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Flight B/C IMP League Notes and News

With seven teams this year in Flight B/C, we are using an NFL-style unbalanced schedule where all teams play each other team once, and play two extra games each.  The three teams initially eligible for Flight C (under 300 per player) play twice against each other, while the four teams eligible for Flight B (300-1000 per player) play two of the other three B-eligible teams twice.  There are ten match periods and each team has two byes, although the second last period is very short because there is only one match scheduled for that period; the other five teams get a short bye.  Teams have been seeded by average masterpoint holdings as follows

Flight B: Meyer, Stone, Dunn, Carr
Flight C: E-Team, Hung, Boyce

The higher-seeded teams do have a slightly more difficult schedule than the lower-seeded teams do, just as it would be in a Swiss Teams.  A complete round-robin of six matches would leave us all wanting more, and a double-round robin would take us into next summer.

Playoffs in Flight B: All seven teams are eligible for the B playoffs.  The top four teams will make the playoffs.  Playoff matches this year are not sanctioned by the ACBL, so the masterpoints will be for the regular season only.  The top team  will pick their opponent from #3 or #4 in the first round.  Teams get a carryover in IMPs equal to one-third of the difference in VPs from the regular season in all playoff matches.

Strat C: Three teams are eligible for Flight C (under 300 MP per player): E-Team, Hung and Boyce.  The top two C-eligible teams will play in the Flight C Final match, with the top team starting with a carryover in IMPs equal to one-third of the difference in VPs from the regular season.

Playoff Deadlines:

• Thursday, May 19 -- Deadline for first-round playoff matches in Flight B
• Thursday, June 9 -- Final match deadline in Flight B and C