The 2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC selected teams for the 2018 World Junior Teams Championship.

In the Under 26 division, KAPLAN (Kaplan-Jolly, Z Grossack-Kriegel, Kristensen-Rosenberg) won USA1 and DHIR (Dhir-Zhu-Amer, Herman-Snosden) team won USA2.
In the Under 21 division, B XIAO (Xiao-Huang, Duffie-R Jeng-Youngquist) won.
In the Under 16 division, R XIAO (Xiao-Luba-Yue, Hu-Zhou) won & went on to win the Bronze medal in China.
In the Rona division, the THAPA (Thapa-Lin, Chang-Zhang) team won.

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Results

Daily Bulletin

Teams Entered - U26

Teams Entered - U21

Teams Entered - U16

Teams Entered - Rona

The United States Bridge Federation junior program, directed by Michael Rosenberg, provides players under the age of 26 with USBF mentors to improve the quality of our junior teams in international competition. As part of the program, practice sessions are held on Bridge Base Online (BBO), where the juniors play team matches and the mentors analyze and comment on their play. The matches are 15 boards, IMP scored, and take about 90 minutes.

The program has recently instituted “Monday Celebrity Guest Night”, where, on the first Monday of each month, a world-class player sits in, partners a junior, and plays in a team match.

On Monday, March 6th, beginning at 7pm Eastern, the celebrity guest will be Bob Hamman.

                                                                      Bob Hamman, photo by Peg Kaplan

Larry Cohen and George Jacobs will provide commentary.

Kibitzers are invited to watch by logging on to BBO, going to the “Vugraph room,” and joining the tables designated “USBFJR.”  

In January Geoff Hampson participated and in February, Brad Moss.

In future months it is expected that the juniors will be joined by Bobby Levin, Mike Passell, and John Kranyak, among others.

The USBF is most appreciative of the voluntary contributions these top players are making.