Clash of the Districts (Jan 25-26): Winners Announced!

This weekend, January 25-26, ACBL players from all over came together for the very first Clash of the Districts, one of the highlights of our Keep Cozy and Play Bridge festival. The competition, offered in three categories — Open, 0-2500, and 0-750 ACBL masterpoints — was a success, with almost 1,500 participants.

Congratulations to the winning districts and top players in each category! Let’s take a look at the results.

Open Clash of the Districts

The Open category brought together the fiercest competition, with 567 players proudly representing their districts. Click here for the ACBL Daylong – Clash of the Districts (Open) results.

Top Districts (Open):

District 2 – 30 players, 56.86%
District 18 – 19 players, 54.93%
District 6 – 32 players, 54.86%

The champions of the Open Clash of the Districts were:

toufu, Junhui Zhu from Burnaby, BC (District 19) – 69.41%
KG1, Kent Goulding from Germantown, MD (District 6) – 68.81%
parsonsdav, David Parsons from New York, NY (District 24) – 67.49%

Top 3 players helping their Districts to victory in the Open Clash

Each of these players earned 10 BB$ for their contribution to their team score. Congratulations to:

District 2:
1. Bobstuart, Bob Stuart from Scarborough, ON – 65.86%
2. schammy, Danny Schamehorn from Washago, ON – 64.47%
3. gargonne, Ronald Wilson from Mississauga, ON – 60.69%
District 18:
1. joewks, Jiulin Wang from Edmonton, AB – 61.47%
2. Davidmj, David Johnson from Calgary, AB – 61.11%
3. CorpLaw, Eric Robinson from Park City, UT – 61.08%
District 6:
1. KG1, Kent Goulding from Germantown, MD – 68.81%
2. petergem, Peter Lesnik from Gainesville, VA – 62.64%
3. moysian, Thomas Webster from Ellicott City, MD – 62.43%

Congratulations to Top 30 winners of the ACBL Open Clash of the Districts

Rank	BBO name	Name	District	Score (%)	ACBL Points	Prize (BB$)
1	toufu	Junhui Zhu	19	69.41	2.5	10 BB$
2	KG1	Kent Goulding	6	68.81	2.5	10 BB$
3	parsonsdav	David Parsons	24	67.49	2.5	10 BB$
4	ashdown4	Alex Perlin	3	67.34	2.5	10 BB$
5	Bobstuart	Bob Stuart	2	65.86	2.5	10 BB$
6	ginobiloba	Giovanni Salomone	99	64.83	1.75	10 BB$
7	schammy	Danny Schamehorn	2	64.47	1.75	10 BB$
8	zhenya__S	Yauheni Siutsau	11	63.89	1.75	10 BB$
9	Dewayne K	Dewayne Kimbell	16	63.89	2	10 BB$
10	nerdpower9	Erli Zhou	21	63.81	1.75	10 BB$
11	Mark33496	Mark Rosenfeld	9	63.34	2	10 BB$
12	mudsnake	Maryse Hambrick	1	63.24	1.5	10 BB$
13	78jayhawk	William Bleish	15	62.9	1.25	10 BB$
14	petergem	Peter Lesnik	6	62.64	1.5	10 BB$
15	cholula	Elaine Wood	16	62.57	1.25	10 BB$
16	moysian	Thomas Webster	6	62.43	0.88	10 BB$
17	molma	Marius Moldovan	1	61.95	1.05	10 BB$
18	robbg	Robb Gordon	17	61.92	1.5	10 BB$
19	lagunagary	Gary Waldron	22	61.9	1.5	10 BB$
20	Nostrijs	Adrians Imsa	99	61.77	1.5	10 BB$
21	Brian RS	Brian Savill	1	61.53	1.5	10 BB$
22	snowmore	Cliff Wilson	4	61.49	1.5	10 BB$
23	coolbeans	Matthew Weingarten	19	61.48	1.5	10 BB$
24	joewks	Jiulin Wang	18	61.47	1.5	10 BB$
25	ondine21	Martine Kellett	25	61.19	1.5	10 BB$
26	Davidmj	David Johnson	18	61.11	1.5	10 BB$
27	CorpLaw	Eric Robinson	18	61.08	1.5	10 BB$
28	fcaron	Francis Caron	1	61	1.05	10 BB$
29	seadogfla	John Rufi	7	60.83	1.05	10 BB$
30	zedcat39	Francesca Walton	18	60.81	1.05	10 BB$

