April 2006

Published bi-monthly by District 8 
of the American Contract Bridge League

 EditorKaren Walker, Champaign IL


Get your team together for the

District 8 Grand National Teams
May 6 & 7, 2006
IDOT Building, Springfield IL

  Saturday, May 6:  1:00 & 7:00 pm  -- 2-Session qualifying

  Sunday, May 7:    10:30 am & TBA -- Knockout finals        
                                     12:30 pm -- Open Pairs side game          

Trips to Chicago -- and regional-rated gold points -- are featured in the 2006 District 8 finals of this national team event. Any team of four, five or six District 8 members can enter in one of four separate flights:

Championship:  Open

Flight A:   0-5000 masterpoints

Flight B:   0-2000

Flight C:   0-500 (non-LMs)

The winning team in each flight will receive a travel award from the District Board to play in the national finals in Chicago in July.

Your flight eligibility is determined by the number of masterpoints you held on September 1, 2005. 

Directions:  The IDOT (Illinois Dept. of Transportation) Building is at 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, just west of I-55 between exits 94 and 96 (South Grand and Stevenson Drive exits). Take escalator down to the playing area.

Sunday side game:  This is a stratified, sectional-rated pairs event that is open to all. You do not have to have played in the GNT event to enter.

Event coordinator:  Georgia Heth --  309-263-0242   gkheth@hotmail.com


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