill, Alan Schwartz, Noble Shore

The deadline to register for the 2025 Flight A District 6 GNT is May 8, 2025.

There is no club level qualification requirement this year, and the masterpoint limit is 0-6000 mps as of the August 6, 2024 masterpoint cycle (printed on your September bulletin).

The event will be held over two weekends.

First (qualifying) weekend:  May 17 and 18, The Promenade, 5225 Pooks Hill Rd, Bethesda MD

Second (finals) weekend: June 7 and 8, MBA Sectional at Immanuel UCC, 1905 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville MD

The online registration form is at:

District 6 GNT Flight A Registration

Details for this year are still being finalized, so check back here later. For your planning purposes, note that District Six will not require club qualification this year in any flight and new this year to the Grand National Teams – there are MAJOR CHANGES TO FLIGHT LIMITS.

The FLIGHT MASTERPOINT LIMITS are as follows:

Open Championship Flight Unlimited

Flight A Under 6000 Masterpoints

Flight B Under 3000 MasterpointsFlight C Non-Life Master Under 750 Masterpoints

Flight eligibility will be established by ACBL’s September masterpoint cycle. This information was produced on August 6, 2024 in Horn Lake, MS. Masterpoints won after this cycle will not impact flight eligibility for these events.

The first qualifying weekend for the Open Championship Flight will be held February 1-2, 2025 at the Silver Spring Civic Building.  The Open Championship Final will conclude February 22-23, 2025 at the NVBA Sectional.

Flight B and C will be contested February 1-2, 2025, possibly including a satellite site and with any final rounds also at the NVBA Sectional February 22-23. 

In Flight B the first weekend will be February 1-2, 2025 at the Silver Spring Civic Building.  The final will conclude February 22-23, 2025 at the NVBA Sectional.

Flight C will be a one day event played at one of two satellite sites (team choice):  Saturday, Feb 1, 2025 in Richmond OR Sunday, Feb 2, 2025 in Silver Spring.  Provided we have sufficient entries, the winner at each site will be qualified for the 2025 Summer NABC final in Philadelphia.

The first weekend will be May 17-18 for flight A in North Bethesda and the second weekend will be in June at the MBA sectional in Catonsville on June 7-8. 

The new GNT Coordinator and Grass Roots Chair is Mary Peters, mfpeters496@verizon.net

Congratulations to Barry Bragin, Mark Laken, Mark Aquino and Robert Cappelli who finished 1st in the Truscott USPC Senior Swiss Teams. Congratulations to Eric Mayefsky and Mike Develin who finished 1st in the BRUCE LM 0-6000 Life Master Pairs, and to Eric Mayefsky and Joon Pahk who finished 2nd in the Oshlag Fast Pairs. Congratulations to Robert Ives, Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Ana Kovacevic and Miroslav Kovacevic who finished 1st in the 0-6000 Mini-Spingold. Congratulations to Jeffrey Schwartz and Cynthia Ogden who finished 2nd in the YOUNG 0-2500 Pairs. Congratulations to District 6 Flight B GNT Team Barbara Devaney, Neil Cowie, Alexander Stille, Danijel Zenko and Rolf Swenson and Flight B GNT Team Mel Yudkin, Keith Hafen, Michael Berard and Peter Van Zijl who finished 3/4 in the Sheinwold GNT event. Congratulations to Stepan

Congratulations to the team of Hal Hindman, Eric Branfman, Rick Bingham and Ryan Connors that came from behind to win the District’s Flight A GNT competition.

April 14

Hindman 10 30 55 114
Meyer 46 57 101 101

April 13

Abushakra         34 55 66 102
Meyer                  23 70 88 120

Hindman            13 55 100 127
Lane                     21 43   48   70

Congratulations to Alan Munro and Colin Schloss who won the Flight B North American Pairs (NAP) event at the 2024 Louisville, KY NABC. Another District 6 Pair, Ernie Schuler and Tom Peters, also did well in the event, finishing in the top 10 (5th).

In Flight C, Jacob Baron and Eliot Bernold finished in the top 10 (8th.)

1st Hindman Team (Hal Hindman, Eric Branfman, Rick Bingham, Ryan Connors)

2nd Meyer Team (Jason Meyer, Lloyd Rawley, Larry Khan, John Edmonds)

3rd Lane team (Michael Lane, Eric A. Henderson, Leah Shao, Kent Massie)

4th Abushakra Team (Hadi Abushakra, Albert Lauber, Jay Cherlow, Mel Yudkin)