Congratulations to Burke Snowden, Benjamin Kristensen, David Soukup and Hakan Berk, who narrowly defeated Arjun Dhir, Brandon Harper, Matthew Weingarten and Ricoh Das to become USA2 for the 2012 Damiani Cup (players Under 21). The team has added Arjun Dhir and Murphy Green. Good luck to all of our 2012 Junior teams!

For an article about one of the players on the Snowden team see Fountain of Youth on the ACBL website.

Entries are now open for the 2012 Open, Women's and Seniors Trials. All three Trials will select teams for the 2012 World Mind Sports Games, or Bridge Olympiad, to be held August 11-25 at a site to be announced soon. All three Trials will be held in Schaumburg, IL (near O'Hare) at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield.The Open Trials will start on Friday, April 27th and end on Sunday, May 6th unless a surprisingly large or small number of teams enter. The Women's & Senior Trials will start on Friday, June 1st and end on June 5th or 6th.

After several years of rising costs and running the Trials at a loss, the USBF Board decided to increase Session entry fees this year from $120 per team per session to $150 per team per session. The Event entry fee is unchanged at $360 per team.

For more information, click on the Main Menu listings for the individual Trials. Additional information will be added as we get it. We look forward to seeing many of you at this year's United States Bridge Championships.