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2014 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS & NPC'S APPROVED

The USBF Board has now approved the 5 teams that qualified for the 2014 World Junior Championships, as well as the players whe were added to the four 4-person teams and the NPCs for the teams. The teams & their NPCs are:

Under 26 Division (Patiño Cup) - USA1

The U26 USA1 team played in the Junior USBC 6-handed so did not need to add players. Their NPC will be Michael Rosenberg

U26 USA1 Kaplan Adam Kaplan, Zach Brescoll, Adam Grossack, Zach Grossack, Owen Lien, Marius Agica, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Michael Rosenberg smiling Michael Rosenberg, NPC, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Under 26 Division (Patiño Cup) - USA2

The USA2 team played 4-handed in the Junior USBC. They have added Greg Herman & Alex Hudson & their NPC will be Curtis Cheek

U26 USA2 Wang William Zhu, Edmund Wu, Erli Zhou, Jimmy Wang, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Greg Herman, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Alex Hudson, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Curtis-Cheek Curtis Cheek, NPC

Under 21 Division (Damiani Cup) - USA1

USA1 in the U-21 Division has added Nolan Chang and Cole Spencer. Their NPC will be Barry Goren.

U21 USA1 Kriegel Kevin Rosenberg, Oren Kriegel, Ben Kristensen, Chris Huber, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Nolan Chnag, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Cole Spencer, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

barry-goren Barry Goren, NPC, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Under 21 Division (Damiani Cup) - USA2

USA2 in the U-21 Division has added Hakan Berk and David Soukup. Their NPC will be Tom Carmichael.

U21 USA2 Dhir Arjun Dhir, Christian Jolly, Allison Hunt, Burke Snowden, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Hakan Berk, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

David Soukup, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Carmichael3 Tom Carmichael, photo by Peg Kaplan

Rona Division (Women Under 26)

The Rona Cup team has added Asya Ladyzhensky and Anam Tebha. Their NPC will be Karen McCallum
Rona-young-women-Thapa Julie Arbit, Isha Thapa, Becca Wernis, Marianna Linz, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Asya Ladyzhenski, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Anam Tebha, photo by Chris Hamilton Photography

Karen McCallum, NPC

Team Coordinator

Phyllis-Cheek Phyllis Cheek Phyllis Cheek will serve as team coordinator for all 5 teams, making sure that travel problems get solved and that the players file all necessary documents with WBF and get to Turkey ready to play their best.

Details: Created: 04 January 2014; Last Updated: 30 March 2016

INDIVIDUAL GOLD FOR BJERKAN IN 2013 SPORTACCORD MIND GAMES

Congratulations to USBF Board Member and Treasurer Cheri Bjerkan, who won the Individual Gold Medal at the 2013 SportAccord Mind Games. {mosimage}

Other SportAccord Results

The US Women's team finished third in the Women's team competition; the Open team finished fourth.

US pairs finished 8th, 9th & 10th in the Open and 4th, 8th & 10th in the Women's.

For complete results click here and then on the final stage of each competition. Daily Bulletins from the event are available here.

Details: Created: 19 December 2013; Last Updated: 05 July 2015

SportAccord Team Change

Carole Miner and Cindy Balderson have replaced Mildred Breed and Disa Eythorsdottir on the USBF Women's team for the 2013 SportAccord tournament to be held in December in Beijing. Breed is unable to travel to Beijing in December, so in accordance with USBF procedure, the pair was replaced by the fourth highest pair in the voting for the SportAccord team. USBF teams for the SportAccord event (listed alphabetically by pair) are:

Women's Team

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Open Team

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Details: Created: 22 October 2013; Last Updated: 05 July 2015

2013 - GOLD & SILVER FOR USA IN BALI

Congratulations to the USA2 Venice Cup team, who won the Gold in the Venice Cup, to USA2 in the Seniors on a very close second place finish for Silver and to the all-US Gordon team, who won Gold in the Transnational Teams. Well done all!