Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs

The Mini-Blue Ribbons national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Mini-Blue Ribbons is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Tuesday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those with fewer than 5,000 masterpoints and have earned a blue ribbon qualification.

History

The inaugural Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs was held in 2005 at the Fall NABC in Denver. There is a pre-qualification requirement: players must have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification to participate. This is done by placing first or second in certain competitions.

Winners

Winners of Mini-Blue Ribbons

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
2005	Jacob Morgan, Marty Harris	n/a
2006	Joe Houde, Divakar Bhargava	n/a
2007	Patricia Menefee, Andre De Leon	Metin Gokeen, Sadik Arf

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 6 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 79–6, Wednesday, November 22, 2006 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

2006 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 79–7, Thursday, November 23, 2006 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

2007 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 80–7, Thursday, November 29, 2007 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)

External links

• ACBL official website