ACBL District 21

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Grand National Teams & NAOP

 

Grand National Teams and North American Pairs
Jackie Cornfoot-Ortiz: EMAIL - jackieo@sonic.net
District 21 GNT/NAP Coordinator


D21 NAP Finals

Burlingame, Ca
January 30-31, 2010

For hand records and board-by-board results, please see the Burlingame website

NAP - FLIGHT C 
10.5 Tables

MPs Rank Names Score
10.00

1

Nathan Wilmes, Oakland CA; Spencer Sun, Las Vegas NV 59.47%
7.50

2

Qiang Zhang - Renjun Guo, Mountain House CA 58.99%
5.63

3

Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 57.75%
4.22

4

Metin Gokcen, Sunnyvale CA; Peter Klebofski, San Carlos CA 56.48%
3.16

5

Harold Deroos Jr - Gail Vick, Modesto CA 55.69%
2.37

6

Trisha Oconnor, Walnut Creek CA; William Barron, Benicia CA 55.52%


 

D21 NAP - A FINALS 
9.0 Tables / Based on 19 Tables

MPs Rank Names Score
36.00

1

Mark Dean, Pleasanton CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 253.98
27.00

2

Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 248.73
20.25

3

Richard Meffley - James Tritt, Fresno CA 247.26
16.00

4

Len Vishnevsky - Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA 236.89
14.40

5

Jack Scott, El Cerrito CA; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 233.70
13.09

6

Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA; Sidney Lorvan, Pacifica CA 230.97
12.00

7

Robert Thomson, Burlingame CA; B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA 223.85
11.08

8

Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 222.07
10.29

9

Alan Davis, Fremont CA; Stephen Kanzee, Hayward CA 221.88
9.60

10

Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 221.00
9.00

11

Vicki Chang, Berkeley CA; Donald Steedman, Albany CA 220.92
8.47

12

Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 219.69
8.00

13

James Slinger, Corralitos CA; Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA 215.16


 

D21 NAP "B" FINALS 
18.0 Tables

MPs Rank Names Score
16.00

1

Melinda Foos, Campbell CA; Michael Fleisher, Sunnyvale CA 57.98%
12.00

2

Rajan Jeyakumar, Fremont CA; Richard Feinberg, Union City CA 57.47%
9.00

3

Victor Chubukov, San Francisco CA; Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto CA 55.93%
6.75

4

John Kozero, Santa Rosa CA; Gary Robinson, Forestville CA 55.10%
5.06

5

Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA; Jiang Chen, Cupertino CA 54.70%
3.80

6

Andrew Hoskins, Mountain View CA; William Campbell, Pacific Grove CA 54.49%
2.85

7

Z Kadah, Los Gatos CA; Arkady Estrin, San Jose CA 54.38%

 

D21 GNT - Flight A
14 Tables

MPs Rank Names
30.00

1

Robert Thomson, Burlingame CA; Lynn Yokel, Campbell CA; B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA
22.50

2

Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Jack Scott, El Cerrito CA
15.00

3/4

Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA
15.00

3/4

Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman - Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Owen Leibman, San Francisco CA

 

GNT C Final
11 Tables

MPs Rank Names
15.00

1

Stephanie Kung, Berkeley CA; Han-Yu Chang - Chris Chung, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA
11.25

2

Louis Meola - Barbara Meola, Windsor CA; Hans Van Boldrik, Santa Rosa CA; Roy Redlich, Petaluma CA
7.50

3/4

Andrew Van Wye, Orinda CA; Evan Price, Walnut Creek CA; Keith Bauer - Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA
7.50

3/4

Benjamin Leitner, Mountain View CA; Michael Leitner, San Jose CA; Mark Pensler, Los Gatos CA; R Murty Ponnapalli, Sunnyvale CA

Contact: Jackie Cornfoot-Ortiz

 


DISTRICT 21 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS 2010 CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
Posted 10/21/2009
 
In accordance with ACBL regulations, each participant in the GNT must be an ACBL member
in good standing and must  follow ACBL residency requirements.
 
