The Keohane North American Swiss Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Keohane North American Swiss Teams is a six session Swiss Teams event, two qualifying sessions, two semi-final sessions and two final sessions that takes place over three days. The event typically starts on the second Friday of the NABC. The event is open.
History
[edit]The event was introduced in 1977. The trophy was donated by Ethel Keohane in memory of her husband, William H. Keohane (1896–1972).
The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Open Individual Championship until it was re-designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors for the North American Swiss Teams.
Winners
[edit]Year | Winners | Runners-up |
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1977 | Neil Chambers, Jim Donaldson, Bruce Ferguson, Clarence Goppert, John Schermer | Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, John Herrmann, Ken Schutze |
1978 | Barry Crane, Bob Kehoe, Mike Smolen, Charles Weed, Billy Cohen | Ira Chorush, Thomas Peters, Ely Solomon, John Zilic, Virginia Zilic |
1979 | Hermine Baron, R. Jay Becker, Paul Ivaska, Jim Robison | Gerald Caravelli, Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Harvey Miller, Ken Schutze, Russell Shoup |
1980 | 1-2. Steve Becker, Philip Cowan, Richard DeMartino, Judy Rich; 1-2. Dale Beers, William Epperson, Dave Furman, Dave Treitel | |
1981 | Ron Beall, Bob Etter, Ann Jacobson, Bob Thomson | Lea Dupont, Benito Garozzo, Glenn Lublin, Claire Tornay |
1982 | Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Garnet Snyder, Martha Beecher, David Ashley, Dave Treadwell | Andy Bernstein, Jim Foster, Tommy Sanders, John Sutherlin |
1983 | Sylvia Summers, Harve Waken, Robert Radwin, Gene Simpson, Steve Sturm | 2-3. Philip Cowan, Michael Kopera, Alan Miller, John Heller, George Berger; 2-3. Richard Capps, John Onstott, Dan Requard, Syd Levey |
1984 | Grant Baze, Rhoda Walsh, Lea Dupont, Benito Garozzo | William Laubenheimer, Stephen Kanzee, Marc Renson, Hamish Bennett |
1985 | Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Jim Jacoby, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden | Nadine Wood, Jonathan Steinberg, Eric Hochman, Mike Cappelletti |
1986 | Marc Jacobus, Joey Silver, Jim McDonough, George Mittelman, Allan Graves | Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Mark Itabashi, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden |
1987 | Henry Bethe, Kitty Bethe, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Hayden Truscott | Jill Meyers, Beverly Rosenberg, Stelios Touchtidis, Steve Cohen, Pam Wittes, Carol Pincus |
1988 | John Zilic, David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Sylvia Summers, Paul Munafo | Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Joel Friedberg, Ethan Stein, Jerry Goldfein |
1989 | Eugene Gardner, Kenneth Meyer, Ed Shapiro, Bruce Silverstein | Joel Friedberg, Rita Rand, Ethan Stein, Gerald Caravelli, Jerry Goldfein |
1990 | 1-2. Larry Mori, Kitty Bethe, Juanita Chambers, Jim Robison; 1-2. George Rosenkranz, Miguel Reygadas, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates, John Grantham | |
1991 | Keith Wilson, Gary Peterson, Dennis Hesthaven, Ralph Letizia, Benton Wheeler | Jack Coleman, Judi Radin, Fred Hamilton, Dennis Sorensen, Mike Shuman |
1992 | Lewis Kaplan, Boris Baran, Geoff Hampson, Mark Molson, Mark Stein | Jack Coleman, Mike Shuman, Larry T. Cohen, Dan Rotman, Fred Hamilton |
1993 | Alan Lebendig, Tom Clarke, Joe Quinn, Shawn Womack | Lynn Blumenthal, Steve Bruno, Loren Hawkins, Darrell Keel, Sue Lyski |
1994 | Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein | Barry Rigal, JoAnn Manfield, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Truscott |
1995 | Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein | Irina Levitina, Judy Tucker, Benito Garozzo, Lea Dupont, Karen Allison, Mike Ledeen |
1996 | Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Arnie Fisher, Steve Garner, Richard Colker | John Begley, Mike Lawrence, John Sutherlin, Dan Morse, Hugh Ross |
1997 | John Malley, Dan Colatosti, Bill Hunter, Shome Mukherjee | Jacob Podbilevich, Gonzalo Herrera, Jim Looby, Cameron Doner |
1998 | Steve Beatty, John Onstott, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair | Jack Coleman, Chris Compton, Boris Baran, Mike Shuman, Mark Molson |
1999 | David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Jeff Wolfson, Neil Silverman | Billy Miller, Curtis Cheek, Brian Gunnell, Kyle Larsen |
2000 | Steven Cooper, Kitty Munson Cooper, Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom | Benito Garozzo, Lea Dupont, Steve Levinson, Barnet Shenkin |
