Grand National Teams
The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into four flights (Championship, A, B, C). The event is restricted to those who have qualified in their local ACBL district. No player on a flight A team can have more than 6,000 masterpoints. No player on a flight B team can have more than 2,500 masterpoints. No player on a flight C team can have more than 500 masterpoints, or be a Life Master.
All flights typically begin play on Wednesday, two days before the main NABC events.
The 2011 host district won Flights B and C in Toronto and thereby won the unofficial GNT Cup.[1]
History
[edit]The United States Bridge Association, established by Ely Culbertson and his staff, conducted a Grand National Team-of-Four championship from 1934 to 1937 (the lifetime of the organization before merger created the ACBL).[citation needed]
The extended, grass-roots tournament was re-established in 1973, when about 1500 teams participated.[2] Initial stages were contested in the 25 geographically defined ACBL Districts. Champions of eight Zones were determined in a semifinal stage, who qualified for the final stage at one of the North American NABC meets.[2]
By 1980 there were 6032 teams in the first stage, although the distinct Canadian National Teams championship was introduced by the Canadian Bridge Federation that year, leaving only the 23 U.S. or partly U.S. districts in the GNT.[2] (The ACBL encompasses Mexico and Bermuda, but each is entirely within a partly U.S. District.)
The Zonal stage was eliminated in 1985; since then every District champion qualifies for the final at the Summer NABC.[3] Conditions within the Districts differ; some now hold a single weekend tournament. Winners received some money to pay expenses in part.
Also in 1985, the event was divided in three Flights called A, B, and C. The Championship Flight was added in 2001.[3] That is, Flights B and C were added to the Open Flight in 1985, with player eligibility restricted by upper limits on career masterpoints. In 2001 the previously open Flight A was renamed "Championship" or "Superflight" and Flight A was restricted to players with fewer than 5,000 career masterpoints. As of 2012[update] the other ceilings were 2,000 points for Flight B players and 500 points for Flight C. In 2014 the cutoff for Flight A was raised to 6,000 masterpoints and the cutoff for Flight B was raised to 2,500 masterpoints.
The Open winners have their names engraved on the Morehead Trophy, donated by The New York Times in memory of its longtime bridge editor Albert H. Morehead.
Championship Flight
[edit]| Year | Dist | Winners | Dist | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 9 | Russ Arnold, James Beery, Jane Jaeger, Richard Pavlicek, William Seamon, Robert G. Sharp | Dave Smith, Byron Economidy, Jerry Levitt, Roger Lord, Norb Kremer, Ron Smith | ||
| 1974 | Larry T. Cohen, Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Richard H. Katz, Paul Soloway, John Swanson | 12 | Chuck Burger, Fred Hamilton, Howard Perlman, Stanley Smith, Jeffrey Starr, Dick Yanko | ||
| 1975 | 16 | John Fisher, Charles Gabriel, Bob Hamman, Jim Hooker, Charles Weed, Bobby Wolff | Mike Cook, Jim Felts, Doug Hill, Reece Rogers, Ron L. Smith, Bernie Yomtov | ||
| 1976 | Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Paul Soloway, John Swanson | Marty Fleisher, Charlie Friedman, Ron Gerard, Halina Jamner, Archie McKellar, Neil Nathanson | |||
