All,

Exactly 500 people attended the Marlborough tournament. Here is the breakdown by unit:

Unit	2023    Gala	% of    Tourney	Total in Unit	% of Unit	2022    Gala	2023 - 2022
108 EMBA	257	51.4	2614	9.83	233	24
113 CMBA	49	9.8	183	26.78	38	11
126 CBA	46	9.2	1998	2.3	40	6
145 RIBA	30	6	441	6.8	35	-5
150 NHBA	31	6.2	502	6.18	42	-11
175 VBA	9	1.8	327	2.75	8	1
189 MBA	16	3.2	427	3.75	12	4
196 WMBA	21	4.2	260	8.08	11	10
Total D25	459	91.8	6752	6.8	419	40
Non-D25	36	7.2			49	-13
Others	5	1			0	5
Total	500	100			468	32

Note that the 2022 Gala was a five-day tournament. The 2023 event lasted six days. The "Others" are non-members.

Here is the breakdown by masterpoint levels:

Masterpoints	2023    Gala D25	D25 Roster	% of D25 Roster	Non- D25	Total	% of    Known	2022    Gala	2023 - 2022	2019 Harvest	2023 - 2019	% Decr
0 - 99.99	34	2923	1.16	7	41	8.28	30	11	133	-92	69.17
100 - 199.99	28	713	3.93	0	28	5.66	35	-7	89	-61	68.54
200 - 299.99	29	408	7.11	2	31	6.26	29	2	76	-45	59.21
300 - 499.99	53	625	8.48	8	61	12.32	58	3	116	-55	47.41
500 - 749.99	56	570	9.82	2	58	11.72	55	3	78	-20	25.64
750 - 999.99	26	298	8.72	1	27	5.45	39	-12	50	-23	46.00
1000 - 2499.99	111	753	14.74	7	118	23.84	103	15	173	-55	31.79
2500 - 3499.99	39	190	20.53	2	41	8.28	37	4	42	-1	2.38
3500+	83	272	30.51	7	90	18.18	82	8	97	-7	7.22
Total Known	459	6752	7.33	36	495	100	468	27	854	-359	42.04
Total Unknown					5		0	5	0
Total					500		468	32	854		41.45

The increase of the 0-99 group (which should also include most of the five non-members) from '22 is probably attributable to the Fest. The two decreases (100-199.99 and 75-999.99) are disconcerting.  

I decided to make an additional comparison with the 2019 Harvest Regional in Mansfield. It was at a similar time of year, but there were other significant differences. Mansfield was over five days, not six. The knockout had ten brackets, but that was using the rules that the ACBL no longer allows. The NAP qualifying tournament was held on Friday and Saturday. The people who played there are included in the above chart, but I think that most of them played earlier as well. Moreover, the participation in the other weekend events was astoundingly high: There were 42.5 tables in the Saturday open pairs alone. Another 32 tables played in the 299ers or the evening side game. The three Swisses on Sunday drew 66 tables, and another five tables were in the side game.

So, I do not see much progress in the last eighteen months, and there is definitely a long way to go.

Here is the breakdown by state:

State	Number
AL	1
CA	4
CT	47
FL	5
GA	1
MA	338
ME	18
MN	1
NH	30
NJ	2
NY	13
RI	23
VA	1
VT	9
Others	7

The Others are five non-members and two with foreign addresses.

Here are the sixteen attendees from D3 and D25. I don't think that we poached a lot of NY pros from Lancaster.

First Name	Last Name	City	St	Points
Anam	Tebha	West New York	NJ	5085.19
John	Berry	Manhasset	NY	4951.18
Jordan	Lampe	New York	NY	1991.89
Peggy Casey	Fitzpatrick	Saugerties	NY	1946.29
Nikki	Hudak	New York	NY	1177.66
Richard	Graveman	Morristown	NJ	1176.96
Alan	Gamble	Amenia	NY	789.61
Gail	Gamble	Amenia	NY	749.05
Avery	Silverstein	Ridgefield	CT	613.20
Monique	France	New York	NY	574.69
Ewan	McNay	Glenmont	NY	421.02
Jack	Boge	New York	NY	411.66
Elaine	Jaffe	Port Ewen	NY	384.09
Judith	Ciccio	Delmar	NY	378.57
Sandra	Rohner	Halfmoon	NY	303.47
Barbara	Delcogliano	Schenectady	NY	19.19

Mike Wavada