Fleisher Team Is USA2 for the 2019 Bermuda Bowl
Marty Fleisher-Chip Martel, Eric Greco-Geoff Hampson, Joe Grue-Brad Moss defeated WOLFSON (Jeff Wolfson-Steve Garner, John Hurd-Joel Wooldridge, Michael Rosenberg-Zia Mahmood) in the Finals of the 2019 Open USBC to earn the right to be USA2 in the 2019 Bermuda Bowl. Fleisher, Martel, Grue & Moss will be defending the Bermuda Bowl title they won in 2017. Should they do so successfully, we believe they will be the first players to successfully defend a Bermuda Bowl title since Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Bob Hamman and Bobby Wolff, who won the 1985 Bermuda Bowl with Peter Pender and the 1987 Bermuda Bowl with Michael Lawrence.
Marty Fleisher, Chip Martel, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco, Brad Moss, Joe Grue
Baker Team will be USA1 for the 2019 Venice Cup
Congratulations to Lynn Baker-Karen McCallum, Irina Levitina-Kerri Sanborn, Beth Palmer-Sylvia Shi, Sam Dinkin NPC, who convincingly defeated the Disa Eythorsdottir team by 90 IMPs over 105 boards, after which the Disa team withdrew.
Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn, Beth Palmer, Sam Dinkin, Sylvia Shi, Irina Levitina, photo by Stan Subeck
2019 Open USBC Starts Friday
The 2019 Open USBC will be held in Schaumburg, Illinois, starting on Friday, May 10th. May 10th & 11th are a Round Robin, with 16 teams, 13 of whom will advance to the Round of 16 on Sunday, May 12th. We do not cover the Round Robin on Vugraph for security reasons, but you can find the scores at https://usbf.org/docs/vugraphs/USBC2019/RRsheet.php. Scores will be posted after each round, as promptly as we can manage.
You can find all of the information about the USBC under the USBF Tournaments menu, but here are some useful links to get you started:
Teams Entered with links to system forms and team profile pages. There is no Nickell team because this event chooses USA2 for the 2019 Bermuda Bowl and Nickell won the 2018 USBC to become USA1.