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2011 Mixed Pairs
Lloyd Arvedon and Carolyn Sessler won the event by .6 MP after several scoring corrections they were reseated on top. LLoyd is from Natick, MA and Carolyn hails from NY but is no stranger to NEbridge. Arvedon is a full time player and Sessler is a retired school guidance counselor and realtor.
This was Sessler's first National Event win, while Arvedon's Third.
2011 Silver Ribbon Pairs
Richard DeMartino and John Stiefel had two strong final sessions, 62.89% and 61.16%, to win the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs. They began the day in 50th place, moved up to fourth following the initial final session and were first at the end.
DeMartino is D25 District Director and this was his 5th Title, for Stiefel it was his 4th Title, they are both ACBL Grand Life Masters.
2011 Golder Pairs- Flight B NAP
Roger Webb and Phillipe Galaski did more than represent the district in Louisville, they brought home the title. The regular partnership has qualified for the event in 2010 also and with experience came results, they won the title for the district.
Finishing high in a nationally rated event is a high point of most bridge careers. Leaving out players who've moved away or died, the following snapshot attempts to summarize current District 25 members' national accomplishments as of October 2011. Included in the 'open' category are all events with no upper masterpoint limits, though some are restricted by age, gender, lower masterpoint limits, or qualification requirements. There may be errors or omissions in this table - please send errata to the webmaster. For those finishing high in the open category, the events they did well in are listed below the table.
Name Open NABC Events Restricted NABC Events
Firsts Seconds Firsts Seconds
Karen McCallum 14 7 0 0
Doug Doub 6 5 0 0
Richard DeMartino 5 5 0 0
John Stiefel 4 7 0 0
Lloyd Arvedon 3 1 0 0
Phyllis Fireman 3 0 0 0
Pat McDevitt 3 3 0 0
Geof Brod 2 2 0 0
Allan Graves 2 3 0 0
William Hunter 2 1 0 0
Frank Merblum 2 2 0 0
Shome Mukherjee 2 1 0 0
Richard Zeckhauser 2 2 1 0
Robert Barr 1 0 0 0
Steve Becker 1 1 0 0
Jay Borker 1 1 0 0
Richard Budd 1 3 0 0
Kamla Chawla 1 0 0 0
Daniel Colatosti 1 3 0 0
Steve Earl 1 0 0 0
Stephen Gladyscak 1 0 0 0
John Malley 1 3 0 0
Carolyn Sessler 1 0 0 0
Art Waldmann 1 2 0 0
Robert Woodard 1 0 0 0
Mark Aquino 0 1 0 0
Larry Bauscher 0 1 0 0
Melody Bi 0 1 0 0
Sheila Gabay 0 3 0 0
Lewis Gammerman 0 1 1 1
Simon Kantor 0 1 0 0
Victor King 0 2 0 0
Robert McCaw 0 1 1 0
Dan Berlowitz 0 0 1 0
Bob Bertoni 0 0 1 0
Brian Duran 0 0 1 1
Russell Friedman 0 0 1 1
Philippe Galaski 0 0 1 0
Tim Joder 0 0 1 0
Leonard Karp 0 0 1 0
Walter Lee 0 0 1 0
David Margolin 0 0 1 0
Bill Nason 0 0 1 0
Susan Ostrowski 0 0 1 0
Bernard Schneider 0 0 1 0
Frances Schneider 0 0 1 0
Joseph Seo 0 0 1 0
Yeong-Long Shiue 0 0 1 0
Lon Sunshine 0 0 1 0
Gloria Tsoi 0 0 1 0
Roger Webb 0 0 1 0
Benjamin Weiss 0 0 1 0
Steve Winer 0 0 1 0
Allan Wolf 0 0 1 1
Ivanie Yeo 0 0 1 0
Suresh Adina 0 0 0 1
Doug Anderson 0 0 0 1
Bud Biswas 0 0 0 1
Andy Chesterton 0 0 0 1
Kim Gilman 0 0 0 1
Nathan Glasser 0 0 0 1
Larry Goldstein 0 0 0 1
Deborah Hart 0 0 0 1
Gregory Ingolia 0 0 0 1
Andy Latto 0 0 0 1
Lawrence Lau 0 0 0 1
Lunhui Lin 0 0 0 1
Barry Margolin 0 0 0 1
Christopher Monsour 0 0 0 1
John Naber 0 0 0 1
Joon Pahk 0 0 0 1
Dean Panagopoulos 0 0 0 1
John Segal 0 0 0 1
Yiji Starr 0 0 0 1
John Ullman 0 0 0 1
Warren Williams 0 0 0 1
Anlin Xu 0 0 0 1
Bernie Yomtov 0 0 0 1
Leo Zelevinsky 0 0 0 1
33 current district 25 players have finished high in national events with no upper masterpoint limit. Here's a list of those players in alphabetical order by last name, along with the events and NABCs.
. Mark Aquino
Nail LM Pairs - second fall 2004.
