ACBL District 22

District 22’s 2019 North American Pairs (NAP) Finals - Saturday, September 7,2019

Win gold points plus $$$ subsidy to NABC in Columbus, OH!

The NAP final is D22’s premier regional pair event that awards gold points to overall placements. We will hold the two-session NAP final this yearSaturday, September 7, 2019 th at the Orange County Regional in Costa Mesa, CA. Game times coincide with Regional events.

The NAP is an ACBL grassroots pair event that qualifies pairs for the national final.Pairs must be members of District 22 to compete.  Successful pairs qualify to play at the 2020 Spring NABC in Columbus, OH. The top three pairs from Flight A, and the top four pairs from Flights B and C, qualify to represent our district at this national event.

Strats:

A = 2500+ MP

B = 500NLM – 2500

C = 0-500 NLM

Points are as of the ACBL June, 2019 Masterpoint reporting cycle.

Clubs (not units) may hold NAP qualifying games June, July and August.  Players interested in playing in the District 22 final must qualify at a participating club. Players may qualify with any other player.  Qualified players may participate in the District final in their flight or any higher flight, and may play with any qualified player that meets the flight MP limits.  See the D22 site under NAP for our District’s Conditions of Contest, which also links to the ACBL NAP COC.

http://acbldistrict22.com/D22/

Both players will receive $700 for 1st, $500 for 2nd, $300 for 3rdand $200 for 4th.

I encourage every player to compete in a club qualifying event, play in the District finals and, if you qualify, play in the National final.  Even if you are not planning to go to the NABC, the District final is both fun and a great experience.  And lots of gold points are available!

Check your area clubs for qualifying games. If your club doesn’t plan to hold qualifying games, talk to them, maybe they will add a few qualifying games.

D22 NAP Coordinator johnkissinger88@gmail.com   949-218-9118

Flight Eligibility

Flight A Open to any Player

Flight B Open to any Player with less than 2500 Masterpoints as of June 2019

Flight C Open to any Non-Life Masters with less than 500 Masterpoints as of June 2019

2018-2019 NAP Leaders

Flight A
1. Bo Liu, Sherman Gao
2. Suresh Mahajan, Jon Wright
3. Mark Itabashi, Ross Grabel
Flight B
1. Marc Franklin, Joseph Mack III
2. Larry Pelletier, Gary Ansok>
3. Gregory Thorpe, Steve Hirsch
4. Dustin Stout, Alberto Feilhaber
Flight C
1. Renee Theiler, Karen Eddy
2. Randall Bissett, , Mac Becket
3. Bipin Patel, Stephen Silvius
4. Ben Moraine, David Blumberg

2018-2019 NAP Pictures