Truscott Senior Swiss Teams
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The Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League
(ACBL) North American Bridge Championship
(NABC).
The Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss teams, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.
The event typically starts on the first Monday of the NABC.
The event is open to players 55 or older.
The trophy for the contest, named in memory of ACBL Hall of Fame member and former bridge editor of The New York Times
Alan Truscott
, was put into play in 2006 by the United States Playing Card Company
.
2008 winners, Page 1
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 Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss teams, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.
The event typically starts on the first Monday of the NABC.
The event is open to players 55 or older.
History
The Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams is an event for four to six players in which participants must be 55 or older to compete. There is a one day (two sessions) qualifying and a second day (also two sessions) final. Scoring is by International Match Points (IMPs) converted to Victory Points. Scores from the two qualifying sessions are converted to a carryover and added to the teams' total in the final two sessions.The trophy for the contest, named in memory of ACBL Hall of Fame member and former bridge editor of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Alan Truscott
Alan Truscott
Alan Fraser Truscott was a bridge player, author and columnist. He wrote the daily bridge column for The New York Times for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005 and served as Executive Editor for all six editions of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 1964 to 2002.- Britain :Truscott was born in Brixton,...
, was put into play in 2006 by the United States Playing Card Company
United States Playing Card Company
The United States Playing Card Company, started in 1867, produces and distributes many brands of playing cards, including Bicycle, Bee, Hoyle, Kem, and others, plus novelty and custom cards, and other playing card accessories such as poker chips. The company was once based in Cincinnati, Ohio, but...
.
Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Harry Ross, John Gustafson, Helen Gustafson, Jerry Gaer, Marilyn Hemenway, Mike Albert | Steve Lawrence, Bob Luebkeman, Ed Groner, Richard Holmes |
| 1998 | Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Richard Reisig, Fred Hamilton, Arnie Fisher, P.O. Sundelin | Jim Barrow, John Wong, Paul Stern, Wayne Hascall |
| 1999 | Corinne Kirkham, Jim Kirkham, Richard Potter, John Potter, Marc Low, Sandra Low | Jim Barrow, Ed Lewis, James Murphy, David Adams, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert |
| 2000 | Trudi Nugit, Hamish Bennett, Gene Simpson, Mike Shuman | Nels Erickson, Edwin Malmuth, Gerald Bare, Michael Savage, Rick Henderson |
| 2001 | Mike Levine, P.O. Sundelin, Zeke Jabbour, Arnie Fisher, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert | Thomas Smith, Richard DeMartino, John Sutherlin, Ron Gerard |
| 2002 | Roger Clough, Rebecca Clough, Louise Freed, Gene Freed, Derrell Childs, Nels Erickson | Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Russell Arnold, Arnold Fisher, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert |
| 2003 | Carolyn Bjorklund, Fred Hamilton, Ed Barlow, Evan Bailey, Arnie Fisher | Aram Bedros, Leo Bell, David Lindop, Marshall Miles Marshall Miles Marshall Lauren Miles is an American bridge player and author.-Bridge career:Miles' crowning achievement was winning the World Senior Teams Olympiad in Istanbul in 2004... |
| 2004 | Hamish Bennett, Gene Simpson, Bruce Noda, Fran Dickman, Mike Shuman | Fred Hamilton, Ira Rubin, Grace Hunt, David Adams, Chuck Said |
| 2005 | Jerry Bare, Gene Freed, Jim Murphy, Mike Savage | Grace Hunt, John Sutherlin, Nancy Passell, Fred Hamilton, Thomas Peters, John Zilic |
| 2006 | Geof Brod, Steve Earl, Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel | Michael Mikyska, Catherine Podolsky, Phil Schaefer, Nell Schaefer |
| 2007 | Geof Brod, Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel, Pat McDevitt | Jeffrey Hand, David Butler, Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte, Larry Bausher, Steve Becker |
| 2008 | Allan Graves, Reanette Frobouck, Mark Lair, John Carruthers, Fred Hamilton | Geof Brod, Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel, Pat McDevitt |
| 2009 | Karen Allison, Lea Dupont, Benito Garozzo, Mike Ledeen | Robert Bitterman, Jerry Helms, Tom Rutledge, Bill Wisdom |
| 2010 | Kenneth L. Cohen, Ken Cohen, Rick Rowland, Neal Satten, Thomas Weik | Richard Budd, Daniel Colatosti, Mel Colchamiro, Sheila Gabay, John Malley |
Sources
List of previous winners, Page 82008 winners, Page 1