| 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 one-half red and one-half 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. Unit qualifying games are single sessions unless noted otherwise.
| Unit | Date | Time | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 East Bay | Sunday, Sept 11 | Noon | ||
| 529 Modesto | Sunday, Sept 11 | Noon | ||
| 508 Marin | Sunday, Sept 18 | 1:00 p.m. | ||
| 509 Santa Rosa | Sunday, Sept 18 | 1:00 p.m. | ||
| 499 Diablo Valley | Sunday, Sept 25 | 1:00 p.m. | Contra Costa Bridge Center Concord CA |
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| 498 Burlingame | Sunday, Oct 2 | Noon | ||
| 506 San Francisco | Saturday, Oct 8 | Noon | ||
| 500 South County | Sunday, Oct 9 | Noon | ||
| 503 Monterey | Sunday, Oct 9 | Noon | ||
| 507 Silicon Valley | Saturday, Nov 12 | Noon & tba (two sessions) | ||
| 522 Fresno | Sunday, Nov 13 | 1:00 p.m. | ||
| 505 Folsom | Sunday, Nov 13 | Noon | ||
| 550 Santa Cruz | Saturday, Nov 19 | 10:00 a.m. & TBA (two sessions) | ||
| 503 Palo Alto | Sunday, Dec 11 | Noon & 4 p.m. (two sessions) |
Players must qualify at the club and unit NAP levels to be eligible to enter the District 21 finals. The top three winners of Flight A will represent District 21 at the Spring NABC (March, 2017) in Kansas City MO. The top four winners of Flight B and Flight C will be eligible same as above. The District finals will be held January and February, 2017.
| Flight | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flight A | Saturday, Jan 21, 2017 (qualifying sessions) Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 (final sessions) |
Noon & TBA | Palo Alto Bridge Center 432A Stierlin Road Mt. View CA |
| Flight B | Saturday, Feb 4, 2017 | Noon & TBA | Bayshore Bridge Club 1300 Bayshore Highway, Suite 168 Burlingame CA |
| Flight C | Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 | Noon & TBA | Palo Alto Bridge Center 432A Stierlin Road Mt. View CA |
The ACBL District 21 2016–17 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 2016–2017 NAP club-level qualifying games during the months of June, July, and August. Your club may hold two NAP qualifying games per sanctioned session per month. The sanction fee is only $5.00 per table payable to ACBL. Your players 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. Players are allowed to play with different players at a Club or a Unit NAP game. Unit and District 21 final NAP games are Gold and Red masterpoints at sectional rating.
Strata:
Players must first qualify at the club level and then after you qualify at the club level you are allowed to enter into the Unit Nap Level = a Player can ONLY PLAY IN ONE UNIT GAME IN THE DISTRICT. A Unit can have only ONE UNIT NAP QUALIFYING GAME and the UNIT NAP game must be approved by jackieo@sonic.net for the month of Sept., Oct., Nov. OR Dec. 2016. After approval then send to ACBL for an sanction. The fee to Units for the Unit NAP game is $7.00 per table. After qualifying at the Club and Unit Level NAP game you may now enter into the D21 finals with NO EXCEPTION TO QUALIFICATION. The top three finishers in Flight A and the top four finishers in Flight B and Flight C are invited to attend the Spring NABC in Kansas City MO in March 2017.
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