John Solodar - 1940-2017
We heard with sadness that John Solodar had recently died. John was a member of the USBF's Credentials Committee, and served on Credentials hearing committees almost until his death. He also played in USBCs over the years. All of us will miss him.
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ACBL Seeks new CEO
The ACBL's CEO search committee has asked that we draw your attention to the search for a new CEO. Here is the flyer describing the position and how to apply
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Open USBC Byes
After completion of the 2017 Vanderbilt, we know that for the 2017 USBC:
Diamond & Nickell will have a bye to the Round of 8; Nickell will be the 1 seed as a result of the Positioning Points earned by winning the Vanderbilt; Diamond will be the 2 seed.
Fleisher & Fireman will have byes to the Round of 16 and will be the 3 & 4 seeds in the 2017 USBC (3 & 4 will be randomly assigned).
ten Round Robin teams will qualify for the USA1 Round of 16, joining Fleisher & Fireman. The next 4 Round Robin teams will qualify for the USA2 Round of 64 and will play head to head matches to qualify 2 of them to join the 6 USA1 Round of 16 losers in the USA2 Round of 32.
All of this assumes that 15-20 teams (including the 4 teams with byes) will enter the 2017 Open USBC. A larger or smaller entry size would change the format.
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2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC
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.
For more information about this event, click on the links below:
Results
Daily Bulletin
Teams Entered - U26
Teams Entered - U21
Teams Entered - U16
Teams Entered - Rona
| The USBF Junior Program is grateful to the donors whose generosity funds the 2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC. Many thanks to: | |||
| Jimmy & Pat Cayne | Mike Levine | Lynn Baker | John Diamond |
| Connie Goldberg | Vinita Gupta | John McAllister | Sylvia Moss |
| Lou Ann O'Rourke | Alex Perlin | Max Schireson | Jeff Wolfson |
| Dan Zagorin | |||
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