North American Pairs (NAP) - Conditions of Contest
Club level qualifications are held during June, July and August.
After qualifying at the Club level you will be eligible to play in the Qualifying Round at the Unit level . B and C players will compete together in a stratified 2 session Unit Qualifying Round where 60% of all pairs in each strata will qualify to compete in the District Qualifying round to be held in TBA. As a special incentive to compete, Unit 161 is awarding a stipend of $100 to each B and C pair that qualifies in the Unit Round and then also competes in the District Level competition. Overall awards are 10% gold for B and 5% gold for C, with the remainder of the points being red at sectional rating.
Unit qualifying sites for flights B and C. There is no unit qualification for Flight A:
- Village Card Club - October 24, 2009
- Jonesboro Bridge Studio - October 17 at 10:00 am
- (All unit members can play at either site but not both)
- Cost for the 2-session event - $20
- Points: Unit qualification awards Gold and Red points for Flights B & C.
District Qualifying for Flight A - Tunica, MS, September 2009
District Qualifying for Flight B & C - Jackson, MS, Jan 15-17,
2010
At the District level, in districts with four qualifiers, the 1st place qualifiers will receive $700 per person and the 2nd place qualifiers will receive $300 per person. Even if you do not win at the District level you may still win the stipends to attend the Nationals. In the past few years the top Qualifiers at the District level have not been able to attend the Nationals so the next pair automatically moves up.
Brackets for this exciting event are: (Masterpoints as of 2009 June masterpoint
cycle.
( The June masterpoint cycle is run by ACBL data processing on May 6, 2009.
Any points won but not
included in this cycle do not affect masterpoint eligibility.)
C Level 0 - 500 Non-Life Masters
B Level 500-2000
A Level 2000+
Final: Spring 2010 NABC - Reno, NV
Flight A Wednesday and Thursday, March 10 and March 11
Flights B and C Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and March 21