District 21
American Contract Bridge League
August 26 to September 01, 2025
Santa Clara, CA
October 6 to October 12, 2025
Sparks, NV
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Hello, District 21!
I want to start off by thanking an amazing volunteer for her service. Melanie Haddad has been working on producing these Diamond in the Ruff issues since we started doing digital distributions of the newsletter through Constant Contact. She has stepped down from the Communication Chair position. We will do our best to live up to the standards she has set. I am the new Communications Chair, Laura Da Costa from Unit 522.
Below we have reports from:
–D21 President Report –Jim Coke.
–Tournament Report–Tournament Co-Chairs Anne Wilson & Brenda Hatton
–Board Report–D21 Secretary, Ray Yuenger
–Growth Committee Report–Growth Committee Chair Max Schireson
–North American Pairs (NAP) Report–NAP Coordinator Jim Coke
–NABC Update–Chair of San Francisco NABC, Anne Hollingsworth
–Regional Director’s Report–Region 12 Director, Jackie Zayac
–District Dispatches–two members tell stories of their experiences as they made rank
advancements
–As always, Heart of the District (Unit reports) & Rank Changes at the Bottom. Note that many Units still do not submit articles or submit sporadically. If you wish to have more of your Unit events shared not only within your Unit but also to neighboring Units, think about volunteering to either write or help write your Unit report for the Heart of the District
Jim Coke, Presidentdiscusses the value of volunteering in your Units and the District to keep bridge alive at all levels.
Anne Wilson and Brenda Hatton,Co-Chairs, Tournament Planning Committee, report on the success of the California Capital Regional (Sacramento) and look ahead to the All Western Regional (Santa Clara), Reno/Sparks Regional (Sparks), and even Monterey Clambake Regional.
Raymond Yuenger, District 21 Secretary, reports on some recent Bylaw changes that occurred at both the May Special meeting and June Regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Major changes in the D21 Board of Directors are coming
Max Schireson, Chair of the Growth Committee discusses ways you can learn how to teach bridge or how to direct games and get reimbursed for doing so.
Jim Coke,D21 NAP Coordinator, reports on the kickoff of NAP qualifying games for 2025-2026. This includes some changes to NAP stratification and dates for the District Finals
Anne Hollinsworth,Chair, San Francisco NABC 2025, is excited to remind us that the NABC will be held in San Francisco from November 27 to December 7, 2025. She provides an update on the tournament and ways to get involved.
Jackie Zayac,Region 12 Director, discusses changes instratification for Mid-Flight Games. These changes will be in effect at NABCs and Regionals.
Jerry Weitzne, Unit 499, shares the people and events he experienced on his way to becoming an Emerald Life Master.Carol Mei, Unit 503, on their rank advancements to Life Master! They share a bit of their journeys with us.