GNT Overview - Flights - Competitions - Calendar - Conditions of Contest

GNT Overview

The GNT is a major ACBL team championship held each year. Teams compete at Club, Unit, and District qualifying games. District winners compete at the Summer North American Bridge Championships (NABC).

Flights

The GNT has four flights based on accumulated masterpoints.

· Flight C is for players who have less than 500 masterpoints and are non Life Masters.

· Flight B is for players who have less than 2,500 masterpoints.

· Flight A is for players who have less than 6,000 masterpoints.

· The Open Championship Flight is open to anyone.

NOTE: Masterpoints are based on points earned as of the August 6, 2019 report from the ACBL. Click below to see the listing for Unit 207:

(http://austinbridge.org/sbruce/masterpoints/AlphabeticMasterpointList190806.pdf)

Competitions

Qualification requirements are different depending on the Flight.

Flight A and Open Championship Flight Players begin their GNT journey at the District Championships.

The top one or two District winning teams in each of the four Flights advance to the North American GNT championship.

Calendar

There are no more club qualification games in Unit 207.

The District 16 GNT championships will be held in Houston August 7-9, 2020.

The North American GNT championship will be held in Tampa during the Fall NABC (November 26- December 6, 2020).

Conditions of Contest

ACBL Conditions of Contest: (http://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/play/coc/gnt/GNT2019-20.pdf).

District 16 Conditions of Contest: (https://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/play/coc/gnt/16.pdf).

Both documents contain important detailed information, rules, and guidelines about the GNT.

For more information, contact the Unit GNT Coordinator jerrytex@swbell.net

Return to Unit 207 Website home page: (http://www.austinbridge.org).