The GNT is divided into four flights as defined below.  Players will be allowed to participate in
as many flights as they desire, provided that they are eligible to play based upon their master-
point holdings as of the September 2009 cycle,
 
1.    FLIGHTS
       Open               unlimited
       Flight A            0-5000 mpts.
       Flight B            0-2000 mpts.
       Flight C            Non Life Master with fewer than 500 mpts.
 
2.    ENTRY FEES
       Entry Fees will be $40.00 per team per session. 
       D21 shall give each flight $2,000.00 to represent D21 at the summer Nationals in New Orleans, LA  
       to be held July 22, 2010 thru August 1, 2010
 
3.    PRE-REGISTRATION
       All teams must pre-register  D21 GNT Co-ordinator jackieo@sonic.net  no later than January 31, 2010 for Flight A
       and Flight C --- Flight Open  must pre-register no later than March 15, 2010 -- Flight B must pre-register
       no later April 15, 2010.   Late registration will be accepted only at the discretion of the GNT D21 co-ordinator.
 
4.    CAPTAINCY
       Each team must designate the team captain from amongst its own playing members on
       its registration entry, and said captain will be responsible for all represention of the team.
 
5.     TEAM COMPOSITION AND PLAY REQUIREMENTS
        Teams may consist of four, five or six players.  Players may be added at any time before
        actual competion begins.  Each player must play at 50% of the boards or one full session
        during the first stage and at least 50% of the final and semi-final knockout match thereafter.
        Exception to this rule may be made by request to the D21 GNT co-ordinator but will be
        entertained only with good cause.  No exceptions will be made for the final match.
 
5.     ITEMS NOT COVERED
        Any items not covered by these Conditions of Contest will be resolved by the D21 GNT co-
        ordinator in consultation with the Tournament Director.
 
6.     CONVENTIONS
        All conventions in the General Chart are permitted in all flights.  Only General Chart conventions
        will be allowed in Flight B and Flight C.  Mid Chart will be allowed in the other flights provided that 2 identical
        legible written viable defenses with auction extensions and continuations are provided for the opponents.   
 
7.     SUBSTITUTIONS, REPLACEMENT AND AUGMENTATIONS
        A permanent replacement for a player who, for cause, cannot continue in the event is permitted
        only with the permission the of the D21 GNT co-ordinator.   Prior to the completion of the District final,
        the replacement need not have played in the event but must:  Be a member of the ACBL and maintain
        their membership in D21 and not appreciable strenghten the team
                
        A replaced player permanently leaves the event with all masterpoints already earned and the
        replacement continues in the event earning masterpoints thereafter. Play percentage requirements
        apply to the replacement only for the portion of the event yet to be played.  A fifth and/or sixth player
        may be added to a team after completion of  the District 21 final  Any such player must  have   
        played on another team in the same flight of the current year's GNT or have previously represented
        D21 in the same flight of the GNT at a prior summer Nationals. 
 
8.     KNOCKOUT MATCH DURATION
 
       Each KO match in the Open Flight and Flight A will consist of 64 boards divided into two  32   board halves.
       Flights B and Flight C will play 28 board matches.
 
7.     SEEDING
       Final Seeding for all flights will be chosen by the Director In Charge and the D21 GNT co-ordinator.
 