| 1977 | 16 | Bob Hamman, Dan Morse, Curtis Smith, Eddie Wold, Bobby Wolff | 6 | Bobby Lipsitz, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey | |
| 1978 | 13 | Gerald Caravelli, Charles Peres, William Rosen, Milton Rosenberg, Dan Rotman | 9 | Allan Cokin, Bobby Levin, Bud Reinhold, William Seamon, Steve Sion | |
| 1979 | 13 | Greg DeFotis, Jerry Goldfein, Arnold Leavitt, Larry Robbins, Claude Vogel | Marty Bergen, Chuck Lamprey, Warren Rosner, Allan Stauber | ||
| 1980 | Jack Bitman, Jan Janitschke, Craig Janitschke, Dick Lesko | 9 | Russ Arnold, Edith Kemp, Bill Passell, Cliff Russell, William Seamon, Dave Strasberg | ||
| 1981 | 16 | Ira Chorush, Jim Jacoby, Mike Passell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold | 24 | Mike Becker, Brian Glubok, John Lowenthal, Phillip Martin, Michael Rosenberg, Ron Rubin | |
| 1982 | 21 | Ron Von der Porten, Hugh Ross, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Kyle Larsen, Peter Pender; Jeff Polisner (npc) | 12 | Steve Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Jeff Starr, Frank Bell, Chuck Burger | |
| 1983 | 21 | Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby | 7 | Lou Blumn, Larry Gould, Randy Joyce, Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman | |
| 1984 | 6 | Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz, Steve Robinson | 13 | Greg DeFotis, Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Hal Mouser, Jack Oest, Gerry Caravelli | |
| 1985 | 21 | Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender; Alfred Sheinwold (npc) | 6 | Steve Robinson, Eddie Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz | |
| 1986 | 16 | Seymon Deutsch, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby | 13 | Milt Rosenberg, Ralph Katz, Hal Mouser, Greg DeFotis, Larry Robbins, Howard Weinstein | |
| 1987 | 21 | Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby, Mike Lawrence | Frank Hoadley, Sidney Lazard, John Onstott, Jack LaNoue | ||
| 1988 | 6 | Steve Robinson, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz | 13 | Jack Oest, Steve Garner, Jerry Goldfein, Bart Bramley, Gerry Caravelli, Howard Weinstein | |
| 1989 | 25 | Steve Sion, Robert Barr, Harold Stengel, Bernie Miller | Tony Kasday, Paul Ivaska, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates | ||
| 1990 | 11 | Doug Simson, Walter Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Dennis Clerkin | Kay Larsen, Chris Larsen, Joe Kivel, Robert Rosenblum, Evan Bailey | ||
| 1991 | 13 | Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Jack Oest, Peter Nagy, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein | Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen, Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein | ||
| 1992 | 6 | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz, Ed Manfield | 9 | Mike Becker, Ron Rubin, Richard Pavlicek, Bill Root, Bobby Levin, Jeff Wolfson | |
| 1993 | 21 | Ravindra Murthy, Brad Moss, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Jeff Ferro | Brian Ellis, Asim Ulke, Florine Walters, Richard Finberg, Jay Apfelbaum, Piyush Vakil | ||
| 1994 | 24 | Jimmy Cayne, Alan Sontag, David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen | 11 | Doug Simson, Walter Johnson, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth | |
| 1995 | 13 | Steve Garner, Jack Oest, Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Gerald Caravelli, Gary Cohler | Billy Cohen, Marc Jacobus, Harold Lilie, Peter Nagy | ||
