On to Chicago for District 8 GNT Winners

District 8 Grand National Teams -- May 2 & 3, 2015


Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual Grand National Team finals, held at the UAW Hall in Bloomington IL. The winning team in each flight won a travel award from the District Board to represent District 8 in the national finals in Chicago in August.

Championship Flight

   1 - Milt Zlatic - Alan Popkin - Nancy Popkin, St. Louis - Karen Walker - Nate Ward, Champaign IL - Jack Bryant, St. Louis

   2 - Richard Blumenthal, Crystal Lake IL - Mike Halvorsen, Champaign IL - Will Engel, Freeport IL - Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL
 


   Flight A  (0-6000 masterpoints)

    1 - Dick Ellis, Kokomo IN - Martha Leary, Champaign IL -
         Kathy Safranski - Mike Carmen,
St. Louis
 


  Flight B  (0-2500 masterpoints)

   1 - Rich Pestien - Patrick Moos - Charles Young - Alin Olaru, Peoria IL

   2 - Mary Allen, Peoria IL - Lori Moore - Ann Schuyler - Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL
 


  Flight C (Non-Life Masters under 500 pts.)

   1 - Kalliopi Koutsaki - Peter Yeh - Scott Spitze - Milt Epstein, Champaign IL

   2 - Michael Heimann - Geoffrey Hadlock - Patrick O'connell, Warsaw IN - Thomas O'Connell, North Port FL

   3 - James Swanke, Morton IL - Sallie Boge - Mary Tweedie, Bloomington IL - Kirk Kimmel, Peoria IL

   4 - Josh Rich, Alton IL - Carol Phillips, Godfrey IL - Joyce Kirby, Glen Carbon IL - Donna Murphy, Worden IL