Regional, GNT, and NAP

Posted on October 16, 2026 by Lee Lin

Generally, the District’s primary responsibilities each year are handling GNTs, NAPs, and any regionals. Here is the latest update on each!

Play for gold points from home this Sunday, October 18

The District 24 North American Pairs finals for Flights A and C will be held entirely online on RealBridge. Play from your laptop, desktop or compatible tablet—no trip into Manhattan required.

  • Flight A: 0–6,000 masterpoints. Join Flight A.
  • Flight C: Non-Life Masters with fewer than 750 masterpoints. Join Flight C.
  • Sessions: 10:00 AM and 2:30 PM ET.
  • Entry: $60 per pair ($30 per player).

You must have qualified during this summer’s NAP club games. When signing into RealBridge, choose “Login with ACBL” and use your usual ACBL number and password. Enter the event and seat yourself at a table opposite your partner.

The top three pairs in Flight A and top four in Flight C advance to the Spring 2027 NABC in Dallas. First- and second-place pairs who attend the national finals receive travel subsidies of $1,400 and $600 per pair, respectively.

Full NAP details and resources

December Regional: December 26–29, 2026

Join us in Manhattan from Saturday, December 26 through Tuesday, December 29, at the New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, Times Square — 7th floor.

Each day begins at 10:00 AM, with Open Pairs, Gold Rush Pairs and Bracketed Round Robin Teams. This year’s schedule features one-day events, making it easy to join us for one day or several.

December Regional flyer and schedule

Save the dates: 2027 Grand National Teams

All flights begin at 10:00 AM at Honors (moving by then to 126 East 49th Street)

  • Open: February 6–7
  • Flight B: February 6
  • Flight A: February 20–21
  • Flight C: February 21
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Updated D24 NAP Links Flight A and C

Posted on October 16, 2026 by Lee Lin

RealBridge has rolled out an optimized US-located server which should meaningfully improve the streaming audio and video performance of the game. That required updating the original Flight A and Fight C links for this Sunday. Here are the new links.

Flight A: https://play.realbridge.online/ea.html?p=261018325088&q=FlightASession1

Flight C: https://play.realbridge.online/ea.html?p=261018325089&q=FlightCSession1

Again, see you Sunday, 10am Oct 18th.

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GNT Dates for D24 2027

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Lee Lin

All flights begin at 10am at Honors in their new location, 126 East 49th Street

Feb 6th:  Open and Flight B (Open players continue on Feb 7th)
Feb 20th: Flight A Day 1
Feb 21st: Flight A Day 2 and Flight C

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Gold Points Online: NAP A and C This Sunday

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Lee Lin

Flight A and C of the North American Pairs (NAP) District 24 Finals are this Sunday, October 18, 10am, and this year everyone can play from the comfort of home!

The NAPs are one of the best opportunities for bridge players of all experience levels to compete for generous gold Masterpoints and the chance to represent District 24 at the national championships. Best of all, the event runs in four flights, with Flight C consisting only of other players in NYC and Long Island who are all non-life-masters with 0-750 Masterpoints. Flight A is in its second year, allowing players with 0-6000 Masterpoints.

Sunday, October 18 — Flights A and C (Updated 10/16)

Flight A: Open to players with 0–6,000 masterpoints. First place is worth approximately 25.6 gold points, with 19.2 for second. Updated 10/16)
https://play.realbridge.online/ea.html?p=261018325088&q=FlightASession1

Flight C: Open to Non-Life Masters with fewer than 750 masterpoints. First place is worth approximately 12 gold/red points, with 8.8 for second. (Updated 10/16)
https://play.realbridge.online/ea.html?p=261018325089&q=FlightCSession1


New this year: Play entirely online on RealBridge!

No need to commute to Manhattan or travel to a tournament venue. Play from your own laptop, desktop, or compatible tablet. RealBridge uses video and audio to recreate the experience of playing face-to-face bridge.

Event details:

  • Sunday, October 18, 2026
  • First session begins at 10:00 AM ET
  • Second session begins 2:30 PM ET
  • Entry fee: $60 per pair
    (You may join using the links above and ask for help RealBridge for help regarding payment)

Players must have qualified through an NAP club game during the summer qualifying period. Check your qualification here.

Compete for a trip to the Spring 2027 NABC in Dallas!

The top three pairs in Flight A and top four pairs in Flight C qualify to represent District 24 at the Spring 2027 North American Bridge Championships in Dallas, Texas. Flight A is March 10–11, 2027 while Flight C is March 20-21, 2027

The top winners also receive travel subsidies to eligible qualifying pairs who attend the national finals: $1,400 per pair for first place and $600 per pair for second place. Those who win but choose not to attend the national finals will keep the Masterpoints but will not be eligible for the travel subsidy.

