Grand National Teams

The GNT begins its cycle in September, which is the point at which members are rated for their Flights, and ends with teams qualifying to go to the National Finals (usually a 4- or 5-day event) the following year at the Summer NABC. 

District 8 Grand National Team selection occurs in a

Flighted Knockout Team Event held the first weekend in May.

• The winning teams of each Flight are entitled to compete in the Grand National Team Finals, usually a 5-day event at the summer NABC.  This year in Washington, DC. in July.

• The winning team in each flight will receive a travel award from the District Board to play in the national finals in New Orleans LA in July.

• Trips to New Orleans -- and regional-rated gold points -- are offered in the 2010 District 8 finals of this national team event.

• Any team of four, five or six District 8 members can enter in one of four separate flights:

  • Championship flight: Open, unlimited
  • Flight A: 0 - 5000 MP
  • Flight B: 0-2000 MP
  • Flight C: 0-500 Non-Life Masters

  • Your flight eligibility is determined by the number of masterpoints you held on September 1, 2009

Open Flight May 3, 2008
EVENT LEADERS
1st Jack Bryant - Kenneth Bland,
Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff

Flight A Knockout Session May 3, 2008
EVENT LEADERS
1 Ron Sholes - James Hudson
Meyer Abarbanel - Stephen Brauss
2 John Kinst - Charles Fortney
Carol Mahoney - Steven Watson

Flight B May 3, 2008
EVENT LEADERS
1 Charles Young - Rich Pestien
Fei Dong - Patrick Moos
2 Terry Goodykoontz - Leah Newell
Raymond Russ - Marilyn Stickel
3/4 Jason Clevenger - Sasanka Ramanadham
Andrew Carver - Ben Englert
3/4 James Scott - Patricia Carrington
Sherry Steigmann - Robert Steigmann

Flight C May 3, 2008
EVENT LEADERS
1 Debra Romero - Jonathan Goldberg
Thomas O'Reilly-Pol - Sandy Bigg
2 Petie Hunter - Paul Tarpey
Terryl Francis - Roseann Stice
3/4 Praveen Jayachandran - Daniel Bunde
Ann Schuyler - Camilla Rabjohns
3/4 Linda Wilkening - Jeff Ehrlich
Peggy Olds - John Olds

2006 Winners

Open Flight 1st Place:

Jack Bryant, Roger Lord,

Jackie Sincoff, & Ken Bland

Flight A: 2nd Place (will compete in NABC if 1st place does not)

Susan Perez, John Samsel,

Arbha Vongsvivut, & Mike Giacaman

Flight B: 2nd Place (will compete in NABC if 1st place does not)

Sasanka Ramanadham - Mark Gilje, Saint Louis MO;
Krzysztof Jarosz - Andrew Carver, Edwardsville IL

Special recognition goes to our

2005 District 8 Flight B team,

who placed overall in their flight in the finals

in the 2005 Atlanta Nationals. 

Flight B (0-2000) -- 2nd in national finals 

Meyer Abarbanel , Belvidere IL; Jim Hudson DeKalb IL; Mike Giacaman , St Louis; Arbha Vongsvivut , Godfrey IL

District 8 GNT Winners, May 2005

Championship Flight (unrestricted)

1. Mike Carmen - John Dicks - Larry Kolker - Marvin Shapiro , St. Louis

2. Nancy & Alan Popkin - Milt Zlatic - Tom Oppenheimer - Tom Kniest, St Louis; Karen Walker, Champaign IL

Flight B (0-2000)

1. Meyer Abarbanel , Belvidere IL; Jim Hudson , DeKalb IL; Mike Giacaman , St Louis; Arbha Vongsvivut , Godfrey IL