Regional Pre-Reg

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Lee Lin

Pre-registration is required for the April 24-26 2026 regional in Manhattan has been live for about two weeks.

Pre-Reg: https://forms.gle/Ry58v3egk3fqYTjZ7
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Tournament Flyer: Spring 2026 Regional

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D24 NAP Fall 2026 – Save the Date

Posted on July 26, 2026 by Lee Lin

Apologies for the late announcement this year on NAP dates. At the moment, we have tentative dates for District 24 NAPs. The most important change being that Flights A, B, and C will be done online this year, via BBO, with some mandated security guidelines. Here are the tentative dates:

Saturday Oct 3rd:  Flight B online
Sunday Oct 4th: Championship Flight at Honors
Sunday Oct 18th:  Flight A and Flight C online

Why Move Lower Flights Online?

Our District has always had a peculiar geographical challenge. Despite being one of the smaller sized Districts by geographical size and larger districts in population density, we have a problem observed over years of data. Our players, in particular those with 0-6000 Masterpoints, do not appear to want to cross county lines to compete in the District NAP.

We realize the hosting clubs also play a large factor in the marketing of the event. While we hope to work with club managers to market the event, we understand there might be some attendance drop off. Hopefully, the convenience of an online finals can more than make up the difference.

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D24 Strong Start to Summer NABC26

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Lee Lin

We’re off to an unusually strong start after the first four days of the summer 2026 NABC in Minneapolis.

GNT Round Robin Victories

First of all, the Grand National Teams in all flights kicked off the first day with a team photo shown below, then proceeded to dominate each of their respective flights. Team Frean in Flight A, Team Jonas-Silver in Flight B, and Team Long in Flight C all won the qualifying round robin swiss, giving themselves choice of opponent in the first KO (amusingly, a practice we eliminated at the local level. In the Championship Flight, Team Rothstein took 5th place out of 25 districts, well above average among qualifying teams. It’s safe to say no district in the history of GNTs has ever had such a strong start in all four flights!

Life Master Pairs and mini-LM Pairs Finalists

Moving into Session 5 and 6 of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Andrew Rosenthal and Zachary Grossack are in the leading carryover position! Of course, with 78 qualifying pairs, it is still anyone’s game. Over in the Bruce Pairs, in the top five qualifiers include Mark Blanchard and Amy Rhodes. And for the 0-3000 micro LM Pairs (aka Young Pairs), we have Dan Small and Lloyd Mandell.

Current D24 LM Finalists:
Andrew Rosenthal / Zachary Grossack
Joel Wooldridge / Kent Mignocchi
Margie Cole / Alejandro Bianchedi
Jacqueline Chang / Iulian Rotaru
Michael Lipkin / David Gurvich
Avery Silverstein / Aaron Silverstein
Lucy Zhang / David Soukup
Uday Ivatury / Christal Henner
Radu Nistor / Michael Gamble
Jordan Lampe / Wayne Ohlrich

D24 mini-LM Pairs Finalists:
Mark Blanchard / Amy Rhodes
Dan Small / Lloyd Mandell
Nancy Marshall / Bill Sigward
Melanie Appelbaum / Gina Davanzo
Cynthia Ogden / Jeffrey Schwartz

GNT Finalists in Flights B and C!

We have had unusually great results in the national finals of the GNT in recent years. Last year in Philadelphia Team Miniter won the entire Championship Flight national finals, with Team Li reaching the finals in Flight C as well. A few years prior in Chicago 2023, Team Jonas-Silver and Team Silverstein faced off in a subway series D24 Flight C national finals for 1st and 2nd place. This year, Jonas-Silver returns with identical roster as serious contenders for Flight B. And Team Long in their first GNT national finals is a finalist in Flight C. We wish them all good fortune!

