The Red Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held annually at the Summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Prior to the 2015 Summer NABC, the Red Ribbon Pairs event was held at the Spring NABC.
The Red Ribbon Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those with fewer than 3,000 masterpoints and have earned a red ribbon qualification.
History The Red Ribbon Pairs is an ACBL event with national rating open to players with fewer than 2500 masterpoints. Players earn qualification by placing first or second overall in regionally rated events of at least Flight B status. Neither member of a qualifying pair may hold more than 2500 masterpoints at the time of qualification.
The four-session event began in 1986. The first repeat winner occurred in 2007 when Paul Spear duplicated his win from 1998. The first repeat winning partnership occurred in 2016 when Paul Hattis and James Orleans won their second consecutive Red Ribbon Pairs Championship.
Bean Trophy The Bean Trophy was designated by the ACBL Board of Directors in 1996 to honor Percy Bean, ACBL president in 1972 and chairman of the board in 1973.
Bean (1916–1992) represented District 19 on the Board from 1964 until 1988 and served as president of the ACBL Charity Foundation from 1974 until 1981. He was a member of the National Goodwill Committee and the National Board of Governors and general chairman of arrangements for the World Team Olympiad in Seattle in 1984. Bean was the editor of Mad, Mad World of Bridge, a publication that strongly championed players of less than expert class.
Winners
+Winners of Red Ribbon Pairs Year Winners Runners-up 1986 Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile 1987 Jim Gaarder, Jimmy Ritzenberg Charles Moser, Paul Bratton 1988 Leni Holtz, Guy Green Anthony Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty 1989 Lu Kohutiak, Yvonne Hernandez 2/3. Charlie Cargile, Warren Haynie 2/3. Bill Goldberg, Bill McKenna 1990 Phil Gordon, Mike Grodsky Rajendra Agarwal, Don Chilrud 1991 Dan Marthaler, Robert Johnstone Steven Gaynor, Art Ardy Bakshian 1992 Duncan McCallum, Peter Peng Andy Goodman, Steve Zolotow 1993 Ron Weinstock, John Gillette Hank Meyer, Marty Graf 1994 T.C. Petty, Steve Altus Grant Robinson, Joe Walden 1995 Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman Bernie Greenspan, Keith SechlerPercy Bean Trophy inaugurated 1996 Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung Burton Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein 1997 Tony Miller, Diane Miller Mark Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel 1998 Paul Spear, Jim Johnsen David Halasi, Mike Nadler 1999 Jenni Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal Martin Hunter, Andy Stark 2000 Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung David Yang, Xiaodong Shi 2001 Brandon Carpenter, LaToss Carpenter Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal 2002 Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce Bob Sievers, Georgia Heth 2003 Chi-Yen Lai, Bin Dai Edward Leach, Bruce Schwaidelson 2004 Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan Mark Brighouse, Harvinder Sidhu 2005 Yeong-Long Shiue, David Margolin Jim Lyle, Robert Todd 2006 Chris Buchanan, B.J. Trelford Everett Boyer, Mansoor Gowani 2007 Jack Hawthorne, Paul Spear Jim Kehoe, Chuck Michalski 2008 Mike Develin, Li-Chung Chen Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken 2009 Daniel Jackson, Bill Gervais Steven Towner, Mitch Towner 2010 Robert Levey, Jimmy Ritzenberg George Dragich, Rosemary Dragich 2011 David Amsterdam, Brad Barry Neil Cohen, Eric Goff 2012 Daniel Neill, Jason Rotenberg Steve Hirsch, Gregory Thorpe 2013 Brian Cummins, Blake Sanders Rich Brandenburg, Jeff Dater 2014 Mike Miedema, Ted Bain Erli Zhou, Zhuo Wang 2015 Paul Hattis, James Orleans Jesse Chao, Richard Wimberly 2016 Paul Hattis, James Orleans Renee Shunta, Cameron Shunta2017 Sudhir Patwardhan, Steve Overholt Daniel Lev, Samuel Amer2018 Michael Kelley, Martina Kelley Richard Franklin, David Venetianer2019 Roy Martin, Denny Cahan Paul Hattis, James Orleans2022 Jennifer Kuhn, Philip Kuhn Paul Hattis, James Orleans2023 Brandon Ge, Xin Ge Sudhir Patwardhan, Steve Overholt2024 Ryan Clark, Richard Piette Nic Hristea, Mark Pinkowsky
Sources
List of previous winners, Page 20
2009 winners, Page 1
External links ACBL official website