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).

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 2009 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:

Denver District Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the District Board meeting, held in Denver on May 23, 2009.
Albuquerque District Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the District Board meeting that was held in Albuquerque on January 24, 2009.
Colorado Springs District Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the District Board meeting that was held in Colorado Springs on October 11, 2008.

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.

Houston National Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the National Board meeting that was held in Houston, TX March 9-12 (Adobe Acrobat required).
Boston National Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the National Board meeting that was held in Boston, MA November 17-20 (Adobe Acrobat required).
Las Vegas National Board Meeting Minutes takes you to the minutes of the National Board meeting that was held in Las Vegas NV July 14-17 (Adobe Acrobat required).


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

Phoenix, AZ: Desert Empire Regional, August 17-23, 2009. See the Phoenix schedule.
Ruidoso, NM: Aspengold Regional, October 5-11, 2009. See the Ruidoso schedule.

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 9-15, 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
Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak Regional, August 15-21, 2011
Phoenix AZ: Desert Empire Regional, October 17-23, 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
TBA, August 14-20, 2012
Phoenix AZ: Desert Empire Regional, October 8-14, 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
Denver CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 21-27, 2013
Las Vegas NV: Las Vegas Regional, June 18-24, 2013
Tucson AZ: Great Chiefs Regional, October 7-13, 2013

Albuquerque NM: Navajo Trail Regional, January 20-26, 2014.
Tucson AZ: 299er I/N Regional, February 20-23, 2014
Mesa AZ: Senior Regional, April 7-13, 2014
Denver CO: Rocky Mountain Regional, May 20-26, 2014

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.

2009 Las Vegas Regional Results
2009 Denver Rocky Mountain Regional Results
2009 Mesa Senior Regional Results
2009 Tucson 299er Regional Results
2009 Albuquerque Navajo Trail Regional Results
2008 Colorado Springs Regional Results
2008 Phoenix 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 2008-2009 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 2009-2010 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):

June
Frisco 299er Summer Sectional; June 26-27; Summit Community & Senior Center, 151 Peak One Blvd; Margaret Jones (970)547-4613 carmen_mj@msn.com

July
Ruidoso Christmas in July Sectional, July 10-12; Ruidoso Convention Center, 111 Sierra Blanca Drive (877)700-5445; Larry Woods (505)257-7411 larryruby2@netscape.net
Prescott Summer Sectional, July 10-12; Adult Center of Prescott, 1280 E. Rosser St.; Joan Shay (928)776-4533 acenter@adultcenter.org
2009 Denver Summer Sectional, July 9-12; Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave; Don Boyarsky (303)399-0104 dboyarsk@redwood.rsc.raytheon.com

August
Grand Junction Peach Sectional, August 7-9; Country Inn, 718 Horizon Dr; Jo Levy (970)241-0276 joclevy@bresnan.net
Albuquerque 299er Trophy Sectional, August 15-16; Duke City Bridge Center, 8616 Northeastern NE (505)271-2877; Felicity Moore, (505)344-5209
Great Western Swiss Team STAC, August 24-30

September
Colorado Springs Fall Sectional, September 3-6; Site TBD; Margie Schrader (719)392-7135 romar75@juno.com
El Paso Maybelle Long Sectional, September 3-6; Westside Community Center, 7400 High Ridge; Beverly Thrasher (915)833-3777
Northern Colorado Summer Sectional, September 11-13; The Ranch & Budweiser Events Center; Andrea French (970)225-0243 ALNFRENCH@aol.com and Bill Dorin (970)282-1842 bill@softwirellc.com
Prescott Late Summer Sectional, September 11-13; Adult Center of Prescott, 1280 E. Rosser St; Don Dimmel (928)717-4976 D_Dimmel@hotmail.com
Carlsbad Harvey Hicks Sectional, September 18-20; Carousel House @ Pecos Village Conference Center (575)366-1825; Regina Ballard (575)234-1646 titleme@pvtnetworks.net
Cheyenne Indian Paintbrush Sectional, September 18-20; Laramie County Community College, 1400 E. College Drive; Rosemary Todd (307)632-0629 rosetodd@aol.com
Las Vegas Glitter Gulch Sectional, September 21-27; Riviera Hotel & Casino, 2901 S. Las Vegas Blvd (800)634-6753; Tom Shulman (702)634-6753
Los Alamos Hilltop Sectional, September 25-27; Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1000 Oppenheimer; Ginny Wilson (505)672-3349 mahlontw@msn.com

Click on 2009 District 17 Sectionals, on 2010 District 17 Sectionals or on 2011 District 17 Sectionals to see the current listings. More information on these Sectionals may appear on the appropriate Unit page.


Member Accomplishments:

1.Player Rank Changes - May
2.District 17 Top Masterpoint Holders - through 05/31/09
3.2009 District 17 Top Masterpoint Winners - through 05/31/09
4.Top Senior Masterpoint Holders in District 17 through 05/31/09
5.2009 District 17 Top Senior Masterpoint Winners - through 05/31/09
6.2009 District 17 Top Junior Masterpoint Winners - through 05/31/09
7.May 2009 Great Western Spring STAC Results
8.August 2008 Western Conference Summer Fun STAC Results
9.December 2008 Great Western Holiday STAC Results
10.District 17 Charity Game Overall Winners - 9/16/08
11.District 17 Charity Game Overall Winners - 2/12/08


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


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


Links to Other Bridge Pages

Access your ACBL masterpoints by clicking on Check My Masterpoints
Western Conference Home Page
ACBL Home Page
United States Bridge Federation 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 June 29, 2009


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