The North American Pairs event has been a major ACBL pair championship since 1979 and was originally known as the Grand National Pairs. This grassroots event is staged in qualifying rounds at the club, unit and district levels. It culminates in a final held in conjunction with the Spring NABC
Games are at our Bridge Center unless otherwise noted. Contact the game directors for additional information.
List of qualifiers to date will be provided when available.
Monday, June 3
Wednesday, June 5
Wednesday, June 12
Friday, June 14
Wednesday, August 7
Friday, August 9
Our annual grass roots chance to win an NABC title is underway. The NAP is a hierarchical event where everyone starts at the club level then higher performing pairs progress to the next level. High performing pairs gradually work their way up to the National level. The winning pair wins an NABC title. Actually, there are 3 titles, one each for Open (flight A), less than 2500 master points (flight B) and a lowest level title requires players to be both a non-Life Master and less than 500 Master Points (flight C).
The NAP process has already begun. Club games started at the beginning of June and will continue through the end of August. A club must register a game as an NAP game in ACBLScor for it to be counted as an NAP game.
At the club level, players qualify as individuals. This allows players to switch partners between the club stage and the unit or district stage so long as both partners are qualified and meet the requirements for unit / district / NABC participation. Among other requirements, players must be paid up members of ACBL in good standing.
Players from any district may qualify at any ACBL NAP club game. The unit level and district level NAP games will require that players are members of the respective district. So, in District 21 unit and district level games, only District 21 members will be allowed to participate because the district winners represent their home district.
You can find full ACBL Conditions of Contest by visiting the ACBL website: http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/play/NAP/CoC.pdf