Gatlinburg Breaks Old Attendance Record

The 2002 MABC Smokey Mountain Regional in Gatlinburg didn't just break their own record for the largest ever Regional Tournament in ACBL history - - they SHATTERED it.  An truly amazing total of 7044.5 tables played during the six day period from April 15 through April 21, breaking the old record by more than 800 tables!!!

The Record Breakers [ click on photo for larger size & more information ]
This team broke the old record	This team brought entry # 7000

We also had several players to become Life Masters during the tournament - - not all came forward for the picture taking, but below are those who did:

New Life Masters [ click on photo for larger size - use back arrow to return ]
David Luettke	Jane Bress	Pat Conlon
Wilson Montgomery	Dale D'Agata	Hal Webster
Patricia Turney	Penny Bramblett	Wanda Dyer
We did not recieve large photos for the players listed below, only the small ones that you see.
Thyra Smith	Shirley Naumann	Georgia Rainey

Pictures from the I/N Section [ click on photo for larger size - use back arrow to return ]