Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs

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The Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

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The Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs is either a two or four session MP pairs event depending on the number of entrants. If it is a four session event, there are two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Friday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those that have not attained the rank of Life Master.

History

The event was introduced in 1981 as the Miles Non-Life Master Pairs, named after Rufus L. "Skinny" Miles Jr. It was renamed in 2010 after ACBL Hall of Fame member Ed Manfield.

Winners

Winners of Non-Life Master Pairs
YearWinnersRunners-up
1981Lin Goldstein, Shirlee ShawRay Kuntz, Alex Stagner
1982Paul Bratton, Robert BernhardYale Mallinger, G. LeBlanc
1983Moses Ma, Philips SantosaWally Weaver, Michael Lewis
1984Summer Steinfeldt, Nancy MuehterAlbert Rahmey, Jeanne Rahmey
1985Hank Hristienko, Zbigniew RadwanskiLinda Hendrickson, Wendy Haisley
1986Lanier Hurdle, Mike HurdleJohn Diamond, Andy Chesterton
1987Anthony Trafecanty, Michael TrafecantyDavid Marx, Judy Levi
1988Sharon Tuggle, Tom TuggleSteve Clements, Nicholas Rogers
1989Jay Berke, Thomas HaltonCharles Carpenter, Edward Crane
1990Metin Uz, Jeffrey NaimanAnlin Xu, Huichun Zhao
1991Daryl Hicks, Charles PappSakiko Naito, Toru Amano
1992Cordelia Menges, Audrey RobbMillie Huneycutt, Stuart Perlman
1993Bob Ehrlich, Clark MillikanJordan Lampe, Kingsum Chow
1994Jean-Cheui Hsung, Edmund ChenTom Knier, Jon Weinberg
1995Michael McNamara, David LissDayn Beam, Jim Alison
1996Adam Barron, Anthony HurwitzRupert Brauch, Brian Kemper
1997Alan Carpenter, Michael LevinGregory Berry, Jay Segal
1998John Markey, John CobbAndy Muenz, Bob Zehm
1999Aviv Shahaf, Igor SauchenkoAndy Latto, Lawrence Latto
2000Ernie Fusco, Sherry FuscoAndrew Rieger, Michael Albert
2001Aaron Craig, Max MinznerBill Filip, Warren Williams
2002Edward Wilson, Paul FaganDale Shepherd, Sumit Daftuar
2003Marie Berggren, Gunnar GothbergJohn Bondurant, Paul Horn
2004Jadwiga Polujan, Bernie WeissWilliam Thorp, Dorothy Conway
2005 Mike Develin, John BarthCassandra Spain, Karen Gurwitz
2006Robert Bertoni, William NasonNevena Stoimirov, Ivan Stoimirov
2007Metin Gokcen, Sadik ArfKevin Shiue, Dan Joo
2008Debbie Crisfield, Karen HainesLunhui Lin, Dawei Qi
2009Stephen Drodge, Dan EmmonsSandra Naber, John Naber
2010Roger Pryor, Dianne PryorBrandon Harper, Ryan Miller
2011Monica Guo, Kevin ShiueKaren Dahners, Marilyn Vitkevich-Wilk
2012Jacob Vrooman, Yuan ShenUmesh Reghuram, Puliur Santhanam

Sources

"ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

List of previous winners, Page 7 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–1, November 21, 2008

2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–2, November 22, 2008

Renaming, Page 4 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 82, 26 November 2010

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