GNT Schedule - 2010

Flight A -    Feb. 20, 2010  12:00 and TBA - 2 sessions   Burlingame Bridge Club

                 Feb. 21, 2010  12:00 and TBA - 2 sessions   Burlingame Bridge Club
                 Feb. 27, 2010  12:30 and TBA - semi-finals   San Mateo Sectional
                 Feb. 28, 2010  10:00 and TBA - finals           San Mateo Sectional
 
Flight C-     Feb. 20, 2010  12:00 and TBA - 2 sessions   Burlingame Bridge Club
                 Feb. 21, 2010  12:00 and TBA -semi & finals Burlingame Bridge Club
 
Flt. Open   April 10, 2010    1:00 and TBA - 2 sessions   San Jose Sectional
                 April 11,2010   10:30 and TBA - 2 sessions   San Jose Sectional
                 May 22,2010    12:00 and TBA semi-final      Burlingame Bridge Club
                 May 23,2010    12:00 and TBA finals            Burlingame Bridge Club
 
Flight B      May 22,2010    12:00 and TBA 2 sessions    Burlingame Bridge Club
                 May 23,2010    12:00 and TBA semi & finals  Burlingame Bridge Club

 

 

D21 GNT Open Flight
13 Tables / Based on 27 Tables

MPs Rank Names
36.00

1

Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Chip Martel - Jan Martel, Davis CA; Kit Woolsey - Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA
27.00

2

Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Mark Ralph - Thomas Stern, San Francisco CA; William Sanford, Orangevale CA
18.00

3/4

Lew Stansby - Joanna Stansby, Dublin CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA
18.00

3/4

Harvey Brody - Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA; James Griffin, San Ramon CA

 

D21 GNT-A Various
2/7-2/8 & 3/7-3/8/09
11 Tables

MPs Rank Names
30.00

1

Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Jack Scott, El Cerrito CA; Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA
22.50

2

Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Robert Thomson, Burlingame CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA
15.00

3/4

Grant Vance - Gregory Vance, San Leandro CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Michel Schneider - Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA
15.00

3/4

Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Marc Renson, San Mateo CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA

 

D21 GNT Flight B
14 Tables / Based on 18 Tables

MPs Rank Names
26.00

1

Gregory Vance, San Leandro CA; Jannes Van T Oever, Berkeley CA; Shuofei Geng, San Francisco CA; Bin Liang, Fremont CA; Michael Bodell - Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA
19.50

2

Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Victor Chubukov, San Francisco CA
13.00

3/4

Mark Robichek - Franz Lanzinger - Franklin Smoot, Sunnyvale CA; Rick Jasper, San Jose CA
13.00

3/4

Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Thomas McLaughlin - Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA

 

D21 GNT Flight C
Burlingame, Ca
3/28-3/29, 2009
10 Tables

MPs Rank Names
15.00

1

Stephanie Kung - Barry Ko - Frank Lin, Berkeley CA; Han-Yu Chang, Mountain View CA
11.25

2

Qiang Zhang - Serena Guo, Pleasanton CA; Wanwan Ren, Sunnyvale CA; Qing Xia, Castro Valley CA; Tao Fan, Union City CA
7.50

3/4

Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Benjamin Leitner - Michael Leitner, San Jose CA
7.50

3/4

Jennifer Gu, Sunnyvale CA; Jonathan Pines, Berkeley CA; Adam Portley, San Francisco CA; Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA

 


D21 NAP Finals, Burlingame  1 / 17-19 / 2009

D21 NAPB Final
15.0 Tables

MPs Rank Names Score
16.00

1

Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA 60.49%
12.00

2

Melinda Foos, Campbell CA; Michael Fleisher, Sunnyvale CA 56.36%
9.00

3

Victor Chubukov, San Francisco CA; Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto CA 55.80%
6.75

4

Georgianna Spinazze, Saratoga CA; Steve Chen, Fremont CA 55.64%
5.06

5

Jonathan Pines, Berkeley CA; Belinda Gu, Palo Alto CA 54.34%
3.80

6

Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 53.35%
2.85

7

Bert Rettner, Fresno CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA 52.03%

D21 NAP - C FINALS
6.0 Tables / Based on 7 Tables

MPs Rank Names Score
10.00

1

Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 59.41%
7.50

2

Argenta Price, San Francisco CA; Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA 59.02%
5.63