| 1996 | 21 | Ralph Buchalter, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Ron Smith, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | 12 | Chuck Burger, Geoff Hampson, Allan Falk, Perry Johnson | |
| 1997 | 9 | Jeffrey Wolfson, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Neil Silverman, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Seamon | 10 | Hjördis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Steve Beatty, John Onstott | |
| 1998 | 22 | Ross Grabel, Jon Wittes, Mark Itabashi, Fred Hamilton, Gene Simpson | 16 | Bobby Goldman, John Sutherlin, Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold | |
| 1999 | 9 | Joseph Shay, Michael Seamon, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 23 | Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai | |
| 2000 | 9 | Joseph Shay, Michael Seamon, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 21 | Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Ron Smith, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | |
| 2001 | 23 | Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai | 21 | Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | |
| 2002 | 9 | Russ Ekeblad, Sheila Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon, Eric Rodwell, Mark Molson | 17 | Lou Ann O'Rourke, Roger Bates, Garey Hayden, Billy Miller, Marc Jacobus | |
| 2003 | 21 | Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | 9 | Larry Griffey, Spike Lay, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Michael Seamon, Russ Ekeblad | |
| 2004 | 9 | Jim Mahaffey, Michael Seamon, Gary Cohler, Barnet Shenkin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 16 | Malcolm Brachman, Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold | |
| 2005 | 12 | Howard Perlman, Chuck Burger, Perry Johnson, Michael Zerbini | 9 | Jim Mahaffey, Barnet Shenkin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon, Gary Cohler | |
| 2006 | 16 | Bob Hamman, Petra Hamman, Hemant Lall, Justin Lall, John Sutherlin, Peggy Sutherlin | 21 | Jan Martel, Chip Martel, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey | |
| 2007 | 9 | Mike Becker, Warren Spector, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 24 | Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken, Roy Welland, Bobby Levin | |
| 2008 | 9 | Mike Becker, Warren Spector, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 25 | Doug Doub, Frank Merblum, John Stiefel, Lloyd Arvedon, Victor King, Sheila Gabay | |
| 2009 | 21 | Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Jan Martel, Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey | 24 | Joe Grue, John Hurd, Kevin Bathurst, Shane Blanchard, Bob Blanchard, Brian Glubok | |
| 2010 | 11 | Walter Johnson, Doug Simson, Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin | 23 | Jill Meyers, Mitch Dunitz, Walter Schafer, Ed Davis | |
| 2011 | 9 | Warren Spector, Mike Becker, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 6 | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Steve Landen, Bill Pettis, Bill Cole, Beth Palmer | |
| 2012 | 9 | Warren Spector, Mike Becker, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 24 | Jared Lilienstein, Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, John Hurd, Michael Polowan, Joel Wooldridge | |
| 2013 | 9 | Warren Spector, Mike Becker, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 24 | Jared Lilienstein, Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, John Hurd, Michael Polowan, Joel Wooldridge | |
