2009 Grand National Teams
Superflight
Four teams entered the Superflight. On Saturday, they played a knockout, playing 48 boards to reduce the number of teams to two. These two teams survived the first round:
- Bob Hamman, Chris Hamman, Bart Bramley, and Hemant Lall
- Dan Morse, Greg Hinze, Nagy Kamel, and Ira Hessel
On Saturday night and Sunday, those two teams played a 48 board final match to determine the winners with the Morse team prevailing. Congratulations!
The results are here.
Flight A
Ten teams entered the event. On Saturday they played a Swiss with nine rounds of six boards to reduce the field to these four teams:
- Henry Caspar, Bill St Clair, Vinh Tran, W Lease
- Carolyne Fox, George Fox, Robert Matcha, Jane Matcha
- Charles Price, Marcus Poe, S Kohan, Tom Edwards
- Billy Leeper, Melody Gann, Marion Gebhardt, Roy Baughman, Mike Miller
On Sunday, those four teams faced off in a knockout event, with the semi-finals played in the afternoon and the finals in the evening.
The results from the qualifying round are here.
On Sunday, the team of Charles Price, Marcus Poe, S Kohan, and Tom Edwards won flight A. Congratulations!
The results from the final rounds are here.
Flight B
Twenty six teams entered the event. On Saturday a Swiss with six rounds of eight boards were played to reduce the number of teams to sixteen.
On Sunday and Monday the sixteen qualfying teams faced off in a knockout format, reducing the field to eight Sunday afternoon and four Sunday evening; the semi-finals will be held Monday afternoon, and the finals Monday evening.
The results from Saturday's qualifying round are here.
On Sunday, the teams of
- Truett Cates, Raymond Clark, Frances Haratyk, and David Haratyk
- Daniel Jackson, Duane Friedrich, Mark Wallet, and William Gervais
- Peter Hudson, David Farris, J Wiegmann, and Pamela Wiegmann
- Bert Onstott, Katherine Onstott, Donna Sparks, and Nic Prado
survived to play on Monday.
On Monday, the Hudson team defeated the Jackson team in the finals. Congratulations to the winners!
The results from the final rounds are here.
Flight C
Nine teams entered the event. On Saturday a Swiss with eight six board matches was played to reduce the field to these four teams:
- Gary Wright, Audrey Wright, Clifton Vance, Becky Vance
- Brett Elliott, Robert Reichek, Herbert Kalman, Harry Elliott, Byron Elliott
- Lucerne Bunch, Terri O'Brien, B J Sanders, Mark Sanders
- Tom Lang, Reg Watt, Robert Preece, Therese Milford
On Sunday, those four qualifying teams faced off in a knockout event, with the semi-finals played in the afternoon and the finals in the evening.
The team of Brett Elliott, Robert Reichek, Herbert Kalman, Harry Elliott, and Byron Elliott won Flight C! Congratulations!
Saturday's results are here.
Sunday's results are here.
