Machlin Women's Swiss Teams
- Machlin Women's Swiss Teams
The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.The event typically starts on the second Saturday of the NABC.The event is only open to female players.
History
The Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams competition is a two-day affair with two qualifying sessions, followed by two final sessions. Scoring is by IMPs converted to Victory Points. The event began in 1982 and was originally named the North American Women’s Swiss Teams.
The winners are awarded the Machlin Trophy, donated by the Machlin family in memory of Sadie Machlin, longtime ACBL employee. She was the sister of ACBL chief tournament director Al Sobel and the mother of Jerry Machlin, national tournament director.
Winners
ources
List of previous winners, Page 7Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 51-9
issue = 9
date = Saturday, March 15, 2008
year = 2008
url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db9.pdf
External links
* [http://www.acbl.org/ ACBL official website]
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