3

Joseph Chin, Sunnyvale CA; Pei Sun, Palo Alto CA 58.45%
4.22

4

Shuofei Geng, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Gu, Sunnyvale CA 56.90%
3.16

5

C Conrad - Darrell Fung, Castro Valley CA 54.79%

D21 NAP - A Finals
7.0 Tables

MPs Rank Names Score
36.00

1

Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 180.12
27.00

2

William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Bill Harker, Copperopolis CA 177.75
20.25

3

Gregory Vance - Grant Vance, San Leandro CA 177.66
16.00

4

Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Mark Dean, Fremont CA 174.57
14.40

5

Joanna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 170.63

 

GNT Flight Winners:   C  B  A  Open

D21 2008 GNT Open/C

Burlingame
2/23-2/24 2008

D21 2008 GNT Flight C
10 Tables / Based on 13 Tables

MPs Rank Names
15.00

1

Stephanie Kung, Atherton CA; Han-Yu Chang, Mountain View CA; Kevin Shiue - Michelle Lee, San Francisco CA; Dan Joo, Burlingame CA
11.25

2

Mark Hersko, Windsor CA; Randee Dimond - Larry Spanier - Meryl Fischer, Santa Rosa CA
7.50

3/4

Joseph Chin, Sunnyvale CA; Pei Sun - Richard Yu, Palo Alto CA; Ivy Chueh, Saratoga CA; Helen Chao, San Jose CA; Jia Tarng Wang, Milpitas CA
7.50

3/4

Mischel Postas - L John Postas, Campbell CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA

 

 

Flight B winners

Winners: Chris Galbraith, Crispin Barrere, John Hadreas & Bruce Blakely

Runner up: Frank Smoot, Franz Lanzinger, Mark Robichek & Rick Jasper
 

 13.00    3/4  David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Terry Darwin,
               Millbrae CA; John Kozero, Santa Rosa CA; Gary
               Robinson, Forestville CA
 13.00    3/4  Kenneth Llacera - Donald Seldeen - Neil Joseph
               Smyth, Santa Cruz CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA
  5.85    5/8  Mike Develin - John Barth, Mountain View CA;
               Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA; Jiang Chen, Cupertino CA
  5.85    5/8  Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino
               CA; Steve Chen, Fremont CA; Rajeev Gupta, San
               Mateo CA; Vandana Vidwans, Mountain View CA
  5.85    5/8  Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Dmitri Shabes, San
               Ramon CA; Gregory Vance, San Leandro CA; Paul
               Vevera, El Dorado Hills CA
  5.85    5/8  Daniel Raider - Janice Nakao - Thomas Quinlan,
               San Mateo CA; Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey, San Jose CA;
               Marcus Ballinger, Burlingame CA; Eugene Sor,
               Richmond CA
 

Burlingame, California
2/9-2/10; 4/5-4/6

D21 GNT - Flight A
12 Tables

MPs Rank Names
30.00

1

Tien-Chun Yang - Peter Sun, San Jose CA; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA; Xiaodong Zhang, Fremont CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA
22.50

2

Clark Millikan, Mountain View CA; Steve Chen, Fremont CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Terry Terzian, Castro Valley CA; Samuel Ieong, Stanford CA
15.00

3/4

Ken White, Lafayette CA; Jack Scott, El Cerrito CA; Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman - Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA
15.00

3/4

Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Qing Yang, Cupertino CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA

 

D21 2008 GNT Open Flight
13 Tables

MPs Rank Names
36.00

1

Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Bill Harker, Copperopolis CA
25.20

2

Tien-Chun Yang - Peter Sun, San Jose CA; Qing Yang, Cupertino CA; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA
14.40

3/4

Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen - Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Brad Moss, Mill Valley CA
14.40

3/4

Len Vishnevsky - Don Laycock - Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA; John Hodges, Sunnyvale CA

 


And the winners for the 2008 NAP are...

