District 8 Grand National Teams
May 6 & 7, 2006 -- Springfield, IL

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual Grand National Team finals, held at the IDOT Building in Springfield IL. The winning team in each flight won a travel award from the District Board to represent District 8 in the national finals in Chicago in July.

  

Championship Flight

1 - Ken Bland - Jacque Sincoff - Jack Bryant - Roger Lord, St. Louis

 

Flight B (0-2000)

1 - Fei Dong - Patrick Moos - Charles Young, Peoria IL; Stephen Hawthorne, Bloomington IL 

2 - Sasanka Ramanadham - Mark Gilje, St. Louis; Krzysztof Jarosz - Andrew Carver, Edwardsville IL

3/4 - Dennis Fitton - Melissa Fitton, Sidney IL: Adrian Hutber, Champaign IL; Tom Shedlock, Danville IL 

3/4 - Richard Whitsitt - David Jenkins - L, Jenkins, Rockford IL; Douglas Gugger, Freeport IL   

 

Flight A  (0-5000)

1 - Jim Hudson, DeKalb IL; Mike Abarbanel, Belvidere IL; John Startzel, Cherry Valley IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL

2 - Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO; John Samsel, Chesterfield MO;
Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL; Mike Giacaman, St Louis

3/4 - Madhu Viswanathan - Mike Halvorsen, Champaign IL; Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria IL; Richard Blumenthal, Lincoln IL

3/4 - Joseph Shull, New Haven IN; Jim Pelletier, Fort Wayne IN;
Dick Ellis, Kokomo IN; John Chmielowiec, Michigan City IN

Flight C (Non-Life Masters under 500 pts.)

1 - Anne Thiede, Danville IL; Elizabeth Wilson - Irene Wen, Urbana IL; Janice Thompson, Newman IL 

2 - Bill Lindemann, Sr. - Bill Lindemann, Jr. - Gary Dell, Champaign IL; Dan Faulkner, Monticello IL

3/4 - Randall Motchan - Ray Dostal, Bloomington IL; Carole Bardwell - Steve Wulfers, Normal IL 

3/4 - Chuck Avery - Dan Bunde - Josh Kueker, Champaign IL; Wilbert Law, Urbana IL

Sunday side game

1 - (66.67%) Howard Schmid, Merrillville IN - Steve Watson, Munster IN

2 - (62.50%) Liz & Chuck Zalar, Springfield IL

3 - (59.52%) Georgia Heth, Morton IL - Mike Tomlianovich, Bloomington IL