Due to current events, it is not possible to hold the USBCs in Schaumburg in May. Based in large part on USBC player survey responses, we will not hold the USBCs as entirely online qualifying events. 

The USBF Board is carefully considering our options, including but not limited to holding the USBCs later this summer. The WBF has announced that the World Bridge Games will be rescheduled, probably early in 2021. The USBF will therefore hold qualifying events this year. We are working with the Schaumburg Hyatt to find dates that will work for us and for them.

The USBF has extended the guaranteed entry deadline for all of the USBCs to June 1, and will consider extending it to a later date depending on the dates on which we are holding the USBCs. Additional entries will be accepted after the quaranteed entry date only if they don’t change the length of the event. It is necessary for USBF planning, including with the hotel, to know the length of the events.

The Board will meet again as soon as we have heard back from the hotel.

The USBF has cancelled the Under-31 Selection Trials. The event was to have been held online during April, with a requirement that players not play from their homes, preferably play at a bridge club or similar location, and have an approved monitor watch them. That plan became impossible because of restrictions on public gatherings and closing of most bridge clubs, as well as very serious "stay at home" regulations in several states.

After considering alternatives that would provide adequate security without forcing players to interact with others in this difficult time, and given the uncertainty that the World Youth Bridge Team Championships, at which the U31 event was to be played, and which is scheduled for July 31-August 9 in Italy, will be held, the Board reluctantly decided to cancel the event and not send a team to the U31 event if it is held.

The USBF Board has not yet decided what to do about the Open, Mixed, Senior & Women's Trials, which are scheduled for May in Schaumburg, IL. As soon as a decision is made, we'll let you know.