GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS

DISTRICT 19 CONDITIONS OF CONTEST FOR GNT (GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS)
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The Grand National Teams is a grass-roots event that begins at the club or unit level, continues with District Finals in the spring, and concludes at the Summer NABC. Players qualify as individuals at the club/unit level, and may form new teams for the District Final. There are four flights: Championship Flight, Flight A, Flight B, and Flight C. Each winning team at the District Final is invited to participate at the National Final of the GNT at the Summer NABC. District 19 awards the winning teams in each flight a subsidy to assist in transportation and accommodation costs, provided they play in the GNT National Final. Players who win should expect to represent the District at the North American National Championship. Captains should verify that all team members expect to play the entire event. Entering the event with the knowledge that one cannot compete throughout is a violation of ACBL ethics guidelines.

THE 2010-2011 EVENT

All information specific to this year's event, referred to in the Conditions of Contest, is on this page:

The DISTRICT COORDINATOR for the GNT is:

Pat Dunn
pjdunn@comcast.net

The DISTRICT DIRECTOR of District Nineteen is:

Don Mamula, 15329 14th Drive SE, Mill Creek WA, USA 98012.

He can be reached at 425/357-1964 (home), 425/269-7936 (mobile),

and by email at don@d19director.net

STRAT LIMITS (based on the September 2010 cycle) for the 2010-2011 event are:

Open Championship Flight: unlimited

Flight A: all members of the team under 5000 masterpoints

Flight B: all members of the team under 2000 masterpoints

Flight C: all members of the team under 500 masterpoints and non-Life Masters

(A player who moves up a level over the course of the event is still eligible to compete at the original level.)

IMPORTANT DATES for this year's event:

Thursday, July 1, 2010: Deadline for applying for an exception from the residency requirements
for the GNT, for players wishing to qualify in a different district than that of their primary physical residence

Wednesday, September 1, 2010: STAGE ONE (club qualifying) period begins

Sunday, March 27, 2011: STAGE ONE (club qualifying) period ends

April 2-3, 2011: District Semifinals and Finals at the Vancouver Bridge Centre, 2776 E. Broadway, Vancouver BC. Participating teams should pre-register with the District Coordinator. Registration closes at 12:30 pm.

July 21-31, 2011: Summer NABC in Toronto ON, where the National Final
of the GNT will be held. (Different flights may be held on different dates.)

STAGE ONE Club/Unit surcharge for 2010-11: $6.00 US per team, whether a one-session or two-session event is held. The surcharge enables District 19 to provide subsidies for teams that win the District Final. An additional ACBL sanction fee of $1.25 US per table per session is automatically paid with the club's monthly ACBL report.

SUBSIDY for each winning team (in each of the four flights) at the District Final is $1400.00 US. This subsidy is paid only if they play in the National Final according to the conditions below and the ACBL conditions of contest.

BUY-IN FEE at the District Semifinals, for players or full teams who have not qualified at a club or unit level event, is $25.00 US for each unqualified player, to a maximum of $100.00 US per team.

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