So it’s not really Day 1 of the NABC. Officially March 9th was the first day, which kicked off the Flight A NAP tournament. However, this is the first day for a large part of the NYC crew and the first we will be reporting daily happenings.
Joel Wooldridge and Kent Mignocchi Win NAP Flight A
The North American Pairs is one of the two premiere grassroots events each year (the other being Grand National Teams). The event comes in 3 different tries or brackets. The President’s Cup is for non life masters with 0-500 masterpoints, also known as NAP Flight C. The Goldner North American Pairs is for 0-2500 players, also known as NAP Flight. The most prestigious of all is the Baldwin North American Pairs, previously known as the North American Open Pairs, aka NAP Flight A.
The event is a 4-session pairs event, with 3 pairs competing from each of the 25 districts. This year, the winners are Joel Wooldridge and Kent Mignocchi from Unit 155. If that wasn’t enough, they also led on the end of Day 1 of the extremely prestigious Platinum Pairs event.
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Hat tip to Nikki Hudak for calling out this very cool article about our prior year D24 GNT Flight C champions (along with Mo, Benjamin, and Margot). NABCs are a great time to explore new types of games and unique events. A 4-session limited to 0-10K players certainly qualifies as a game you won’t find at most clubs, sectionals, or regionals. But it is one of the unique events during the Spring nationals, and one of the few events per year that pays both platinum and gold points (10% platinum). It also does not use the general masterpoints formula; it is one of the events the masterpoints committee designates as having an “arbitrary award”, paying the overall winners 63 gold points and 7 platinum points.
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