2001 | Richard Coren, Billy Eisenberg, Larry T. Cohen, Drew Casen | Richard Haplerin, Colin Revell, Leonard Ernst, Paul Erb, George Pisk |
2002 | Mark Gordon, Richard Zucker, Winthrop Allegaert, Jaggy Shivdasani, Mark Molson, Boris Baran | Robert Hollman, Marc Jacobus, Gaylor Kasle, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson |
2003 | David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Greg Hinze, Nagy Kamel | Ron Feldman, B. Wayne Stuart, Steve Cohen, Drew Casen, Larry T. Cohen, Wafik Abdou |
2004 | Larry Mori, Venkatrao Koneru, Marty Fleisher, Vincent Demuy, Barnet Shenkin, Gavin Wolpert | Piotr Tuszyński, Jaroslaw Piasecki, Farid Assemi, Eduard Wojewoda, Waldemar Frukacz, Apolinary Kowalski |
2005 | Barry Rigal, Pam Granovetter, Joe Quinn, Shawn Quinn, Becky Rogers, Renee Mancuso | Dan Morse, Ira Hessel, Nagy Kamel, Greg Hinze |
2006 | Tony Kasday, Disa Eythorsdottir, Jón Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Bjarni Einarsson, Sigurbjorn Haraldsson | Carolyn Lynch, Dennis Dawson, Eddie Wold, Mike Passell, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz |
2007 | Larry Mori, Rick Kaye, Kazuo Furuta, Hiroki Yokoi, Kelley Hwang, Leonard Melander | William Watson, Ed Barlow, Bill Harker, Ronald Powell, Yul Inn, Rob Stevens |
2008 | Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Joe Grue, Curtis Cheek, Bart Bramley, Eddie Wold | Waldemar Frukacz, Ron Zambonini, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Jacek Kalita |
2009 | Cezary Balicki, Alexander Dubinin, Andrey Gromov, Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Adam Żmudziński | Winthrop Allegaert, Judy Bianco, Lapt Chan, Justin Lall, Hemant Lall, Jaggy Shivdasani |
2010 | Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, Mike Levine, Dennis McGarry, David Siebert | Josef Blass, Rafał Jagniewski, Krzysztof Jassem, Michał Kwiecień, Krzysztof Martens |
2011 | Les Bart, Gloria Bart, Nader Hanna, Piotr Klimowicz | Justine Cushing, Jiang Gu, Melih Ozdil, Xiaodong Shi, Jian-Jian Wang |
2012 | Dennis Bilde, Lars Blakset, Anders Hagen, Apolinary Kowalski, Reese Milner, Jacek Romański | Vincent Demuy, John Kranyak, Paul Fireman, Gavin Wolpert, Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz |
2013 | Rose Meltzer, John Mohan, Diego Brenner, Carlos Pellegrini, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd | Shan Huang, Jan Jansma, Michael Polowan, Darren Wolpert, John Valliant, Ron Zambonini |
2014 | Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Garey Hayden, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski | Bartosz Chmurski, Josef Blass, Marcin Lesniewski, Piotr Tuszynski, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki |
2015 | Stan Tulin, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Dror Padon, Alon Birman, Kevin Dwyer | Mike Passell, Marc Jacobus, Piotr Tuczynski, Marcin Lesniewski, Bartosz Chmurski, Josef Blass |
2016 | Eddie Wold, Cornelis Van Prooijen, Louk Verhees Jr. Mike Levine, Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin | Stan Tulin, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Dror Padon, Alon Birman, Kevin Dwyer |
2017 | Agnes Snellers, Berend Van Den Bos, Joris van Lankveld, Wubbo De Boer | Patricia Cayne, Bob Drijver, Bart Nab, Dano De Falco, Danny Molenaar, Tim Verbeek |
2018 | Junjie Hu, Yichao Chen, Yanhui Sun, Jun Shang, Bo Fu | Justin Lall, Shan Huang, Kevin Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Joyce Hill |
2019 | Andrzej Knap, Arthur Wasik, Nikolay Demirev, Rose Meltzer, Piotr Nawrocki, Piotr Wiankowski | Veri Kiljan, Luc Tijssen, Thibo Sprinkhuizen, Guy Mendes De Leon, Alison Wilson |
2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 | Canceled due to COVID-19 |
2021 | Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Massimiliano Di Franco, Ron Pachtmann, Andrea Manno, Nicolas L'Ecuyer, Paul Street | Gary Donner, Marion Michielsen, Cecilia Dwyer Rimstedt, Joe Grue, Brad Moss, Per-Ola Cullin |
2022 | Franck Multon, Vasileios Vroustis, Kiki Ward-Platt, Giacomo percario, Giovanni Donati, Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis | Mike Levine, Jeff Meckstroth, David Berkowitz, Geir Helgemo, Fredrik Nystrom, Eddie Wold |
Sources
[edit]"ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
List of previous winners, Page 7 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–8, November 28, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2014
2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–11, December 1, 2008[permanent dead link]
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