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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 5-6, 2012 in Morganton, NC.
All teams must register by
12:30.
The GNT District Finals for FLIGHT
A and FLIGHT C will be Apr 28-Apr 29, 2012 in Greenville, SC.
All teams must register by
1:00.
The GNT National Finals will be July 11-14, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. Questions/Information contact District
Coordinator Darleen Bates
919-924-1187, 919-768-4813 dar_bates@hotmail.com
4905 Revere Road, Durham,
NC 27713
Conventions
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Clubs
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Individual Club decision
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District Finals
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Open and Flight A
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ACBL Mid Chart
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Flight B and C
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ACBL General Chart
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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
2011 masterpoint cycle (determined August 6, 2011).
All players from any district may play at
club level qualifiers but only District 7 players may play in the finals.
Teams are formed at the District Final from players who qualified at club
level.
Club Level Qualification
Clubs may hold GNT qualifying events from September 1,
2011 through and including April 30, 2012 and they may be stratified combining Open and Flight A,
Flight B and Flight C. Players qualify as individuals and may play in as many
events as they wish.
District fees are $6.00/team for one
session events, or $10.00/team for two session events. Please make
check payable to District 7,
and forward with the appropriate Financial Report and a list
of qualifiers to the District 7 GNT coordinator:
Darleen
Bates
4905 Revere Road
Durham, NC 27713
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A list of
qualifiers must be sent with payment.
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$1.25/team per session should also be sent
to ACBL (This will be included in your club’s monthly
report via ACBL score).
Area Semi finals
There are no Semi finals.
DISTRICT FINALS
District 7 will award $2500.00 per team for the winners plus $225 for
any fifth or sixth team member provided they played on the team in the
District Finals. Augmented members do not qualify for District subsidy.
District Champions who 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 20th,
2012 of players to be replaced and/or of any 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. The substitute must have qualified at the club level.
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 Gatlinburg, TN,
April 16, 2011 as follows:
In the Open/Flight A events (number of
boards to be determined by DIC and District Coordinator unless shown)
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2 Teams
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Head to head, 48-64 boards
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3 Teams
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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
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4-10 Teams
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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
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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
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11 or more Teams
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Teams will be divided into two or more brackets by seeding and each
bracket will play a full round robin.
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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.
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In Flight B/C events
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NO CARRYOVERS
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16 or more Teams
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2 seeded brackets with top 2 qualifiers
from each bracket advancing to Sunday KO where each bracket winner plays 2nd
place from opposite bracket.
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15 or less Teams
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Top 4 teams advance to Sunday KO with
Swiss winner playing 4th place team.
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Your team must play
in the
GNT NATIONAL FINALS
of the District
subsidy must be returned immediately
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A little extra incentive for
non-championship levels. The runners up from flights A, B, and C will
receive $1000 per team IF they go to the summer NABC and enter the
Mini-Spingold. The whole team must go and there will be no augmentation.
Payment will be sent after the event with 'proof' entry.
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