North American Pairs
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The North American Pairs (NAP) national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The North American Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Saturday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those who have qualified in their local ACBL district.
Flights A typically starts on the Wednesday before the main NABC events.
Flights B and C typically start on the second Saturday.
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[edit] History
The Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A, is a grassroots event. Play begins each Summer at the local level and concludes at the North American Bridge Championships in the following Spring.
Qualifiers at the club level advance to unit competition and those qualifiers advance to district finals. Three pairs from each district --- more, depending upon attendance --- qualify for the North American final.
Winners have their names inscribed on the Baldwin Memorial Trophy and also receive certificates of recognition.
The trophy is presented in memory of Col. Russell J. Baldwin (1889-1969), U.S. Army officer and expert on tournament procedure who was ACBL Honorary Member of the Year in 1943. Baldwin was active as an organizer from the earliest days of contract bridge. He became a director of the American Bridge League and its treasurer shortly after its founding in 1927. He was a member of the ACBL Laws Commission and primarily responsible for the first Duplicate Code (Laws specifically for duplicate bridge) issued in 1935.
Baldwin was active as a tournament director from 1927 until 1941. After service in World War II, he was ACBL business manager from 1946 until 1951.
He was recalled to military serve at the outbreak of the Korean War and retired from the U. S. Army in 1957. He rejoined ACBL in 1958 and was in charge of tournament scheduling until his retirement in 1963.
The Golder North American Pairs, Flight B, is a grassroots event limited to players with 0--1500 masterpoints.
The first stage is conducted at the local club level and qualifiers advance to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals where three pairs -- more, depending upon attendance -- qualify for the North American final.
Winners have their names inscribed on the Golder Cup and will also receive a certificate of recognition.
The trophy is presented in memory of Benjamin M. Golder (1894--1946) of Philadelphia, who died the day before the close of his term as 1946 ACBL president. He was named ACBL Honorary Member of the Year for 1947.
Players in the North American Open Pairs Flight C, a grassroots event limited to players who have not yet become Life Masters, compete for the President's Cup.
The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan Howard, ACBL president that year. The trophy was previously awarded to the winners of the President's Pairs event, held at the Summer NABC. As in the other two flights, the competition begins each summer at the local club level and qualifiers then advance to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals and three pairs from each district -- more, depending upon attendance -- qualify for the North American final.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Arthur Moore, Eric Robinson | Steve Landen, Larry Mori |
| 1980 | Bob Feller, Jeffrey Hall | Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard |
| 1981 | Helen Blakey, Robert Blakey | Mark Feldman, Chip Martel |
| 1982 | Bill Nutting, Ivan Scope | Richard Pavlicek, Cliff Russell |
| 1983 | John Griscom, Jim Felts | Ron Gerard, Stephen Sanborn |
| 1984 | Steve Sion, Harold Stengel | Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen |
| 1985 | Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson | Hugh Ross, Peter Pender |
| 1986 | Drew Cannell, G. Sekhar | Craig Cordes, Tom Daniel |
| 1987 | Jan Janitschke, Dick Reed | Ron Sukoneck, Judi Cody |
| 1988 | Jan Martel, Chip Martel | Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen |
| 1989 | David Caslan, Dennis Clerkin | Bobby Nail, Dan Morse |
| 1990 | Sidney Lazard, Jack LaNoue | Mark Stein, Boris Baran |
| 1991 | Mark Stein, Boris Baran | Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Steve Landen |
| 1992 | Jim Krekorian, Rick Zucker | 2-3. Joe Jabon, Harry Steiner; 2-3. Howard Weiner, Robert Crafton |
| 1993 | James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze | Iftikhar Baqai, Mitch Dunitz |
| 1994 | James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze | Ralph Cohen, Reece Rogers |
| 1995 | David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz | Gary Cohler, Jerry Goldfein |
| 1996 | Marshall Tuly, James Cunningham | Jerry Goldfein, Gary Cohler |
| 1997 | Aidan Ballantyne, Gordon McOrmond | JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby |
| 1998 | Ron Sukoneck, Bill Cole | Marshall Tuly, James Cunningham |
| 1999 | James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze | Tom Kniest, Karen Walker |
| 2000 | Patty Tucker, Kevin Collins | Victor King, John Stiefel |
| 2001 | Frank Merblum, Doug Doub | Jill Meyers, Ed Davis |
| 2002 | JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby | Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte |
| 2003 | Steve Landen, Michael Zerbini | Douglas Doub, Franklin Merblum |
| 2004 | Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich | Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken |
| 2005 | David Yang, Nikolay Demirev | Dan Jacob, Bryan Maksymetz |
| 2006 | Gordon Campbell, Piotr Klimowicz | Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich |
| 2007 | Dave Abelow, Dick Wegman | Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken |
| 2008 | David Yang, Xiaodong Shi | Chuck Said, David Siebert |
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Peter Worley, Kevin Young |
| 1993 | Robert Sewell, Paul Janicki |
| 1994 | Brendan Dempsey, Ian Crowe |
| 1995 | Jay Levy, William Rushmore |
| 1996 | Robert Johnson, David Rosenstein |
| 1997 | Bill Drewett, Kirk Twiss |
| 1998 | Adam Beneschan, Brian Gilbert |
| 1999 | Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch |
| 2000 | Hal Hindman, Mark Chen |
| 2001 | Walter Lee, Jonathan Weinstein |
| 2002 | Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski |
| 2003 | Jordan Chodorow, Harvey Katz |
| 2004 | Jim Alison, Dayn Beam |
| 2005 | Pete Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe |
| 2006 | Fletcher Thompson, Bruce Todd |
| 2007 | Rob Kitchen, Mark Golding |
| 2008 | Sidney Kantar, Ron Nelken |
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 1-2. Bill Thomas, David Deaderick; 1-2. Bernard Pollack, Leo Austern |
| 1988 | Brad Moss, Aaron Silverstein |
| 1989 | Warren King, Jeffrey Brown |
| 1990 | Philip Leung, Moske Harel |
| 1991 | Eric Greco, Philip Greco |
| 1992 | Gail Joelson, Alan Kasner |
| 1993 | Mark Michele, Everett Boyer |
| 1994 | Weizhong Bao, Jingdong Guo |
| 1995 | Edward Lee, Brett Roby |
| 1996 | Yue Zuo, Ruoyu Fan |
| 1997 | Thomas Franklin, Michael Corker |
| 1998 | Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu |
| 1999 | James Gunn, Harry Shaffer |
| 2000 | Meredith Beck, John Johnson |
| 2001 | Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang |
| 2002 | Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek |
| 2003 | John Christensen, Robert Wissman |
| 2004 | Daniel Wilderman, Ryan Connors |
| 2005 | Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li |
| 2006 | Stanislaw Kolesnik, Vladimir Reznik |
| 2007 | Dayou Zhou, Jon King |
| 2008 | Dimitri Bourilkov, Abraham Pallas |
[edit] Sources
List of previous winners for Flight A, Page 4 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-1, Friday, March 7, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db1.pdf>
History for flight A, Page 2 Daily Bulletin, vol. 50-1, Friday, March 9, 2007, <http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2007spring/db1.pdf>
History for flight B, Page 6 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-9, Saturday, March 15, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db9.pdf>
History for flight C, Page 4 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-9, Saturday, March 15, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db9.pdf>
List of previous winners for Flight B, Page 6 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-9, Saturday, March 15, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db9.pdf>
List of previous winners for Flight C, Page 4 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-9, Saturday, March 15, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db9.pdf>
