From June 1 through August 31, local clubs will be giving you the opportunity to qualify for a chance to represent your District in the North American Pairs Championships to be held in conjunction with the Spring NABC in March 2010 in Reno, Nevada. Check our "Upcoming events" page for a listing of NAP qualifying games.
The 2009 WCBA Double KO Tournament moves into round 3 in June. Here is the list of Currently registered teams as well as the schedules for Bracket 1, Bracket 2, and Bracket 3. You can also view last year's winners here . Please note that what we have posted is a screen capture and the links are not active. To view the full page with active links you may visit the tournament coordinator, Mike McNamara's personal web page available on our "Bridge Links" page.
There are a few changes this year:
Brackets
The limit for Bracket 3 has been moved up to 1000 mps and up to 2500 for Bracket 2. The purpose of this is to get a large field in Bracket 3 with more masterpoints for those that finish in the overalls. The change was made also to be in line with strats at sectionals and with the ACBL designation of 1000 being Silver LM and 2500 being Gold LM.
Must Play Dates
Last year extensions were granted at several points to allow matches to be played. That inadvertently led to a situation where unforeseen circumstances caused the final match in Bracket 1 not to be played. To avoid this, the WCBA Unit Board voted to institute firm must play dates. Each month the coordinator will pick a date and time by which each match must be played. If the teams cannot agree on a date prior to the must play date, then the match must be played on the must play date at the time indicated. The must play dates will be dates at the end of each month at a time when one of the participating clubs is holding a regularly scheduled game. If one or both teams fails to field a team on the must play date, then one or both teams will forfeit that match.
Mediation
Given the new must play date structure, the Coordinator will be available to try to help teams find a date to play. If you reach the 15th of the month or if you have tried already and cannot find a date, captains are encouraged to contact the Coordinator so that he can help find a date for the match to be played. Good luck everyone! -Mike McNamara
THIS MONTH:
USBF Team Trials, June 5-14, Crowne Plaza, White Plains
WBF Worldwide Pairs, June 5-6
STAC Week, June 8-14
District 3 Regional, Saratoga Hilton, June 15-21
District 3 Regional, Fairfield, NJ, June 29-July 5
NAP Qualifying games at local clubs
NEXT MONTH:
District 3 Regional, Fairfield, NJ, June 29-July 5
NABC, July 23-August 2
NAP Qualifying games at local clubs
This Summer, the NABC will be held in Washington, DC from July 23 through August 2. Simultaneously and also at the host hotel, the Marriott Wardman Park, there will be a Youth NABC from July 30 through August 1. To encourage our youth to participate, District 3 is offering a $500 subsidy to offset the costs of traveling to the event for any District 3 member under the age of 19. For more information on this wonderful opportunity click here
It's still 5 months away but you don't want to miss the 6th Annual WCBA Charity Swiss Event to be held on November 15, 2009. For more information on this great event click here
In 2009 the WCBA will be printing a new directory of its members for distribution to all members. Since the directory is printed once every 5 years, please take the time to make sure the ACBL has the correct information that you would like printed about yourself on file. This is how many members will find you over the next 5 years so use the link provided here to go to MyACBL and check that your telephone number, etc. is how you want it to appear. The WCBA will import our data direct from ACBL files.
If you are a Bridge Professional and a member of the WCBA, we'd love to help publicize you by providing a link to your personal web site on our links page. Just submit your sites' URL to webmaster Ed Zuckerberg at the email address listed below.
Are you looking for partners for a local club game? Perhaps you are considering traveling to a tournament and would rather pre-arrange partners than look for a pick-up at game time. Our site is now developing a partnership board to facilitate our members' search for partners. Send requests to webmaster Ed Zuckerberg at the email or mailing address listed below.
Have you ever felt at the bridge table that you have been mistreated by your opponents, or, perish the thought, by your partner? Within our Unit we have a procedure for officially handling complaints concerning unethical behavior at the bridge table, be it suspicions of cheating or maltreatment of opponents and/or partner. For information on the process Click Here
The WCBA wants to keep you more informed of the bridge happenings in our unit. You may already be receiving some e-mails of bridge events, but we encourage you to sign up with our web administrator to keep abreast of current updates to our website and specific unit happenings and events. Please send a brief e-mail to WCBA e-mail list with your name for inclusion on our list. E-mail addresses will be kept strictly confidential, all mailings will be blind and you may opt out at any time. If You made Life Master or achieved a new ACBL rank recently, we want to know more about you! Send a photo and a brief bio including favorite bridge partners, etc. by e-mail to Ed Zuckerberg or via snail mail to: Ed Zuckerberg, 2 Russell Pl, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522.
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