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Whitehead Trophy – Awarded to the Women's Pairs winners at the spring North American Bridge Championship (NABC) – . Wernher Trophy – Awarded to the winners of the Open Pairs II at the summer North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Young Trophy – Awarded to the Young LM-1500 Pairs winners at the summer North American Bridge ...
North American Bridge Championships conducted by the American Contract Bridge League —three annual 11-day meets that include many NABC-level championship events among others; United States Bridge Championships conducted by the United States Bridge Federation to select national teams, including Open, Women's, Mixed, Senior, and Junior series [29]
The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four-session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Saturday of the NABC.
The World Team Olympiad was a contract bridge meet organized by the World Bridge Federation every four years from 1960 to 2004. Its main events were world championships for national teams, always including one open and one restricted to women ("Open" and "Women" categories in WBF terms). A parallel event for seniors was inaugurated in 2000.
The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Sunday of the NABC and is restricted to female players.
Margaret Wagar (1902-1990), inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in 1999, became Life Master #37 in 1943, the fifth woman to earn the rank. She and Kay Rhodes share one of the most remarkable achievements in ACBL history, winning the premier championship for women pairs in four consecutive years, 1955 to 1958 (Whitehead Women's Pairs).
She has won 14 North American Bridge Championships and won two World Championships. Professor Baker teaches law at the University of Texas in Austin. [1] [2] Baker became a world champion and a World Women Grand Master at the World Bridge Federation (WBF) meet in October 2014 when her team won the quadrennial McConnell Cup. [3]
That year she also won three major women's North American Bridge Championships [4] —the Wagar Women's Knockout Teams and both pairs tournaments, the Whitehead and Smith playing with two different partners. Walsh is a two-time winner of the annual Whitehead Women's Pairs, inaugurated 1930, playing with Hermine Baron in 1968 and with Kerri ...