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District Seven Grand National Teams ACBL CONDITIONS OF CONTEST ARE A PART OF THESE CONDITIONS, including those for KO, RR and Swiss events. |
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Open, 0-5000 (Flight A), 0-2000 (Flight B), 0-500 Non-Life Master (Flight C) ACBL Conditions of Contest including those for KO, Round Robin and Swiss events are part of the District 7 Conditions of Contest as published in the Bulletin and/or the ACBL web site. (www.acbl.org) The GNT District Finals will be May 3-4, 2008 in Morganton, NC. The GNT National Finals will be July 16-19, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Questions/Information contact District Coordinator Chris Moll (504) 495-7485 or mollskeen@aol.com Conventions
General Conditions All players must be members of the ACBL in good standing at any event past club level. (Non-members allowed at club level only.) All players must be members of District 7 at any Area Semifinal and/or District Final. Players determine flight eligibility based upon September 2007 masterpoint cycle (determined August 6, 2007). All players from any district may play at club level qualifiers. Teams are formed at Area Semifinals and/or District Final from players who qualified at club level. Club Level Qualification Clubs may hold GNT qualifying events from September 1, 2007 through and including April 25, 2008 and they may be stratified combining Open and Flight A, Flight B and Flight C. Players qualify as individuals and may play as many events as they wish. A copy of each FORM and $1.25/team per session should be sent to ACBL (These will be included in your club’s monthly report via ACBLscore). District fees are $6.00/team for one session events, or $10.00/team for two or more session events and should be promptly forwarded, payable to District 7, with the appropriate FORMS and PRESS to: Chris Moll 940 E Ellis St Apt No 163 Jefferson City, TN 37760-2622 Area Semifinals Area Semifinals may be scheduled between March 22 and April 27, 2008 but not during the Gatlinburg Regional April 14-20, 2008. Hosts’ bids will be approved on a first come first serve basis thru December 5th as long as there are at least 2 separate qualification dates and subject to normal ACBL and District policies concerning scheduling. District fees are $10.00/team and should be promptly forwarded with the appropriate FORMS and PRESS to: Chris Moll 940 E Ellis St Apt No 163 Jefferson City, TN 37760-2622 DON’T FORGET TO SANCTION YOUR EVENT Entry Forms must include the following statement: “By entering this event, I hereby certify that I am eligible to play in this district subject to penalties as provided in the Conditions of Contest and the ACBL Code of Disciplinary Regulations.” All teams which are in the top 50% of the field (and ties) advance to the District Final and in addition any team that has 50% of the maximum score available will advance to District Final. If only one or two teams appear at an advertised qualifying event, each
such team may pay the appropriate entry fees and advance to District Final,
but no masterpoints will be awarded. Special Qualifications The District Coordinator may exempt any individual(s) from Area Semifinal qualifying directly involved in directing an Area Semifinal site. DISTRICT FINAL District 7 will award $1800 to District Champions per team of four and an additional $225 per member who played in the District Finals. Augmented members do not qualify for District subsidy. District Champions that do not have at least 3 original members who played in the District Finals will be replaced by the next eligible team willing to participate. The Captain of the District Champion is responsible for advising the District Coordinator no later than May 18th, 2008 of players to be replaced and/or augmentation. Players may be replaced only with confirmed consent of the replaced player and do not automatically qualify for District subsidy. Any District Champion has the right to augment to up to a 6 person team. Substitution may be allowed at the discretion of the DIC so long as the substitute does not substantially improve the team for any individual session. Only one substitute allowed per team per session and only on 4 person teams.
TOURNAMENT AND COMPETITION COMMITTEE The tournament and completion committee is responsible for any modifications and/or clarifications to the GNT event format design last approved by the District 7 board in Gatlinburg April 22, 2006 as follows: In the Open/Flight A events (number of boards to be determined by DIC and District Coordinator unless shown)
YOUR TEAM MUST PLAY IN THE GNT NATIONAL FINALS OR THE DISTRICT SUBSIDY MUST BE RETURNED IMMEDIATELY. GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!! |
Hendersonville, NC. Opportunity House, 1411 Asheville Highway (704) 692-0222.
10:30 a.m. and TBA on Saturday, March 22. Lunch on-site. Contacts: Walt
and Julie Murphy (828) 692-0109, murf@mchsi.com.