General

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

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)

Congratulations to William Neumann, Mark Dahl, Fred King, Bob Bell, John McAllister and Sophie Baldysz who won a close match against the team of Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Bill Cole, Alan Schwartz, Michael Gill and Noble Shore on February 18, 2024 and will represent District 6 in the GNT competition at the NABC in Toronto, CN in July.

Congratulations to GNT Flight B and Flight C Winners

The District Six GNT B and C flights have concluded.

The winners in Flight B are the Devaney team (Barbara Devaney, Alex Stille, Neil Cowie, Daniel Zenko, Rolf Swenson).

The second place team is Bingham (Rick Bingham, Mel Yudkin, Peter Van Zijl, Mike Berard).

These teams will represent the District in the Flight B GNT Finals at the NABC this summer in Toronto.

In Flight C, the winners are the Chen team ( Li Chen, Fanjun Kong, Lequin Shi, Lewis Hutchinson) who will represent District Six in the Flight C  GNT finals in Toronto.

Please join us in historic Williamsburg, Virginia for the Williamsburg Regional Monday, February 26 through Friday, March 1st.  The tournament will be held at the Williamsburg DoubleTree by Hilton, 50 Kingsmill Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185.  

If you’re an Intermediate or Newcomer player, our program includes Gold Point opportunities in all two-session events and expert speakers throughout the week.  

If you can’t join us in person you can join us online on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for a Regionally Rated online game on BBO.

For more information please check our our flyer, where you’ll find a schedule of events, contact information for the tournament chairs and partnership coordinators.

We hope to see you there!”