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 balance paying for tournament operations.


1976  3-Move Nationals
    MASTER DIVISION    

Rank

 

Country

 

Name

 

Match
Points

 

Honor
Points

 

1

England

Derek Oldbury

28

 

2

United States

Karl Albrecht

22

142

2

United States

Ed Bruch

22

142

4

United States

Elbert Lowder

22

134

5

United States

Don Lafferty

20

140

6

United States

Ed Scheidt

20

138

7

United States

Everett Fuller

20

136

8

United States

Ed Markusic

20

132

9

United States

Paul Davis

18

144

10

United States

Earl Ingram

18

138

11

United States

Lloyd Taylor

18

132

12

United States

Hugh Burton

18

122

13

United States

Robert Butler

18

98

14

United States

John Webster

16

120

15

United States

Elzy Langdon

16

110

16

United States

Vic Monteiro

 

 

17

United States

Ezra Rolader

 

 

18

United States

Clem Crawford

 

 

19

United States

K. D. Hanson

 

 

20

United States

Hoover Grant

 

 

21

United States

Everett McQueen

 

 

22

United States

James Seay

 

 

23

United States

M. Horton

 

 

24

United States

Wayne Milhado

 

 

25

United States

Elmer Cottle

 

 

26

United States

William Carlin

 

 

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

    MAJOR DIVISION  

Rank

 

Country

 

Name

 

Match
Points

 

1

United States

Jerry Ingram

 

1

United States

Jim Morrison

 

3

United States

Les Balderson

 

4

United States

Howard Owen

 

5

United States

Luther Stubblefield

 

6

United States

Belton Jones

 

7

United States

W. E. Lawless

 

8

United States

Angus Simpson

 

8

United States

Rudy Munzinger

 

10

United States

Q. T. East

 

11

United States

Tom Gabbard

 

12

United States

Bill Hannigan

 

13

United States

Jim Guthrie

 

14

United States

Frank Ramsey

 

15

United States

Junes Butler

 

16

United States

Vernon Dowsey

 

17

United States

Stenson Tribble

 

18

United States

Ron Bailey

 

19

United States

Mac Banks

 

20

United States

Matt Long

 

21

United States

Jewel Nelson

 

22

United States

H. L. Freeman

 

23

United States

Hyman Schreibman

 

24

United States

John Bickerton

 

25

United States

Anthony Bishop

 

26

United States

Harold Axford

 

27

United States

J. L. Wilkinson

 

28

United States

James Priest

 


    MINOR DIVISION  

Rank

 

Country

 

Name

 

Match
Points

 

1

United States

Harvey Kelley

 

2

United States

Phil Schwartzberg

 

3

United States

George Moore

 

4

United States

Sion Kelly

 

5

United States

A. G. Cunningham

 

5

United States

Richard Callaghan

 

7

United States

Ira Hinson

 

7

United States

John Hickey

 

9

United States

Henry Cunningham

 

10

United States

David Olney

 

11

United States

Ray Brooks

 

12

United States

Charles Moore

 

13

United States

Paul Howden

 

14

United States

Ashley Reid

 

15

United States

W. H. Amos

 

16

United States

James Sipe

 

17

United States

Frank Willem

 

18

United States

Wayne England

 

18

United States

W. E. Williams

 

20

United States

Waldo Barton

 

21

United States

Henry Ellis

 

22-60

United States

 List Truncated 39 Players:
Cecil Lowe, Merle Vaughn, HM Jackson,
Harry Anderson, Bernice Kelly, Beril Smith,
OA Morea, Clint Pickard, Harry Curtis,
Ira Shoaf, Frank Walls, Bryan Smith,
Bernard Ross, George Ruff, Harold Perkins
Pete Dew, Jim Sandoval, Momodou Faal, etc.

 


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 GAYP Ty. at Sanford, NC in 1976.  This was an impressive win!  Derek was the top British player in the 4th 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)


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