Red Ribbon Pairs compete for Bean Trophy

Players earn qualification for the Red Ribbon pairs by placing first or second overall in regionally-rated events of at least Flight B status.

The four-session event began in 1986 and winners have their names inscribed on the Percy X. Bean Trophy.

The trophy was designated by the ACBL Board of Directors in 1996 to honor Bean, ACBL president in 1972 and chairman of the Board in 1973.

Bean (1916-1992) represented District 19 on the Board from 1964 until 1988 and served as president of the ACBL Charity Foundation from 1974 until 1981. He was a member of the National Goodwill Committee and the National Board of Governors and general chairman of arrangements for the World Team Olympiad in Seattle in 1984.

Bean and his wife, Anne, were named ACBL Honorary Members for 1992, the first time that honor was bestowed on a husband-wife combination.

Bean was the editor of Mad, Mad World of Bridge, a publication that strongly championed players of less than expert class.

Winners and runners-up
1986 1. Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland; 2. Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile
1987 1. Jim Garder, Jimmy Ritzenberg; 2. Charles Moser, Paul Bratton
1988 1. Leni Holtz, Guy Green; 2. Anthony Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty
1989 1. Lu Kohutiak, Yvonne Hernandez; 2-3. Warren Haynie, Charlie Cargile; 2-3. Bill Goldberg, Bill McKenna
1990 1. Philip Gordon, Mike Grodsky; 2. Rajendra Agarwal, Don Chilrud
1991 1. Dan Marthaler, Robert Johnstone; 2. Steven Gaynor, Art Ardy Bakshian
1992 1. Duncan McCallum, Peter Peng; 2. Andy Goodman, Steve Zolotow
1993 1. Ron Weinstock, John Gillette; 2. Hank Meyer, Marty Graf
1994 1. T.C. Petty, Steve Altus; 2. Grant Robinson, Joe Walden
1995 1. Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman; 2. Bernie Greenspan, Keith Sechler
1996 1. Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung; 2. Burton Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein
1997 1. Tony Miller, Diane Miller; 2. Mark Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel
1998 1. Paul Spear, Jim Johnsen; 2. David Halasi, Mike Nadler
1999 1. Jenni Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal; 2. Martin Hunter, Andy Stark
2000 1. Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung; 2. David Yang, Siaodong Shi
2001 1. LaToss Carpenter, Brandon Carpenter; 2. Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal
2002 1. Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce; 2. Bob Sievers, Georgia Heth
2003 1. Chi-Yen Lai, Bin Dai; 2. Edward Leach, Bruce Schwaidelson