[SBU Board] Fwd: 2018 D19 GNT Finals

[Ann Romeo]

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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI, below is my quick look report out on this year's D19 GNT Finals.
> Thanks Ray, Mike, Eric and Tracey for playing the event -- apologies if I
> left out anyone else who also participated :-)
>
> I think there's an opportunity for a breakthrough in Flight C
> participation in next year's GNT Finals.  Eric has done a great job of
> getting Flight C teams lined up to play this year's U446 Round Robin --
> nine at last count I believe.  The plan is for the spring 2019 D19 GNT
> Flight C Finals to take place in WA -- hopefully in conjunction with the
> Everett Sectional.  I suggest we work on encouraging -- in the right way in
> the right time frame -- our U446 RR Flight C teams to consider playing the
> 2019 D19 GNT Flight C Finals.  Over time, these two events might perhaps
> become mutually reinforcing in terms of building Flight C players'
> participation in team events -- noting that the GNT C finals are slated to
> alternate yearly between WA and BC.  Might also encourage more Flight C
> teams to get out to play our U446 sectionals.
>
> (As a reminder, I will be away and largely out of touch April 17 - May 6.
> I'll be back for the May 7 board meeting.)
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **2018 D19 GNT Finals*
> *Date: *April 16, 2018 10:00:01 AM PDT
> *To: *Ralph Wilhelmi <Wilhelmi at comcast.net>, Don Wallace <donjw at shaw.ca>,
> Chris Cookson <chriscookson at shaw.ca>, Kathie Hoehne <
> Kathie.hoehne at gmail.com>, Nicholas Stock <ngstock at telus.net>, Ron Krueger
> <rwakrueger at yahoo.com>, "navy.golf" <navy.golf at comcast.net>, Steve Kasner
> <kasnerbruskland at comcast.net>, John Demeulemeester <demail at shaw.ca>,
> Karen Rise <chumstick2 at frontier.com>, Marv Norden <marv.norden at gmail.com>,
> Dudley Brown <dudley6855 at gmail.com>, Matthew Koltnow <
> matt.koltnow at acbl.org>, Jo Ann Smith <josmitty3952 at yahoo.com>, Sharon
> Erwin <hilo2015sse at gmail.com>, Jennifer Ballantyne <
> jaballantyne at hotmail.com>, Bruce McIntyre <ooga at shaw.ca>
>
> A brief report out on subject event.  Open and Flight B Finals were held
> in Everett March 24 & 25 in conjunction with the Everett Sectional, Flight
> A in Vancouver April 14 & 15, and Flight C in Vancouver April 15.  Pics of
> the winning teams have been sent to JP Weber for posting on the D19 website.
>
> Firstly, thanks go to Everett U437 and Vancouver Bridge Centre for being
> our host sites.  Both were great to work with and central to the success of
> this year's finals.  Thanks also go to the following folks:
>
> Matt Koltnow for being our DiC both in Everett and Vancouver.
>
> The U437 sectional tournament crew for all they did, including fantastic
> hospitality.
>
> Jennifer Ballantyne for planning and providing fantastic hospitality in
> Vancouver.
>
> Bruce McIntyre for VBC on-site support, including the bonus of applying
> his home-grown software routine to create hand records for boards that were
> shuffled for play.
>
> Nick Stock for making the run to HSBC.
>
> This year we had another bump in the number of teams participating -- see
> table.  It's especially encouraging to have more participation in Flight C.
>
>
>
> Open
>
> Flt A
>
> Flt B
>
> Flt C
>
> *Total*
>
> *2018*
>
> 6
>
> 7
>
> 9
>
> 6
>
> *28*
>
> *2017*
>
> 8
>
> 6
>
> 7
>
> 3
>
> *24*
>
> *2016*
>
> 4
>
> 2
>
> 11
>
> 3
>
> *20*
>
> *2015*
>
> 3
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 3
>
> *14*
>
> *2014*
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 1
>
> *13*
>
> *2013*
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 2
>
> *14*
>
> *2012*
>
> 3
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> *15*
>
> *2011*
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 3
>
> *15*
>
> *2010*
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> *16*
>
> *2009*
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> 4
>
> *16*
>
> *2008*
>
> 4
>
> 2
>
> 8
>
> 2
>
> *16*
>
>
> Un-shaded
>
> BC
>
> Shaded
>
> WA
>
>
>
> As the D19 board discussed in Burnaby, going forward we have headwinds in
> terms of GNT and NAP Finals sites in WA and BC and the loss of the Marking
> by Pianola tool for email blasts.
> Tim
>
>
>
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