About the NAP games
Written on July 24, 2010 – 11:34 pm | by Laura |The ACBL coordinates various special bridge games throughout the year to be held at sanctioned clubs. Among them are the North American Pairs (NAP) games. This bridge contest starts off at clubs, where players must qualify to compete at the District level. After the specially held games, the club manager should be able to tell you if you did well enough to qualify. Each district coordinates NAP finals for 3 flights. The winners of these events represent the District at the Nationals and play against all other NAP winners. In addition to representing the unit – the winners receive money for the trip to the Nationals.
NAP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS CLASS B
On Saturday September 25 at the site of the Syracuse Sectional will be the Finals for the NAP North American Pairs Class B two session event. This will be a split site event with the Wilmington Sectional. If you win, you get MONEY towards your trip to the Nationals and you get to represent us! Your Unit and District – brief info below:
NAP North American Pairs – Qualifying Rounds at various clubs during June July and August.
In this split site event, the District 4 winners will be determined as follows. When both sites have 12+ tables of qualified pairs, then 1st place and 2nd place will be awarded to the pairs with the highest percentage scores. If the 1st and 2nd place finishers played at the same site, then the 3rd place District winner will be the highest percentage score at the other site; otherwise the 3rd place District winner will be the pair with the third highest percentage score irrespective of site. If one site has 12+ tables and the other less than 12 tables, then 1st place comes from the larger site, 2nd place from the smaller site, and 3rd place from the larger site. If neither site has 12 tables, then the same method of determining winners will be used as when both sites have 12+ tables.
The ACBL NAP Finals will be held in Louisville Spring NABC:
Flights B and C, Saturday – Sunday, March 19 and 20, 2011.
NAP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS CLASS C
On Saturday October 23 at local clubs throughout our area will be the Finals for the NAP North American Pairs Class C. If you win, you get MONEY towards your trip to the Nationals and you get to represent us! Your Unit and District – brief info below:
NAP North American Pairs – Qualifying Rounds at various clubs during June July and August.
The Flight C Final at each location will be a two session play-through event with the standings at each location determined by the percentage rank on the total number of boards played. There will not be across-the-field scoring. Just as in a StaC, the District 4 winners will be the pairs with the highest percentage scores regardless of the location at which they played
Any entity, club or unit in District 4 may participate but must notify the District 4 Flight C Co-ordinators (Craig Robinson or Bill Bauer) at least 2 weeks in advance of their intention in order to receive appropriate sanctions.
The ACBL NAP Finals will be held in Louisville Spring NABC:
Flights B and C, Saturday – Sunday, March 19 and 20, 2011.
For information contact Robert Simard at 315-663-1978 rsimard@twcny.rr.com
NAP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS CLASS A
The Flight A District finals will be a two day, four session, qualifying event held in Allentown, PA on October 23 and 24, 2010.
The first two sessions in Flight A will be play-through on Saturday, with the number of pairs qualifying to play on Sunday based upon the number of entrants with the carry over to be determined in accordance with standard ACBL guidelines.
The standings in Flight A will be based on the rankings achieved, with the three highest finishers representing the District.
NAP North American Pairs – Qualifying Rounds at various clubs during June July and August’
The ACBL NAP Finals will be held in Louisville Spring NABC:
Flight A Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 and March 10, 2011
The ACBL and District 4 can provide more info about the event:
The following was copied from the ACBL website http://www.acbl.org/play/special-events-info.php :
Date: June 1-August 31
Masterpoints:
- Club qualifying games 50/50 red and black at sectional rating
- One-session unit qualifying games sectional rated red
- Two-session unit qualifying games include percentage of gold for overalls.
- District finals award gold for section firsts and overalls. Flight C is 25% gold for overalls. Other masterpoints in all flights are red.
Flights: A (Open), B (-2000), C (0-500 Non-Life Masters)
District winners in each flight recognized on web site
Final: Spring 2011 NABC
A highly prestigious “grass roots” event, the North American Pairs starts at the club level in June, July and August. Club-level qualifications may be earned at any club in any unit in any district. A player may qualify as often as desired and with as many different partners as desired. Unit-level qualifiers are optional and held after Sept. 1 and before the district final, which may be held after the unit final until the third week in January. At the district final, both players must have qualified at the club level and must be members of the parent district. A fixed amount prize will be awarded in all flights as follows:
1. In districts with three qualifiers, the 1st place qualifiers will receive $700 per person and the 2nd place qualifiers will receive $300 per person. The 3rd place qualifiers will be invited to participate in the national level finals, but will not receive any prize.
2. In districts with four qualifiers, the 1st and 2nd place qualifiers will receive $700 per person and the 3rd place qualifiers will receive $300 per person. The 4th place qualifiers will be invited to participate in the national level finals, but will not receive any prize.
3. In the event of a tie at the district finals, the qualifiers will receive the total of the awards for the tied places, divided by the number of players involved with the tie.
4. Invited defenders will receive $700 per person.
5. No individual may collect two concurrent prizes.
The monetary award will be available on site. Qualifiers must play in the national level event until eliminated to receive the award.
There will be no entry fee for the national level of the event.
Check with your district to learn whether it provides additional funding. Some districts provide additional funding. Click here for Conditions of Contest, which include a full listing of masterpoint awards.