| 2014 | 9 | Michael Seamon, Richard Coren, Kevin Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | 21 | Richard Spitalnick, Edward Barlow, Srikanth Kodayam, Nick Bykov, Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey | |
| 2015 | 9 | Warren Spector, Mike Becker, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler | 19 | Dick Yarington NPC, Ken Scholes, Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Jacob, Rock Shi Yan | |
| 2016 | 25 | Douglas Doub, Franklin Merblum, Adam Grossack, Zachary Grossack | 21 | Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg, David Grainger | |
| 2017 | 21 | Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg, David Grainger | 9 | Richard Coren, Kevin Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Russell Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | |
| 2018 | 9 | David Berkowitz, Eric Rodwell, Gary Cohler, Warren Spector, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Becker | 17 | Joshua Donn, Roger Lee, Sylvia Shi, Daniel Korbel | |
| 2019 | 17 | Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hampson, Haig Tchamitch, Roger Lee, Daniel Korbel, Sheri Winestock | 24 | Joe Grue, John Hurd, Kent Mignocchi, Gillian Miniter, Joel Wooldridge | |
| 2020 | Cancelled | ||||
| 2021 | 9 | Jeff Wolfson, Jeff Meckstroth, Kevin Dwyer, Shan Huang, Gary Cohler, David Berkowitz | 2 | Jacob Freeman, Daniel Lavee, John Carruthers, Martin Kirr, Bo Han Zhu, Darren Wolpert | |
| 2022 | 7 | B Wayne Stuart III, Jerry Helms, Sam Marks, Dwight Meredith, George Woltman, Olin Hubert | 9 | Allison L Cappelletti, Janice Seamon-Molson, Mike Cappelletti Jr., Jack Weingold, Jeff Meckstroth, Gary Cohler |
Lower flights
[edit]| Year | Dist | Winners | Dist | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From 2001 "A" is the second of four flights. Previously it was the Open flight (above). | ||||
| 2001 | 20 | Merlin Vilhauer, Pam Stratton, Robert Johnson, Bruce Cuthbertson, Mark Litterman | 6 | Lyle Poe, Rusty Krauss, David Butler, Raphael Kahn, Barry Falgout, Mark Dahl |
| 2002 | 9 | Adrian Dovell, Patricia Dovell, John Moschella, John Brady, Bob Dennard, Brian Gunnell | 14 | Bob Balderson, Cindy Balderson, Kurt Schaeffer, Carole Miner |
| 2003 | 16 | Buddy Hanby, Sally Wheeler, Patricia Griffin, James Griffin | 5 | Niel Waletzky, Stan Dub, Don Sulgrove, Kathleen Sulgrove |
| 2004 | 6 | Sumner Steinfeldt, Marshall Kuschner, Hal Hindman, Mark Chen | 12 | Mark Leonard, Thomas Rozinski, Barry Lippitt, Richard Mydloski |
| 2005 | 7 | Jonathan Slaney, John Lowell, Jeff Ziemer, Robert Fendrick, Hugh Hughes, Gregory Roberts | 24 | Valentin Carciu, David Gurvich, Michael Lipkin, Ira Ewen, Sorin Pleacof |
| 2006 | 2 | Doug Baxter, Daniel Korbel, David Grainger, Danny Miles, Andy Stark | 16 | Charles Price, Mark Bumgardner, Stan Kohan, Greg Hinze, Marcus Poe, Tom Edwards |
| 2007 | 12 | Michael Alioto, Sheldon Kirsch, Barry Lippitt, Frank Sensoli, Robert Cappelli | 24 | Valentin Carciu, Michael Lipkin, David Gurvich, Sorin Pleacof, Ljudmila Kamenova |
| 2008 | 24 | James Scott, Harry Apfel, John Ramos, Kelley Hwang, Valentin Carciu, Sorin Pleacof | 11 | Sheryl Langner, Shan Au, Charles Kopp, Gregory Potts |
| 2009 | 23 | Chien Yao Tseng, John Ramos, David Kempe, Matt Klimesh | 19 | Dave Grubbs, Kevin Bolan, John Maki, Bill O'Brien |
| 2010 | 4 | Elliot Shalita, Andy Kaufman, Rick Olanoff, Doug Dye, Howard Cohen, Corey Krantz | 7 | Lance Shull, Audrey Ventura, Jon Rice, Doug Dey |
| 2011 [4] |
