The Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs North American bridge championship is held at the Fall
American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ...
(ACBL)
North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs is a six-session
matchpoint pairs event with two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.
The event typically starts on the first Tuesday of the Fall NABC.
The event is restricted to players with fewer than 6,000
masterpoints
Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Generally, recipients must be members in good standing of the issuing organization. At t ...
who have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification.
[http://web2.acbl.org/coc/MiniBlue.pdf ]
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
Sources
"ACBL Live"acbl.org. ACBL. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
List of previous winners, Page 9
2008 winners, Page 1
External links
ACBL official website
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North American Bridge Championships