NATIONAL TEAMS
The USA Senior team (Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Jacek (Pepsi) Pszcola NPC, Joyjit Sensarma Coach) won the gold medal, and the Women's team (Lynn Baker, Olivia Schireson, Jill Meyers, Kerri Sanborn, Cecilia Dwyer Rimstedt, Sandra Rimstedt, Joe Stokes NPC, Sam Dinkin Coach) won the bronze medal in the 2024 World Bridge Games. Three members of the Senior team (Reese Milner, Hemant Lall, and Zia Mahmood) were defending their 2016 gold medal (the World Bridge Games are held every 4 years, but were not held in 2020); one other player from the 2016 gold medal Senior team, Chip Martel, played in Buenos Aires, his Open team lost to Switzerland in the Quarterfinal. Kerri Sanborn won gold in 2016; sadly, two of her teammates (Lynn Deas and Beth Palmer) are no longer with us; two others (Janice Molson & Sylvia Shi) played in the Mixed event in Buenos Aires, losing to silver medalist China in the Quarterfinal.
GOLD MEDALIST SENIOR TEAM ON THE MEDAL STAND
Reese Milner, NPC Jacek (Pepsi) Pszcola, Bobby Levin, Hemant Lall, Eric Rodwell, Coach Joyjit Sensarma, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, photo by Chrissie Albice.
Senior Team at Playing Site
Coach Joyjit Sensarma, Hemant Lall, Zia Mahmood, Reese Milner, Michael Rosenberg, Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell
BRONZE MEDALIST WOMEN'S TEAM ON THE MEDAL STAND
Olivia Schireson, Lynn Baker, Sandra Rimstedt, Kerri Sanborn, NPC Joe Stokes, Jill Meyers, Coach Sam Dinkin, Cecilia Dwyer Rimstedt; photo by Constance McAlvoy.
NATIONAL PAIRS
Congratulations to Joel Wooldridge and Kent Mignocchi who won gold in the National Open Pair competition and to Mike and Allison Cappelletti who won bronze in the National Mixed Pairs.
Open Pairs Gold Medalists
Joel Wooldridge and Kent Mignocchi. Photo by Lynn Baker.
Mixed Pairs Bronze
MIke and Allison Cappelletti. Photo by Lynn Baker.
Transnational pablo lambardi teams
Congratulations to the Shourie team (USBF members Rajath Shourie, Gavin Wolpert, Vince Demuy, and John Kranyak, with Norwegians Tor Elvind Grude and Geir Helgemo) who won gold in the Pablo Lambardi teams, and to the US Mixed team (Susan Zhang, Eddie Wold, Sylvia Shi, Daniel Korbel, Janice Molson, Geoff Hampson, NPC Bob Morris) who won bronze.
Gold Medalists
Vince Demuy, Rajath Shourie, Tor Elvind Grude, Geir Helgemo, John Kranyak, Gavin Wolpert. Photo by Boye Brogeland
Bronze Medalists
Geoff Hampson, Janice Molson, Eddie Wold, Susan Zhang, Sylvia Shi, Dan Korbel, NPC Bob Morris.