14 | Kurt Schaeffer, Kerry Holloway, Bjorgvin Kristinsson - Keith Connolly | 24 | Igor Savchenko, Ljudmila Kamenova, Doug Herron - Bill Begert, Valentin Carciu, Sorin Pleacof |
| 2012 | 23 | Edward Piken, Robert Kent, Viktor Anikovich, Howard Einberg, Fred Zhang, Paul Markarian | 6 | Barry Bragin, Brad Theurer, Noble Shore, Michael Gill |
| 2013 | 22 | Shoichi Yoshihiro, Philip Hiestand, Weishu Wu, Xiao-Yan Gong, Bo Liu | 16 | Anthony Bianchi, Gary King, Mitch Towner, Robert Whitcher |
| 2014 | 21 | Crispin Barrere, Mark Moss, Robert Thomson, Sathya Bettadapura | 11 | John Hinton, Bob Lyon, Craig Satersmoen, Ryan Schultz |
| 2015 | 6 | Stan Schenker, Mark Laken, Barry Falgout, Rusty Krauss, Stephen Drodge, John Miller | 3 | Dori Byrnes, Sylwia McNamara, Michael McNamara, Ron Nelken, Robert Stayman, John Boyer |
| 2016 | 6 | Alexander Prairie, Stephen Drodge, Jian-Jian Wang, Sylvia Shi | 19 | Amy Gao, William Ge, James Wu, Ben Takemori |
| 2017 | 25 | Barry Bragin, Weiling Zhou, Michael Hess, Gary Miyashiro, Susan Smith, Michael Smith | 22 | Weishu Wu, Sudhir Helekar, Jay Helekar, Xiao-Yan Gong |
| 2018 | 2 | Colin Lafferty, Doug Andrews, Melvin Norton, Keith Heckley | 9 | Edward Schusler, Albert Simpson, James Scott, David Treitel, Saul Gross, Juan Castillo |
| 2019 | Edward Schusler, Saul Gross, James Scott, David Treitel, Juan Castillo, Bruce Lang | 22 | Rick Kerbel, Jim Johnsen, Fran White, Davis Bennett | |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||
| 2021 | 16 | Hua Yang, Yan Sung, Danny Feng, Lunhui Lin | 9 | Juan Castillo, Luisana Madueno, Maris Zilant, Linda Epstein |
| 2022 | 6 | Jian-Ping Chen, Shihong You, Weizhong Bao, Huailin Chen | 16 | Ari Sippola, Pawel Hanus, Ying Peng, James Zhan |
| 2023 | 19 | Eric Sieg, Kim Eng, Kevin Bolan, Jeff Ford | 25 | Maxim Siline, Carrie Liu, Melody Bi, Anton Tsypkin |
| Year | Dist | Winners | Dist | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Irving Goodman, Floyd Dyson, Leo Takelfman, Tim McPhail, Louis Richardson | Sally Grace, Linda Weinstein, Sharon Meng, Jennifer James, Jerry Poliquin, Robert Buchner | |||
| 1986 | 6 | Paul McGowan, George Towner, Winston Edwards, Regena Jones (replaced Lizzie Hepburn) | Ken Connell, Linda Connell, Carla Eisenhauer, S. K. Carruthers, Claire Jones, Dennis Nelson | ||
| 1987 | Dwight Hunt, Ed Horwitz, Ken Kadish, Claude LeFeuvre | Bob Webb, Pat Webb, Kevin Chen, Joseph Blalock | |||
| 1988 | Steven Beck, Michael Camp, Win Allegaert, Fred Chang | Jean Molnar, Michael Weber, Down Holmer, Walter Riddle, Joseph Rubin | |||
| 1989 | George Runyan, Tim Joder, Iype Koshy, Robert Dupont | Paul Nickerson, William Goldsmith, Denise Goldsmith, Cheryl Porter | |||
| 1990 | Judy Hughes, Karen Miller, Robert Seaholm, John Morano, Goutam Chakraborty, Krishnanand Maillacheruver | 6 | Jim Adams, John Edmunds, Dan Feldman, Larry Kahn, Usuf Ismail | ||
| 1991 | Mary Poplawski, Stanley Poplawski, William Smith, Barrett Raff | 2 | Bruce Norman, Fred Gitelman, Sheri Winestock, Geoff Hampson | ||
| 1992 | Otto Rothenberg, Richard Baumer, Arthur Haley, Bert Kulic | Nielih Cheng, Peter Kalat, Jeffery Allen, Carlos Munoz, Lp. P. Calahan, Bruce Platt | |||
| 1993 | 6 | Eric Greco, Philip Greco, Kefu Xu, Harry Zhou, David Better | Jack Jessop, Morrie Kleinplatz, Barry Onslow, Elaine Morrison | ||
| 1994 | Larry Crevier, Sylvain Descoteaux, Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Frederic Pollack | 2 | Glen Holman, Eric Sutherland, Darren Wolpert, Hazel Wolpert | ||
