This Fall the USBF will conduct an election to fill 2 seats on its Board of Directors. The seats are for three-year terms commencing January 1, 2026. 

Nominees must be Active USBF members, having paid the 2025 annual active or resident member dues of $50.

If you are interested in being nominated, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Chair of the 2025 Nominating Committee, by October 10th. Include a short statement about why you would like to be on the board and what skills and expertise you would bring to the organization. 

The USBF Nominating Committee will meet and may interview potential Board candidates. The Nominating Committee slate will be posted no later than October 24, 2024.

In addition to those candidates nominated by the nominating committee, candidates may be nominated by petition. Twenty-five or more Active or Resident Members of USBF may nominate an Active or Resident Member for a Board position. To file a petition nominating a candidate, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the name of the candidate and the names and email addresses of the people making the nomination on or before November 4, 2025. If there are no petition candidates, the candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee will either be elected without the need for an election (if there are only two nominees), or will be the entire slate of nominees for the election.

See the election timeline below for when things happen. Download the Election Procedures and Board Member Expectations for more complete information about the election.

 * BMD = Ballot Mailing Date

** Necessary only if more candidates are nominated than there are positions open.

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. 

Bob Morris, Finn Kolesnik, Kevin Bathurst, Eddie Wold, John Hurd, Adam Grossack, Adam Kaplan

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.

Mike Kamil, Jeff Meckstroth, Steve Garner, Jan Martel, Larry Cohen, Jeff Wolfson, David Berkowitz

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, Silver & Bronze

SPS Construction (Jacek Pszczola from the USBF with a supporting cast of Poland players), Shourie (Rajath Shourie from the USBF with a mostly European supporting cast) won Silver. 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.

USA1 (Lynn Baker-Olivia Schireson, Amber Lin-Debbie Rosenberg, Emma Kolesnik-JoAnna Stansby, NPC Joe Stokes) finished 13th in the Round Robin.

WUHAN CUP - Mixed Teams

USA1 (Stewart Rubenstein-Anam Tebha, Giorgia Botta-John Kranyak, Vince Demuy-Jenny Wolpert, Harrison Luba, NPC, Christina 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.