District 7 Conditions of Contest

2011-2012 North American Pairs

Open, 0-2000, and Non Life Master < 500 Flights

ACBL Conditions of Contest and Appendices are part of the District 7 Conditions of Contest as published in the Bulletin and/or the ACBL web site.

www.acbl.org/assets/documents/play/NAP/20112012NAPConditionsofContest.pdf

District Final is scheduled for Spartanburg, SC as follows:

National Finals scheduled for 2012 Memphis Spring NABC:

Conventions:

District 7 will have no Unit Finals... Players qualify directly to District Final.

Special Qualification:

At the Club level when 4 or fewer pairs enter a scheduled qualifying event and/or strata all players whom pay their entry fee are qualified to District Final.

Club Qualifying Strata:

Open, 0-2000, and NLM < 500 mandatory ... except a stand alone NLM < 500 which must be stratified 0-20, 20-100, and 100-NLM <500

New for 2007, ACBL will subsidize 1st place pairs 700/person and 2nd place pairs 300/person and entry fee to play in National Final is ZERO.

District 7 will subsidize 2nd place pairs an additional 200/person and 3rd place pairs 450/person.

Any player whom qualifies to represent District 7 in multiple Flights in the National Finals must decide which Flight they will compete no later than Wednesday November 30^th, 2011 via email to the District NAP coordinator.

If a qualified pair is unable to play in the National Final, the next highest pair will qualify.  You must actually attend and play in the National Final to be eligible for any subsidy from ACBL and/or District 7 and you are expected to notify the District NAP Coordinator on or before Monday January 16, 2012 if you are unable to attend Reno NABC Finals.  Pairs whom fail to comply maybe subject to District Disciplinary action and/or denied future District subsidies.