♠  District 8 North American Pairs  ♠

November 10, 2019 -- Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield IL

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual North American Pairs (NAP) finals. The event, conducted in three separate flights, was open to all District 8 members who qualified in club-level NAP games this summer.

Overall winners are listed below. The top two pairs in each flight won ACBL travel awards to Columbus OH in March 2020 to represent District 8 in the national finals of their respective flights. The third-place pair in Flight A and the third- and fourth-place pairs in Flights B and C also qualified for the national finals.

In addition to the ACBL travel awards, District 8 is offering funds to the third-place pairs in each flight. Here are the awards for each member of the qualifying pairs:

  1st place:  $700 from ACBL

  2nd place: $300 from ACBL

  3rd place: $180 from District 8

  4th place in Flights B and C qualify for the national finals but receive no travel awards.

Thanks to all for playing.  The event awarded 485.56 masterpoints to 58 players. A full list of point winners is here.

 NAP Final Flight A - 8.0 Tables
MPs      Score
32.00
     1     
Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Jonathan Weinstein, St Louis MO             62.86%
24.00
2
 Lee Hastings, St Louis MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 57.28%
18.00
3
 Rod Beery, St Charles MO; Richard Haacke, Olivette MO 54.57%
13.50
4
 Ned Horton - Brian Maloney, Champaign IL 54.43%
10.67
5
 Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO; Milton Zlatic, St Louis MO 53.71%
 

 NAP Final Flight B - 11.0 Tables
MPs     Score
22.50
    1     
Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Thomas Shedlock, Danville IL                64.53%
16.88
2
 Larry Richardson - Charles Zalar, Springfield IL 61.98%
12.66
3
 Irene Wen, Urbana IL; Marsha Woodbury, Champaign IL 55.75%
9.49
4
 Gary Dell - Peter Ashbrook, Champaign IL 54.63%
7.50
5
 Michael Schneider - Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO 54.43%
6.43
6
 Paul Bridges, Swansea IL; Robert Cundall, Collinsville IL 52.45%
5.63
7
 Kirk Kimmel, Peoria IL; Sallie Boge, Bloomington IL 52.17%
4.75
8/9
Mike Tomlianovich, Bloomington IL; Sandra Stults, Springfield IL 51.70%
4.75
8/9
Virginia Lang - Patricia Lloyd, Springfield IL 51.70%
 

 NAP Final Flight C - 5.0 Tables
MPs     Score
15.00
     1     
Larry Ziegler - Fred Spitzzeri, Bloomington IL 57.47%
11.36
2
 Norman Lowrey, Chatham IL; Rosie Camille, Springfield IL                          56.56%
8.44
3
 Lynn Steffen, El Paso IL; Patricia Lebeck, Normal IL 52.84%
6.34
4
 Eugene Byers - Marilyn Byers, Bloomington IL 51.22%