♠  District 8 North American Pairs  ♠

November 1, 2014 -- Eagles Club, Springfield IL

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual North American Pairs (NAP) finals. The event, conducted in three separate flights, was open to all District 8 members who qualified in club-level NAP games this summer.

Overall winners are listed below. The top two pairs in each flight won travel awards to New Orleans LA in March 2015 to represent District 8 in the national finals of their respective flights. The third-place pair in Flight A and the third- and fourth-place pairs in Flights B and C also qualified for the national finals, but receive no travel awards.

  ♠  Printable hand records:   Afternoon     Evening

  ♠  Board-by-board results, matchpoint scores & hand records for all flights:   Afternoon     Evening

FLIGHT A (Open) -- 9.5 tables     

1 - (left) Mark Kessler, Springfield IL - Colby Vernay, Lacon IL  

2 - (right) Sheldon Margulis, St. Louis - Gary Kessler, Springfield IL

3 - Debbie Avery - Ned Horton, Champaign IL

4 - Nate Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL

5 - Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL - Will Engel, Freeport IL  

FLIGHT B (0-2500) -- 15 tables     

1 - (left) Kenneth Koh - Peter Yeh, Champaign IL   

2 - (right) Bob Sievers - Martha Leary, Champaign IL 

3 - Cindy Moore - Lori Moore, Bloomington IL

4 - Zack Freehill - Dave Freehill, Bloomington IL  

5 - Mike Arnheim, St. Louis - Daniel Spangler, St. Peters MO

6 - Mark Daily - Grant Sterling, Charleston IL

7 - Jay Shah - Phyllis Siegel, St. Louis

8 - Dan Bunde - Aaron Hanford, Champaign IL

9 - Norman Goldman, Chesterfield MO - Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL

10 - Jerry Oswald, Bloomington IL - Steve Wulfers, Normal IL

FLIGHT C (0-500 non-LM) -- 9.5 tables   

 1 -  (left) Jane Grieser - Jane Crawford, Springfield IL

 2 -  (right) Geoffrey Hadlock, Winona Lake IN - Michael Heimann, North Webster IN 

 3 -  Josh Rich, Alton IL - Carol Phillips, Godfrey IL

 4 -  Hope Wood, Clarkson Valley MO - Jill Padua, St. Louis

 5 -  Patrick & Nancy Chesley, Springfield IL

 6 - Joyce Kirby, Glen Carbon IL - Donna Murphy, Worden IL

 7 - Ned Furst, Freeport IL - Jim Gentz, Belvidere IL