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

The Norman Kay Platinum Pairs is a six-session open-pairs event with two qualifying, two semi-final, and two final sessions. It is restricted to those players who have earned 50 platinum masterpoints over the three calendar years prior, earned at least 200 platinum points lifetime, or earned the rank of Platinum Life Master or Grand Life Master.[1]

History

The Platinum Pairs were approved by the ACBL Board of Directors in 2008 to start in 2010.[2] In 2011, the Board of Directors renamed the Platinum Pairs the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs.[3]

Winners

Winners of Norman Kay Platinum Pairs[4]
Year Winners Runners-Up
2010 Franco Baseggio, Andrew Stark Peter Fredin, Gary Gottlieb
2011 John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge Laurie Kranyak, Ken Kranyak

References

  1. ^ "Platinum Pairs Special Conditions of Contest" (PDF). acbl.com. ACBL. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  2. ^ "ACBL Board of Directors Meeting Minutes" (PDF). acbl.com. ACBL. 14–17 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  3. ^ "Daily Bulletin" (PDF). acbl.com. ACBL. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  4. ^ "ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Retrieved 16 July 2011.