Lloyd Arvedon
Silodor Open Pairs - first spring 2004.
Wernher Open Pairs - first summer 1997.
Rockwell Mixed Pairs - first spring 2011.
Robert Barr
Grand National Teams top flight - first summer 1989.
Larry Bauscher
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - second summer 2007.
Steve Becker
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - tied first/second
fall 1980
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - second summer 2007.
Melody Bi
Machlin Women's Swiss Teams - second spring 2007.
Jay Borker
Blue Ribbon Pairs - first fall 2010.
Nail LM Pairs - second fall 2003.
Geof Brod
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - first spring 2006
and spring 2007; second summer 2008.
Senior Knockout Teams - second fall 1999.
Richard Budd
Senior Knockout Teams - first fall 2000; second
fall 1999.
Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs - second spring 1998.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - second summer 2010.
Kamla Chawla
Whitehead Women's Pairs - first spring 2007.
Daniel Colatosti
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - first fall 1997.
Senior Knockout Teams - second fall 2002 and fall 2003.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - second summer 2010.
Richard DeMartino
Senior Knockout Teams - first fall 2000; second
fall 2003 and fall 2008.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - first summer 2006
and summer 2007; second summer 2001 and summer 2008.
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - tied first/second
fall 1980.
Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs - first spring 2011.
Lebhar Imp Pairs - second spring 2002.
Doug Doub
Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams - first fall 2002.
Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams - first spring 2001;
second spring 2009.
Baldwin North American Pairs - first spring 2001 and
spring 2010; second spring 2003.
Lebhar Imp Pairs - first spring 2008.
NABC+ Fast Open Pairs - first summer 2008; second
summer 2004 and summer 2006.
Grand National Teams top flight - second summer 2008.
Steve Earl
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - first summer 2006.
Phyllis Fireman
Machlin Women's Swiss Teams - first spring 2009
and spring 2010.
Wagar Women's KO Teams - first summer 2007.
Sheila Gabay
Grand National Teams top flight - second summer 2008.
Mixed Board-a_match Teams - second summer 2007.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - second summer 2010.
Lewis Gamerman
NABC+ Fast Pairs - second summer 2011.
Stephen Gladyszak
Von Zedtwitz LM Pairs - first summer 2005.
Allan Graves
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - first fall 1986.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - first summer 2008.
Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams - second fall 1978.
Spingold Knockout Teams - second summer 2002.
Senior Knockout Teams - second fall 2009.
William Hunter
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - first fall 1997.
Senior Knockout Teams - first fall 2000; second
fall 1999.
Simon Kantor
Senior Knockout Teams - second fall 1996 and fall 1998.
Victor King
Baldwin North American Pairs top flight - second spring 2000.
Grand National Teams top flight - second summer 2008.
John Malley
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - first fall 1997.
Senior Knockout Teams - second fall 2002 and fall 2003.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - second summer 2010.
Karen McCallum
Machlin Women's Swiss Teams - first spring 1989,
1990, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2007; second spring 1984,
1994, 1999, 2008.
Marsha May Women's Board-a-Match teams - first
fall 1999, 2006, 2008; second fall 2002.
Mixed Board-a-Match teams - first summer 1999.
Smith LM Women's Pairs - first fall 2007.
Wagar Women's KO - first summer 2003, 2008, 2010;
second summer 1987.
Whitehead Women's Pairs - second spring 2002.
Robert McCaw
NABC+ Fast Open Pairs - second summer 2011.
Pat McDevitt
Senior KO Teams - First fall 2000; second
fall 2003, 2008.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss - first summer 2007;
second summer 2008.
Von Zedtwitz LM Pairs - first summer 2005.
Frank Merblum
Baldwin North American Pairs top flight - first
spring 2001 and spring 2010; second spring 2003.
Grand National Teams top flight - second summer 2008.
Shome Mukherjee
Keohane North American Swiss Teams - first fall 1997.
Senior Knockout Teams - first fall 2000; second
fall 1999.
Carolyn Sessler
Rockwell Mixed Pairs - first spring 2011.
John Stiefel
Amateur Swiss Teams - first spring 1976.
Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams - first summer 2006
and summer 2007; second summer 2008.
Senior Knockout Teams - second fall 2002, fall 2003,
and fall 2008.
Grand National Teams top flight - second summer 2008.
Baldwin North American Pairs top flight - second spring 2008.
Mixed Board-a_match Teams - second summer 2007.
Art Waldmann
Wernher OPen Pairs - first summer 1975.
Spingold Knockout Teams - second summer 1974.
Mitchell OPen Board-a_match Teams - second fall 1977.
Robert Woodard
Mixed Board-a-Match Teams - tied first/second summer 1988.
Richard Zeckhauser
Marcus Cup - first summer 1963.
Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs - first fall 1966.
Rockwell Mixed Pairs - first spring 2007.
Mitchell OPen Board-a_match Teams - second fall 1968.
Mixed Board-a-Match Teams - second summer 2003.