Thank you to everyone who came out to make this our biggest tournament since 2020!
Congratulations to all of our winners!
Friday Morning 199er Pairs: Joel Hecker and Robert Rosenthal
Friday Morning 749er pairs: Melanie Applebaum and Gina Davanzo
Friday Morning Open pairs: Jeff and Eric Xiao
Friday Afternoon 199er Pairs: Ellen Naidorf and Terry Blank
Friday Afternoon 749er pairs: Michael Viscusi and Michael Viscusi
Friday Afternoon Open pairs: Vivian Wu and Jill Marshall
Left to right: Joel Hecker, Robert Rosenthal, Melanie Appelbaum, Gina Davanzo, Eric Xiao, Jeff Xiao, Mike Viscusi squared (father and son), Jill Marshall and Vivian Wu
Saturday Morning 199er Pairs: George Sau and Phyllis Weiss and Clay Kaufman and Ron Murray
Saturday Morning 749er pairs: Marie-Jose Babouder-Matta and Nadim Matta
Saturday Morning Open pairs: Steve Becker and Rich DeMartino
Saturday Afternoon 199er Pairs: Keith Johnson and Prabhat Kumar Akhauri
Saturday Afternoon 749er pairs: Marie-Jose Babouder-Matta and Nadim Matta
Saturday Afternoon Open pairs: Jian Gu and Will Ehlers
Left to right: Marie-Jose Babouder-Matta, Rich DeMartino, Steve Becker, Keith Johnson, Prabhat Kumar Akhauri, Will Ehlers
Sunday Morning 749er Pairs: Barbara Rothschild and Jill Kaplin
Sunday Open Swiss Teams: Jeff, Eric and Victor Xiao, Jiang Gu, Bill Segraves
Sunday Afternoon 749er Pairs: Joel Hecker and Robert Rosenthal
Left to right: Eric Xiao, Victor Xiao, Bill Segraves, Jeff Xiao and Jiang Gu.
Full results for Friday through Sunday available here.
Award Presentations
CBA Vice President Linda Green presents the 2023 Scott Loring Trophy to Bill Segraves and Paul Proulx.
The top Masterpoint Winners in the 2023 CBA Summer Sectional, Jill Marshall and Robert Rebelein, are presented with the 2023 Governor's Cup.
Tom Ye, Ben Levine and Russ Sackowitz are recognized as Unit Mini-McKenney winners in the 0-5, 50-100, and 1500-2500 Masterpoint categories.
Mark Blumenthal is recognized as the Unit Ace of Clubs winner in the 1000-1500 Masterpoint category. Special thanks to Mark and to everyone who has been supporting Connecticut's great face-to-face clubs!
Shashank Srinivasmurthy and Shekhar Rao are recognized as the top 199ers at our St Patrick's Weekend Sectional in March.
The Hostess with the Mostest
Thanks so much to Cornelia Guest, who took such great care of us all weekend, and to Chris Evans, who tirelessly helped Cornelia and also filled in for three sessions to help out the Partnerships Desk!
News and Views
Ron Murray (left), whose first tournament was our Saint Patrick's Weekend Sectional (along with first time duplicate player Scott Burghoff, center), welcomed Clay Kaufman (right) to Connecticut and his first Sectional with a tie for first place in the Saturday morning 199er game.
Congratulations to Eric Xiao, whose Friday morning pairs and Sunday Swiss wins earned him both the 2024 Governor's Cup for the top Masterpoint Winner and the 2024 Scott Loring Trophy for the top Masterpoint Winner among players with fewer than 3000 Masterpoints!
With another strong tournament, including a Saturday morning pairs win, Rich DeMartino took a commanding lead in the 2024 Monroe Magnus Trophy race for the top Masterpoint winner in all Connecticut Sectionals.
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Thanks to everyone who helped out with running the tournament, to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church for hosting us, and to Directors David Metcalf and Tim Hill! Good night, all! See you in Connecticut's great clubs and in Orange in October!