The National 199er Pairs national bridge

Contract bridge

Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...

 championship is held at the summer 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 National 199er Pairs is a one day two-session matchpoint pairs event. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is restricted to players with fewer than 200 masterpoints

Masterpoints

Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by national and other bridge organisations for success in bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Organisations which issue these points include the American Contract Bridge League , the American Bridge Association, the English Bridge Union ,...

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Winners

Winners of National 199er Pairs

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1998	John Javella, Madelyn Bachman	Parames Laosinchia, Ron Trimmer
1999	Mauro Viale, Tom Henry	Gail Himmelstein, Fran Bernstein
2000	Trevor Warren, Cobe Venner	Scott Gorsuch, Clinton Gorsuch
2001	Bernie Mayer, David Cohen	Jim Betts, Ross Holden
2002	Calvin Cobb, Chip King	Bob Sturm, Tom Marcelino
2003	Gus Haggstrom, Mitchell Tuller	Maureen Warman, Jessica Lai
2004	Matthew Bresler, Steve Winer	Larry Goldstein, David Katzman
2005	Ellen Cohen, Genny Whitaker	William Mauldin, David Banh
2006	Honor Mogul, Leonard Dubin	Jon Ullman, Don Recht
2007	Tom Graff, Roger Koeppe	Sean Gannon, Rick Gannon
2008	Terri Miladinovich, Mitch Miladinovich	Connie Jones, Mel Fineberg
2009	Kenneth Marshall, Roy Robson	Richard Malus, Nick Trobovic
2010	Jim Baker, Gwen Baker

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 8
2008 winners, Page 1