District Seven Grand National Teams
Conditions of Contest 2009-2010

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

General ACBL Conditions of Contest
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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 for the OPEN and FLIGHT B will be May 1-2, 2010 in Morganton, NC. All teams must register by 12:30.

 

The GNT District Finals for FLIGHT A and FLIGHT C will be June 12-13, 2010 in Greenville, SC. All teams must register by 1:00.

 

The GNT National Finals will be July 21-24, 2010 in New Orleans, LA.  Questions/Information contact District Coordinator Darleen Bates 919-924-1187, 919-768-4813 dar_bates@hotmail.com 4905 Revere Road, Durham, NC 27713 

 

Conventions

Clubs

Individual Club decision

 

Area Semi Finals

ACBL General Chart

NO SEMIS for 2009-2010!!

District Finals

Open and Flight A

ACBL Mid Chart

 

Flight B and C

ACBL General Chart

 

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 Finals.

Players determine flight eligibility based upon September 2009 masterpoint cycle (determined August 6, 2009).

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, 2009 through and including April 30, 2010 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 2009-2010 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 Team is responsible for advising the District Coordinator no later than May 17th, 2010 for Championship/Open and Filight B, and no later than June 14th, 2010 for Flights A and B, 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.  Any emergency substitution will be determined by the DIC whose decision is final.

 

 

 

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 Greenville, SC June 12, 2009 as follows:

In the Open/Flight A events (number of boards to be determined by DIC and District Coordinator unless shown)

 

 

2 Teams

Head to head, 48-64 boards

3 Teams

Three-way match on Saturday afternoon and head to head Saturday night with carryover for Open/Flight A (carryover to 49% of the IMPs with a maximum of one IMP per board), 24-32 boards per session

4-10 Teams

Full round robin with  carryover for Open/Flight A (carryover to 49% of the IMPs with a maximum of one IMP per board),, 48-64 boards for full day Swiss Qualifying

 

If 4-5 teams, 2 teams advance to Sunday final; if 6-10 teams, 4 teams advance to Sunday KO with carryover for Open/Flight A (carryover to 49% of the IMPs with a maximum of one IMP per board),  from round robin with Swiss winner choosing opponent

11 or more Teams

4 teams advance to Sunday KO but no carryovers

 

 If one of the 4 teams in the Open/Flight A decides not to participate in the semi-finals, the remaining 3 teams will play a round robin for the right to play in finals.  The team that drops out will only be awarded the match awards from the first day.

In Flight B/C events

NO CARRYOVERS

 

 

16 or more Teams

2 seeded brackets with top 2 qualifiers from each bracket advancing to Sunday KO where each bracket winner plays 2nd place from opposite bracket.

15 or less Teams

Top 4 teams advance to Sunday KO with Swiss winner playing 4th place team.

 

YOUR TEAM MUST PLAY IN THE GNT NATIONAL FINALS OR THE DISTRICT SUBSIDY MUST BE RETURNED IMMEDIATELY.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!!