1976 3-Move Nationals in Sanford, NC

ACF Nationals 3-Move Tournament in Sanford – Moose Lodge, on July 11-17th, 1976, a total of 114 players and $7,500 prize, this broke player entrance record of 110 set in 1954 at Lakeside Ohio, but not the 117 at Paxton in 1950; however, finally broken in 1990 with 130 at 3-Move Nationals in Tupelo, Miss. plus 7 youth entrants, and again in 1988 at the 3-Move Nat in Danville, VA with 123 entrants.  Nothing has come closer, only 97 entered in 2001 US GAYP - Las Vegas.  WB “Burke” Grandjean  of Baton Rouge, La  and ACF secretary, President Homer L Calkins attended this tournament, with ACF Treasurer, Howard L. Owen of St. Petersburg, Fla as the official ty referee.  According to Clint Pickard near $9,000.00 was raised, giving away the rich cash purse with remainder of balance paying for tournament operations.

1976  3-Move Nationals

		MASTER DIVISION
Rank	Country	Name	Match Points	Honor Points
1		Derek Oldbury	28
2		Karl Albrecht	22	142
2		Ed Bruch	22	142
4		Elbert Lowder	22	134
5		Don Lafferty	20	140
6		Ed Scheidt	20	138
7		Everett Fuller	20	136
8		Ed Markusic	20	132
9		Paul Davis	18	144
10		Earl Ingram	18	138
11		Lloyd Taylor	18	132
12		Hugh Burton	18	122
13		Robert Butler	18	98
14		John Webster	16	120
15		Elzy Langdon	16	110
16		Vic Monteiro
17		Ezra Rolader
18		Clem Crawford
19		K. D. Hanson
20		Hoover Grant
21		Everett McQueen
22		James Seay
23		M. Horton
24		Wayne Milhado
25		Elmer Cottle
26		William Carlin

View 1976 3-Move National Cross-Tables (Masters)

Derek E. Oldbury lived from March 21, 1924 to July 9, 1994.  He won his first British Championship in 1953.  He won this U.S. National 3-Move Ty. at Sanford, NC in 1976.  This was an impressive win!  Derek was the top British player in the 4^th International Match (1983) with a 2-0-12 record.   He was the 3-Move World Champion from 1991-1994 and GAYP World Champion from 1976-1982.  He was a checker author of numerous checker books, related works, and generously set up trust funds to promote GAYP play. The bulk of our ACF Trust Fund is from his initial deposit. A portion of today's prize fund is an interest withdrawal from our trust supporting the GAYP National in odd years and 3-Move National Tournaments in even years. (1976 Sanford News Herald Article)

1976 3-Move National Masters Crosstables - Sanford, NC

1977 GAYP Nationals - Sanford, NC - (44 Players)

1979 GAYP Nationals - Sanford, NC - (47 Players)

1981 GAYP Nationals - Sanford, NC - (33 Players)

1997  3-Move Nationals - Greensboro, NC - (40 Players)

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