USA U16 Win Bronze in 2018 World Youth Bridge Team Championships

 

USA Under 16 [aka Kids] wins the Bronze Medal at the 17th World Youth Bridge Team Championships in Wujiang, China

Congratulations to Michael Hu, Harrison Anders Luba, Rory Xiao, Michael Xu, Jonathan Yue and Arthur Zhou, with Jim Munday the npc

 

more details about this and other USA Teams available at http://db.worldbridge.org/repository/tourn/suzhou.18/microsite/Bulletins.htm

 

USA U16

2018 U16 bronze team

Michael Hu -Arthur Zhou - Harrison Luba - NPC Jim Munday - Michael Xu - Jonathan Yue - Rory Xiao, photo by Yanling Wang

 

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NICKELL is USA1 for 2019 Bermuda Bowl

In an extremely exciting final, the Nick Nickell team defeated the Hemant Lall team by 11 IMPs on the final board of the match. Nickell will be USA1 for the 2019 Bermuda Bowl. Good luck to them in Sanya, and to all the "also rans" there's next year's USBC, which will select USA2 for 2019.

Nickell Team

2018 Nickell Team

Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Ralph Katz, "Koach" Eric Kokish,
Bobby Levin, NPC Jill Levin, Steve Weinstein

 

Lall Team

2018 Lall Team

Kevin Bathurst, Zia Mahmood, Reese Milner, Jacek "Pepsi" Pszczola, Justin Lall, Hemant Lall

 

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2018 Junior World Championship Teams Approved

The USBF Board of Directors has approved the following teams who will represent USBF at the 2018 World Junior Championships in China this August:

For the Patiño Cup (Players Under Age 26):

USA1

Zach Grossack-Oren Kriegel
Christian Jolly-Adam Kaplan
Ben Kristensen-Kevin Rosenberg
NPC Michael Rosenberg

USA2

Sam Amer-Yichen Yin
Arjun Dhir-Will Zhu
Greg Herman-Burke Snowden
NPC David Caprera

For the Damiani Cup (Players Under Age 21)

Cornelius Duffie-Stella Wan
Kevin Huang-Brent Xiao
Richard Jeng-Sarah Youngquist
NPC Sylvia Shi

For the Rona Cup (Women Under Age 26)

Sophia Chang-Lucy Zhang
Emma Kolesnik-Lingyi Ma
Amber Lin-Isha Thapa
NPC Kent Mignocchi

For the Koç University Cup (Players Under Age 16)

Harrison Luba-Michael Xu
Michael Hu-Arthur Zhou
Rory Xiao-Jonathan Yue
NPC Jim Munday

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Dhir Wins Exciting USA2 Final

The Dhir team - Arjun Dhir-Will Zhu, Sam Amer-Greg Herman-Burke Snowden, defeated the Wei team - Hongji Wei-Chang Liu, Yewen Fan-Nian Si, Che Shen-Yichen Yin on the final board of the match, when the declarer in 7 diamonds had to decide whether to take a finesse or play for a squeeze and made the wrong decision. Review the bidding and play in the final segment here for lots of excitement.

 

2018 USA2 Patiño Cup team

2018 Dhir Team

                          Burke Snowden, Sam Amer, Greg Herman, Will Zhu, Arjun Dhir, photo by Sylvia Shi

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  1. USA1 Teams for 2018 World Junior Championships
  2. 2017 MICHAEL SEAMON JUNIOR USBC UNDERWAY
  3. 2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games
  4. Daily Bulletin

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