Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs
The Miles Non-Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Miles Non-Life Master Open Pairs is either a two or four session MP pairs event depending on the number of entrants. If it is a four session event, there are two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Friday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those that have not attained the rank of Life Master.
History
The event was introducted in 1981. It is named after Rufus L. "Skinny" Miles Jr.
Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Lin Goldstein, Shirlee Shaw | Ray Kuntz, Alex Stagner |
| 1982 | Paul Bratton, Robert Bernhard | Yale Mallinger, G. LeBlanc |
| 1983 | Moses Ma, Philips Santosa | Wally Weaver, Michael Lewis |
| 1984 | Summer Steinfeldt, Nancy Muehter | Albert Rahmey, Jeanne Rahmey |
| 1985 | Hank Hristienko, Zbigniew Radwanski | Linda Hendrickson, Wendy Haisley |
| 1986 | Lanier Hurdle, Mike Hurdle | John Diamond, Andy Chesterton |
| 1987 | Anthony Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty | David Marx, Judy Levi |
| 1988 | Sharon Tuggle, Tom Tuggle | Steve Clements, Nicholas Rogers |
| 1989 | Jay Berke, Thomas Halton | Charles Carpenter, Edward Crane |
| 1990 | Metin Uz, Jeffrey Naiman | Anlin Xu, Huichun Zhao |
| 1991 | Daryl Hicks, Charles Papp | Sakiko Naito, Toru Amano |
| 1992 | Cordelia Menges, Audrey Robb | Millie Huneycutt, Stuart Perlman |
| 1993 | Bob Ehrlich, Clark Millikan | Jordan Lampe, Kingsum Chow |
| 1994 | Jean-Cheui Hsung, Edmund Chen | Tom Knier, Jon Weinberg |
| 1995 | Michael McNamara, David Liss | Dayn Beam, Jim Alison |
| 1996 | Adam Barron, Anthony Hurwitz | Rupert Brauch, Brian Kemper |
| 1997 | Alan Carpenter, Michael Levin | Gregory Berry, Jay Segal |
| 1998 | John Markey, John Cobb | Andy Muenz, Bob Zehm |
| 1999 | Aviv Shahaf, Igor Sauchenko | Andy Latto, Lawrence Latto |
| 2000 | Ernie Fusco, Sherry Fusco | Andrew Rieger, Michael Albert |
| 2001 | Aaron Craig, Max Minzner | Bill Filip, Warren Williams |
| 2002 | Edward Wilson, Paul Fagan | Dale Shepherd, Sumit Daftuar |
| 2003 | Marie Berggren, Gunnar Gothberg | John Bondurant, Paul Horn |
| 2004 | Jadwiga Polujan, Bernie Weiss | William Thorp, Dorothy Conway |
| 2005 | Mike Develin, John Barth | Cassandra Spain, Karen Gurwitz |
| 2006 | Robert Bertoni, William Nason | Nevena Stoimirov, Ivan Stoimirov |
| 2007 | Metin Gokcen, Sadik Arf | Kevin Shiue, Dan Joo |
| 2008 | Debbie Crisfield, Karen Haines | Lunhui Lin, Dawei Qi |
Sources
List of previous winners, Page 7 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–1, November 21, 2008
2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–2, November 22, 2008