The NAP is a three-level competition -- local, district and national -- that begins every summer and ends the next spring. The event is offered for three separate flights:
Flight A -- Open to all players
Flight B -- Open to players with 0-2500 masterpoints as of June 1.
Local: Grassroots qualifying games are held during June, July and August in local clubs. Clubs may offer as many qualifying games as they like during these three months and may stratify the games. Players qualify by finishing in the top half of their flight/strata (rounded up and including ties) or by scoring at least 50% in a club-level qualifying game. Players may compete as often as desired and with different partners.
District: Players who qualify in these club games are eligible to enter the two-session District 8 Finals, held the second weekend of November on BBO (on-line). The District Finals offers a separate event for each flight. All players must be qualified in the flight they are entering. A qualified player may play with any other qualified player, not just the partner he or she played with to qualify at the club level. Pre-registration and advance full payment of entry fees are required. Details will be e-mailed to all District 8 members in early October.
National: The
top three pairs in each flight at the District Finals advance to the North
American Pair National Finals at the ACBL Spring North American Bridge
Championships, held in March or early April. The national final format is a
two-day event (qualifying and final) in three separate flights. The top two
pairs in each flight at the District Finals will receive cash awards from District 8 to help cover
travel expenses to the NABC. The third-place pair in each flight is entitled to
compete in the NAP National Finals, but will not receive travel awards.
ACBL NAP webpage This webpage has links to lists of the players who qualified for each District's Finals ('Qualifiers'), links to the district-specific Conditions of Contest for each District's NAP Finals and a link to ACBL's general NAP Conditions of Contest which covers all the NAPs including the NAP National Finals.
District 8 NAP Coordinator: Martha Leary E-mail: martha@marthaleary.com