District 17 ACBL Association

District 17 of the American Contract Bridge League is composed of the following geographical areas: the states of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; the Southern part of Nevada within the boundaries of Unit 373 (Las Vegas), that portion of Wyoming that includes Units 421 (Cheyenne) and 422 (Laramie), a small section of Eastern Utah including the city of Moab, and the portion of West Texas covered by Unit 159 (El Paso).

NOTE: Las Vegas is the next site for an NABC in our district. For information about this tournament, click Las Vegas NABC Info for updated information.

Information is available on the following topics:

  1. Bylaws
  2. Board of Directors
  3. District/WC/National Board Meeting Minutes
  4. Regionals
  5. Regional Results
  6. Special Events
  7. Units
  8. Sectionals
  9. Member Accomplishments
  10. From John Van Ness, District 17 President
  11. From Jerry Fleming, District 17 Director
  12. Links to Other Pages


District 17 Bylaws:
District 17 is formally governed by a set of Bylaws, created when the District was organized over a quarter century ago, and amended occasionally since. Click on Bylaws to review our Bylaws.


Board of Directors:
District 17 is governed by a Board of Directors. The Board holds three regular meetings per year, at selected District 17 Regionals.

District Board Members offers photos of the 2008 District Board members, and gives their addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Click on Committees for a listing of District 17 committees and committee members.


District/WC/National Board Meeting Minutes:

Las Vegas District Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the District Board meeting that was held in Las Vegas on March 1, 2008.
Tucson District Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the District Board meeting that was held in Tucson on October 13, 2007.
Denver District Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the District Board meeting, held in Denver on May 26. 2007.

Western Conference Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the Western Conference Board meeting that was held in Albuquerque on January 26, 2008.

Detroit National Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the National Board meeting that was held in Detroit, MI March 3-6 (Adobe Acrobat required).
San Francisco National Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the National Board meeting that was held in San Francisco CA November 18-20 (Adobe Acrobat required).
Nashville National Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the National Board meeting that was held in Nashville TN July 16-19 (Adobe Acrobat required).


Regionals:
District 17 holds 6 Regional Tournaments each year. Our Regional schedule for the next five years includes:

Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 20-26, 2008. See the Denver schedule.
Phoenix, AZ: Desert Empire Regional, August 18-24, 2008. See the Phoenix schedule.
Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak Regional, October 6-12, 2008. See the Colorado Springs schedule.
Tucson Regional, November 10-16, 2008. See the Tucson schedule

Albuquerque NM: Navajo Trail Regional, January 19-25, 2009
Tucson AZ: 299er I/N Regional, February 19-22, 2009
Mesa AZ: Senior Regional, March 31 - April 5, 2009
Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 19-25, 2009
Las Vegas NV: Las Vegas Regional, June 22-28, 2009
Phoenix, AZ: Desert Empire Regional, August 17-23, 2009
Ruidoso, NM: Aspengold Regional, October 5-11, 2009

Albuquerque NM: Navajo Trail Regional, January 18-24, 2010
Tucson AZ: 299er I/N Regional, February 25-28, 2010
Mesa AZ: Senior Regional, April 5-11, 2010
Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 25-31, 2010
Las Vegas NV: Las Vegas Regional, June 7-13, 2010
Phoenix AZ: Desert Empire Regional, August 16-22, 2010
Tucson AZ: Great Chiefs Regional, October 4-10, 2010

Albuquerque NM: Navajo Trail Regional, January 17-23, 2011
Tucson AZ: 299er I/N Regional, February 24-27, 2011
Mesa AZ: Senior Regional, April 4-10, 2011
Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 24-30, 2011
Las Vegas NV: Las Vegas Regional, June 13-19, 2011
Phoenix AZ: Desert Empire Regional, August 15-21, 2011
Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak Regional, October 3-9, 2011

Albuquerque NM: Navajo Trail Regional, January 16-22, 2012
Tucson AZ: 299er I/N Regional, February 23-26, 2012
Mesa AZ: Senior Regional, April 2-8, 2012
Denver CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 22-28, 2012
Las Vegas NV: Las Vegas Regional, June 19-25, 2012
Phoenix AZ: Desert Empire Regional, August 14-20, 2012
TBA, October 2-8, 2012

Albuquerque NM: Navajo Trail Regional, January 21-27, 2013
Tucson AZ: 299er I/N Regional, February 21-24, 2013
Mesa AZ: Senior Regional, April 8-14, 2013

District 17 Regionals are managed by the host Units through a formal arrangement with the District called The Baldwin Plan. With the Baldwin Plan, there is a formal financial reporting form, The District 17 Regional Financial Reporting Form.


