Congratulations to Cheri Bjerkan, Bob Katz & Howard Weinstein, who were elected to serve three year terms on the USBF Board of Directors, starting on January 1, 2013. The three were nominated by the USBF Nominating Committee, and there being no petition candidates, they were elected without need for voting. The full Board in 2013 will be:
Cheri Bjerkan
George Jacobs
Bob Katz
Ralph Katz
Sylvia Moss
Howard Weinstein
Jonathan Weinstein
2012 Senior Silver Medalists: Sam Lev, Richie Schwartz, Lew Finkel, John Schermer, Neil Chambers, Steve Landen (Phillip Alder, NPC not in picture)
Congratulations to the USBF Senior Team on winning the Silver Medal in the 2012 World Mind Sports Games in Lille, France.
2001 Bermuda Bowl Team: Coach Fred Gitelman, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, NPC Jan Martel
 Kyle |
 With Rose Meltzer in Paris, 2001 |
We have received the sad news that Kyle Larsen died in the night on Aug. 21st. We know that all of you will miss him at future USBF and ACBL tournaments. Kyle was inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in Philadelphia, a well-deserved honor. He had many NABC & Regional titles to his name, as well as the 2001 Bermuda Bowl.
The USA1 Under 21 team, Adam Kaplan-Zach Brescoll, Adam Grossack-Zach Grossack, Andrew & Richard Jeng came from behind to defeat Israel in their semi-final match in Tai Cang. They lost to favored Poland in a 180 board final to finish with the Silver Medals - Congratulations!!
Click here for pictures and biographies of the players on USA1. Read Daily Bulletins with articles and pictures on the tournament website. Click on "results" in the upper right hand box to get to results pages for each round of each event. Click on "bulletins" for the Daily Bulletins.
USA1 in the Under 26 Patiño Cup made the Knockout phase before losing to Australia in the Quarterfinals. USA2 in the Patiño Cup finished 13th in the Round Robin. USA2 in the Damiani Cup finished 11th in the Round Robin. The US Rona Cup team finished last in a small and therefore relatively strong field of teams of young women.
Congratulations to all of these young people for their performance in China and good luck to you all in the future.