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Pre-lim GNT-A and GNT-C Results

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Lee Lin

These are unofficial photos of the D24 GNT Flight A and Flight C opening round robin matches today:

Flight A:

1. Team 1 – 109.98 (Q) Paul Frean – Sabrina Frean – Daniel Rothstein – Amy Rhodes

2. Team 5 – 107.78 (Q) David Yoon – Julian Kurtzman – Jacqueline Chang – Jordan Lampe

3. Team 7 – 102.93 (Q) Tetzlaff – Chang – Quinn – Mittman – Culbertson – Shiaffino

4. Team 6 – 95.76 (Q) Moller – Florin Neamtu – Ilan Tadmor – Christopher Rivera

5. Team 2 – 92.18 Gloria Tamlyn – Ralph Tamlyn – Yasmine Guenancia – Shlomit Rind

6. Team 4 – 88.20 Jeanguenat – Mandel – Latta – Jonas-Silver – Jurkovic – Adelman

7. Team 8 – 84.82 Joseph – Lamountain – Mark Hyman – Ken Lowenstein – James Knopf

8. Team 9 – 81.42 Nickerson – Joan Dziekanski – Melanie Petsch – Xander Clague

9. Team 10 – 69.85 Lentz – Roberto Verthelyi – Robert Kuhnreich – James Southern

10. Team 3 – 67.08 Alan Davidson – Charles Bilich – Michael Krevor – Lee Lin

Flight C:

1. Team 5 — 110.34 (Q) William Gold – Aaron Igra – Vincent Zheng – David Long

2. Team 7 — 89.50 (Q) Rebecca Mathew – Cooper Pierce – Sam Bellows – Ellie Gossage

3. Team 6 — 84.38 (Q) Andrew Chou – Andy Schatz – David Miller – Alan Dichter

4. Team 3 — 71.80 (Q) Terri Newman – Judith Peck – Barbara Vallely – Ruth Cox

5. Team 2 — 63.22 Quentin Liang – Patrick Yee – Justin Li – Jesse Tan

6. Team 1 — 55.19 Paul Oratofsky – Steven Solomon – James Diederich – Rita Bar-Or

7. Team 4 — 43.69 Tom Romeo – Adam Jaffe – Thierry Bonnet – Stephanie Chamberlain

8. Team 8 — 41.88 Judith Schwartz – Anthony Siclare – Karen Dann – Susan Sutin

TOTALS remain 560.00

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Early Pre-Reg Results

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Lee Lin

Pre-registration for the April 24-26 2026 regional in Manhattan has been live for about 48 hours. So far, there almost an even split between Friday and Saturday pre-reg, and between pairs and teams. Recall that a single pre-reg for the team event is a full name while pairs is only half a table, so we would expect a ratio of almost 2 to 1 if each format were equally popular.

Pre-Reg: https://forms.gle/Ry58v3egk3fqYTjZ7
Already pre-registered? Check to confirm your pre-reg
Tournament Flyer: Spring 2026 Regional

The most unfortunately news is the very small number of Gold Rush registrations. If you know anyone who would fit well into the Gold Rush pairs, please encourage them to play in the regional.

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Pre-Registration for April 24-26 Regional

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Lee Lin

Spring Regional in Midtown Manhattan

Space is limited, so preregistration is required.  To register, go to this link and fill out the form:

https://forms.gle/Ry58v3egk3fqYTjZ7

Tournament Flyer: Spring 2026 Regional
Already pre-registered? Check to confirm your pre-reg
(results take 48 hours to populate)

Sponsored by the Greater New York Bridge Association

April 24-26, 2026 — Friday, Saturday and Sunday

  • Honors Bridge and Games Center
  • 110 East 55th St. (just east of Park Ave.) – 6th floor

Schedule:  Each Day — Friday thru Sunday, April 24-26:

  • 10 am and 2:30 pm – Two-session Open Stratified Pairs (unlimited/4000/1500)
  • 10 am and 2:30 pm – Two-session Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/150)
  • 10 am and TBD – Bracketed Round Robin Teams
    • Stratifications subject to change by the Director-in-Charge

>> Card Fee – $35 per person/per session, pairs and teams
>> Duplicated boards with hand records for all pair and team games.
>> Pairs can play just one session of two-session events.
>> Payment will be made at the tournament site by credit or debit only – No Cash.

