District Seven Grand National Teams
Conditions of Contest 2008-2009

ACBL CONDITIONS OF CONTEST ARE A PART OF THESE CONDITIONS, including those for KO, RR and Swiss events.

• General ACBL Conditions of Contest
  
• GNT Conditions of Contest 
•  ACBL Conditions of Contest Index

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 2-3, 2009 in Morganton, NC.

The GNT National Finals will be July 22-25, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Questions/Information contact District Coordinators Darleen and Jay Bates, 919-815-2085, 919-768-4813 dar_bates@hotmail.com 4905 Revere Road, Durham, NC 27713 

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 the District Final.

Players determine flight eligibility based upon September 2008 masterpoint cycle (determined August 6, 2008).

All players from any district may play at club level qualifiers. Teams are formed at District Final from players who qualified at club level.

Club Level Qualification

Clubs may hold GNT qualifying events from September 1, 2008 through and including April 25, 2009 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.

Please email a list of GNT qualifying games that will be held at your clubs to  dar_bates@hotmail.com.  This list will be compiled and posted on the website.  Please include the club name, address, phone number and start time.  It is hoped that this list will help promote the local GNT club games.

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:

Darleen Bates

4905 Revere Road

Durham, NC 27713

Area Semi finals

There are no Semi finals required for the 2008-2009 GNTs.

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 17^th, 2009 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 !!!