USBF teams had an amazing World Championships, winning Gold in two of the major events and also in three Transnational events, as well as Bronze in one main event and one Transnational event. Pictures coming as soon as your exhausted reporter can manage to collect them.
BERMUDA BOWL - Open Teams - GOLD
USA1 (Kevin Bathurst-John Hurd, Adam Grossack-Eddie Wold, Adam Kaplan-Finn Kolesnik, Bob Morris NPC) won the Gold Medal, beating Denmark in the Final, Belgium in the Semi-Final, and England in the Quarterfinal, after finishing third in the Round Robin.
D'ORSI CUP - Senior Teams - Gold & Bronze
USA1 (Jeff Wolfson-Steve Garner, David Berkowitz-Larry Cohen, Michael Kamil-Jeff Meckstroth, Jan Martel NPC, Chip Martel Coach) won the Gold Medal, beating France in the Final, USA2 in the Semi-Final, and England in the Quarterfinl, after finishing first in the Round Robin.
USA2 (Reese MilnerHemant Lall, Bobby Levin-Eric Rodwell, Zia Mahmood-Alan Sontag, NPC Phil Clayton, Coach Joyjit Sansarma) won the Bronize, beating Austria in the 3rd-4th playoff and Netherlands in the Quarterfinal, after finishing a very close second in the Round Robin (there were 9 Victory Points between first & second, 50 Victory Points between second & third).
TRANSNATIONAL OPEN TAMS - Gold & Bronze
Shourie (Rajath Shourie from the US with mostly European supporting cast) won Gold, beating SPS Construction (Jacek Pszczola from the USBF with a supporting cast of Poland players) in the Final. Davinci (USBF players Chris Compton-Richard Leonardon, Geoff Hampson-Mike Passell, with Simon de Wijs-Bauke Muller from the Netherlands) won Bronze, beating Norway in the playoff.
TRANSNATIONAL BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS - Gold
FINAL A: Open USA2 (Andrew Rosenthal-Aaron Silverstein, Eldad Ginossar-Chris Willenken, Michael Rosenberg-Zach Grossack, NPC Rob Barrington).
FINAL B: USBF member Geeske Joel, with a supporting cast from Germany & Netherlands.
OTHER FINISHES - no medals, but a great performance:
BERMUDA BOWL
Fifth through Eighth: USA2 (Andrew Rosenthal-Aaron Silverstein, Eldad Ginossar-Chris Willenken, Michael Rosenberg-Zach Grossack, NPC Rob Barrington)
VENICE CUP - Women's Teams
USA2 (Susan Zhang-Sylvia Shi, Migry Campanile-Janice Molson, Jill Meyers-Kerri Sanborn, NPC Josh Dunn) finished 5th-8th, losing a 3 IMP match to Poland in the Quarterfinal, after finishing 6th in the Round Robin.
WUHAN CUP - Mixed Teams
USA1 (Stewart Rubenstein-Anam Tebha, Giorgia Botta-John Kranyak, Vince Demuy-Jenny Wolpert, Harrison Luba, NPC, Christinal Parker, Coach) finished 4th,losing the 3rd-4th playoff to Poland, after losing to Italy in the Semi-final, defeating Romania in the Quarterfinal, and finishing first in the Round Robin.
USA2 (Joan Millens-Shan Huang, Cecilia & Kevin Dwyer Rimstedt, Joe Grue-Sandra Rimstedt, Alex Hudson NPC) finished 5th-8th, losing a close match to Italy in the Quarterfinal, after finishing 6th in the Round Robin.
