Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in District 8's annual North American Pairs. The event, conducted in three separate flights, was open to all District 8 members who qualified in club-level NAP games earlier this summer.

The top two pairs in each flight won travel awards to Reno NV in March to represent District 8 in the national finals of their respective flights. The third-place pair in each flight also qualified for the national finals, but receives no ACBL travel award.

A total of 192 District 8 members entered the event. The number of players by Unit:
  Central Illinois:  77
  St. Louis:  72
  Northwestern Illinois:  19
  Southern Illinois:  14
  Northern Indiana:  10

Overall winners and masterpoint awards are listed below. Included are links to the hand records (afternoon and evening) and the recap sheets from both sessions in each flight. The recaps' board-by-board results are displayed in traveler-style format.

Hand records:    Afternoon      Evening             

FLIGHT A (Open) -- 11.5 tables       Recaps:   Afternoon     Evening

1 - Jack Bryant, St Louis; Rod Van Wyk, Alton IL

2 - En Xie - Jacque Sincoff, St Louis

3 - Richard Riezman - Roger Lord, St Louis

4 - Alan Popkin & Nancy Popkin, St Louis

5 - Howard Schmid, Merrillville IN; Steven Watson, Munster IN

6 - Mark Ehret, St Louis; Lee Hastings, St Louis

7 - Jack Snyder, Rockford IL; Meyer Abarbanel, Belvidere IL

8 - Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL

FLIGHT B (0-2000) -- 22.5 tables 

   Recaps:   Sec B: Aft   Eve       Sec F:  Aft   Eve

1 - Dan Faulkner, Monticello IL; Gary Dell, Champaign ILL

2 - Dan Bunde - Michael Ring, Urbana IL

3 - Ron Diehl, Effingham IL; Mark Daily, Charleston IL

4 - Randall Motchan, Bloomington IL; Steve Wulfers, Normal IL

5 - Mark Gilje - Sasanka Ramanadham, St Louis

6 - Dolores Hill, Chesterfield MO; Brenda Hoffman, St Louis

7 - Dennis Spencer, St Louis; Carol Hamilton, Saint Charles MO

FLIGHT C (0-500 non-LM) -- 14 tables       Recaps:   Afternoon     Evening

1 - Martha Hanley, Chesterfield MO; Elizabeth Meteer, Wildwood MO

2 - Karen Anderson, Batavia IL; Neil Whittle, Carol Stream IL

3 - Ralph Britton, Wentzville MO; William Maack, O'Fallon MO

4 - Paul Hartke - Lois Hartke, Effingham IL

5 - Jeff Ehrlich - Bob Derber, Springfield IL

6 - Linda McHoney - Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO

7 - Mary Fort - Martha Rowe, St Louis

A2 - En Xie & Jacque Sincoff

B2 - Dan Bunde & Mike Ring

B3 - Ron Diehl & Mark Daily

C2 - Karen Anderson & Neil Whittle

C3- Ralph Britton & William Maack