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NAP District Final A, B & C
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Bridge Manitoba--Special Events
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Sun, 1 Nov 2015 4:00 am - 11:30 am
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Description

The North American Pairs event is an ACBL-wide event in which a player first qualifies at a club, making them eligible to play in a district-wide second level qualifier. The top three pairs in Flight A and the top four pairs in Flights B and C earn the right to compete at the North American Bridge Championships in Reno in March of 2016. There are three strats that will each compete among their own level:

·  A is OPEN to all

·  B is up to 2500 masterpoints

·  C is 0-500 masterpoints - and not yet a Life Master

District 2 is holding its finals as follows:

Start Date

D2 NAP Finals

Venue

Contact

2015-11-01

District 2 Final Flyer - Click HERE

Tillsonburg Seniors Centre (B & C)

Jed Drew (519)842-8786

2015-11-01

District 2 Final Flyer - Click HERE

Hazel`s Bridge Club

Martin Hunter (905)858-7683

2015-11-01

District 2 Final Flyer - Click HERE

Bridge Manitoba

Raymond Hornby (204)224-1923

Pre-registration is required for this event. Players must pre-register with their Unit Co-ordinator to play in the NAP District 2 Final.

Winnipeg Info:

 the NAP district final will be held on Nov 1 at Chevrier but only if we get at least 5 tables (i.e. 10 pairs) for EACH flight.  If we don't get enough pairs for any particular flight, that flight will not be held.  If that happens, pairs wanting to play will have to choose another flight they're eligible for.  Pairs wanting to play should contact me, Marlene Pontifex, or John Hindle to register.  Registration to play will end Friday October 30 as I need to confirm numbers for the pizza lunch.  Game time is 10:00 AM & TBA; cost to play will be $60/pair which includes the pizza lunch.  Players can opt out (-$5) when they register if they want to take care of their own lunch, but the lunch break will be less than an hour.  Players wanting the lunch should include their 2 pizza preferences when they register.

The event pays 24/15/9 gold points to the A/B/C district flight winners, with lots of other gold & red points for placing. This is the only opportunity that players get to access that kind of MP payout at these prices without having to travel.  The top 3 district pairs get invited to the NAP final at the 2016 spring NABC in Reno, with the top 2 pairs getting $700/300 subsidies from the ACBL if they play in the final.  The district may top up the 2nd place subsidy but there's no guarantee of that.  Reno is one of the more accessible & affordable NABC locations on the calendar.We hope that you will play in this great event and look forward to seeing you there.

 

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What are these Events

Part of the Canadian Bridge Federation (CBF) mandate is to facilitate the selection of Canadian representatives to annual World Championships. To do that the CBF holds annual championships, usually in May, to select the following teams:

 

  • Open Teams (CNTC Flight A)
  • Women’s Teams (CWTCs, now a stand-alone event held in the summer)
  • Seniors Teams (CSTCs)

 

A lot of people do not realize that there are other events held during the eight days of the Championship:

1.     Flight B Championship (CNTC Flight B, under 2500 master points)

2.     Flight C Championships (CNTC Flight A, under 1000 master points)

3.     Canadian IMP Pair Championships (CIPCs) Cash prize for the top two.

4.     Canadian Open Pair Championships (COPCs) Cash prize for the top three.

5.     One day Swiss                                                                              Read More

 

 

 

All of these five events are open to all bridge players in Canada who are CBF members. Our Unit has a formula to subsidize Unit 181 members who decide to attend the Championships.  In addition, it is possible for all players to compete in multiple events held during the week. The CNTCs and the COPCs are a grass-root event with qualifying games at the club level in the fall and winter (even if you do not qualify at the local games you may still attend and compete in the above events at the CBCs).

 

The CBCs location is rotated throughout Canada, and will be held in Winnipeg in 2017.

 

For more information please email Neil Kimelman at Nkimelman@bridgemanitoba.org

 

Click Here to view the Unit Final format.

Every year at the Spring Nationals, there is a pairs competition for Flights A, B and C.  Every District in the ACBL chooses 3 pairs in each flight to represent their district at the finals.  Qualifying games at the club level are held in June, July and August.  District level finals are usually held in October or November and the format is decided by the District representatives. First and second place winners in each flight receive a cash prize--$700 for each member of the first place winning pair, $300 for second place winners; third place pairs do not receive reimbursement but are invited to attend.  Our District No. 2 (which includes Bermuda and all of Ontario except Ottawa) holds a final in the Fall and requires at least 5 tables in each flight in order for a location to hold the final event.

 

Unit 181 pays a significant amount of the additional card fees in order to play in this event.  This event is for players at all levels so come out and win a chance to represent our District.

We have 4 tournaments per year

The Erin Berry Rookie-Master Game is held each fall in clubs across Canada.  This is a special game with an emphasis on fun designed to help introduce new players to the game of duplicate bridge.  A Rookie is anyone with less than 50 masterpoints who doesn't have much experience at playing duplicate bridge.  The games are run using computer hands so that players across the country play the same deals.  The pair with the best percentage score in Canada is declared  National Winners and receive a trophy.  The pairs with the top percentage score in each Zone receives a plaque.  All club winners receive certificates.

Since this game is designed to introduce new players to duplicate bridge, the use of limited conventions is encouraged.  Following the game, hand analysis sheets prepared by top players in Canada are provided to all players.  This game is organized by the Canadian Bridge Federation.  For more information about this game and other CBF activities, please visit their website at www.cbf.org

 

The Instant Matchpoint game is held across the world.

Bridge Scoring -- How Events are Divided by Groups

  • This is a type of game movement where all players are assigned to a group (strat) based on their current masterpoint holdings. Each contestant plays against players of all point ranges.  Masterpoints are awarded to leaders of each strat.  If a Strat C player scored better than one of the leaders in Strat B (a higher ranked strat), the C player will be awarded the points for Strat B.