Each year, ACBL recognizes the bridge successes of Youth & Junior players (age 25 and under) and players who win the most points in sectional tournaments. Listed below are the District-wide rankings and points won in 2008 by our players in these categories.
Youth & Junior Leaders 1. Thomas O'Reilly-Pol, St Louis -- 194 2. Praveen Jayachandran, Champaign IL -- 129 3. Andrew Carver, Edwardsville IL -- 118 4. Ben Englert, Edwardsville IL -- 75 5. Daniel Baker, Urbana IL -- 40 6. Sam Katz, Bloomington IL -- 19 7. Brandy Fish, Belleville IL -- 17 8. Karna Desai, Urbana IL -- 13 9. Michael Goldstein, Watson IL -- 6 10. Andrew Fanoe, Notre Dame IN -- 6 11. Mitch Kline, Beecher City IL -- 3 12. Matthew Robb, St. Louis -- 3 13. James Ritz, Effingham IL -- 3 14. Jared Yoder, Marion IN -- 2 15. Amanda Noble, Edwardsville IL -- 1 16. Aimee Hoffbauer, Fremont IN -- 1 17. David Ridder, Griffith IN -- 1 |
Sectional Point Winners 1. Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL -- 136 2. Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO -- 135 3. Joseph Chin, Highland IN -- 129 4. Alan Popkin, St Louis -- 122 5. Nancy Popkin, St. Louis -- 115 6. Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL -- 114 7. Jack Bryant, St. Louis -- 110 8. Will Engel, Freeport IL -- 110 9. Judith Eaton, Carbondale IL -- 108 10. Glafkos Galanos, Carbondale IL -- 108 11. Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO -- 102 12. John Aumiller, Fort Wayne IN -- 98 13. Rod Beery, St. Charles MO -- 92 14. Dalton Darnell, Murray KY -- 91 15. Milton Zlatic, St. Louis -- 91 16. Kenneth Bland, St. Louis -- 90 17. James Carbaugh, Metamora IL -- 88 18. Tom Kniest, University City MO -- 88 19. Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO -- 87 20. Dennis Spencer, St. Louis -- 84 21. John Kinst, Batavia IL -- 82 22. En Xie, St. Louis -- 76 23. Ralph Behrens, St. Louis -- 76 24. Roger Lord, St. Louis -- 75 25. Richard Brummer, Effingham IL -- 73 26. Douglas Edwards, Almo KY -- 69 27. Lee Hastings, St Louis -- 68 28. Richard Riezman, St. Louis -- 64 29. Ronald Diehl, Effingham IL -- 64 30. John Seng, Champaign IL -- 62 |