NAP History for Everyone


North American Pairs or NAP has been a major ACBL pair championship since 1979. The event was originally known as the Grand National Pairs. The Grand National Pairs became the North American Pairs in 1987 and a special form of the event for non-Life Masters was also added. Winners of the North American Pairs are awarded the Baldwin Trophy. The trophy honors Russell Baldwin, former director and treasurer of the ACBL and co-inventor, with Bill McKenney, of the McKenney-Baldwin movements used in tournament bridge.
This highly prestigious “grass roots” event is staged in qualifying rounds at the club, unit and district levels. It culminates in a final held in conjunction with the 2009 Houston TX Spring NABC. This event is also run as a flighted event A (Open), B (2000), C (0-500 Non-Life Masters).

 

Club Qualifying Dates: June 1-August 31

Masterpoints:


Club qualifying games 50/50 red and black at sectional rating

District finals award gold for section firsts and overalls. Flight C is 25% gold for overalls.
Other masterpoints in all flights are red.
Flights: A (Open), B (0-2000), C (0-500 Non-Life Masters)


District winners in each flight recognized on web site

District Finals: September 27, 2008
Place: Guardian Angel Church in Allendale, NJ 08807
Brunch 11:30 and 1st Session at 12:30
2nd Session TBA

Directions to Guardian Angel RC Church
Allendale, New Jersey


A highly prestigious "grass roots" event, the North American Pairs starts at the club level in June, July and August. Club-level qualifications may be earned at any club in any unit in any district. A player may qualify as often as desired and with as many different partners as desired. At the district final, both players must have qualified at the club level and must be members of the parent district. A fixed amount prize will be awarded in all flights as follows:

1. In districts with three qualifiers, the 1st place qualifiers will receive $700 per person and the 2nd place qualifiers will receive $300 per person. The 3rd place qualifiers will be invited to participate in the national level finals, but will not receive any prize.

2. District 3 will award all winners who attend and play in the National NAP finals a $100 per person/$200 per pair.

The monetary award from the ACBL will be available on site. Qualifiers must play in the national level event until eliminated to receive the award.

There will be no entry fee for the national level of the event.

Click here for Conditions of Contest, which include a full listing of masterpoint awards.

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FLIGHT's B and C ONLY

The District final for Flight's B and C ONLY will be held at two sites. The event will be matchpointed and ranked as one field. If the top three scoring pairs in each flight play at the same site, then the highest ranked pair at the other location will become the third qualifying pair to the national final.

This change does not affect masterpoint awards.
As per ACBL Conditions of Contest, if a qualified pair declines to participate in the national final, an alternate pair will be chosen based on the order of finish at the site where that pair competed.


One of the Flight's B and C Events will be held at:
The Studio of Bridge & Games
SCHENECTADY
Sept. 27, 2008
2 sessions : 12:30pm and TBA
Brunch serve at 11:30am

The other Flight's B and C as well as Flight A will be at the Guradian Angel

Church in Allendale, NJ - also on September 27, 2008.

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