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"Appendix F: Honoring Outstanding ACBL Members" . 2004 ACBL Handbook of Rules and Regulations. ACBL (acbl.org). Retrieved 2014-10-29. of New York, ACBL president in 1954 and assistant treasurer 1945–46. He served as president of the Greater New York Bridge Association and the Card School of New York, which he co-founded. Leventritt (1915–1997) pioneered the use of the Schenken System in partnership with its inventor, Howard Schenken. He represented North America in the Bermuda Bowl and placed second in 1957, 1961, 1963 and 1965.
Winners
+Winners of Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs Year Winners Runners-up 1992 James Leary, S. Irving Steinfeldt George Rosenkranz, Fred Hamilton 1993 Joan Remey Moore, Helen Shanbrom Corinne Kirkham, Jim Kirkham 1994 Virgil Anderson, Jayne Thomas Betty Wilton, Herb Wilton 1995 Gene Freed, Peter Benjamin Lloyd Loux, Marge Cox 1996 Phil Karani, Martin Hoffman Ed Lewis, Frank King 1997 Chuck Said, John Russell Becky Rogers, Nell Cahn 1998 Eli Borok, Bill Sides Dudley Brown, Richard Budd 1999 Jim Kirkham, Corinne Kirkham Gerald Caravelli, Godfrey Chang 2000 Rhoda Walsh, Charles Coon Gerald Caravelli, Marc Low 2001 Fred Hamilton, Steve Catlett Ethan Stein, Gerald Caravelli 2002 Marilyn Hemenway, Mike Albert Diane Shannon, Donald Rothschild 2003 Roger Lord, Alan Popkin John Russell, Bernace DeYoung 2004 Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte Jerry Premo, G. Gard Hays 2005 Marla Chaikin, Bill Esberg John Zilic, Thomas Peters 2006 Lew Finkel, Gaylor Kasle William Esberg, Marla Chaikin 2007 Allan Siebert, Alan Stout Charles Nemes, Martin Morris 2008 Sheldon Kirsch, Morrie Kleinplatz Gaylor Kasle, Lew Finkel 2009 Dan Suty, Jim Hilton Gaylor Kasle, Lew Finkel 2010 Gloria Bart, Les Bart Rob Crawford, Hadi Allahverdian 2011 Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel Tom Kniest, Don Stack 2012 Fred Hamilton, Jim Sternberg Lloyd Arvedon, Sheila Gabay 2013 Mike Cappelletti, Richard Wieland Richard Brown, Hugh Brown Jr. 2014 Bernie Yomtov, Allen Hawkins Allan Siebert, Don Caton 2015 Bruce Noda, Mark Ralph Les Bart, Gloria Bart 2016 Dave Westfall, Craig Zastera Mark Cohen, Bill Pollack 2017 David Hampton, Bill Marshall Don Lowry, Hal Montgomery 2018 Michael Heymann, Richard Chan Gail Greenberg, Jeff Hand2019Peter Gelfand, Mark itabashiCraig Biddle, Bernie Greenspan2024Craig Robinson, Robert FendrickStephen Sanborn, Kerri Sanborn
References
Other sources
List of previous winners, Page 4.
2009 winners, Page 1.
2010 winners, Page 1.
ACBL Database - Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs Winners
External links ACBL official website