0-2500 Clash of the Districts

The 0-2500 category brought together 447 players in a close competition. Click here for the ACBL 0-2500 Daylong – Clash of the Districts results. Here are the top-performing districts:

Top Districts (0-2500):

District 99 (19 players, 56.65%)
District 25 (33 players, 54.99%)
District 22 (17 players, 54.80%)

Top 3 Overall Players in the 0-2500 Clash of the Districts were:

david_zhao, Gang Zhao from Boise, ID (District 20) – 67.56%
coolvip, Adrian Mancini from Almonte, ON (District 1) – 65.51%
sukip, Krzysztof Pikus from Kiezliny, Poland (District 99) – 64.75%

Top 3 players helping their Districts to victory in the 0-2500 Clash

Each of these players earned 10 BB$ for their contribution to their District score. Congratulations to:

District 99:
1. sukip, Krzysztof Pikus from Kiezliny, Poland – 64.75%
2. diana_eva, Diana Serban from Bucharest, Romania – 62.82%
3. Chris Ezme, Christopher Clements from Swindon, UK – 60.32%
District 25:
1. montejaffe, Monte Jaffe from Sharon, MA – 62.83%
2. RedLM, Robert Asher from Needham, MA – 60.82%
3. badesh, Raj Agarwal from Cambridge, MA – 58.98%
District 22:
1. subbusuma, Subbu Murthy from Chino Hills, CA – 62.43%
2. ltsui10, Lei Tsui from Thousand Oaks, CA – 62.02%
3. stans99, Stan Spink from Indio, CA – 61.95%

Congratulations to Top 30 winners of the ACBL 0-2500 Clash of the Districts

Rank	BBO Name	Name	District	Score (%)	ACBL Points	Prize (BB$)
1	david_zhao	Gang Zhao	20	67.56	2	10 BB$
2	coolvip	Adrian Mancini	1	65.51	2	10 BB$
3	sukip	Krzysztof Pikus	99	64.75	2	10 BB$
4	phils71	P Shoemaker	21	64.46	2	10 BB$
5	sheer luck	Richard Bickley	18	64.24	1.4	10 BB$
6	baroby	Brett Roby	11	63.33	1.6	10 BB$
7	Beakerboy	Daniel Osman	15	62.97	1.6	10 BB$
8	arod48	Allan Roderiques	9	62.89	1.4	10 BB$
9	montejaffe	Monte Jaffe	25	62.83	1	10 BB$
10	diana_eva	Diana Serban	99	62.82	1.2	10 BB$
11	Bcmom92	Carol McCord	16	62.59	1.2	10 BB$
12	subbusuma	Subbu Murthy	22	62.43	1.2	10 BB$
13	umhecbaa	Jacob Vrooman	7	62.43	1.2	10 BB$
14	bbk01	David Bebko	7	62.26	1.28	10 BB$
15	teslajim	Jim Jurik	13	62.07	1.2	10 BB$
16	ltsui10	Lei Tsui	22	62.02	1.6	10 BB$
17	stans99	Stan Spink	22	61.95	1.28	10 BB$
18	Andrey Sid	Andrey Sidelnikov	9	61.66	1.12	10 BB$
19	masse24	Todd Holes	13	61.32	1.28	10 BB$
20	OCNVWS	Denis Klein	6	61.03	0.9	10 BB$
21	RedLM	Robert Asher	25	60.82	0.84	10 BB$
22	Chris Ezme	Christopher Clements	99	60.32	1.6	10 BB$
23	nycgamer	Jan Rechenberg	24	60.18	0.9	10 BB$
24	walkermvcc	Howard Balfour	21	60.08	1.2	10 BB$
25	yang0211	Yanlai Yang	3	59.94	1.6	10 BB$
26	xu_sunrise	Xu Li	6	59.87	1.28	10 BB$
27	DavidTL14	David Telleen-Lawton	22	59.8	0.9	10 BB$
28	Whizzbang	Simon Croucher	99	59.69	0.64	10 BB$
29	caseyvdpt	Casey Vandeputte	2	59.57	0.64	10 BB$
30	jonlife13	Jonathan Pulvers	20	59.55	1.2	10 BB$

