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Bruce Noda and Mark Ralph,
winners of the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs

Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs

Bruce	Noda	and	Mark	Ralph	produced	three	excellent	sessions	of	card	
play	to	win	the	Leventritt	Silver	Ribbon	Pairs.	Noda,	from	Corte	Madera	
and	Ralph,	from	San	Francisco,	turned	
in	back-to-back	59%	games	in	the	
qualifying	round	to	enter	the	second	
day	of	the	contest	in	ninth	place.	A	

Rebecca Rogers and Charles Durrin,
runners-up in the Silver Ribbon Pairs

blazing	63%	first	final	session	kept	
them	at	the	top	of	the	roster	despite	an	
average evening set.
Finishing	second	with	2423	points	
-only	15	matchpoints	behind	(77	
was	top)	-	were	Charles	Durrin	of	
Madison	AL	and	Rebecca	Rogers	from	
Henderson	NV.

Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs - 324 pairs
1. Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA - Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA
2. Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV -
Charles Durrin III, Madison AL
3. Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL
4. Jane Ball, Doylestown PA - Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ
5. John Rayner - Robert Lebi, Toronto ON
6. Ed Schulte, Tampa FL - Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC
7. Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV
8. Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA - Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD
9. Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL - L. James Phillips, Chicago IL
10. Tom Clarke - Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA
11. Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL
12. Kenneth Meyer, Lititz PA - Bruce Silverstein, Scottsdale AZ
13. Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA - Ellen Anten, Encino CA
14. Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA - Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA
15. Kathleen Sulgrove - Don Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH
16. Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC -
Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC
17. Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX - Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX
18. Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL - Frank Pancoe, Wheaton IL
19. Gerry McCully, Victoria BC - Peter Herold, Namaimo BC
20. Henri Farhi, Berkeley CA - Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA
21. Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO - Susan Perez, Maryland Heights MO
22. Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA - David Abelow, La Jolla CA
23. Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA - Glenn Robbins, New York NY
24. Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY
25. Barbara Sartorius - Robert Sartorius, Palm Beach Gardens FL
26. Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA

2438.44
2423.20
2419.33
2417.48
2407.94
2373.86
2368.86
2343.19
2331.67
2330.40
2327.41
2323.02
2320.49
2311.95
2307.55
2301.89
2300.38
2298.94
2296.54
2292.14
2288.35
2276.94
2270.66
2263.54
2263.23
2248.28

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This	is	the	first	NABC	title	for	Ralph,	
a	retired	federal	investigator.	With	the	
win,	he	becomes	a	Grand	Life	Master.	
Noda,	a	retired	benefits	consultant,	
won	the	Truscott/USPC	Senior	Swiss	
in 2004.

Chuck Said, Nashville TN - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR
Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY - Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY
Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL - John Gilbert, Kitchener ON
Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA - Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH
Bob Etter, Sacramento CA - Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA
Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY - Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY
Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC - Nagy Kamel, Plano TX
Kerri Sanborn - Rhoda Kratenstein, Delray Beach FL
Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA - John Zilic, Houston TX
Juanita Chambers, Garland TX -
Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL
Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY
Jean Talbot, Metairie LA - Curtis Carpenter, Pollock LA
Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN -
Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN
Steve Hamaoui, Milan, Italy - Perla Sultan, Aventura FL
Dave Smith, Avon Park FL - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN
David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA
Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL -
Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE
Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT -
John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT
Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM
William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX
Bill Irvine, Quincy MA - Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL
Gary Kessler, Springfield IL - Kimmel Jones, Euless TX
Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA - Mike Bandler, Alamo CA
Mark Dahl, Richmond VA - Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ

2247.79
2247.22
2239.97
2239.66
2223.76
2223.70
2223.69
2218.26
2217.94
2213.48
2203.13
2198.35
2197.69
2195.73
2181.59
2181.39
2178.20
2178.03
2173.74
2169.14
2166.48
2160.23
2154.06
2148.03

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