District 2 Grand National Teams

Conditions of Contest

2011

For information on these conditions please contact dcohen@deaknet.com

The event shall be composed of 4 Flights:

Open Championship Flight No masterpoint limits

Flight A Under 5000 masterpoints

Flight B Under 2000 masterpoints

Flight C Non-life master under 500 masterpoints

All flights are defined by masterpoint holdings as of September 1, 2010. The September masterpoint cycle (determined during the second week of August) will determine a player’s Flight eligibility. The events will not be stratified.

General Conditions

ACBL Conditions of Contest are a part of the District Conditions of Contest
A player must be a member of the ACBL in good standing
A player must be a member of District 2 to participate in the District Final. A player’s physical residence as of Sept 1, 2010, shall establish the district in which the member is eligible to participate beyond the qualifying stage. If a player wishes an exception from this requirement, they must begin the process for the GNT by July 1 2010. Players must seek permission in writing from the district directors of the district in which he lives and the district in which he wishes to play.

Team Information

A team may have 4, 5 or 6 members. Each team must designate a Captain, and one person to participate in a Committee (if one should arise)
Prequalification to the District Final is not required. Club qualifying and Unit events are not a prerequisite to playing in the District Final. Pre-registration to the District Final is not required but is recommended.
New teams may be formed at the District Final from any eligible player in the District
A unit may hold a Unit Final if it so desires. The results of this Unit Final will have no bearing on which teams may participate in the District Final. There is no fee payable by a Unit to the District in respect of a Unit Final. Conditions of Contest for the Unit Final are at the discretion of the individual Unit. Units are encouraged, but not required, to subsidize, to some extent, winning teams to the District Final.

Event Schedule

Each Flight will play a separate event. Appendix A lists the movements that will be played depending on how many teams enter the event. The plan is a 2 session Swiss Team qualifier, to a one-session semi-final and a one session final.
All Flight events will be held on April 2^nd through April 3^rd at Hazel’s Bridge Club (Toronto). Information about the club can be obtained on-line at http://www.hazelsbridge.com. Any ineligible player(s) will disqualify the entire team.
The opening Captain’s meetings will be held at 9:15AM on Saturday April 2^nd.
Registration in advance of the event is encouraged, as space is limited. Once all tables have been allocated entries will be refused. Reservations should be made by emailing dcohen@deaknet.com.

General Information

There is no ACBL subsidy to the winning team in any Flight. Any subsidy will be paid by the District and will be dependent on the number of teams entering the event. No subsidy is guaranteed to the winner of any Flight. The subsidy does not have to be the same for all Flights of the event. The National Final will be held in Toronto in July 2011. No subsidy will be paid unless the winning team participates in the National Final. If the winning team in a Flight decides not to play in the National Final, any subsidy may be paid to the team that finished next on the list.
Mid-chart conventions will be allowed in the Open Championship Flight and in Flight A at the District Final. Mid-chart conventions must be pre-alerted, and written defenses must be available.
No player may kibitz his own team.
Corrections must be reported and settled within 15 minutes of the end of the Swiss Team Qualification period. Any errors that are reported after that time will not be corrected. An error in the semi-final must be reported and settled before the commencement of the Final. Any errors reported after that time will not be corrected. An error in the Final must be reported and corrected within 15 minutes of the end of the Final. Any errors reported after that time will not be corrected.
On Sunday, April 3rd, the “District 2 Grand National Teams Charity Swiss Teams Championship” will be held. The event to be stratified and will be free for any team in that weekend’s GNT qualifier that does not play in the semi final on Sunday. Full information on this event will be found on the Unit 166 web page. Entries from players who did not participate in the GNT team event are encouraged and welcomed. The entry fee will be $80 per team for this 2-session event. Please check the District 2 web site (http://www.acbldistrict2.org) for starting times of each session. Points available are red-black.

APPENDIX A

Team Movements for District 2 GNT Final

The intent is to have all events with two stages:

1) Swiss Qualifying

2) KO Finals (and semi-finals if applicable)

Boards per KO session: Championship Flight – 26

Flight A - 26

Flight B – 24

Flight C – 24

If there is a tie after the Semi-Final and/or Final knockout phase, a 4 board tie breaker will be held.

Swiss qualifying sessions are intended to be between 24 and 28 boards depending on the movement chosen.

Three Teams: 2 sessions

Format: Intertwined 3-ways

2-24 board matches – 2 sessions

Play it in 12 board halves

Four Teams: 3 sessions

Swiss format: Head-on matches

3-16 board matches - 2 sessions

Final: 2 teams – 1 session

Five Teams: 4 sessions

Swiss format: Intertwined 3-ways

4-12 board matches - 2 sessions

Semi-final: 3 teams qualify, Format: 3-way – 1 session

Final: 2 teams qualify, 100% carry-over of common boards

from semi-final - 1 session

Six Teams: 5 sessions

Swiss format: Head-on Matches

Double Round Robin

10-8 board matches (3 sessions)

Semi-final: 3 teams qualify, Format: 3-way – 1 session

Final: 2 teams qualify, 100% carry-over of common boards

from semi-final - 1 session

Seven Teams: 5 sessions

Swiss format: Intertwined 3-ways

6 matches of 12 (or 13) boards 3 sessions

Semi-final: 4 teams qualify, 1^st chooses 3^rd or 4^th,