Open USBC Qualifiers for Round Robin 2
In a very tight finish, these teams qualified to continue playing in the 2021 Open USBC:
Team (players) |
VPs |
| FLEISHER (Fleisher-Martel, Grue-Moss, Korbel-Lee) | 301.26 |
| BISHEL (Bishel-Bishel, Clerkin-Hinton-Lyon) | 246.22 |
| HENNER (Henner-Ivatury, Ganzer-Goodman, Tebha-Zolotow) | 235.05 |
| LEVINE (Levine-Wold, Garner-Meckstroth, Lair-Passell) | 231.41 |
| DONNER (Donner-Rimstedt, Delmonte-Kolesnik, Nistor-Rotaru) | 228.60 |
| NICKELL (Nickell-Katz, Greco-Hampson, Levin-Weinstein | 225.28 |
| GU (Gu-Ao, Sheng-Wei) | 224.71 |
| SPECTOR (Spector-Wolpert-Kranyak, Hurd-Bathurst) | 223.62 |
| HILL (Hill-Dwyer-Huang, Grainger-Wooldridge) | 222.77 |
| BRAMLEY (Bramley-Woolsey, Lall-Weichsel) | 218.97 |
| SIMSON (Simson-Aker, Casen-Krekorian, Koneru-Schermer) | 218.39 |
| LEBOWITZ (Lebowitz-A Grossack, Z Grossack-K Rosenberg, M Rosenberg-Zia) | 216.80 |
Play in Round Robin 2 will start on Friday. Good luck all!
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CAS Finds No Jurisdiction in Bertens vs USBF
In a lengthy opinion released on Sept. 8, 2021, the CAS panel found that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal filed by Huub Bertens against the United States Bridge Federation and therefore rejected Bertens' appeal.
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USBF Board Supports Teams & Players in EBL Qualification Event
At its meeting on Sunday, Aug. 29th, the Board of Directors of the USBF made the following statement:
The USBF Board unanimously and strongly supports the teams and players who forfeited a match they considered morally impossible to play under the unique circumstances of the EBL Qualification event.
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2021 USBF Election
This Fall the USBF will conduct an election to fill 3 seats on its Board of Directors. The seats are for three-year terms commencing January 1, 2022.
Nominees must be Active USBF members, having paid the 2021 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 Nominating Committee. We have also sought nominations through Bridge Winners, and the USBF Nominating Committee will meet and interview potential Board candidates. The Nominating Committee slate will be posted no later than November 1.
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 12, 2021. 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 three 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 Expectiations for more complete information about the election
Any Active USBF member interested in being on the ballot who has not been nominated by the Nominating Committee should go to About USBF and read the final paragraph on the page (Election Information), which directs you to the relevant documents.
| ACTION | Relation to BMD* | Date | Week Day |
| Nominating Committee reports to Elections Committee |
31 Days before BMD | 11/1/21 | Monday |
| Nominations Close | 30 Days before BMD | 11/2/21 | Tuesday |
| Last Day for Petition Candidates | 20 days before BMD | 11/12/21 | Friday |
| Eligible Voter List Posted on Web site** | 15 days before BMD | 11//17/21 | Wednesday |
| Last day to protest voter list** | 7 days before BMD | 11/25/21 | Thursday |
| Ballot Mailing Date (BMD)** | 12/2/21 | Thursday | |
| End of voting period** | 12/11/21 | Saturday | |
| Announce Results | 12/18/21 | Saturday | |
| Last Day for protest of election |
10 days after results announced |
* BMD = Ballot Mailing Date
** Necessary only if more candidates are nominated than there are positions open.
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