wildbill@ucbvax.ARPA (William J. Laubenheimer) (08/17/85)
The Summer North American Championships of the American Contract Bridge
League were held from 2 August to 11 August in Las Vegas. (The Grand
National Teams began early, on 31 July, and the Spingold Teams ran through
13 August). 19,827 1/2 tables were in play, making this the largest
bridge tournament ever held. Results of the major events:
Grand National Teams Flight A:
Alfred Sheinwold, Los Angeles CA (NPC) -
Chip Martel, Davis CA - Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA -
Hugh Ross, Oakland CA - Peter Pender, Forestville CA
The powerful 1985 Bermuda Bowl squad notches its third GNT triumph out of
the last four events.
Grand National Teams Flight B (0-500 MP):
Irving Goodman, Downsview ON - Floyd Dyson - Leo Takefman -
Tim McPhail - Louis Richardson, Toronto ON
Frequent Usenet net.rec.bridge contributor Robert (ihuxe!rainbow) Buchner
finished second in this event, making it to the finals.
Master Mixed Teams:
Bill Pollack - Rozanne Pollack, Englewood NJ - Alan Truscott -
Dorothy Truscott, Bronx NY - Dave Treadwell - Evelyn Levitt,
Wilmington DE
New York Times bridge columnist Truscott scores up another national title.
Truscotts have both competed internationally, and Treadwell is on ACBL
Board of Directors.
Non-Life Master Swiss Teams:
Dorothy Shorts - John Shorts, East Aurora NY -
Patricia Rasmus - Richard Rasmus, Hamburg NY
North American Men's Swiss Teams:
John Devine, Tenafly NJ - Alan Sontag, North Miami FL -
Roger Bates - John Mohan, New York NY
I don't know anything about Devine, but the other three names are top-flight
professionals.
North American Women's Swiss Teams:
Sue Farino, West Bay Shore NY - Dianna Gordon, Toronto ON -
June Deutsch, Chicago IL - Tobi Deutsch, Highland Park IL -
Rhoda Walsh, North Miami Beach FL
This looks like the same sort of deal. The captain is unknown to me, but
Gordon has represented Canada internationally, the Deutsches have been
collecting a number of good results in women's events lately, and Walsh
is another highly ranked professional.
Life Master Pairs:
George Steiner, Seattle WA - Darryl Pedersen, Bellevue WA
A strong pair from the Pacific northwest. This is Steiner's second, and
Pedersen's first, North American championship.
Spingold Master Knockout Teams:
William Passell, Fort Lauderdale FL - Russ Arnold, Miami FL -
Ira Rubin, Paramus NJ - Charles Burger - Tom Mahaffey - Jack Denny
It was Rubin vs. Rubin in the finals, as Ron Rubin - Peter Weichsel -
Mike Lawrence - Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell attempted to make it two
team titles in a row ('85 Vanderbilt - '85 Spingold) but came up just
12 IMPs short in a match that was close all the way. Passell, Arnold,
Rubin, and Burger are all old hands at events like this, but neither
Mahaffey nor Denny (to the best of my knowledge) have any significant
National results to their credit.
Other significant results bu Usenetters:
Carol (zehntel!carol) Simon finished 19/21 in the Master Mixed Teams
and 6th in the regional Board-A-Match Teams
Robert (ihuxe!rainbow) Buchner finished 11/13 in the regional 0-1500 Swiss
It was truly a gigantic tournament, and loads of fun. Next major events are
the Bermuda Bowl in Sao Paulo (October) and the Fall NACs in Winnipeg
(November). I won't be going, but will pass along any news I can get.
Bill Laubenheimer
----------------------------------------UC-Berkeley Computer Science
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