District 8 North American Pairs Final

Win gold points and a spring trip to St. Louis!

November 11 & 12, 2006

New site: Illinois Education Assoc., Springfield IL

Saturday:  1:00 & 7.00 pm
     2-session qualifying (Flts. B & C)     2-session finals (Flt. A)

 Sunday:  10:00 am & 3:00 pm
     2-session final (Flts. B & C)      Open side games (if attendance warrants)

The District NAP event is open to all District 8 players who qualified in any club-level game in any ACBL District this summer.

Flights:  Separate events will be held in three flights: A (2000+);  B (0-2000) and C (Non-Life Masters with 0-500 pts.). Eligibility for each flight is determined by your masterpoint holding on June 1, 2006. 

NOTE: The Flight A event will be one day only (two sessions on Saturday). The Flight B and C events will be two days -- two qualifying sessions on Saturday and two final sessions on Sunday. 

Entry fees:  $12 per person per session

ACBL prizes:  The top two pairs in each flight will win travel awards to play in the national finals in St. Louis in March. Each member of the winning pairs will win transportation cost and three nights in the host hotel. Each member of the second-place pairs will win transportation cost.

Sunday Pairs:  Two one-session Stratified Pair events on Sunday are sectional-rated and open to all. You do not have to have played in the NAP event to enter.

Directions: The site is the Illinois Education Association (IEA) Professional Development Center at 3440 Liberty Drive. From I-55, take I-72 West, then take the first exit (Route 4/Veteran's Parkway north). At the first stoplight, turn left into the Walmart/Walgreen's complex (Lindbergh Blvd.). Go straight through the first light and first stop sign, then bear left around the next corner. The IEA is the first building on the left, behind Walmart. 

NAP Coordinator:  Mike Tomlianovich.   Phone: 309-825-5823    m@mt.org