Red Ribbon Pairs
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The Red Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Red Ribbon Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those with fewer than 2,000 masterpoints and have earned a red ribbon qualification.
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[edit] History
The Red Ribbon Pairs is an ACBL event with national rating open to players with fewer than 2000 masterpoints.
Players earn qualification by placing first or second overall in regionally rated events of at least Flight B status. Neither member of a qualifying pair may hold more than 2000 masterpoints at the time of qualification.
The four-session event began in 1986 and winners have their names inscribed on the Percy X. Bean Trophy. The trophy was designated by the ACBL Board of Directors in 1996 to honor Bean, ACBL president in 1972 and chairman of the Board in 1973.
Bean (1916--1992) represented District 19 on the Board from 1964 until 1988 and served as president of the ACBL Charity Foundation from 1974 until 1981. He was a member of the National Goodwill Committee and the National Board of Governors and general chairman of arrangements for the World Team Olympiad in Seattle in 1984.
Bean was the editor of Mad, Mad World of Bridge, a publication that strongly championed players of less than expert class.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland | Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile |
| 1987 | Jim Garder, Jimmy Ritzenberg | Charles Moser, Paul Bratton |
| 1988 | Leni Holtz, Guy Green | Anthony Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty |
| 1989 | Lu Kohutiak, Yvonne Hernandez; | 2-3. Warren Haynie, Charlie Cargile; 2-3. Bill Goldberg, Bill McKenna |
| 1990 | Philip Gordon, Mike Grodsky | Rajendra Agarwal, Don Chilrud |
| 1991 | Dan Marthaler, Robert Johnstone | Steven Gaynor, Art Ardy Bakshian |
| 1992 | Duncan McCallum, Peter Peng | Andy Goodman, Steve Zolotow |
| 1993 | Ron Weinstock, John Gillette | Hank Meyer, Marty Graf |
| 1994 | T.C. Petty, Steve Altus | Grant Robinson, Joe Walden |
| 1995 | Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman | Bernie Greenspan, Keith Sechler |
| 1996 | Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung | Burton Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein |
| 1997 | Tony Miller, Diane Miller | Mark Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel |
| 1998 | Paul Spear, Jim Johnsen | David Halasi, Mike Nadler |
| 1999 | Jenni Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal | Martin Hunter, Andy Stark |
| 2000 | Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung | David Yang, Xiaodong Shi |
| 2001 | LaToss Carpenter, Brandon Carpenter | Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal |
| 2002 | Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce | Bob Sievers, Georgia Heth |
| 2003 | Chi-Yen Lai, Bin Dai | Edward Leach, Bruce Schwaidelson |
| 2004 | Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan | Mark Brighouse, Harvinder Sidhu |
| 2005 | Yeong-Long Shiue, David Margolin | Jim Lyle, Robert Todd |
| 2006 | Chris Buchanan, B.J. Trelford | Everett Boyer, Mansoor Gowani |
| 2007 | Jack Hawthorne, Paul Spear | Charles Michalski, James Kehoe |
| 2008 | Mike Develin, Li-Chung Chen | Sid Kanter, Ron Welken |
[edit] Sources
List of previous winners, Page 4 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-7, Thursday, March 13, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db7.pdf>
