Rockwell Mixed Pairs

Rockwell Mixed Pairs

The Rockwell Mixed Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.The event typically starts on the Tuesday of the NABC.The event is open, one of the pairs must be male, the other must be female.

History

The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a four-session event with two qualifying and two final sessions. Each pair must consist of a male and female partnership. The Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 1946, is presented to the winners. It was contested at the Fall NABC until 1962. It moved to the Spring NABC in 1963, where it has remained ever since.

The record-holder in the Mixed Pairs is Sidney Silodor, who won the event five times --- including 1955 and 1956 with Helen Sobel. John Crawford won the event three times --- in 1948 and 1949 with Margaret Wagar and in 1959 with Dorothy Hayden, the first time they had ever played together.

Winners

ources

List of previous winners, Page 5Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 51-6
issue = 6
date = Tuesday, March 12, 2008 | year = 2008
url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db6.pdf

External links

* [http://www.acbl.org/ ACBL official website]


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