More Silver Points in February
More Silver Points in FebruaryPlan now to play in your local club the week of February 4 in District 8’s annual Winter Sectional-Tournament-at-Clubs (STAC). All club games this week can award sectional silver points to winners and runners-up in three flights.
Masterpoint awards: The STAC event offers 12 different sessions -- a day and an evening session on each weekday, plus day-only sessions on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to the silver-point section awards at each site, each session will be scored across the District for overall awards.
Stratification: Open Pair games will have three strata — A: 1500+; B: 0-1500; and C: 0-500 (includes Life Masters with 300-500 masterpoints). Clubs can also run stratified novice pairs and victory-point team games.
Entry fees: Sanction fee is $6 per table, so expect to pay an extra $1.50 over your club’s regular entry fee. Proceeds help fund the Advocate newsletter, the District finals of the North American Pairs and Grand National Teams, and other District 8 activities.
Club managers: You must pre-register for STAC sessions on the ACBL web site. Go to http://www.acbl.org/stac/Stac_Contact_info.php?tnum=1102114 and click the "Registration Form" link. Detailed instructions are here.
Online results: District-wide results from each session will be updated on the ACBL results page.
Game sites: A list of participating clubs will be posted here. Call your club manager for details on the STAC games in your area. If you have other questions, call or write the director or chairman.
Director: Rick Beye richardbeye@gmail.com
District 8 STAC chairman: Mike Tomlianovich (309-825-5823) mjtomlia@gmail.com