Tournament chairs:

Phil Lentz (plentz@nyc.rr.com)
Bill Sigward (wsigward@ix.netcom.com)
Partnership desk: partnership@gnyba.org

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Ehrlichman Takes GNT-Champ Top Seed

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Lee Lin

District 24 GNT Open February 21, 2026

Scores after 8 rounds

Team Wins Score Qual
1 6.50 105.15 Q Samuel Ehrlichman – Ilan Wolff – Adam Wildavsky – Sheldon Tan – Jacob Freeman – Cornelius Duffie
3 4.00 100.92 Q Gillian Miniter – Joe Grue – John Hurd – Iulian Rotaru – Chris Willenken
4 5.00 90.10 Q Jeffrey Rothstein – Allen Kahn – John Rengstorff – Glenn Eisenstein
8 5.00 85.67 Q Michael Lipkin – David Gurvich – Erez Hendelman – Omer Ekinci
6 5.00 82.09 Joel Wooldridge – Jodi Edmonds – Kent Mignocchi – Radu Nistor – Adam Grossack
9 3.50 74.38 Monique France – Joseph Byrnes – Jordan Lampe – Christopher Moh
7 4.00 68.19 Michael Botwin – Barry Plotkin – James Southern – Robert Kuhnreich
2 2.00 57.56 Adam Parrish – Lucy Zhang – Uday Ivatury – Elizabeth Reich
5 1.00 55.94 Joan Dziekanski – Wendy Nickerson – Rachael Moller – Stephannie Culbertson

GNT Championship Flight
Opening Round: Sat, Feb 21st
Day 2: Sun, Feb 22nd
Seed 1 vs Seed 4 match (Feb 22nd, 10am)
Sam Ehrlichman, Ilan Wolff, Adam Wildavsky, Sheldon Tan, J. Freeman, C. Duffie
vs
Mike Lipkin, David Gurvich, Erez Hendleman, Omer Ekinci

Seed 2 vs Seed 3 match (Feb 22nd, 10am)
Gillian Miniter, Joe Grue, John Hurd, Max Rotaru, Chris Willenken
vs
Jeffrey Rothstein, Allen Kahn, John Rengstorff, Glen Eisenstein

Knocked Out
Michael Botwin, Barry Plotkin, James Southern, Robert Kuhnreich
Joan Dziekanski, Wendy Nickerson, Rachel Moller, Stephanie Culbertson
Monique France, Joseph Byrnes, Jordan Lampe, Christopher Moh
Joel Wooldridge, Jodi Edmonds, Kent Migniocchi, Radu Nistor, Adam Grossack
Adam Parrish, Lucy Zhang, Uday Ivatury, Elizabeth Reich

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GNT Still Scheduled

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Lee Lin

At this time we still plan to hold the GNT-B event tomorrow, Sunday Feb 22nd beginning at 10am. We hope most teams will finish by 6pm. We will also have the first KO phase of the Championship Flight as planned.

We understand there are weather concerns tomrrow and are monitoring the situation. We will update all the captains if there is a change.

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Tentative Pro-Am Date: Sunday March 29th

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Lee Lin

Mark your calendar again for Sunday, March 29th. We are holding another GNYBA Pro-Am-Am-Am Team game. As usual, this is a great introduction to team games and IMP scoring formats. Each team has one “pro”, usually a seasoned Life Master (and sometimes grand life master if you are lucky). The other three are amateur players.

While there is no hard cutoff on who can be a pro vs an amateur, the spirit of the game is a pro is the team captain, guiding three people who still feel they need guidance. The amateurs are players who generally still enjoy playing in newcomer and gold rush events.

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GNT Flight B: Can We Beat the 2020 Record?

Posted on February 14, 2026 by Lee Lin

In recent memory, GNT Flight B hit a record number of teams in Feb 2020, just prior to Covid (sadly the national finals were cancelled that year). While Flight B tends to be the most popular flight each year, we have hovered around 10-14 teams since bringing back face-to-face GNTs in 2022. As of 2/14/2026, we have 14 full teams registered with a few stragglers soon to come. If we can reach 16 teams, we will have the ideal number to qualify 8 teams into the quarterfinal KOs. At 17, we tie the 2020 record and then 18+ puts us in new and prosperous times.

If you have any interest at all in signing up for Flight B, email partnerships@gnyba.org and we can match your pair with another to form a team (singletons can email too, but no promises). If you are a Flight C team, we highly encourage playing both the Flight B and Flight C opening rounds. It’s great practice, and to be honest, our district has a long history of 0-750 NLM teams winning or placing well in Flight B.

See who has registered:
gnyba.org/gnt

In other news, Championship Flight is looking very strong this year. We have multiple Grand Life Masters pre-registered. The defending champion team will have plenty of competition this year at the District level — the D24 phase might be even more difficult than the national finals in Minneapolis. Too bad, unlike Flight B and C, each District may only send 1 team to the NABC for Flight A and Championship Flight.

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