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VOL.14, #4 NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 2016/ JANUARY 2017 ails det or 2 f ge pa on ge sa es M s t’ en id s re P e e S — E U S S I see D 2016-2017 E L GNT FAQ I A on page 2016-2017 Grand M 18 “ T “National Teams FAQ S 1.1. What What isis thethe GrandGrand NationalNational TeamsTeams A L (GNT)? The GNT is a grass roots event in which you start by qualifying at a club, a Unit game, or at a Non-Life Master tournament. Then you compete at the District level. If you win your flight, you will represent our District at the 2017 Summer Nationals in WWW Toronto, Canada. District 6 of the Mid-Atlantic of the American Contract Bridge League Websites §www.districtsix.org¨www.mabcbridge.org©www.acbl.orgª District 6 TableTALK EDITORIAL BOARD Bill Cole, PUBLISHER Donna Rogall, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, EDITOR Any requests for changes to Lucy McCoy, MANAGING EDITOR the mailing list must be sent Steve Robinson, CIRCULATION MANAGER directly to the ACBL at: Ellen Cherniavsky, MAILING LIST . ...... [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Barbara Doran, Margot Hennings DISTRICT COLUMNISTS: 6 Steve Robinson, Shawn Stringer, Margot Hennings, Sylvia Shi DISTRICT SIX OFFICERS Table . ACBL District 6 Director: Margot Hennings [email protected] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE President: Shawn Stringer [email protected] Starting with the first full issue in 2017, District 6 (D6) will no longer mail TableTALK. Vice President: George Lewis Copies of the magazine will be available to our members in different ways. Players may pick [email protected] up copies of TableTALK at all of our regionals. In addition, copies will be sent to all Unit pres- Secretary: Susan B. MacLaughlin [email protected] idents, who will be responsible for distributing the magazine to clubs and sectionals. Treasurer: Ron Spieker This decision was the result of a survey of our members that indicated to the D6 [email protected] Board that an increasing number of players get their bridge information from the Don Berman Immediate Past President: Internet instead of from printed publications. This change in distribution allows D6 to [email protected] make better use of technology and at the same time to reduce environmental waste. The UNIT PRESIDENTS significant cost savings will be used to defray the costs of replacing and upgrading Unit 109: Richmond: Barry Fratkin [email protected] equipment including printers, table mats, bid box inserts, boards and playing cards. Unit 110: Peninsula: Ron Alldaffer District 6 will continue to post TableTALK to the D6 website. Also, players who want [email protected] to continue to have a written copy mailed to them will be able to pay a nominal cost of Unit 135: Maryland: Ron Conlon [email protected] $10.00 for a subscription. Subscription details will be provided in our next issue. Unit 139: Piedmont: David Butler [email protected] Summer 2016 North American Bridge Championships (NABCs): Unit 146: VA State: Brian Boyce [email protected] The NABCs that took place in Washington, DC at the end of July were Unit 147: Wash. DC: Ellen Cherniavsky a great success. The D6 Board appreciates the efforts of so many [email protected] hard-working D6 players who expended their time and efforts to Unit 218: Northern Va: Ron Kral [email protected] do so many jobs that contribute to a successful event. Special Unit 231: SW Virginia: Rich Rio thanks go to Margot Hennings of Northern Virginia, and [email protected] Susan Bowles of Virginia Beach who served as co- Send comments or inquiries to Lucy McCoy, Chairs of the NABCs and who put in countless hours, Managing Editor at [email protected] days, months and truly years of dedicated service to make the NABC an event that our District was proud to support. —Shawn Stringer, TO GET ON AN EMAIL LIST FOR BRIDGE NEWS & BRIDGE PROBLEMS, SEND A 301-275-6363, [email protected] NOTE REQUESTING SUCH TO STEVE ROBINSON AT [email protected] “ 5 D ” “ 3 N T ” “ 1 C ” ocating . ”” . LGames ““ppaassss . REGIONALS page Table . Norfolk, VA idbids Nov 14-20 . .3 . Richmond, VA . T . .. May 23-29 . .5 . Ace page Analyses SECTIONALS eeping Charlottesville, VA District 6 President’s K Dec 9-11 2-4 . .9 Winners Message . .inside cover page Silver Spring, MD Shawn Stringer page DC NABC & District Jan 5-8 . .10 Director Report Washington, DC NABC D7 Regional: Charleston, SC Norfolk/Va Beach, VA .. from District Director D6 National Winners . .6 Dec 27-Jan 2 . .2 Jan 6-8 . .11 Margot Hennings . .6 Richmond, VA 2016-17 North American D7 Regional: Wilmington, NC Robinson’s