Overalls   Flight A   Flight B   Flight C
 


 


2008 North American Pairs

Results         Overalls   Flight A   Flight B   Flight C

 


2007 Grand National Teams

Results          Open    A    B    C

CORRECTION: GNT FLIGHT OPEN WINNERS TIE 3/4 ARE:
CLARK MILLIKAN, STEVE CHEN, T.C. YANG, EUGENE HUNG, LI-CHUNG AND SAMUEL IEONG
per Jackie Ortiz, April 16, 2007


2007 North American Pairs Results

                     Flight A   1st Qualifier     1st Final    
                                   2nd Qualifier    2nd Final

         Flight B

                  Flight C:  1st Round    2nd Round



 


Grand National Teams
2006 Results

Details: Open      A       B       C
 
District 21 GNT - 2006 Final Results
March 26 - Flight Open:
Congratulations to Flight Open winners:
   Jan and Chip Martel, JoAnna and Lew Stansby, Sally and Kit Woolsey

March 11 - Flight A:

Congratulations to Flight A winners:
   Len Vishnevsky, Will Watson, Clark Milikan & Terry Terzian
 
January 21 - Flight B:
Congratulations to Flight B winners:
Greg House, Mark Micheli, Everett Boyer, Sarita Mathiasen
 
January 21 - Flight C:
Congratulations to Flight C winners:
     Mike Develin, Joihn Barth, Nong Yu, Li Jiang Chen Belinda Gu & Jennifer
 

 


NAP FINAL RESULTS

District 21 NAP - 2006 Final Results
December 17 - Flight B
Afternoon         Evening
January 14 - Flight A
Afternoon         Evening
January 15 Flight A
Afternoon         Evening
January 15 - Flight C
Afternoon         Evening

Flight A winners Bob Etter and Richard Spitalnick - 36 gold pts.
2nd Jan & Chip Martel - 27 pts.
3rd Clark Milliken & Steve Chen - 20.25 pts.
4th Li Chung Chen & Samuel Ieong - 16 pts.
5th JoAnna & Lew Stansby.

Flight B winners Rajeev Gupta & Vandana Vidwans - 16 pts.
2nd Dan Friedman & Michael Levin - 12 pts.
 3rd Bin Liang & Song Wang - 9 pts.
4th Robert Seaholm & Eric Mayefsky - 6.75 pts.
5th Dimitri Shabes & Jessica Lai - 5.pts.

Flight C winners Mike Develin and John Barth - 10 pts.
2nd John Eidinger & David Pratt - 7.50 pts.
3rd Jennifer Gu & Nongyu Li - 5.62 pts.
4th Eugene Sor & Marcus Ballinger - 4.22 pts.
5th Shaila & Hemant Mande - 3.16 pts.


GRAND NATIONAL TEAM
Final 2005 GNT Winners at Santa Clara on April 3, 2005

Flight Wins Team MPs
Open 4 Rose Meltzer - Kyle Larsen - Peter Weichsel - Ron Smith - Chip Martel - Lew Stansby 7.52
A 2 Grant Vance - Bob Sanner - Marc Renson - Michael Katz - Bill Heid - Robin Roche 2.42
B 4 Chuck Wong - Tanakorn Lavanakul - Clark Millikan - Alex Staykov 26.0
C 2 Jiang Chen - Belinda Gu - John Barth - Nongyu Li - Jennifer Gu 1.62

Winner of each flight will receive $1,600.00 from Dist.21 to go to the summer Nationals to represent District 21.

This year's final event will be held in July 2005 at Atlanta, Georgia (immediately prior to the Summer 2005 NABC).


 Questions - 707-571-1963 or EMAIL me at: jackieo@sonic.net
Also see the ACBL website

Jackie Cornfoot-Ortiz
 

 
District 21 GNT - 2005 Results
Qualifier GNT A - February 12 Qualifier GNT C - February 13

 


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