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NEWS
Larry Sealy, Region 7 ACBL Board of Directors Representative
Larry chairs the Appeals and Charges Committee and works on the NABC Site Selection Task Force.
February 13, 2026 Report to the D11 Board (Fall 2025 ACBL Board Meeting).
March 15, 2026 CBCD Report to the Advisory Council
Spring 2026 Board of Director's Report
June 11, 2026 Report to the D11 Board (Spring ACBL Board Meeting)
JUNE-JULY-AUGUST are North American
Pairs Qualifying Games Months. District 11 clubs
run 2 qualifying games every month that award EXTRA RED and BLACK
POINTS. Finish over 50% in these games and you
qualify to play in the District 11 NAP Finals in October. You qualify
as an individual, and play in your flight based on your masterpoints as
of May 2026. Flights are U750 Not Life Master, U3000, U6000, and
Open. You may play in more than one flight if you qualify, but
must choose which Flight you will represent District 11 at the Spring
2027 NABC in Dallas Texas. You may play in only one flight there. Play in Dallas and
you earn a stipend. ATTENTION NON-LIFE MASTERS - The District 11 NAP Finals is one of only two events each year where you can earn GOLD POINTS without playing against a Life Master. Besure you qualify this summer. The D11 Finals are held at the Cincinnati Bridge Center (Date TBD).
Welcome to Your First Tournament! ACBL PAMPHLETUnit 130 Indianapolis has built a strong program to introduce new ACBL members to tournament play. The ACBL contacted them and prepared this PAMPHLET (12 pages) available for downloading and printing. (The ACBL does not provide hard copies). Topics covereed include Duplicate Tips, Types of games, Policies Precedures and Regulations, and more. Thanks to Maribeth Ransell, Susan Spicklemier, and Marsha Callahan and the CIBA Board of Directors for sharing this file with District 11, and for establishing the benchmark for the ACBL.
Bridge: A Mind Sport for ALL (BAMSA) - NEW! Marketing for BRIDGE
Here is the latest consumer
model to guide marketing the bridge experience to the
public. Researchers have identified 4 personnas or ideal consumer
types: The Socialiser; the Self-Improver; the Competitor; and the
Mind-Gamer. See the
peer reviewed research paper for details. Led by Professor Samantha Punch at Stirling University, Stirling, UK, BAMSA is collaborating with bridge organizations worldwide endeavorung to research the sociology of our wonderful game. This work began in 2013 and has wordlwide reach and academic rigor. The 2024 Report offers insight into the issues faced by bridge organizations everywhere, and offers several ideas to appeal to new players.
ACBL Computer Based Cheating Detection - EDGAR
All
80,000 ACBL members who played online bridge since January 2020 have
been checked. Future checks will monitor players who return from
suspension, players rated "yellow", players nominated for trusted
roles in the ACBL, and players rceiving a recorder's memo. See the ACBL Ethics & Discipline Page for information about the online disciplinary process.
In order to help our members understand the online bridge cheating detection policies and methods, here is a reference with relevant information from the ACBL Bylaws, ACBL Codification, and EDGAR from Bridge Winners (where the best description of how EDGAR works has been published). Note: the information presented here is a convenience for our members. The ACBL, EDGAR and Institute for Bridge Arbitration have final authoritative say in their part of the disciplinary process.
DISTRICT 11 Electronic Daily Tournament Bulletins
Fast Results helps tournaments create electronic daily bulletins. These are very useful to promote tournament play and keep attendees up to the minute on features and events. If you want to receive these bulletins, simply send an email to FastResultsHelpDesk@gmail.com and put your ACBL Player Number in the SUBJECT LINE of the email. Thats all it takes!
2025 D11 eBulletins D11 Tournament Table Counts D11 eBulletin ARCHIVE
Matt Balow (District 14 Web Master) has updated his unofficial table count tracking page, now combining club data and tournament data in one place. See TABLE COUNTS.
Want Growth? Get behind the D11
Stakeholder Initiative!D11 Stakeholder Meetings
Make your ideas and voices heard. Calling all bridge teachers, club managers, and youth players. We want to hear from you about best practices, recent successes, and any barriers you face growing bridge. D11 growth depends on sharing and reapplying success from these stakeholder meetings. All future District 11 Regional Tournaments will have a stakeholder meeting session - stay tuned for details.
ACBL RECRUITING AND RETENTION QUARTERLY
REPORT - Q1 2026Here is the ACBL Quarterly Membership Report. for District 11 first quarter 2026.
All bridge teachers are asked to register their students as guest members. This helps prospective players learn more about what bridge has to offer, and it's free.
Report Library
District 11 5/5/5 Recruiting and Retention Progress
Success directly affects the bottom line for the ACBL and our Units and Clubs. Here is the report for the first quarter of 2026 - All District 11 Units. (Click chart to expand).
All D11 Units are short of their potention earnings, falling below the old 11% level. We can do more. See how 5/5/5 affects Unit income from Membership Dues at ACBL 555 2026 Q1 Reports (filter for D11).
D11 TOURNAMENT CALENDARS
Thanks to Tom
Bishel, D11's Tournament Coordinator, we have an interactive tournament
calendar for your planning purposes. You can see a MONTHLY CALENDAR with exact dates,
or a CURRENT YEAR LIST with week by week
tournaments of interest. For longer range planning, you will fins
the 3-YEAR LIST valuable. (Yes,
you can also download a list .pdf for 1 or 3 years). This list
will update as D11 tournament planning evolves. Remember, the
official tournament information is on acbl.org ACBL
Cooperative Advertising Program5%/5%/5% Unit Rebate. The ACBL provides a lapsed member contact application to Districts, Units, and clubs to support recruitment and retention. Units will receive 5% membership dues rebate, with the option to earn up to 10% more by:
1) Submit lapsed member interview data using the application - +2.5%
2) Meet Lapsed member renewal goal (based on Unit Memberhsip) - +2.5%
3) Meet member recruitment goals - 5% / 5% / 5%
Shark Bridge
Teacher's Console is the
choice for many successful Online Bridge teachers. This is the future
for teaching bridge, whether online or in person! Cost is very modest
and the technology creates a very enjoyable experience for
students.
Demo VideoHere is a 5 minute Norwegian film (english Subtitles) that will test your sense of proper behavior at the bridge table. How many mistakes can you count? Watch the video and check your count against this LIST . Thanks to the Norwegian Bridge Federation for the video, and Sofie SjøDal for posting this to Bridge winners at: The Sheriff Is Not Always Ethical
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