Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual North American Pairs. The event, conducted in three separate flights, was open to all District 8 members who qualified in club-level NAP games earlier this summer.
The top two pairs in each flight won travel awards to Reno NV in March to represent District 8 in the national finals of their respective flights. The third-place pair in each flight also qualified for the national finals, but receives no ACBL travel award.
A total of 192 District 8 members entered the event. The number of players by Unit:
Central Illinois: 77
St. Louis: 72
Northwestern Illinois: 19
Southern Illinois: 14
Northern Indiana: 10
Overall winners are listed below. Included are links to the hand records (afternoon and evening) and the recap sheets from both sessions in each flight. The recaps' board-by-board results are displayed in traveler-style format.
Hand records: Afternoon Evening
FLIGHT A (Open) -- 11.5 tables Score recaps: Afternoon Evening
1 - (left photo) Jack Bryant, St Louis; Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL
2 - (right photo) En Xie - Jacque Sincoff, St Louis
3 - Richard Riezman - Roger Lord, St Louis
4 - Alan Popkin & Nancy Popkin, St Louis
5 - Howard Schmid, Merrillville IN; Steven Watson, Munster IN
6 - Mark Ehret, St Louis; Lee Hastings, St Louis
7 - Jack Snyder, Rockford IL; Meyer Abarbanel, Belvidere IL
8 - Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL
FLIGHT B (0-2000) -- 22.5 tables Recaps: Sec B: Aft Eve Sec F: Aft Eve
1 - (left) Dan Faulkner, Monticello IL; Gary Dell, Champaign IL
2 - (center) Dan Bunde - Michael Ring, Urbana IL
3 - (right) Ron Diehl, Effingham IL; Mark Daily, Charleston IL
4 - Randall Motchan, Bloomington IL; Steve Wulfers, Normal IL
5 - Mark Gilje - Sasanka Ramanadham, St Louis
6 - Dolores Hill, Chesterfield MO; Brenda Hoffman, St Louis
7 - Dennis Spencer, St Louis; Carol Hamilton, Saint Charles MO
FLIGHT C (0-500 non-LM) -- 14 tables Recaps: Afternoon Evening
1 - (left) Martha Hanley, Chesterfield MO; Elizabeth Meteer, Wildwood MO
2 - (center) Karen Anderson, Batavia IL; Neil Whittle, Carol Stream IL
3 - (right) Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO; William Maack, O'Fallon MO
4 - Paul Hartke - Lois Hartke, Effingham IL
5 - Jeff Ehrlich - Bob Derber, Springfield IL
6 - Linda McHoney - Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO
7 - Mary Fort - Martha Rowe, St Louis