Good news, the Big Apple Winter Regional is only 6 days away! Until then, we do have one more STaC weekend for those who avoided the bridges, tunnels, and tolls required for Allendale and Woodbridge.
Remember, even if you don’t care about silver points, almost all silver point games this weekend will pay the special STaC bonus for overall scores (and they compute the overall across clubs for concurrent games). There are a few of the usual special events – on Friday Dec 20th morning, Honors is hosting another one-session 0-750 Swiss teams with pre-duplicated boards.
But best of all, those planning to play might not even realize it is a special weekend, and that’s fine as well. The extra points will just be a pleasant surprise, because thankfully all of the NYC clubs charge the same card fees as a normal weekend. Clubs pay a small STaC surcharge per table to ACBL (via the sponsoring organization, GNYBA). In many other Districts and Units, the clubs will pass some or all of the fees on to the players.