District 17 Regional Results:
The following links will provide you with the results of the last several regional tournaments held in District 17.

2008 Mesa Senior Regional Results
2008 Las Vegas Regional Results
2008 Tucson 299er Regional Results
2008 Albuquerque Navajo Trail Regional Results
2007 Tucson Great Chiefs Regional Results
2007 Phoenix Regional Results
2007 Las Vegas Regional Results
2007 Denver Rocky Mountain Regional Results


Special Events:
ACBL, District 17, Western Conference & Other Special Events lists all of the ACBL-wide, District 17-wide and Western Conference-wide games scheduled during the next several months.
District 17 GNT Conditions of Contest gives the complete District 17 Conditions of Contest for the 2007-2008 Grand National Team competition.
District 17 GNT Finals Results. lists the winners of the 2007-2008 District Finals in all four flights.

District 17 NAP Conditions of Contest provides the District 17 supplement to the 2008-2009 North American Pairs Conditions of Contest.
District 17 NAP Finals Results. lists the winners of the 2007-2008 District Finals in all three flights.


Units:
There are 23 Units that make up District 17. Click on District 17 Units to see a listing of all of our Units, and to get further information about any of them. All clubs are listed, including game dates and times and a person to contact for more information.


Sectionals:
Here are the sanctioned or proposed Sectional tournaments within the geographical boundaries of District 17 for the next three months, including dates, site and site phone number, chairperson and his/her phone number (where available):

May
Boulder Bonanza Spring Sectional, May 2-4; Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd (303)678-6235; Bill Brackett (720)494-9167 asabb0@msn.com
Santa Fe City Different Sectional, May 2-4; Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave (505)428-1675; Jerry Ruther (505)988-3457 jerryofsf@comcast.net
Great Western Spring STAC, May 5-11
Phoenix Silver Sun Sectional, May 16-18; Double Tree Resort Scottsdale, 5401 N. Scottsdale Rd; Lesley Davis (602)955-0564 Lesdavis1@aol.com

June
Durango Four Corners Sectional, June 6-8; Durango-La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main St. (970)385-2955; Jo Levy (970)241-0276 joclevy@bresnan.net
299er Summer Summit Sectional, June 20-21; Summit Community & Senior Center, 151 Peak One Boulevard (970)668-2940; Maggie Jones (970)547-4613 carmen_mj@msn.com
Albuquerque Roadrunner Summer Sectional, June 20-22; Duke City Bridge Center, 8616 Northeastern NE (505)271-2877; Felicity Moore, (505)344-5209
Prescott Summer Sectional, June 27-29; Prescott Community Center, 1280 E. Rosser St. (928)778-3000; Don Dimmel (928)717-4976 D_Dimmel@hotmail.com

July
Ruidoso Christmas in July Sectional, July 11-13; Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Drive (877)700-5445; Larry Woods (505)257-7411 larryruby2@netscape.net
Denver Summer Sectional, July 10-13; Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood (303)271-6600; Jerry Ranney (303)697-9468 jerry258@aol.com

Click on 2008 District 17 Sectionals, or on 2009 District 17 Sectionals to see the current listing. More information on these Sectionals may appear on the appropriate Unit page.


Member Accomplishments:

1. Player Rank Changes - February & March
2. District 17 Top Masterpoint Holders - through 03/31/08
3. 2008 District 17 Top Masterpoint Winners - through 03/31/08
4. Top Senior Masterpoint Holders in District 17 - through 03/31/08
5. 2008 District 17 Top Senior Masterpoint Winners - through 03/31/08
6. 2008 District 17 Top Junior Masterpoint Winners - through 03/31/08
7. May 2007 Western Conference STAC Results
8. August 2007 Western Conference Swiss Team STAC Results
9. December 2007 Great Western Holiday STAC Results
10. District 17 Charity Game Overall Winners - 9/17/07
11. District 17 Charity Game Overall Winners - 2/12/08


From John Van Ness, District 17 President:
A Rocky Mountain Hi (April)
A Rocky Mountain Hi (February)
A Rocky Mountain Hi (December)


From Jerry Fleming, District 17 Director:
¿Que Pasa? (May)
¿Que Pasa? (March)
¿Que Pasa? (January)


Links to Other Bridge Pages

Access your ACBL masterpoints by clicking on Check My Masterpoints
Western Conference Home Page
ACBL Home Page
If you're headed North, click District 18 Home Page for games and tournaments in Utah, Northern Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
American Bridge Teachers Association Home Page
Youth NABC HomePage will take you to the Youth North American Bridge Championship web page. You can contact Patty Tucker for more information. Her e-mail address is ptucker@youthnabc.org.


Updated regularly. Last updated April 27, 2008


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