North American Pairs – ACBL District 4

DISTRICT 4 – NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS (NAP)
2026

District 4 NAP Coordinator
Lou Glasthal; glasthal@comcast.net

LIST OF D4 MEMBERS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR D4 NAP FINALS
(NOTE: List is sorted BY UNIT, then BY MEMBER NAME, and it will continue to be
updated by the ACBL until all NAP Qualifier Club games have been completed)

2026 DISTRICT 4 NAP FINALS

Dates – Locations – Flyers – Registration Forms
10am start time, all dates and locations
Flyer and Registration details are available using the links below for each Flight & location

OPEN FLIGHT FLYER

October 3-4, 2026 (no pre-registration required)

- South Jersey Bridge Club/Game Friendzy
  (if more than 9 tables are in play Saturday,
  approximately half the field will continue into Sunday)

FLIGHT A FLYER (up to 6000 MP)

October 24, 2026 (pre-registration ends 10/17/26)

- Harrisburg Bridge Club Registration

FLIGHT B FLYER (up to 3000 MP)

October 3, 2026 (pre-registration ends 9/26/26)

- Canandaigua Duplicate Bridge Club Registration
- Harrisburg Bridge Club Registration
- North Penn Duplicate Bridge Club Registration

FLIGHT C FLYER (up to 750 MP & Non-LM)

October 24, 2026 (pre-registration ends 10/17/26)

- Canandaigua/First Congregational Church Registration
- Harrisburg Bridge Club Registration
- Jenkintown Bridge Club Registration
- South Jersey Bridge Club/Game Friendzy Registration
- West Elmira Town Community Center Registration

BACKGROUND ABOUT NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS GAMES

INTRODUCTION
The North American Pairs is a major national pairs event sponsored by the ACBL. It is a grass-roots event that is played in three stages; qualification in club games, District 4 finals in the fall, and national competition at the Spring NABC. Players who win in the District finals earn the right to represent District 4 at the Spring NABC to compete against winners from all 25 ACBL Districts.

NAP CONTEST
The NAP Contest consists of 3 stages of play for 4 Flights of players:

THE FLIGHTS:

Open: Any
Flight A: Less than 6,000 masterpoints
Flight B: Less than 3,000 masterpoints
Flight C: Non-life master with less than 750 masterpoints

.THE STAGES:

CLUB QUALIFICATION
A player must earn qualification at a local club to be eligible to play in the District finals. Club NAP qualification games are played at local and virtual clubs during June, July, and August. Each club determines when to run NAP qualifying games, so check with your clubs for their schedule. Qualifying at the club level is achieved on an individual basis – that is, if you qualify with one partner at a local club, you may play with any eligible (club qualified) partner at the District finals. The club level qualification games award both black and red points, and can yield qualification to play in multiple Flights in the District finals.
DISTRICT 4 FINALS
The District 4 finals determine which pairs will advance from each Flight to the National NAP finals. The District finals award gold points in all four Flights and is held in the fall.
NATIONAL FINALS
The NAP finals take place in at the Spring NABC (Nationals) held in March. This is where District level winners compete against each other for the National title. All 25 Districts are represented and, over the years, winners have come from each of those Districts.

NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS SUBSIDIES

Monetary subsidies are available to winning players to defray a portion of the cost of attending the National contest:

- - 1st Place: $1400 per pair (All Flights)
  - 2nd Place: $600 per pair (All Flights)
  - 3rd Place: $400 per pair (All Flights)
  - 4th Place: $200 per pair (Flights B-C only)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & RESOURCES
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask your local club director or contact the NAP Coordinator for District 4, Lou Glasthal, glasthal@comcast.net

CONDITIONS OF CONTEST

Link to ACBL Conditions of Contest (2026-2027)

Link to District 4 Conditions of Contest (2026-2027)