2014–15 North American Pairs

Schedule

District Finals

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 (March, 2015) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The District finals will be held during January and February, 2015.

Flight	Date	Time	Location
Flight A	Saturday, Jan 17, 2015 (qualifying sessions) Sunday, Jan 18, 2015 (final sessions)	noon and TBA	Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Highway #168 Burlingame CA 650-344-4919
Flight B	Saturday, Jan 31, 2015	noon and TBA	Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Highway #168 Burlingame CA 650-344-4919
Flight C	Sunday, Jan 18, 2015	noon and TBA	Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Highway #168 Burlingame CA 650-344-4919

District Finals Results

Flight A

Results	Recaps
Results Qualifiers	First Qualifying Session Second Qualifying Session First Final Session Second Final Session

Flight B

Results	Recaps
Results	First Final Session Second Final Session

Flight C

Results	Recaps
Results	First Final Session Second Final Session

Conditions of Contest

The ACBL District 21 2014–15 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 2014–2015 NAP club-level 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 strata and random deals.

Strata:

Flight C - 0–500 NLM as of June 2014 masterpoint cycle
Flight B - 0–2,500 (*** note increased limit ***)
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. The top three finishers of each stratum entered into the District 21 finals are eligible to represent District 21 at the Spring NABC (March, 2015) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Units must apply to District 21 coordinator Jackie Ortiz, jackieo@sonic.net, then to ACBL for a sanction for Unit NAP games and the fee is $7.00 per table and only one sanction allowed per Unit during the months of September through December, 2014.

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.

NAP Coordinator: Jackie Ortiz