The club qualifying period for players to compete to play in the District-level Finals and win a subsidized trip to the Spring NABC in Louisville, KY, March 13-24, 2024 is underway. By ACBL Rules all players must be CLUB QUALIFIED. Club qualifiers are being held in Face-To Face and Online games on BBO from June-August 2023. There will be online qualifiers in the Wednesday night District Six games, and District Six is running additional qualifiers on June 12, July 11, and August 7. To find a list of other Club qualifiers on this website:
1>Click on NAP icon (top right side of screen)
2>Click on club qualifier games (upper left side of the screen)
District Six North American Pairs Finals will be held as follows:
Flight B: September 30-October 1, 2023
NLM (0-500): October 1, 2023
Being held online on BBO. Will start first session in the 11:15/11:30 AM timeframe. Second session start TBA (to be announced after 1st session ends).
Open Flight (face-to-face) November 11-12, 2023
Game starts at 11:30 AM on Saturday and 10:30 AM on Sunday; second session is TBA.
Playing site is:
Viers Mill Park Building
4425 Garrett Park Rd.
Wheaton, MD 20906
This is a competitive event against your peers, and the top three finishers in the Open, top four in the 0-2500 and top four in the NLM Flight will represent District 6 in the National Finals. Winning pairs win gold points: 48 points in the Open event, 33 points in the Flight B and 15 half gold/half red points in the NLM event.
Once you are club qualified, you then pre-register to play in the Finals.
To pre-register:
Send Player Names, ACBL numbers and e-mail addresses (and BBO names for Flight B or NLM), the Flight you are playing in, and a check for $56 (make check out to District Six), which covers first two sessions that you play (additional fees will be charged if you play on the 2nd day of your event) to:
Lucy McCoy
3353 Taleen Ct.
Annandale, VA 22003
Deadline for pre-registration for the Flight B and NLM is Thursday, September 21, and for the Open Flight is Thursday, November 2.
For more information, contact:
Bill Cole, 301-602-9024, email: colebridge@aol.com