Our District is the smallest in ACBL, but over the years, we've had our share of players who have made national headlines. Here's the current roster of national champions (and one world junior champion) who live in District 8 or lived here when they won their championships.
Open North American Championships (unlimited masterpoints) |
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David Carter, St. Louis (1906-1989) 1st: Men's Teams (1950), Life Master Pairs (1954), Men's Pairs (1957) 2nd: Spingold Teams (1953, 1954 & 1962), Open Pairs (1946, 1953 & 1954), Men's Pairs (1960) Winner of the 1954 McKenney Trophy Inventor of Two-Way Stayman and Texas Transfer conventions |
Larry Kolker (photo), Jerry & Carolyn Levitt, Garrett Nash & George deRuntz, St. Louis 1st: Vanderbilt Teams (1962)
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Lynne Feldman, Champaign IL 1st: Master Mixed Teams (1979), Women's Swiss Teams (1986), Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1988) 2nd: Women's KO Teams (1985), Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1987 & 1994) |
Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN 1st: Senior KO Teams (1997) Attained rank of Grand Life Master, 2006 |
Roger
Lord & 1st: Silver Ribbon Senior Pairs (2002) |
Tom
Kniest, St. Louis & 1st: Mixed Pairs (2006) 2nd: Life Master Pairs (1986), Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1995), North American Open Pairs (1999) |
Other NABC Championships (events with restricted masterpoint limits) |
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Will
Engel, Freeport IL & 1st: Mini-Spingold 0-5000 Teams (2006) 2nd: 0-5000 Life Master Pairs (2005) |
Chris Patrias, St. Louis 1st: National Senior/Advanced Senior Master Pairs (1972) |
College & Junior Championships |
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Justin Graver, Dennis Carney, Brian Blackmore & Michael Steigmann (University of Illinois, Champaign) 1st:
North American College Team Championship (1988) |
Jason Feldman, Champaign IL 1st:
World Junior Team Championships (2006) Bob Ewen & Darrell Penrod, University of Illinois (Champaign) 1st: North American College Pairs (1963) |