For additional details, see the District 24 NAP flyer.

If you’ve qualified but have never played in a District Final, this is a wonderful year to try! The online format makes participation easier than ever, and the limited-masterpoint flights give everyone a meaningful opportunity to compete.

We hope to see you at the virtual tables this Sunday!

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NAP Championship Flight – Final Results

Posted on October 4, 2026 by Lee Lin

Preliminary Results of the D24 NAP

Gillian Miniter and John Hurd lead the pack after the morning session. Note, with 13 rounds of 2 boards each and 15 pairs, two of the pairs did not have a sit out round.

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Links for D24 NAP 2026 This Weekend

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Lee Lin

Here is a step by step guide to play in the D24 NAPs this year. The actual game links are:

Flight B: (Saturday Oct 3rd, join prior to 10am)
https://play.realbridge.online/ea.html?p=261003324851&q=FlightB

Championship: (Sunday Oct 4th, join prior to 10am)
https://play.realbridge.online/ea.html?p=261004324853&q=Championship

Use ACBL Login

By far the easiest way to use RealBridge is the “Login with ACBL” option. You just use the same exact ACBL number and password you’ve always used for ACBL and you have an account.


On the next screen, continue with ACBL. You will be taken to a familiar ACBL login page, and then use your normal ACBL number and online password. After that, you’ll be loggged into RealBridge! Now go to the links above or find the District 24 NAP game in the menu.

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Updated ProAm Flyer

Posted on August 22, 2026 by Lee Lin

Please see the updated Pro Am flyer. There is still time to register a team.

Join us for a fun team game! Each team needs three amateurs and one pro. We’ll find a
pro for you if you don’t have one in mind. You’ll play against people of similar skill level.
Three rounds of bridge will be played – in one, you will play with your pro; in the other
two, you will partner with each of your other teammates. Ask your friends how much fun
the last one was!

Honors Bridge Club is hosting at 110 East 55th Street, please arrive by 10:45am.

Email proam@gnyba.org to register as a group of one, two, or three ams. Tell us your
names, ACBL numbers, masterpoints, and a pro if you already have one. If not, we’ll
help make teams for you and find a pro for you.

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NAP Dates 2026

Posted on August 17, 2026 by Lee Lin

Please save the dates for the District 24 NAP Finals.

Flight B: Saturday, October 3
Championship Flight: Sunday, October 4
Flights A and C: Sunday, October 18

All events will be hosted this year on RealBridge and begin at 10am ET. More information to come shortly.

Updated D24 2026 NAP Flyer

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Pro-Am-Am-Am Sunday September 27th, 2026

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Lee Lin

Join us for a fun Pro-Am team game! Each team needs three amateurs and one pro. We’ll find a pro for you if you don’t have one in mind. You’ll play against people of similar skill level. Three rounds of bridge will be played – in one, you will play with your pro; in the other two, you will partner with each of your other teammates. Ask your friends how much fun the last one was! 

Honors 155 East 55th St. 
Play begins at 11:00 AM 
Please arrive by 10:45 AM 

Registration is required. Download Flyer.

Email proam@gnyba.org to register as a group of one, two, or three ams. Tell us your names, ACBL numbers, masterpoints, and a pro if you already have one. If not, we’ll help make teams for you and find a pro for you. 

Fee is $120 per team ($40 per amateur) 

When you sign up, we’ll send you a link to prepay your fee. Anyone with less than 750 points is eligible to play as an amateur.

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Regional Flyer Dec 26-29 2026

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Lee Lin

Please save the dates. As usual, the December regional begins the day after Christmas. This year that falls on Saturday, Dec 26th, ending Tuesday, December 29th. This year, we keep things very simple with the same daily schedule: 10am start time for all games: Open Pairs, Gold Rush Pairs, and Bracketed Round Robin Teams.

Big Simplifications

Those who joined us last year will note a few events missing. There will no longer be a bracketed pairs event. While some Districts run a very successful bracketed pairs, the main draw is having a large number of brackets and a concept that everyone plays in a field of players with similar experience. When we ran the event last year, we found having only 2-3 brackets isn’t quite enough.

Many of us enjoyed the 2-day, 4-session swiss teams from last year (and the Goldman Pairs from Astoria 2025). Unfortunately. this regional we will not be holding any four-session events. We received lots of feedback that the four-session event should be held on Saturday and Sunday, running the event on a weekend rather than split into say Sunday and Monday. However, over the years we’ve also learned that players prefer one-day brackted round robin, especially on the first day of the regional.

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