This is the twelfth annual Unit 430-sponsored STaC.  Once again, we have targeted the week before the popular Penticton Regional so that your players can win extra points, and all silver points, while they warm up for the Regional!

Club managers will find all of the information they need in the STaC package, available in pdf format here.  Along with the instructions for clubs, you will also find a report sheet and a 8½ by 11 poster (versions in colour and monochrome) to post at your club to promote the event.  There is also a larger version of the same poster that you can print on four sheets and tape together to make a real impression!

What is a STaC, anyway?  Sectional Tournaments at Clubs bring the tournament atmosphere into the club, allowing players from clubs in a wide area to compete against one another.  It's one way for players who live a long distance away from the nearest sectional tournament to win some silver points.  The same hands are played at participating clubs across the District, and the pair with the best score in the District, who might win 2 or 3 silver points at their club, will discover they have won 12-14 silver points for topping the District!  There are separate District-wide awards for Flight B (under 1500) and Flight C (under 500).

Many clubs find that, despite the increased sanction fees, STaC games increase attendance, especially from the largest segment of the ACBL demographic: non-Life Masters who need those silver points to make Life Master.  It may be a chance to welcome back some players you haven't seen in a while, or even some new players.

All the overall results will be posted here on Matchpointer Online as they come in.  Usually by the end of Penticton week we have received results from all of the clubs.  Last year's leader was Les Fouks of Vancouver BC, who won 22.16 points during STaC week!  924 players played at over two dozen clubs throughout the District during STaC week, winning almost 2,000 silver points in total.

The local Coordinator for this year's STaC is Monica Angus.

The Director-In-Charge for the 2008 STaC is Steve Bates of Edmonton.

You will find their contact information in the STaC package.