♠  District 8 North American Pairs  ♠

November 14, 2021 -- Bridgebase Online

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 Reno NV in March 2022 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.

Thanks to all for playing.  The event awarded 432.98 masterpoints to 66 players. A full list of point winners is here.

FLIGHT A (Open) -- 11 tables

1 -  Nate Ward - Karen Walker, Champaign IL

2 - Will Engel, Rockford IL; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL

3 - Alan Popkin - Nancy Popkin, St. Louis MO

4 - Carol Hamilton, St. Charles MO; Bob Bainter, St. Louis MO

5 - Terry Goodykoontz, Tolono IL; Cindy Moore, Bloomington IL

6 - James Melville, Springfield IL; Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL

7 - Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL; Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL

8 - Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO; Mark Zellmer, Creve Coeur MO

FLIGHT B (0-2500) -- 10 tables

1 - Cameron Barbian - Donna Barbian, Springfield IL

2 - Gary Dell, Champaign IL; Peter Ashbrook, Urbana IL

3 - Charles Johnson - Steve Rosen, St. Louis MO

4 - Lisa Bievenue - Constance Tucker, Champaign IL

5 - John Levis - Ann Lemp, St. Louis MO

6 - Neil Whittle, Carol Stream IL; Linda Jacobson, Bartlett IL

FLIGHT C C (0-500 non-LM) -- 8 tables

 1 - Steve Lowe - Lela Lowe, Geneva IL

2 - Vernon Knapp, Tolono IL; Gabriel Ewing, Champaign IL

3 - Maggie Martino, Peoria IL; Barry Mayworm, Princeton IL

4 - Rick Londeree, Maryland Hts MO; Shrikant Jategaonkar, St. Louis MO

5 - Rob Husband, Savoy IL; E. Dalton, Bloomington IL