| 1995 | Larry Crevier, Frederic Pollack, Sylvain Descoteaux, Marc-Andre Fourcaudot | 2 | Darren Wolpert, Hazel Wolpert, Gordon Brown, Sam Yoga | ||
| 1996 | 20 | David Green, Edward Lee, Chien Huang, Robert Johnson | David Walker, Roberts Moore, Jim Hawkins, Geoffrey Mallette | ||
| 1997 | Harold Jordan, Sigridur Kristjansdottir, Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch | Steve Albin, Elaine Pittius, Julia Ehlers, Mike McNamara | |||
| 1998 | Robert Latulippe, Rene Pelletier, Jocelyn Bernier, Richard Wildi, Jacques Carel, Herve Chatagnier | 6 | Richard Wegman, Kefu Xu, Yi Zhong, Weizhong Bao | ||
| 1999 | Henry Caspar, Tom Buttle, Claude King, Ringo Chung, Helen DeWild, Vinay Sarin | Dennis Thompson, Steve Albin, David Liss, Jack Brauner | |||
| 2000 | Michael Moffatt, Tai Eng, Insa Fricker, Gilbert Lambert | John Turner, Ralph Russo, Mark de Garcia, David Shipman | |||
| From 2001 "B" is the third of four flights rather than second of two. | |||||
| 2001 | Gary Moore, Chris Lubesnik, Kevin Bathurst, Lisa Liberati, Randolph Hammock, Ari Greenberg | 12 | Michael Alioto, Robert Cappelli, Frank Sensoli, Deborah DeWitt | ||
| 2002 | 15 | Gary McDole, Fred Dischman, Chad Fisher, Larry Weatherholt | 4 | Barry Cohen, Nick Straguzzi, Bill Grosnick, Everett Young | |
| 2003 | 6 | Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang, Huailin Chen, Yi Zhong | 1 | Ovidiu Stanica, Rick Soderstrom, Jack Brown, Ron Zambonini | |
| 2004 | 21 | Sathya Bettadapura, Jim Leuker, Bruce Tuttle, Shelley Lapkoff, Tanakorn Lavanakul | 14 | Jonathan Cohen, Charles Nauen, Mark Krusemeyer, Patti Stuhlman | |
| 2005 | 21 | Li-Chung Chen, Chuck Wong, Clark Millikan, Alex Staykov, Samuel Ieong, Tanakorn Lavanakul | 8 | Jim Hudson, Meyer Abarbanel, Arbha Vongsvivut, Mike Giacaman | |
| 2006 | 25 | Bernard Schneider, Frances Schneider, Allan Wolf, Russell Friedman | 5 | Dan Roseberry, John Bacon, John Tscholl, Jim Overcasher | |
| 2007 | 21 | John Barth, Jiang Chen, Mike Develin, Nongyu Li | 25 | Robert McCaw, Florin Constantin, Gregory Ingolia, Lewis Gamerman | |
| 2008 | 23 | Joseph Viola, Gerard Geremia, Matt Klimesh, David Kempe | 5 | Dian Petrov, Michael Ryan, Donna Steffan, James Gullo | |
| 2009 | 11 | Beve Smith, John Clark, Danny Barnett, Lamar Hamilton | 23 | Robert C.F. Wang, Shiu-Ming Huang, Eric Tan, Frank Shih | |
| 2010 | 14 | Eric Hendrickson, Paul Gutterman, Andy Caranicas, Richard Lawson | 15 | Paul Chan, Lily Chan, Mark De Garcia, Gregory Barnes | |
| 2011 [1][4] |
2 | Craig Macintosh, John Cook, Aleksandar Vujic, Andrew Collins, Charles Halasi, David Halasi | 21 | Eugene Hung, Andrew Hoskins, Steve Chen, Sarah Chen | |
| 2012 | 5 | Michael Creager, John Bacon, Fred Yellen, Judith Padgug | 3 | Stephen Garreffa, David Katzen, Adam Lally, Dana Rossi | |
| 2013 | 11 | Joseph Keim, William Gottschall, Lori Harner, Donna Moore, Douglas Millsap, Larry Jones | 21 | Eugene Hung, Han-Yu Chang, David Weinberg, Steve Chen, Stephen Tu, Lynn Shannon | |
| 2014 | 16 | Jennifer Breihan, James Breihan, Mike Doyle, Daniel Jackson, Bill McCarty | 20 | Daniel Neill, Weiming Hu, Atul Khare, Justin Beck, Douglas Bullock, Dmitriy Myedvyedyev | |
| 2015 | 11 | AJ Stephani, John Meinking, Darin Campo, Robert Fisk, Ryan Schultz, Peter Whipple | 17 | Gregory Herman, Burke Snowden, Dawn Foltz, Gregory Foltz, Mark Robertson, Richard Jacobson | |
| 2016 | 23 | Om Chokriwala, Zheng Zhang, Jack Chang, Fredrick Upton, Nolan Chang, James Perkins | 22 | Ian Wilson, Gregory Thorp, Joseph Mack III, Steve Hirsch | |
