North American Bridge trophy
The Mott-Smith Trophy, named for writer and cryptographer Geoffrey Mott-Smith, is awarded to the player with the best overall individual performance in the Spring Nationals, the spring event of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).[1]
History
The Mott-Smith Trophy was donated in 1961 by friends of Geoffrey Mott-Smith and was made retroactive to include all the winners from 1958.[1]
Namesake
Geoffrey Arthur Mott-Smith (1902–1960) was the second son of Harold Mead Mott-Smith (1872–1978) and Jennie Ormsby Yates (1874–1941) and a grandson of John Mott-Smith.[2] He became co-chairman of the ACBL Laws Commission, editor of the ACBL Bridge Bulletin 1935–36, a contributor to The Bridge World, a writer and cryptographer. During World War II, Mott-Smith served as chief instructor for the OSS in the training of cryptographers and cryptanalysts. He wrote or co-wrote more than 29 books on games and served as games consultant for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers.[3]
Winners
Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.
See also
References
- ^ a b Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1988), p. 288.
- ^ Harold Mead Mott-Smith at ancestors.familysearch.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ Mott-Smith, Morehead and Morehead (2001), cover.
Sources
- List of previous winners, Page 6. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 49, April 5, 2006
- 2006 winner, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 49, April 10, 2006
- 2007 winner, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 50, March 19, 2007
- 2008 winners, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 51, March 17, 2008
- 2009 winner, Page 3. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 52, March 23, 2009[permanent dead link]
- 2010 winner, Page 2. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 53, March 22, 2010
- 2011 winner, Spring 2011 NABC Final Results
- 2012 winner, Page 4. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 55, March 26, 2012
- 2013 winner, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 56, March 25, 2013
- 2014 winner, Page 4. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 57, March 31, 2014
- 2015 winner, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 58, March 23, 2015
- 2016 winner, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 59, March 21, 2016
- 2017 winner, Page 1. Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 60, March 20, 2017
- Mott-Smith, Geoffrey, Philip D. Morehead and Albert H. Morehead (2001). Hoyle's Rules of Games. Penguin. ISBN 9781101100233
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