0-750 Clash of the Districts

Finally, the 0-750 category welcomed 408 players for a friendly yet competitive clash. Click here for the ACBL 0-750 Daylong – Clash of the Districts results. Here are the top districts:

Top Districts (0-750):

District 4 (17 players, 55.14%)
District 99 (15 players, 54.78%)
District 19 (17 players, 54.56%)

Top 3 Winners of the 0-750 Clash of the Districts were:

satroy, Satadru Roy from Port Moody, BC (District 19) – 67.08%
rayos, David Klaus from New Hope, PA (District 4) – 66.66%
adoptadog, Louisa Witten from Salisbury, NC (District 7) – 66.61%

Top 3 players helping their Districts to victory in the 0-750 Clash

These players each won 10 BB$ for helping bring their District to the podium. Congratulations to:

District 4:
1. rayos, David Klaus from New Hope, PA – 66.66%
2. Nordoman, Randall Rowand from York, PA – 65.99%
3. bonnsoli, Bonnie Solish from Philadelphia, PA – 64.79%
District 99:
1. jjgass, J Gass from London, UK – 64.66%
2. dianaai, Diana Sun from Hong Kong – 60.72%
3. sukip, Krzysztof Pikus from Kiezliny, Poland – 58.74%
District 19:
1. satroy, Satadru Roy from Port Moody, BC – 67.08%
2. amiller7x7, Alan Miller from Woodinville, WA – 64.62%
3. MmmmmCake, Darrin Steele from Cobble Hill, BC – 59.33%

Congratulations to Top 30 winners of the ACBL 0-750 Clash of the Districts

Rank	BBO Name	Name	District	Score (%)	ACBL Points	Prize (BB$)
1	satroy	Satadru Roy	19	67.08	2	10 BB$
2	rayos	David Klaus	4	66.66	2	10 BB$
3	adoptadog	Louisa Witten	7	66.61	2	10 BB$
4	BooksBridg	Mary Schaeffer	25	66.25	2	10 BB$
5	Nordoman	Randall Rowand	4	65.99	1.6	10 BB$
6	zzmiy	Vladimir Kolbun	24	65.93	1.4	10 BB$
7	wnd4	Zhongping Yan	1	65.09	1.4	10 BB$
8	austin7450	Austin Olivier	17	64.85	1.6	10 BB$
9	bonnsoli	Bonnie Solish	4	64.79	1.2	10 BB$
10	jjgass	J Gass	99	64.66	1.2	10 BB$
11	amiller7x7	Alan Miller	19	64.62	1	10 BB$
12	Phk7	Peter Kilner	21	64.57	1.2	10 BB$
13	Xckc	Wayne Fang	23	64.25	1.2	10 BB$
14	Allpp	Arvil Price	7	64.02	1.2	10 BB$
15	SAGLeeS	Lee Silberman	4	63.4	1.2	10 BB$
16	sturell	Steven Turell	24	62.59	0.84	10 BB$
17	ThayerW	Thayer White	22	62.57	1.2	10 BB$
18	17Bart	Arthur Epker	25	62.13	1.28	10 BB$
19	xu_sunrise	Xu Li	6	61.98	1.28	10 BB$
20	middlegirl	Jan Alvarado	22	61.79	1.12	10 BB$
21	Llloyd49	Lloyd Arntsen	14	61.65	1.2	10 BB$
22	aldyth56	Anne Williams	3	61.37	1.2	10 BB$
23	dianaai	Diana Sun	99	60.72	0.64	10 BB$
24	Lucien717	Lucien Hernandez	24	60.05	1.2	10 BB$
25	kcbeard	Kate Beardsley	6	59.93	1.2	10 BB$
26	masse24	Todd Holes	13	59.88	0.84	10 BB$
27	seeney	Maxine Reagh	21	59.37	1.2	10 BB$
28	MmmmmCake	Darrin Steele	19	59.33	1.2	10 BB$
29	wanders64	William Anderson	13	59.27	1.2	10 BB$
30	BarryB111	Barry Bershow	17	59.26	0.84	10 BB$
30	Jsflan	John Lan	2	59.26	1.2	10 BB$

Congratulations to everyone who took part and we hope you had fun! Remember - there's another Clash of the Districts coming next weekend, and you can enjoy the fun and all the various games in our Keep Cozy and Play Bridge Festival through until February 5th.