| 2017 | 21 | Jim Liu, Peter Sun, Jun Shi, Qaing Zhang, Ethan Liu | 9 | Grant Petersen, Zachary Wasserman, Thomas Thomson, Michael Kraut, Ching-Po Wang, Xingyu Zhang | |
| 2018 | 12 | Bob Rasmussen, David Aderente, Wilbur Argersinger, Timur Aydin, Ching-Po Wang | 9 | Mark Raphaelson, Cabot Jaffee Jr, Lance Marrou, Ping Chen | |
| 2019 | 16 | Pawel Hanus, Thomas Rush, Ari Sippola, Wes Pierce, Bill McCarty, Suvabrata Biswas | 22 | Dustin Stout, Xiao-Yan Gong, Harvey Jaffe, Kenny Pan | |
| 2020 | Cancelled | ||||
| 2021 | 6 | Rick Bingham, Ryan Connors, Tom Peters, Ernie Schuler, Adam Kind, Will Colmer | 24 | Stefano Merlo, Robert Forster, Christopher Moh, Jordan Lampe | |
| Year | Dist | Winners | Dist | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bob Fashingbauer, Kenneth Wolf, Thomas Dressing, David Marker | Albert Tom, Dennis Erani, Valentin Carciu, ??????? | ||
| 1992 | Richard Unger, Charles Morrin, Andrew Ware, Martin Wewerka | J. Michael Hill, Kevin Kadmus, Carol Wisemiller, Marty Lobdale | ||
| 1993 | Stephen Arshan, Richard Ross, Feng Liu, Steve Pessin, George Shamy | Sardarsink Gohel, Jack Shartsis, Joyce Bell, Nathan Banker | ||
| 1994 | Jiabin Luo, Anil Kaushal, Sundar Atre, Zheng Zhang | Greg Bieber, Art Steinberg, Roman Shapiro, Betsy Wellington | ||
| 1995 | 21 | Nathaniel Thurston, Bill Chen, David Shao, Andrew Lewis | 20 | Jeff Jacob, Judi Hager, David Rosenstein, Yiping Wang |
| 1996 | 25 | Mark Edeburn, Susan Ostrowski, Dan Berlowitz, Joseph Seo | Mark DeGarcia, Marcus Rodhouse, Steven Erickson, Sheng-Hung Wang | |
| 1997 | Tim Barrett, Joe Grue, Joe Barrett, Chengwei Lee, Tom Monikowski | Curtis Ruder, Atul Rai, Dennis Affholter, Jonathan Davidson | ||
| 1998 | Jerzy Jelen, Marek Dalecki, Ted Ryll, Romuald Mindak, Wieslaw Kalita, Zbigniew Muszynski | Ed Williams, Kurt Dasher, Thomas Reband, Bill Gliesman | ||
| 1999 | Dave Hemmer, Jon Kurasch, Robert Alps, Roger Solomon | Bruce Scott, Tom Allen, Paul Hazzard, Jim Boardman | ||
| 2000 | Zbigniew Musznyski, Marian Kowalewski, Pavel Boruta, Robert Boruta, Michael Omielski, Eugenisz Babiarz | 25 | Barry Margolin, Suresh Adina, Leo Zelevinsky, Otis Bricker | |
| From 2001 "C" is the lowest of four flights rather than three, but with little change in definition. | ||||
| 2001 | Mark MacKenzie, Ron Sloan, Deen Hergott, David Gordon | David Ruppert, Michael Pearlman, Dan Moore, Walter Mitnick | ||
| 2002 | 21 | Stephen Tu, Steve Chen, Shih-Ming Shih, Paul Cornelius, Rajeev Gupta | 20 | Rohan Coelho, Todd Zimnoch, Ralph Henderson, Maurice Henderson |
| 2003 | 20 | Rohan Coelho, Ralph Henderson, Danny McGurl, David Castles | 13 | Tadeusz Szych, Jerzy Jelen, Wlodzimierz Lopalewski, Klaudsiusz Warbinski, Mike Potoczak, Lech Brzozowski |
| 2004 | 12 | Grigoriy Blekherman, Amy Kiefer, David Harty, Han Peters | 24 | Ryan Connors, Mark Dean, Daniel Wilderman, Helena McGahagan |
| 2005 | 2 | Bob Defreyne, Milt Payne, Paul Beischlag, Reginald Smith | 14 | Andy Caranicas, Jeremy Martin, Daniel Barrett, Shela Kim |
| 2006 | 19 | Kam Tang, Samuel Lai, Tao Feng, Jack Lee | 20 | Ivan Jen, Veronica Mathis, John Cissel, Daniel Rothwell |
| 2007 | 16 | George Keiller, Don Morgan, John Heath, Alan Dennis | 19 | Long Xie, Roy Li, Kai Zhou, Baixiang Liu |
| 2008 | 8 | Thomas O'Reilly-Pol, Debbie Romero, Jonathan Goldberg, Sandy Bigg | 23 | Lenard Lakofka, Alan Flower, Kevin Lane, Aaron Craig |
