District 20

Ethel Birnbach | 1927-2023

Ethel Birnbach | 1927–2024 By DeWitt Montgomery The bridge world lost one of its great personalities on Thursday January 4, 2024, when Ethel Birnbach passed

Gerard (Jerry) Hallee | 1940-2023

Gerard (Jerry) Hallee was born in Waterville ME on Oct. 13, 1940, the son of Florian F. and Constance (Tardiff) Hallee. He was raised on

President’s Corner – January 2024

  Happy New Year, everyone!! How about this for a New Year’s resolution? Sometime in the next calendar year, commit to bringing one new player

National Board Report

NATIONAL BOARD REPORT FALL 2023 Jackie Zayac, Region 12 Director, ACBL Board of DirectorsDear D20 ACBL Members,I attended the ACBL Board of Directors Meeting in

Intermediate/Newcomer News

Review Your Convention Card By Susie Leo, I/N CoordinatorAs the days get shorter and darkness arrives earlier, we tend to hunker down inside more.Some say

News from Atlanta

Dan Grabski of Portland, OR, was featured in an article in the Wednesday Daily Bulletin at the 2023 Fall North American Bridge Championships in Atlanta.

New I/N Team

Susie Leo and Betsy Ovitt take over I/N Job Eugene-area player Susie Leo is the new I/N Coordinator for D20. She will be assisted by

Unit “Civil War” Game

Unit 490 and Unit 477 battle for Mid-Valley dominance By Kevin Kacmarysnki For the last decade, Unit 477 (Albany/Corvallis) and Unit 490 (Salem/McMinnville) have participated

North American Pairs info

The finals of our North American Pairs, the NAP, are being contested on November 18th for Flight B players and on November 19th for Flight

NABC Diaries – Part 1: Summer

By Roger Thomas I recently had the opportunity to attend the Summer NABC in Chicago. Approaching the end of my “I/N” days, I wanted to