Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual Grand National Team finals, held at the Illinois Education Association 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 Las Vegas in July.
Championship Flight 1 - Jack Bryant - Roger Lord - Ken Bland - Jacque Sincoff, St. Louis 2 - Ed Schultz - Tom Kniest, St. Louis - Colby Vernay, Lacon IL - Mark Kessler, Springfield IL - Karen Walker, Champaign IL
Flight A (0-5000) 1 - Steve Brauss, St Louis - Ron Sholes, Springfield IL - Meyer Abarbanel, Belvidere IL - James Hudson, DeKalb IL 2 - John Kinst - Charles Fortney - Carol Mahoney - Steven Watson |
Flight B (0-2000) 1 - Fei Dong - Pat Moos - Chuck Young - Rich Pestien, Peoria IL 2 - Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL - Leah Newell, Springfield IL - Ray Russ, Henry IL - Marilyn Stickel, Lacon IL 3/4 - Jason Clevenger - Sasanka Ramanadham, St. Louis - Andrew Carver - Ben Englert, Edwardsville IL 3/4 - Jim Scott, Rantoul IL - Pat Carrington, Champaign IL - Sherry & Bob Steigmann, Urbana IL
Flight C (Non-Life Masters under 500 pts.) 1 - Debbie Romero (left) - Thomas O'Reilly-Pol (right) - Jonathan Goldberg - Sandy Bigg, St. Louis 2 - Petie Hunter - Paul Tarpey - Terryl Francis - Roseann Stice 3/4 - Praveen Jayachandran - Dan Bunde, Urbana IL - Ann Schuyler - Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria IL 3/4 - Linda Wilkening - Jeff Ehrlich - Peggy Olds - John Olds |