On to St. Louis for Nine District Pairs

District 8 North American Pair finals
November 11 & 12, 2006 -- IL Education Assn. Building, Springfield IL

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 St. Louis 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.

Flight A  (Open Championship) -- 21 pairs:

1 - Gary Kessler - Dan Requard, Springfield IL

2 - Jim Davis - Dick Ellis, Kokomo IN

2 - Jack Bryant, St. Louis - Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL

4   Mark Kessler, Springfield IL - Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO

5 - Ned Horton - Mike Halvorsen, Champaign IL

6 - Glenn Smith - Norm Athy, St. Louis

7 - Tom Kniest, St. Louis - Karen Walker, Champaign IL

8 - En Xie - Jackie Sincoff, St. Louis

Flight B (0-2000 masterpts.) -- 38 pairs:

1 - Gail & Jim Moon, Bloomington IL

2 - Linda Leinicke - Jerome Shen, St. Louis MO

3 - Richard Whitsitt, Rockford IL - Douglas Gugger, Freeport IL

4 - Dariel Richardson, Rochester IL - Larry Wilcox, Springfield IL

5 - Steve Hawthorne - Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL

6 - Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL - Leah Newell, Springfield IL

7 - Liz & Chuck Zalar, Springfield IL

8 - Jason Clevenger - Sasanka Ramanadham, St. Louis MO

9 - Larry Richardson - Tim Cull, Springfield IL

10 - David Jenkins - L. Jenkins, Rockford IL

11 - Doug McQuaid, Lebanon IL - Chris Shaw, Carlinville IL

12 - Jeannine Owen - Karla Hahn, St. Louis MO

13 - Donald Chase - Delano Sylvester, Lake St. Louis MO

Flight C (Non LM -- 0-500) -- 30 pairs:

1 - Dan Faulkner, Monticello IL - Gary Dell, Champaign IL

2 - Josh Kueker - Paul Holmes, Champaign IL

3 - Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO - Mary Jarrells, Wildwood MO

4 - Charles Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, St. Louis

5 - Mary Smith, Eureka MO - Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO

6 - Ron Vogel - Fei Dong, Peoria IL

7 - Praveen Jayachandran - Dan Bunde, Champaign IL

8 - Bev Upp - Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL

9 - Elizabeth Wilson, Urbana IL - Anne Thiede, Danville IL

10 - Charles Parker - Sandy Bigg, St. Louis MO

Sunday Side Game -- 10 pairs

1 - Al Wagner, Danville IL -  Dennis Knoll, Catlin IL

2 - Fred Crockett, Danville IL - Bob Shair, Champaign IL

3 - Mary Hruby, Maryland Hts MO - Laura Scholten, St. Charles MO

4 - Marj Hanner, Springfield IL - Betty Primm, Athens IL

5 - Jay Shah - Linda Evans, St. Louis


A1 - Dan Requard & Gary Kessler


A2 - Dick Ellis & Jim Davis


A3 - Jack Bryant & Rod VanWyk


C1 - Gary Dell & Dan Faulkner


C2 - Josh Kueker & Paul Holmes