Trips to Montreal -- and regional-rated gold points -- are offered in the 2020 District 8 finals of this national team event. Any team of four, five or six District 8 members can enter in one of four separate flights.

Open championship:  Unlimited

Flight A:   0-6000 masterpoints

Flight B:   0-2500

Flight C:   0-500 (non-Life Masters)

The winning team in each flight will receive a travel award (a minimum of $1000 per team) from the District 8 Board to play in the national finals in Montreal, Quebec in July.

Your flight eligibility is determined by the number of masterpoints you held on September 1, 2019. You must be a paid-up member of ACBL to enter.

Formats:

Open flight:  One day only (Sunday). Straight KO or two-session round-robin and KO.

A & B flights:  Qualifying round on Saturday. Finals and semi-finals on Sunday if needed.
Four or fewer teams in a flight will be a straight KO ending on Saturday. With 5-7 teams, event will be three sessions (Swiss qualifying on Saturday; KO on Sunday). With 8 or more teams, event will be four sessions (Saturday and Sunday). 

Flight C:  One day only (Sunday). Two-session Swiss teams.

Directions: The bridge club is at 3900 Wood Duck Drive, Springfield IL 62711. Club phone is 217-726-9456. From I-55/I-72, take exit 93 toward Chatham. Turn left onto South Veterans Parkway (Hwy. 4), left onto Mathers Road, right onto Pintail, left onto Wood Duck.  Map

Reservations requested:  Team captains are strongly urged to make advance reservations. Contact GNT Coordinators Ron & Carole Sholes by phone or text (217-622-1955 or 217-622-1927) with the names of your team members and the flight you'll be entering. Please reserve by April 26.

The Springfield Bridge Club has a fragrance-free policy.