| ACBL District 21 | From the Golden Gate to the Silver City |
North American Pairs |
Players must qualify at the club level to advance to a unit-level qualifying game. Club-level qualifying games will be held during June through August. Check the schedule for your local club. Players receive 50/50 red and black masterpoints at sectional rating.
Players must qualify at the club level to be eligible to enter a unit-level qualifying game, and must qualify at the unit level in order to advance to the District finals. Unit-level qualifying games will be held during September through December. A player may play in only one unit-level qualifying game in any Unit in the District.
Players must qualify at the club and unit levels to be eligible to enter the District finals. The top three winners of each stratum will represent District 21 at the Spring NABC in St. Louis, MO. The District finals will be held during January and February, 2013.
| Flight | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flight A | Saturday, January 19, 2013 (qualifying sessions) Sunday, January 20, 2013 (final sessions) |
noon & TBA | Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Blvd. #168 Burlingame, CA 650-344-4919 |
| Flight B | Saturday, February 2, 2013 | noon & TBA | Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Blvd. #168 Burlingame, CA 650-344-4919 |
| Flight C | Sunday, January 20, 2013 | noon & TBA | Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Blvd. #168 Burlingame, CA 650-344-4919 |
The ACBL District 21 2012–13 North American Pairs will be played according to the ACBL North American Pairs Conditions of Contest, with District 21 electing the following options as allowed in those Conditions. Any changes to the ACBL Conditions of Contest and their allowed options take precedent over the items listed here.
The time has arrived to start planning for the 2012–2013 NAP club qualifying games.
During the months of June, July, and August your club can hold two NAP qualifying games
per sanctioned session per month. The sanction fee is only $4.00 per table and
you receive 50/50 red and black masterpoints at sectional rating.
Clubs do not need a special sanction — just use the
NAP strats, shuffle deal & play. Strats Flight C - 0–500 NLM by June 2012 masterpoint cycle,
Flight B - 0–2,000 and Flight A open to all. You MUST first qualify at the club level and then after you
qualify at the club level you are allowed to enter the Unit level - a player can ONLY PLAY IN ONE
UNIT LEVEL QUALIFACTION in any Unit in District 21 . After qualifying at the CLUB AND UNIT LEVEL
you may enter into the District 21 finals WITH NO EXCEPTIONS TO QUALIFICATION. Then the top three
winners of each stratum entered into the District 21 finals will represent District 21 at the Spring NABC in St. Louis, MO.
Units must apply to ACBL for a sanction for Unit NAP games and the fee is $7.00 per table
and only one sanction allowed per Unit.
1st place will receive from ACBL $700.00 each person - no entry fee
2nd place will receive from ACBL $300.00 each person - no entry fee
3rd place will receive from District 21 $200.00 each person - no entry fee
ACBL monetary awards will be given on site and players must play
in the event until eliminated to receive the award. All players must be a paid member
of District 21 in good standing. Units may hold only ONE NAP game and must be sanctioned
by ACBL in the month of September, October, November, or December, 2012.
District 21 NAP finals to be held in January and February, 2013.
NAP Coordinator: Jackie Ortiz, jackieo@sonic.net