The Capitol Spades Tournament was held on June 22nd with 25 teams participating.  
Games started at 9am and the final round was played late in the night at
approximately 10pm.  We ended the night with an awards ceremony where the top
teams were awarded a total of $1050.00 in prize money!  

Joe Andrews, author of numerous spades books and director of the National Grand
Prix of Spades, was in attendance and awarded medals to the top 4 teams.  

1st Place
Lyle I.                       Baltimore, MD
Rebekah V.              Falls Church, VA

2nd Place
Ben K.                       Arlington, VA
Libby S.                     Fairfax, VA

3rd Place
Boris H.                    Columbia, MD
Dexter W.                 Boyds, MD

4th Place
Barry J.                    Alexandria, VA
Nicole M.                  Montclair, VA
TOURNAMENT ARCHIVE
Capitol Spades Tournament
June 22, 2008
Trumpin' Da House Tournament
January 17, 2009
The Trumpin' Da House Tournament was held on January 17, 2009 with 10 teams in
attendance.  Half of these were newbies!  Brian Dominick referred 3 players and in
turn got his entry to the tournament for free!!  Congrats Brian!

Since attendance was low we were able to provide the ultimate in fair competition by
playing a round robin format.  We had one team go undefeated and therefore earned
the first place prize money!  A total of $700.00 was given out in prizes.

Winner's list:

1st Place
Matt S.                        Falls Church, VA
Gabby S.                    Alexandria, VA

2nd Place
Lenny                        Baltimore, MD
Kurt                            Baltimore, MD
Capitol Spades Tournament
June 5, 2010
The Annual Capitol Spades Tournament was held on June 5, 2010 with 14 teams in
attendance.  More than half of the team were newbies!  We had players from all over
the DMV area!  

The preliminary round was 5 games and we took the top 4 teams to the finals round.  
Finals were a Double Elimination format.  The two top teams received prize money
totaling $675.00!

Winner's list:

1st Place
Paula.                         Fairfax, VA
Randy.                       Alexandria, VA

2nd Place
Ben                            Arlington, VA
Libby                          Fairfax, VA

3rd Place
James                       Centerville, VA
Adam                         Centerville, VA

4th Place
Eddie                         Alexandria, VA
Kyle                            Alexandria, VA
1st Place Winners
2nd Place Winners
1st Place Winners
2nd Place Winners