06/03/2017
This is great news!!! Anyone can qualify for Nationals!!!
NAPA Players,
I HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS!!!
For this year's team event, the first place team is guaranteed $5,000 in prize money. This is very exciting and we look forward to more teams getting reststered by the June 12th deadline. Be sure to tell all your players! Guaranteed $5,000 for only a maximum 5-man roster is awesome!
I have more good news.
For this year's NAPA Nationals we have encountered some very unusual circumstances that have enabled NAPA HQ to rethink how our qualifications for the NAPA Nationals are handled. Over the years, we have taken pride in providing a structured qualification format, that requires our players to achieve certain criteria in order to participate in our national event.
While, this structure has had some competitive benefits and creates excitement, it has also had its downfalls. Many players are unable to qualify due to any number of personal pitfalls, like loss of job, or change in job schedules, personal tragedies, etc; Yet, these people who are unable to qualify and are left out of our national event while their friends and family go have fun and attend without them, are still pool enthusiasts and ONLY play the game for their love of the sport. For thousands of our pool players, it's not about being a pro player or a Grandmaster. It's about the love of the competition and their enthusiasm and love for the camaraderie of the sport.
After some very detailed, in-depth thought, NAPA HQ and our team have decided to make a change to our nationals qualifications, and we are going to put that change in effect today.
Per existing qualifying criteria, a player with a minimum of 5-matches between June 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017 can only qualify by being a top point shooter, a team captain, or on a championship team. This is where the challenge comes in. This is simply not possible for a lot of players due to time, personal circumstances, job schedules, playing ability, etc;
We need to fix this and give everyone the ability to qualify.
Beginning today, ANY player who has 5-matches played in our calendar year (June 1-May 31), automatically qualifies for the NAPA nationals. That includes this year, for the upcoming 2017 NAPA Nationals.
NAPA HQ has had years of practice and dedicated analysis fine tuning our skill level application and player analyzer. We are confident it is the best in the business and can continue to maintain a quality annual championship with this new qualification format.
Team Captain's, Top Point Shooters, and All Players on Championship teams from now on will receive certificates of achievements. We are also planning to add some added incentives to teams for the 2018 team championships as well.
Today, we have qualified ALL of your players who have had 5 or more matches played in the NAPA Calendar year. The 5-matches played criteria is per format. So, in order for a player to qualify in 8-ball, he/she must have 5-matches played in 8-ball. If he/she wants to play in 9-ball, he/she must have 5-matches played in 9-ball. If he/she wants to play in 10-ball, he/she must have 5-matches played in 10-ball.
Keeping the 5-matches played per format will keep the skill levels more honest.
All of the newly qualified players are now able to simply go to the Nationals registration page and it will let them know which tournaments they qualify for. Please let all of your players know that the gates are open for this year's event and it's come one, come all.
THIS APPLIES TO ALL OF YOUR JUNIORS AS WELL.
5-matches played allows them to qualify for the adult events as well.
As far as the team event goes, your players now only have to have 10 NRP points instead of 15.
We look forward to seeing much larger turnouts and much larger prize funds.
