Congratulations to Janice Seamon - WBF Executive Council

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USBF member Janice Seamon has been elected to the WBF Executive Council as a representative of the High Level Players Commission. Congratulations, Janice!

WBF's main administrative body is the Executive Council, which has nineteen members, most of whom are elected by the WBF Zonal organizations (current ACBL representatives are Georgia Heth, Paul Janicki, Al Levy, Merlin Vilhauer and Howie Weinstein). Two members of the Executive Council are elected by the WBF High Level Players Commission, the members of which are elected by players in their zones (our zone - Zone 2 - has three members, who are currently Chip Martel, Janice Seamon-Molson and Kit Woolsey).

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2013 - USA2 (LYNCH) WINS 2013 WORLD SENIOR BOWL!

At its meeting in Sanya, the WBF Executive Committee awarded the Gold Medal for the 2013 Senior Bowl to USA2, after finding that the German team should be disqualified because two of its players had cheated. Congratulations to the Lynch team for both discovering how the German players were cheating and their strong play in the entire Senior Bowl in Bali last year.

2013 Lynch team

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2014 SPORTACCORD WORLD MINDGAMES TOURNAMENTS - Live and Online

The 2014 SPORTACCORD World MindGames Tournament will be held in Beijing from December 10-17. The USBF teams will be:

Open Team - Huub Bertens & Curtis Cheek, Vince Demuy & John Kranyak and Justin Lall & Roger Lee.

Women's team - Cheri Bjerkan & Pam Wittes, Lynn Deas & Disa Eythorsdottir and Irina Levitina & Kerri Sanborn.

SportAccord also holds an online tournament, which will run from September 15 - November 15. For more information about that event and how to enter, see the Press Release announcing the event and the website for the event, where you can find information about format, prizes and how to enter.  

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2014 Damiani Cup (U21) - SILVER FOR USA1

Congratulations to USA1 for winning the Silver Medal in the Damiani Cup (Under 21) in the 2014 World Youth Teams Championship. Ben Christensen, Nolan Chang, Chris Huber, Oren Kriegel, Kevin Rosenberg & Cole Spencer finished the qualifying Round Robin in fifth place. They defeated China by 13 IMPs in the Quarterfinals (having started 11 IMPs behind as a result of their loss to China in the Round Robin). They defeated France by 20.5 IMPs, having started 4.5 IMPs ahead as a result of defeating France in the Round Robin.

In the final, USA2 played Sweden, who had won the Round Robin, defeatied the Netherlands by 41 in the Quarterfinal and Norway by 75 in the Semifinal. At the half in the Final, USA1 led by 15 IMPs on the strength of a very strong third segment. Sweden came on strong in the 4th and 5th sets, to lead by 52.5 after 5 of 6 segments. The teams played even in the final segment, so Sweden won the match and the gold medal.

U21 USA1 Kriegel

 Kevin Rosenberg, Oren Kriegel, Ben Kristensen & Chris Huber, who won the USA1 spot at the 2014 Junior USBC.

                  Nolan-Chang            Cole-Spencer

Nolan Chang & Cole Spencer were added to the team for the WYTC.

US teams finished 5-8 in the Ortiz-Patiño Cup (Under 26) and the Rona Cup (Women Under 26), and ended the Round Robin in 10th (U21) and 12th (U26) places after the Round Robin.

In the Board-A-Match teams, five of the USA1 Under 26 team won Gold. Congratulations to Zach Brescoll, Adam & Zach Grossack, Adam Kaplan, Owen Lien and new teammate from Sweden Adam Stokka.

 

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  1. Buffett Cup Statement
  2. Weinstein New USBF President
  3. CONGRATULATIONS JILL & CHIP
  4. 2014 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS & NPC'S APPROVED

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