The Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League

American Contract Bridge League

The American Contract Bridge League is the largest contract bridge organization in North America. It promotes the game of bridge in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and Canada, and is a member of the World Bridge Federation...

 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship

North American Bridge Championships

North American Bridge Championships are three annual bridge conventions sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League . The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of...

 (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 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

Howard Schenken

Howard Schenken was an American bridge player, writer, and long-time columnist. In his career, Schenken won three Bermuda Bowl titles, and set several North American records: he won the Life Master Pairs five times, and the Spingold and Vanderbilt Trophy twelve and ten times, respectively...

. 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 George Rosenkranz George Rosenkranz is a Mexican scientist in steroid research and a professional bridge player. He was born in Hungary, educated in Switzerland and lived in Mexico for 66 years... , 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, Lewis Finkel
2009	Dan Suty, Jim Hilton	Gaylor Kasle, Lewis Finkel
2010	Gloria Bart, Les Bart	Rob Crawford, Hadi Allahverdian
2011	Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel	Tom Kniest, Don Stack

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 4
2009 winners, Page 1
2010 winners, Page 1