EMBA SPECIAL EVENT WINNERS
NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS (NAP)
The annual North American Pairs (formerly North American Open Pairs or NAOP) is an annual District-level event. Pairs play in local club “qualifying” games in June and July. Those who score in the top half of their field or flight (or at least 50%) are eligible to advance to the October District finals, held in Sturbridge MA. First, second and first place winners of the district event qualify to play in the national finals held during the Spring NABC in March of the following year. First and second place winners at the district level receive significant cash awards to compete in the national finals of the event.
Recent District 25 winners of the NAP are listed below:
|
Year |
Flight A |
Flight B |
Flight C |
|
2008 |
Melvin Marcus Luke Gillespie |
Robert McCaw Lewis Gamerman |
Yaning Zou Ying Xu |
|
2007 |
Douglas Doub Franklin Merblum |
Brian Duran Gloria Tsoi |
Donald Katz Robert Steinberg |
|
2006 |
Lloyd Arvedon Pat McDevitt |
Doug Anderson Matthew Dyer |
Jan Popiel Murat Azizoglu |
|
2005 |
Douglas Doub Franklin Merblum |
Brian Lee Ljudmila Kamenova |
Lunhui Lin Ming He |
|
2004 |
John Stiefel Victor King |
David Margolin Yeong-Long Shiue |
Reid Barton Michael Lieberman |
|
2003 |
Victor King John Stiefel |
Paul Nason Joe DeGaetano |
Karen Xia Judith Hess |
GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS (GNT)
The Grand National Teams is a district-level event held in Sturbridge, MA early each year. The winning district team in each of four flights is eligible to advance to the Grand National Teams final held at the annual Summer NABC. Teams of four to six players compete in four flights. As with the NAP, a cash award is given to each team that advances to compete in the national event.
Below are recent District 25 GNT winners:
|
Year |
Superflight |
Flight A |
Flight B |
Flight C |
|
2009 |
Richard Weiss, Robert Virgile, Walter Fontaine, James Greer |
Bob Gorsey, Neil Montague, Brett Adler, Lawrence Lau |
Lance Ribeiro, Jeffery Scott, Vincent Koon Kam King, Michael Tallent |
Michael Stevens, Harry Marsh, Parul Jain, Timothy Hill |
|
2008 |
Doug Doub, Victor King, Frank Merblum, Sheila Gabay, John Stiefel, Lloyd Arvedon |
Allan Wolf, Russell Friedman, Frances Schneider, Bernard Schneider |
Lorraine Cable, Matthew Dyer, Stephen McDevitt, Doug Anderson |
Peter Zoogman, Daniel Wolkowitz, Jonathan Bittner, Alex Lovejoy |
|
2007 |
Victor King, Sheila Gabay, Franklin Merblum, Doug Doub, John Stiefel |
Glenn McIntyre, Robert Virgile, William Wood, Brett Adler |
Robert McCaw, Lewis Gamerman, Florin Constantin, Gregory Ingolia, Virgiliu Paviu |
Michael Lieberman, Alya Asarina, Michael Ring, Vincent Koon Kam King |
|
2006 |
Mark Aquino, Walter Fontaine, Daniel Nussbaum, Pamela Miller, Jim Rasmussen |
Arthur Crystal, James Greer, William Wood, Brett Adler |
Allan Wolf, Russell Friedman, Frances Schneider, Bernard Schneider |
Michael Lieberman, Alya Asarina, Michael Ring, Vincent Koon Kam King |
|
2005 |
Doug Doub, Franklin Merblum, John Stiefel, Victor King |
Roger Johnson, Natalie Bassil, Paul Nason, Bud Biswas |
Debbie Benner, Arthur Crystal, Allan Wolf, Russell Friedman |
Lunhui Lin, Ming He, Xing Yuan, Jian Zhang |
|
2004 |
John Stiefel, Doug Doub, Franklin Merblum, Martin Fleisher |
James Rasmussen, Pamela Miller, Walter Lee, Jon Weinstein, Henry Wong, David Metcalf |
Joseph Seo, Stuart Whittle, Marina Polestra, Bruce Greenspan |
Roger Webb, Micah Adler, Rolland Taylor, James Schuyler |
TOM WILDER FLIGHTED PAIRS
The Thomas Wilder Flighted Championship commemorates a man whose contributions to EMBA were significant. Wilder was a quiet, smart man who worked hours behind the scenes to keep EMBA tournaments running flawlessly. Those who knew him best say that he would have been pleased to be remembered with an event that recognizes the achievements of players at every level of the game. Wilder was a PhD metallurgist as well as an investment counselor specializing in the metals markets. Within EMBA, Wilder contributed his time as EMBA tournament chairman. In 2001, he chaired the NAP qualifier tournament. At the time of his death, in 2002, he was acting vice president of EMBA.
The two-session Tom Wilder Flighted Pairs competition is held annually at the Summer EMBA tournament . Winners names are engraved on a permanent plaque that is displayed each year at the tournament.
|
Year |
Flight A |
Flight B |
Flight C |
|
2009 |
Joseph Cappannelli Murthy Ayyagari |
Albert Votolato William Nason |
Harry Marsh Michael Stevens |
|
2008 |
Alan Applebaum Luke Gillespie |
Jay Tang Yixin Tang |
Jane Adams Howard Canan |
|
2007 |
Alan Applebaum James Streisand |
Murat Azizoglu Jan Popiel |
Larry Hanerfeld Dan Lelmar |
|
2006 |
Alan Applebaum Sheila Gabay |
Riza Gross Rolf Paul |
John Galaris Otto Kaes |
|
2005 |
Alan Applebaum Luke Gillespie |
John Berry Robert Erwin |
Allan Morgan David Luterman |
|
2004 |
NO EVENT |
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|
2003 |
Mark Aquino William Braucher |
Brad Bozick Jack Vecchione |
Allan Morgan Richard Heneghan |
|
2002 |
Robert Rosenberg Jon Weinstein |
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