| 2009 | 12 | Brian Wyman, Benjamin Weiss, Max Glick, Zachary Scherr, Zachary Wasserman | 16 | Brett Elliott, Harry Elliott, Robert Reichek, Byron Elliott, Herbert Kalman |
| 2010 | 11 | Ryan Schultz, David Camillus, Ambrish Bansal, Tom Terwilliger | 20 | Chris Poulos, Magid Shirzadegan, Anoush Shirzadegan, Brian Breckenridge |
| 2011 [5][4] |
2[1] | Kaiyu Qian, Qian Ren, Fred Li, Yuan Chen, Hang Zhang, Wensong Zhen | 13 | Ping Hu, Meiheng Shi, Shengke Wang, Huixin Pan |
| 2012 | 6 | Alexander Prairie, Sylvia Shi, Hakan Berk, David Soukup | 25 | Daniel Jablonski, Emily Shen, Reid Barton, Vincent Fish |
| 2013 | 23 | Frederick Upton, Om Chokriwala, Yichi Zhang, Jack Chang, Nolan Chang | 5 | Huei Rong Chern, Sue Lan Ma, Manju Ceylony, Shakeel Ahmad |
| 2014 | 21 | Samuel Kuang, Kendrick Chow, Tsao-Tung Tsai, Luen-Jyh Luo | 23 | Nolan Chang, Jack Chang, Nima Badizadegan, Eric Chenteh Tang, Frederick Upton |
| 2015 | 22 | Winston Chang, Joe Albert Garcia, Ninad More, Nitin More, Kenny Pan | 6 | Shiang Chen, Adam Gann, Myron Goldstein, Terry Klein, Blake Schwartzbach |
| 2016 | 21 | Chin Huang, Min-Xiang Li, Donghui Lu, Michael Yang, Chun Chang, Frank Xie | 22 | Winston Chang, Wayne Gorski, Neil Nobua Agora, Kenny Pan, Joe Albert Garcia |
| 2017 | 21 | Max Schireson, Cadir Lee, Aravind Alwan, Olivier Chapelle, Michael Hu, Arthur Zhou | 2 | Li Zhang Yang, Ronald Baeker, William Ju, Roy Song, Jake Liu, Tong Chen |
| 2018 | 23 | Yukai Song, Yueqiang Xue, Sophia Chang, Lucy Zhang, Zu Ming Cheng | 19 | Jordan Tessarolo, Marc Furnemont, Janice Soutar, Ryley Breidda |
| 2019 | 21 | Qucheng (Roger) Gong, Jakob Karstens, Andrew Sinclair, Chris Chen | 21 | Michael Xu, Brandon Ge, Jonathan Yue, Wesley May, Aravind Alwan |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||
| 2021 | 24 | Hengrui Xing, Tingran Wang, Jiaheng Hu, Yang Xu | 13 | Henry Shi, Li Miao, Zhiqiang Hu, Zhijing Tang |
| 2022 | 7 | Xiaoyuan Niu, Jia Mi, Wufeng Luo, Terry Wu, Mingqiang Bao | 13 | La Verne Swiggum, William Omdahl, Terry Burk, David Hill |
| 2023 | 24 | Jack Boge, Avery Silverstein, Yanlai Yang, Jingyang Ng, Jessica U | 24 | Kenneth Mandel, Andrew Jeanguenat, Jack Latta Brooklyn, Maya Jonas-Silver |
| 2024 | 13 | Alec Sun, Avery Wang, Max Krawczyk, Yujian Zhou | 21 | Kai Eckert, Wesley May, Richard Ross, Ryan Gossiaux |
See also
[edit]- North American Pairs — the annual grass-roots event for pairs of two players
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 4 flights of the GNT: District 2 wins the "GNT Cup" Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine (2011-07-22/25). By Kevin L. Bridge Winners. Retrieved 2011-09-22. [page needed]
- ^ a b c "Grand National Teams". Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Frey, Richard L.; Hayward, Diane, eds. (1984). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 165. ISBN 0-517-55272-8. LCCN 84001791.
- ^ a b Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 116–17. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.
- ^ a b c [GNT Qualifiers]. Rosters for the 16 teams in each flight who advanced to the knockout stage. ACBL. Retrieved 2011-09-22. Archived July 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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- List of previous winners for Championship Flight and Flight A, Pages 8, 9. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–1, July 24, 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21
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