Yesterday’s post discussed an ACBL motion to move the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs to Spring NABC, specifically the first weekend. Item 193-63 adds a new 0-3000 Swiss game in the middle of the week, and NAP flights B and C will likely be held on the 2nd weekend. If both motions pass, there will be a clear roadmap of NABC events for flight B/C players staying 9 days.
A few questions to ask:
- Why 0-3000 teams instead of 0-2500? Red Ribbon, Sally Young, and Micro-Spingold are all 0-2500, as are the GNT and NAP Flight B cutoffs.
- NAP finalists should be in a Matchpoints mindset (and practicing conventions and bidding with Matchpoints in mind). Would the 200 Flight B and C NAP district finalist pairs join the 0-3000 teams, or will they prefer pairs events as a final practice?
- Will Red Ribbon pairs become a 6-session event instead of 4-session event? The Blue Ribbon and Mini-Blue Ribbon events are both 6-session, as are the Sally Young 0-2500 pairs during summer NABC.
- With more and more events targeted at “competitive intermediate” players, will future NABCs include a Nano-Spingold and Mini-Red ribbon, for 0-500 players?
- Will all the limited NABC events dilute the playing pool for the daily Gold Rush, Open Pair, and Team events (the regionally rated events)?