The Bean Trophy was designated by the ACBL Board of Directors in 1996 to honor Mr. Percy X. Bean, ACBL President in 1972 and Chairman of the Board in 1973. The Percy Bean trophy is awarded to the winners of the Red Ribbon Pairs held at the Summer NABC., which is an ACBL event with national rating open only to players with fewer than 2000 masterpoints, and who have fulfilled the qualification requirements. A player must win or place second in a qualifying event while he/she still has 1500 or fewer masterpoints. Red Ribbon qualifying events can not have an upper limit of more than 1500 masterpoints. A player can qualify for this event with Blue Ribbon, Silver ribbon or Red Ribbon qualifications. Such qualifications are in effect until used. The first event took place in 1986.

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

Mr. Percy X. Bean and his wife Anne were named ACBL Honorary Members for 1992, the first time that honor was bestowed on a husband-wife combination. Mr. Percy X. Bean was the Editor of Mad, Mad World of Bridge, a publication that strongly championed players of less than expert class.

Note: Mr. Percy X. Bean, as administrator, created Sadie Kumquat as his representative of the average player. He fought long and hard to focus attention on and to bring about reforms for his Sadie Kumquats. In his Mad, Mad World of Bridge, published after each NABC, Mr. Percy X. Bean told where he stood, where the Board stood, and where management stood on the key issues of the day.

Note: Mr. Percy X. Bean earned the following bridge salute in 1988 from Mr. Edgar Kaplan, editor/publisher of The Bridge World.

Poetic Tribute authored by Mr. Edgar Kaplan For Percy - An Appreciation A filthy declarer is Bean His judgment in bidding’s obscene. Yet .... Of Kumquats named Sadie And little old ladies, His defense is ferocious and keen.

Note: The Percy X. Bean Trophy was designed in 1996 for winners of the Red Ribbon Pairs, an event for players who place first or second in regionally-rated events of at least Flight B status.

Definition

A Red Ribbon Pairs shall be held annually at the Summer NABC. The winners will earn 50 gold points. The top ten finishers will win Blue Ribbon qualification.

The Red Ribbon Pairs will be run as a four-session event. It will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of the Summer NABC.

Effective in 1998, the Red Ribbon Pairs will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of the Summer NABC.

Players who have qualification for the Red, Silver or Blue Ribbon Pairs and whose masterpoint holding (as of the most recent masterpoint notification card prior of the event) is less than 2000 points, may play in the Red Ribbon Pairs.

Eligibility can be earned any time prior to the Red Ribbon event and, other than for the 2000 masterpoint restriction, Red Ribbon eligibility continues until used.

Qualification Rules

1.	First through eighth in all North American Bridge Championship knockout events with an upper masterpoint limit of at least 300 and not more than 1500.
2.	First through tenth and ties in Non-Life Master North American Bridge Championships of four or more sessions.
3.	First and second (including ties) in all regional rated red or gold point events of two or more sessions that have an upper limit of at least 300 masterpoints and of no more than 1500 masterpoints.
4.	First and clear second place finishers of a Flight A Second Strata 2-session Regional event if the event has an upper masterpoint limit of 1500.
5.	First and second in brackets of a bracketed knockout teams that have no team members with more than 1500 masterpoints.
6.	Members of the Flight B & C District Champions in the Grand National Teams.
7.	First and second place finishers in the Grand National Teams Flight B at the National Final.
8.	First and second place finishers in the Grand National Teams Non-Life Master Flight at the National Final.
9.	First and second (including ties) in North American Non-Life Master single-site District finals; first-place pairs at each site in split-site District finals.
10.	First and second (including ties) in the North American 49er Pairs final at the NABC.
11.	First and second (including ties) in the North American Youth Championship.

Year		Winners and Runners-Up
1986		1. Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland
		2. Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile
1987		1. Jim Gardner, Jimmy Ritzenberg
		2. Charles Moser, Paul Bratton
1988		1. Leni Holz, 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 Waldon
1995		1. Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman
		2. Bernie Greenspan, keith Sechler
1996		1. Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung
		2. Burton Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein
1997		1. Diane Miller, Tony Miller
		2. Mark Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel
1998		1. Paul Spear, Jim Johnson
		2. Mike Nadler, David Halasi
1999		1. Jennifer-Jo Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal
		2. Andy Stark, Martin Hunter
2000		1. Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung
		2. Xiaodong Shi, David Yang
2001		1. LaToss Carpenter, Brandon Carpenter
		2. Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal
2002		1. Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce
		2. Bob Sievers, Georgia Heth
2003		1. Bin Dai, Chi-Yan Lai
		2. Edward Leach, Bruce Schwaidelson
2004		1. Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan
		2. Mark Brighouse, Harvinder Sidhu
2005		1. Yeong-Long Shiue, David Margolin
		2. Jim Lyle, Robert Todd
2006		1. Chris Buchanan, B. J. Trelford
		2. Everett Boyer, Mansoor Gowani
2007		1. Jack Hawthorne, Paul Spear
		2. Charles Michalski, James Kehoe
2008		1. Mike Develin, Li-Chung Chen
		2. Sid Kanter, Ron Welken
2009		1. Daniel Jackson, Bill Gervais
		2. Steven Towner, Mitch Towner

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