North American Pairs

The NAP games are held during the months of June-July-August with players qualifying at the Club level, continues with the District 8 finals in early November, and ends with players qualifying to go to the National Finals (a 2-day event) the following year at the Spring NABC.

Each club can hold two games per sanctioned session during each month. No special sanction is required. These games award 50/50 red/black 100% sectional rated masterpoints. Please read the Conditions of Contest carefully. This year's NAP cycle finals will be held in Reno, NV in March, 2010. First and second place district finishers in all flights receive monetary awards that will be distributed at the tournament.

Flight A: open to all players

Flight B: open to all players with < 2000 MPs

Flight C: open to all players with < 500 MPs who are Non Life Masters.

Grassroots qualifying begins at the club level, in specially designated games during June, July, and August. Players qualify by finishing in the top half of their field (rounded up and including ties) or by having a 50% or better game. Players may compete as often as desired and with any partner. Players who qualify in these club games are entitled to go directly to the four-session District 8 Finals held the second weekend in November in SPRINGFIELD, IL.

The top THREE winning PAIRS in each flight are entitled to compete in the NAP Finals at the Spring Nationals (Reno, NV, March 11-21, 2010).

Masterpoint qualifications are based upon the member's standing as of June 1. (Usually, this means the mid-May MP update in Memphis.) Masterpoints won after June 1 do not "count" towards the Flight restrictions.

On to Reno for 9 District 8 Pairs

District 8 North American Pairs Final

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual North American Pairs. The event, conducted in three separate flights, was open to all District 8 members who qualified in club-level NAP games earlier this summer.

The top two pairs in each flight won travel awards to Reno NV in March to represent District 8 in the national finals of their respective flights.

The third-place pair in each flight also qualified for the national finals,

but receives no ACBL travel award.

A total of 192 District 8 members entered the event. The number of players by Unit:
Central Illinois: 77
St. Louis: 72
Northwestern Illinois: 19
Southern Illinois: 14
Northern Indiana: 10

Overall winners and masterpoint awards are listed below. Included are links to the hand records (afternoon and evening) and the recap sheets from both sessions in each flight. The recaps' board-by-board results are displayed in traveler-style format.

Hand records: Afternoon Evening

FLIGHT A (Open) -- 11.5 tables Recaps: Afternoon Evening

1 - Jack Bryant, St Louis; Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL

2 - En Xie - Jacque Sincoff, St Louis

3 - Richard Riezman - Roger Lord, St Louis

4 - Alan Popkin & Nancy Popkin, St Louis

5 - Howard Schmid, Merrillville IN; Steven Watson, Munster IN

6 - Mark Ehret, St Louis; Lee Hastings, St Louis

7 - Jack Snyder, Rockford IL; Meyer Abarbanel, Belvidere IL

8 - Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL

FLIGHT B (0-2000) -- 22.5 tables

Recaps: Sec B: Aft Eve Sec F: Aft Eve

1 - Dan Faulkner, Monticello IL; Gary Dell, Champaign ILL

2 - Dan Bunde - Michael Ring, Urbana IL

3 - Ron Diehl, Effingham IL; Mark Daily, Charleston IL

4 - Randall Motchan, Bloomington IL; Steve Wulfers, Normal IL

5 - Mark Gilje - Sasanka Ramanadham, St Louis

6 - Dolores Hill, Chesterfield MO; Brenda Hoffman, St Louis

7 - Dennis Spencer, St Louis; Carol Hamilton, Saint Charles MO

FLIGHT C (0-500 non-LM) -- 14 tables Recaps: Afternoon Evening

1 - Martha Hanley, Chesterfield MO; Elizabeth Meteer, Wildwood MO

2 - Karen Anderson, Batavia IL; Neil Whittle, Carol Stream IL

3 - Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO; William Maack, O'Fallon MO

4 - Paul Hartke - Lois Hartke, Effingham IL

5 - Jeff Ehrlich - Bob Derber, Springfield IL

6 - Linda McHoney - Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO

7 - Mary Fort - Martha Rowe, St Louis

*****

These players qualified to play on November 14.

At the District 8 final, both players must have qualified at the District 8 club level -- although not necessarily playing with each other -- and must be members of District 8. A fixed amount prize will be awarded in all flights as follows:

The 1st place qualifiers will receive $700 per person and the 2nd place qualifiers will receive $300 per person. The 3rd place qualifiers will be invited to participate in the national level finals, but will not receive any prize.
Invited defenders will receive $700 per person.
No individual may collect two concurrent prizes.
There is no entry fee to play in the NAP Championship 4-session event.

Further details are available at http://www.acbl.org/play/special-events-info.php

Flights: A: open; B < 2000; C < 500 Non-Lifer Master

as of 06/01/09

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Event coordinator: Mike Tomlianovich

phone: 309-825-5823, email: mjtomlia@gmail.com

Director-in-charge: Chris Patrias

Springfield District 8 Contact: Liz Zalar 217-793-8066 zalars@comcast.net

link to 2009 Unit 143 NAP club game qualifying schedule.

District 8 Conditions of Contest

1. The District 8 adopts the National conditions of contest.

2. District 8 elects not to have a unit final.

3. Each player must qualify at the club level to be eligible to play at the District Final.

4. District 8's final is held annually during the 2nd weekend of November. A 2-session qualifier starts at 1:00 pm on Saturday.

5. District 8 requires that the names of qualifiers for the NAP final be submitted to the NAP District Coordinator by the Unit coordinators prior to the event in order to confirm that everyone that plays is eligible to do so. If a player arrives at the finals, has qualified, and presents a qualifying slip, the player will be allowed to play.

Forms for Club Managers

The updated forms can be found at the following link along with all other NAP material:

http://www.acbl.org/assets/documents/play/NAP/NAP20092010.pdf

History

For 2008 District 8 Final results, click here. En Xie and Jacque Sincoff, Tom Kniest (playing with Karen Walker), & Maureen Swihart and Linda Mize competed in Houston March 12 - 22.

Nov 10-11, 2007 winners, eligible to play in Detroit 6 - 16, 2008