Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual Grand National Team finals, held at the IL Education Association in Springfield IL. The winning team in each flight won a travel award from the District Board to represent District 8 in the national finals in Nashville TN in July.
Championship Flight 1 - Jack Bryant - Roger Lord - Ken Bland - Jacque Sincoff, St. Louis 2 - Ed Schultz - Tom Kniest, St. Louis - Colby Vernay, Lacon IL - Mark Kessler, Springfield IL - Karen Walker, Champaign IL
Flight A (0-5000) 1 - Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria IL - Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign IL - Mike Halvorsen - Richard Blumenthal, Crystal Lake IL 2
- Ron Sholes-Springfield IL - Meyer Abarbanel, Belvidere IL - James
Hudson, DeKalb IL - John Startzel, Cherry Valley IL - |
Flight B (0-2000) 1 - Marilyn Stickel, Lacon IL - Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL - Leah Newell, Springfield IL - Ray Russ, Henry IL 2 - Chuck & Liz Zalar - Carol Sholes - Gary Schechter, Springfield IL 3/4 - Chuck Young - Pat Moos - Fei Dong, Peoria; Chris Shaw, Carlinville 3/4 - Sara & Chris Grande - Mishawaka IN - Donna & Daniel Simon, South Bend IN Flight C (Non-Life Masters under 500 pts.) 1 - Irene Wen, Urbana IL - Anne Thiede, Danville IL - Janice Thompson, Newman IL - Elizabeth Wilson, Urbana IL 2 - Paul Holmes - Josh Kueker - Gary Dell, Champaign IL - Dan Faulkner, Monticello |