26th annual Kiva Classic tournament starts in Santa Fe

Los Alamos's Dick Silbar

     Thursday, Dec. 1, is the first day of the annual Kiva Classic tournament at the Kiva Club in Santa Fe. The first matches begin about noon, and the tournament runs through Sunday afternoon.
     This is the 26th annual Kiva Classic.
     Only one player has perfect attendance through the first 25 years: Dick Silbar of Los Alamos.
     The Kiva Club’s Dave Matthews missed just one year (2000), and has played in
24 of the first 25 Classic tournaments.
     Here’s a list of players who have played in most tournaments:
25 YEARS: Dick Silbar (Los Alamos)
24 YEARS: Dave Matthews (Santa Fe)
23 YEARS: Mike Tramutt (Arvada, CO)
22 YEARS: David Barker (Santa Fe), JD Morrow(Santa Fe), Bill Palmer (Colorado Springs, CO), Charlie Perkins (Santa Fe)
21 YEARS: Jerry Peters (Santa Fe), Steve Yost (St. Helena, CA), Warren Young (Dallas)
20 YEARS: Curt Castleman (Evergreen, CO), Bill Jones (Santa Fe)
19 YEARS: CT Herman (Santa Fe), Bud Kelly (Santa Fe), Dick Rice (Rochester, NY), John Wentworth (Santa Fe)
18 YEARS: Walter Burke (Santa Fe), Bob Bush (Greenwood Village, CO), Courtney Carswell(Santa Fe), David Dodge (Santa Fe),  Dennis Driscoll (Littleton, CO), Ed Helfeld (San Francisco), Bob Weight (Denver)
17 YEARS: Alan Dille (Denver), Ed Lockhart (Santa Fe), Taylor Quick (Lakewood, CO), Doug Schwartz (Santa Fe)
15 YEARS: John Amos (Santa Fe), Ed Biggs (Colorado Springs, CO), Paul Fisher (Austin, TX), Hank Palmer (Fresno, CA), Grant Robinson (Santa Fe), Graham Sharman (Santa Fe)

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