Roundtable Jan 20-22 . .12 Pairs —District 6 Jan 23-29 . .4 Defense to Transfer Winners . .8 Responses . .9 Baltimore, MD District 6 STaCs: by Steve Robinson Feb 3-5 . .13 Hunt Valley, MD Nov 7-13, Dec 12-18, & Fairfax, VA D6 Regional Winners . .9 Jan 10-16 . .12 Feb 16-19 . .14 2016-17 Grand National Williamsburg, VA Teams—FAQ . .18 Feb 24-26 . .15 District 6 Fredericksburg, VA TableTALK 1-Year District 6 Mar 17-19 . .16 (ISSN#1543-3978) Calendar of Events . .20 Lynchburg, VA TableTALK cannot guarantee Mar 24-26 . .17 postal delivery. If you miss an 2016-17 Grand National issue, please see: Teams—Get Your Team Kensington, MD NLM Together! . .back cover Mar 23-26 . .18 www.districtsix.org Norfolk/Va Beach, VA www.mabcbridge.org Mar 31-Apr 2 . .19 or www.acbl.org for tournament information. Silver Spring, MD Apr 6-9 . .20 1 How to Dance the Charleston: Start with your feet together. Step back with your right foot. Kick back with your left foot. Step forward with your left foot with Kick to forward Repeat: Return your original to position. right foot. step 1 where you step back with your right foot. D CHARLESTON, SC MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL est o l r on a ! them at elbows body and your bending your out from straight arms your holding Try the in Charleston. role dancing an also play important arms The t h h ! C e on D he ª Charlest Charleston’s New Year’s Regional o t STRATS DETERMINED BY MP AVERAGES, BUT NO THURSDAY, DEC. 29 SATURDAY continued... PLAYER MAY EXCEED THE EVENT’S LIMIT Two-session Open Swiss Teams . .9:00 Middleton Gardens Side Series (4th of 5) . .9:00 TUESDAY, DEC. 27 Two-session GOLD RUSH Swiss Teams . .9:00 Morning 49er & 499er Pairs . .9:00 Rainbow Row Bracketed Knockout . .1:00 & 7:00 Two-session Swisses continue 9:00 Fri Pluff Mud Bracketed Knockout . .1:00 & 7:30 Continues 1:00 & 7:00 Wednesday Middleton Gardens Side Series (2nd of 5) . .9:00 Continues 1:00 & 7:00 Sunday Morning 49er & 499er Pairs . .9:00 Stratified Open Pairs . .1:00 & 7:30 District 7 Stratified Open Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 Do the Charleston Bracketed KO . .1:00 & 7:00 GOLD RUSH Pairs . .1:00 & 7:30 GOLD RUSH Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 Continues 1:00 & 7:00 Friday Gullah Side Series (1st, 2nd of 6) . .1:00 / 7:30 © Porgy & Bess Side Series (1st, 2nd of 4) 1:00 / 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 49er & 499er Pairs . .1:00 / 7:30 49er & 499er Pairs . .1:00 / 7:00 GOLD RUSH Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Board-a-Match Teams . .7:30 Stratified Board-a-Match Teams . .7:00 Citadel Side Series (1st, 2nd of 4) . .1:00 / 7:00 499er Swiss Teams . .7:30 499er Swiss Teams . .7:00 49er & 499er Pairs . .1:00 / 7:00 Evening pair games benefit ACBL Ed. Foundation Aft pair games benefit ACBL Ed. Foundation Stratified Board-a-Match Teams . .7:00 ð NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY ð 499er Swiss Teams . .7:00 Eve games benefit Charleston Humane Society Black tie optional, live music and dancing, party favors, FRIDAY, DEC. 30 - GOODWILL DAY cash bar, New Year’s toast, low country breakfast. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28 Hunley Compact Knockout . .9:00 0-5 MP players play free today Continues 9:00 Saturday SUNDAY, JAN. 1 Seabrook Island Compact Knockout . .9:00 Middleton Gardens Side Series (3rd of 5) . .9:00 Stratified Open Swiss Teams . .9:00 Continues 9:00 Thursday Morning 49er & 499er Pairs . .9:00 Middleton Gardens Side Series (5th of 5) . .9:00 Morning 49er & 499er Pairs . .9:00 Morning 49er & 499er Pairs . .9:00 A/X/Y Swiss Teams . .1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 Middleton Gardens Side Series (1st of 5) . .9:00 Bracketed Flight B Teams (0-3000) . .1:00 & 7:00 3 teams in each bracket of 8 win gold GOLD RUSH Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 Folly Beach Bracketed Knockout . .1:00 & 7:00 Open Pairs (750/3000/3000+) .1:00 & 7:00 Gullah Side Series (3rd, 4th of 6) . .1:00 / 7:00 Continues 1:00 & 7:00 Thursday Citadel Side Series (3rd, 4th of 4) 1:00 / 7:00 Open Swiss Teams (single sessions) . .1:00 / 7:00 Stratified Open Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 49er & 499er Pairs . .1:00 / 7:00 49er & 499er Pairs . .1:00 / 7:00 GOLD RUSH Pairs . .1:00 & 7:00 Stratified Swiss Teams . .7:00 499er Swiss Teams . .7:00 Porgy & Bess Side Series 499er Swiss Teams . .7:00 MONDAY, JAN. 2 (3rd, 4th of 4) . .1:00 / 7:00 SATURDAY, DEC. 31 Open Swiss Teams . .10:00 & TBA 49er & 499er Pairs . .1:00 / 7:00 Note 7:30 start for Sat evening GOLD RUSH Swiss Teams .
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