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Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs
The Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Sunday of the NABC. History The Silver Ribbon Pairs is an event open only to players who are at least 55 years old and who have pre-qualified by placing first or second in a regional or national-rated senior event. The Silver Ribbon Pairs consists of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners will have their names inscribed on the Leventritt Trophy and will receive a certificate of recognition. The trophy honors Peter Leventritt . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members."'' Its major activities are: * sanctioning games at local bridge clubs and regional events * certifying bridge teachers and club directors * conducting the North American Bridge Championships (NABC) * providing education materials and services * administering the ACBL masterpoints system for tracking player performance * providing oversight for ethical behavior and play *Besides representing the interests of its members with the World Bridge Federation, , it had more than 165,000 members. History The ACBL was created in 1937 by the merger of the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937. At that time, its bridge tournaments were open only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Said
Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV producer * Chuck Berry (1926–2017), American rock and roll musician * Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist and singer * Chuck Close (born 1940), American painter and photographer * Chuck Comeau (born 1979), Canadian drummer * Chuck D (born 1960), stage name of Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, American rapper * Chuck Garric, rock bassist of Alice Cooper * Charlton Heston, "Chuck", (1923–2008), American actor and political activist * Chuck Holmes (entrepreneur) (1945–2000), American entrepreneur and philanthropist, founded Falcon Studios * Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films * Chuck Leavell (born 1952), American pianist and keyboardist * Chuck Lorre (born 1952), American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard DeMartino
Richard DeMartino (born 1939) is an American bridge player. DeMartino is from Riverside, Connecticut, and a graduate of Lehigh University. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2011 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (2) 2006, 2007 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2000 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1980 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 2002 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (2) 2001, 2008 ** Senior Knockout Teams The Baze Senior Knockout Teams national bridge championship was held at the fall American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. ... (2) 2003, 2008 Notes Living people American contract bridge players 1939 births Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) People from Riverside, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Siebert
Allan P. Siebert (born 1942) is an American bridge player from Little Rock, Arkansas. On April 18, 2022 he was suspended by the American Contract Bridge League pending a disciplinary hearing. One of his online partners was suspended the same day. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1995 ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2007 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2001 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2001 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (2) 1988, 2003 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1985 ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2014 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (2) 1999, 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams The Baze Senior Knockout Teams national bridge championship was held at the fall American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaylor Kasle
Gaylor L. Kasle (born 1941) is a professional American bridge player from Boca Raton, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (10) ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2006 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1993 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2012 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1994 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2012 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (3) 1982, 1985, 1990 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1973 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1996 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (2) 2008, 2009 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1989 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1966 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1989 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (2) 1986, 2002 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2008 ** Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Coon (bridge)
Charles Coon (June 2, 1931 – January 18, 2003) was an American bridge player. He finished second in two world championships and won six North American Bridge Championships (NABC). A son of Carleton Coon, Coon was from Gloucester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College and served in the Korean War. Then he "devoted himself to playing bridge" but " like other top players, he spent nearly all his time playing for money in clubs and earning himself a modest income." He was manager of the Boston Chess Club as of March 1961. He died in Staten Island at age 71 in 2003. Coon's first "national"-level victory in the American Contract Bridge League was his greatest. He was one of "four young bridge experts led by Robert F. Jordan" who won the annual Vanderbilt Cup in 1961, when it was contested in a 64- double-elimination tournament. Jordan played with Arthur Robinson, also of Philadelphia, and Coon played with Eric Murray of Toronto. Coon–Murray went on to qualify for the 6- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhoda Walsh
Rhoda Walsh (born 1933) is an American bridge player from Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate from Loyola Law School and is an attorney. Walsh is a World Bridge Federation (WBF) Master and a North American (ACBL) Grand Life Master. In competition, she earned a bronze medal with the 1968 USA women in the quadrennial World Team Olympiad. That year she also won three major women's North American Bridge Championships—the Wagar Women's Knockout Teams and both tournaments, the Whitehead and Smith playing with two different partners. Walsh is a two-time winner of the annual Whitehead Women's Pairs, inaugurated 1930, playing with Hermine Baron in 1968 and with Kerri Davis in 1972. She is a three-time winner of the annual Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (est. 1961), playing with Dorothy Talmage in 1968, Amalya Kearse in 1972, and Sabine Zenkel in 1989. Five major championships for women pairs, with five partners. She won the major pairs championship for seniors, Leventritt S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Caravelli
Gerald A. Caravelli (July 25, 1943 – February 29, 2012)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American bridge player. He was from Des Plaines, Illinois and was an accountant. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1974 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1982 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1976 ** Grand National Teams (2) 1978, 1995 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1996 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1975 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (3) 1999, 2000, 2001 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1984 ** Grand National Teams (2) 1984, 1988 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1977 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (3) 1979, 1988, 1989 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1971 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Hoffman (bridge)
Martin Joseph Hoffman (15 November 1929 – 15 May 2018) was a Czech-born British professional bridge player and writer. Biography Hoffman was born in Prague, in what was then the First Czechoslovak Republic (which, in the English-speaking world, was often called Czecho-Slovakia). His father and mother were Herman and Toby. He had a younger brother and two sisters. When he was not yet nine years old, he and his brother were sent to stay with his mother's parents in the Carpathians, where they studied the Torah. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, his parents were deported to Theresienstadt, where they died. Hoffman, his brother, and his grandparents went into hiding; but in 1944 they were arrested and transported to Auschwitz. A ''Sonderkommando'' advised Hoffman to pretend that he was 18, even though he was not yet 14. He was later moved to the Monowitz-Buna, Gross Rosen and Birkenau sub-camps of Auschwitz; and from there he was sent on a death march towards Buchenwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Bridge Championships
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of different kinds (e.g. matchpoint pairs and knockout teams, one-day and two-day) in many classes of competition (e.g. open/women/senior or defined by masterpoints®). Host cities in the United States and Canada are selected several years in advance. Competitions and awards Open team competitions - the premier events ;Vanderbilt Cup Awarded to the National Knock-out Team championship winners at the spring North American Bridge Championship (NABC)s. It was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won in 1932 and 1940. The event was contested annually in New York as a separate championship until 1958, when it was incorporated into Spring NABCs. ; Spingold Trophy Awarded to the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Freed
Eugene Horace Freed (March 18, 1930 – July 17, 2009) was an American bridge player and physician. Freed was a plastic surgeon from Los Angeles, California. He graduated from California State University, San Diego and University of Southern California. Freed was born in Somerville, New Jersey, and was raised there until his family moved to San Diego when he was about 15. They lived near San Diego State University and he went to college there. He died from a heart disease at home in Los Angeles. Medical practice Freed was a private ear, nose, and throat specialist with "the same office on Wilshire Boulevard" for more than 50 years. In his medical practice, he treated Maria Callas, Alfred Drake, Larry Fine (one of The Three Stooges), Mario Lanza, Chita Rivera. Eventually he specialized in evaluations for Workmen's Compensation. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (2) 1988, 1998 ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Hamilton (bridge)
Fred Hamilton (born 1936) is a professional American bridge player. Hamilton is a World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Grand Master and American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master and inventor of the popular Hamilton convention used to compete over the opponent's 1NT opening bid. Born and raised in East Lansing, Michigan, he is more recently from Encino, California. Hamilton has won two world championships, the 1976 Bermuda Bowl as a member of the North America team – beating Italy, with three Blue Team players, in the final – and the 1994 World Senior Pairs Championship with Hamish Bennett. He names Billy Eisenberg, Mark Lair, Mike Passell and Paul Soloway as "my favorite partners and good friends". Hamilton was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
