• Source: Mott-Smith 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).




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.




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. 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.




Winners


Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.




See also


Fishbein Trophy
Goren Trophy




References






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
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




External links


ACBL official website

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