2023 Beth Palmer Women's USBC

The 2023 Beth Palmer Women's USBC will select the 2 USBF Women's teams for the Venice Cup at the 2023 World Championships, scheduled for August 20-Sept. 2, 2023, at the Palais des Congres in Marrakech, Morocco. 

Location & Dates

The face-to-face stage of the 2023 Beth Palmer Women's USBC will be held at the Schaumburg, IL Hyatt Regency, starting on Saturday, May 20th and  ending on Thursday, May 25th. Room rate for the USBC is $136 per night, including internet. You can make a reservation for any or all of the 2023 USBCs at our online reservation page, or by calling Hyatt at 877-803-7534 and mentioning USBF or maybe CHIRG-USB1. If you have any problems with hotel reservations, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and she will try to straighten things out. The cut-off date to make reservations at our rate is April 16, 2023, but the online site will remain open after that and reservations will be accepted as long as the hotel has available rooms.

If more than 4 teams enter the 2023 Beth Palmer Women's USBC, there will be an online qualification stage to reduce to 4 teams, April 11-13. If the Open or Mixed doesn't need an online stage, and all of the players in the Women's would prefer an earlier online stage, it can be moved to sometime between March 28 & April 1. The online stage will be on RealBridge.

Entry Information

Entries are now open. To assure entry in the 2023 Beth Palmer Women's USBC, you must enter your team by March 28, 2023. Additional entries will be accepted after March 28 if it improves the format of the event. No player who has qualified for the Open, Mixed, or Senior World Championship may play int he face to face stages of the Beth Palmer Women's USBC.

Entry Fees

There will be an event entry fee of $500 for each team, due when entries close. In addition, each team pays session fees of $200 per session of play ($400 per day) for KO matches. The $500 event fee is due by March 22nd, and is normally non-refundable after entries have closed.

Format

There will be 4 stages: the first stage, if needed, will be an online Round Robin to select the  teams that will play in the USA1 Semifinal; the other stages will be 120 Board Knockout matches, starting with the USA1 Semifinal on Saturday, May 20th and Sunday, May 21st and ending with the USA2 Final on Wednesday, May 24th and Thursday, May 25th.

Seeding

If there is a Round Robin, the Round Robin winner will select their Semifinal opponent. If not, the Semifinal will be set by random draw.

system forms

Each pair is required to submit a System Summary Form on or before March 28th if there is an online stage, or on or before May 6th if not. To create or edit a SSF, first log in to this site, then click on "Create or Edit SSF" under the User Menu, which appears in the left hand column when you log in. You can either create a new form or copy an old one. If you have any problems, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will try to help.

 

Each pair is also required to submit an ACBL convention card on or before March 28th or May 6th. We haven't yet been able to set up a way for you to upload your ACBL convention card or link to a BridgeWinners card online, so please either share your BridgeWinners card with Al or email a PDF or JPG version of your convention card to him, and he will upload and link. If you sent Al a convention card or link last year and it's the same for this year, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and let him know to copy that card or link to this year. Thanks.

 

If you are playing a method that is allowed under paragraph 3 or paragraph 7 of Opening Bids on the new Open+ Convention Chart, and there is not now an ACBL approved defense to the method, you must submit a full description of the method and a recommended defense at least 4 weeks before the start of the USBC. Our software no longer allows you to create an Advance Submisstion Form online, but you can download the form as a Word document and use it as an outline of the information you should submit. Complete it, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will convince the website to see it as an ASF and link it to your SSF. He will also send it to the USBF Conventions Committee for review. If the committee has not rejected it within 1 week of submission, it is accepted and you may play the method and must bring the recommended defense to the table with you.

Relevant Dates

Tuesday, March 14th: Final day to submit Recommended Defenses for any paragraph 3 or 7 methods if there is an online stage.

Saturday, April 22nd: Final day to submit Recommended Defenses for any paragraph 3 or 7 methods if there is not an online stage.

Friday, April 16th: Last day to make hotel reservations and be assured of receiving our hotel rate. The hotel may honor the rate for later reservations, but is not required to do so.

Tuesday, March 28th: Final day to submit System Summary Form and ACBL Convention card if there is an online stage. Penalty for late submission is loss of seating rights in one segment of a KO match (starting with the first match the team plays) per day that either the SSF or Convention Card is late. SSFs will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the ITTC and rejected if not adequate.

Saturday, May 6th: Final day to submit System Summary Form and ACBL Convention card if there is not an online stage. Penalty for late submission is loss of seating rights in one segment of a KO match (starting with the first match the team plays) per day that either the SSF or Convention Card is late. SSFs will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the ITTC and rejected if not adequate.

Saturday, April 8th: Last day for roster changes without Credentials Committee approval if there is an online stage.

Thursday, May 4th: Last day for roster changes without Credentials Committee approval if there is not an online stage.

Results

When the event has started, you will be able to click here to get to the results page for the Women's USBC. Once there, you can click on the stage of the event in which you are interested.

Available Documents

Draft of Special Conditions of Contest for the 2023 Women's USBC in PDF format

Conditions of Play for the 2023 Women's USBC in PDF format will be linked after entries have closed.

Draft 4 of 2023 General Conditions of Contest in PDF format.

ACBL Convention Charts in PDF Format; the Open+ Chart will apply for USBF events.