We have a tournament flyer for the Big Apple Spring 2020 Regional. Check back for more updates, but for now here are the big changes:
Gold Rush Pairs Every Day
The December 2019 regional was very successful, but one large piece of feedback is having gold rush pairs daily. In the past, the last day only included Fast Pairs and either Bracketed Teams or Flighted Teams (Open, Mid-Flight, Gold Rush Swiss).
Knock Out In A Day
We are taking the best of all worlds. The Tarrytown Freaky KO games were fun, but we are iterating based on the feedback. The KO In A Day will ensure more incentives to win the KO brackets, while still providing the Swiss players with lots of fun and points.
Goldman Pairs
The premiere event of the regional is the Goldman Pairs. Don’t be fooled, there is nothing Gold Rush about this event. It attracts many of the top pros in the district and nation! It is a 4-session pairs event with a qualifying day and final day. It is also an early factor in determining who wins GNYBA Player of the Year.
Spring Newcomer Championship
While not officially The Countess Cup, we will still award a trophy for the winners of our special 0-99er pairs event. This is an all day, 2-session event with full carryover, open to all players with under 100 masterpoints.
Side Series Continues
The popular side game series will take place at Honors Bridge Center, this time featuring three separate series. There are two horizontal afternoon series and a horizontal evening series. What does it mean for a series to be horizontal? It means the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd sessions take place on different days at the same time, rather than the usual different times on the same day (that would be vertical, you have morning and afternoon, get it?).
No More Choose-Your-Flight Swiss Day
There is no longer a day were all players are lumped into larger swiss fields. In previous regionals, there would be at least one day with an A/X, BC, and Gold Rush swiss. For this May, all team events will be bracketed into the usual brackets of 8 or 9, including the KO in a Day. There is still a choose-your-flight pairs day, on Tuesday (Day 2).
Name Change, Same Venue
This year we fully embrace the name “Big Apple” for both of our regionals. We still love the Eastern States and Edgar Kaplan of course! But moving forward we are going with the Big Apple name.