CROATIA UPDATE

SATURDAY

Congratulations to team USA (Kevin Dwyer - Owen Lien, Jeremy Fournier - Mitch Towner, Roger Lee - Dan Wolkowitz on winning the silver medal in the BAM teams in Croatia! Well done!

All of the US players in Croatia reached the finals of the Board-a-Match competition. The USA and USA-U21 teams, both of whom failed to qualify for the Knockout Finals earlier this week (USA by the narrowest of margins - they were tied for the last qualifying spot and lost the tie-break), moved on to the Board-a-Match qualifying and semi-final, in which they ranked 6th and 7th after 3 days of competition. The top 8 teams qualified for the BAM final, where they will be joined by the 4 semi-finalists from the KO. Marius Agica, whose team (Ned-Rum) lost in the KO semi-final and then defeated the other losing semi-finalist to win the KO bronze medal, will  also be playing in the BAM final tomorrow. Good luck to all of our USBF Juniors in Croatia!

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JUNIORS IN CROATIA

Two USBF Junior teams and one USBF member on a transnational team are competing in the 2nd World Youth Congress in Croatia this week. Monday, Aug. 22nd & Tuesday, Aug. 23rd are the qualifying rounds for the IMP team event. The top 8 teams (there are 27 teams entered) will advance to Quarterfinals on Wednesday, Semifinals on Thursday and Finals on Friday. Meanwhile, the teams who didn't qualify for the Quarterfinals will compete in a Board a Match team event Wednesday through Saturday. Sunday through Tuesday, all of the players will compete in a Pair event.

Our teams are:

USA

Kevin Dwyer - Owen Lien
Roger Lee - Daniel Wolkowitz
Jeremy Fournier - Mitch Towner
NPC: Will Ehlers

USA U21

Zack Brescoll - Anam Tebha
Adam Grossack - Adam Kaplan
Stephen Drodge - Dan Emmons
NPCs: Tom & Jenni Carmichael

USBF member Marius Agica is playing with players from the Netherlands and Romania on the Ned Rum team.

To see the current results, click here and then click on the segment you want to see. For the main page with links to information about the players, the schedule and Daily Bulletins, click here. For the BBO Vugraph schedule, click here.

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Goodbye to a Dear Friend

nadine woodNadine Wood, photo by Peg Kaplan

We were all saddened today to hear of the death of Nadine Wood. Nadine has been a USBF member and supporter since our formation. She was a member of the Women's International Team Trials Committee when it was first formed by ACBL and continued to be an active and valued member of the Committee, now a USBF committee, through the Toronto meeting. She was always there to help, whether that meant finding space for the Women's and Senior Team Trials at MABC Regionals, serving as a wonderful hostess at those same Trials, working tirelessly at seeding for NABC events, and on and on. She will be sorely missed!

At the Detroit Women's and Senior Team Trials this year, USBF held a party to honor and thank Nadine for all of her hard work over the years. We did not know this would be the last time we would see Nadine at the Trials, but wanted to take the opportunity of having the two Trials together to thank Nadine. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get very many pictures from that evening, but here are a few, thanks to Sandy Arlinghaus & Suzi Subeck:

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Certificate-NadineBeth, Nadine, Joan with gift

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Edith Kemp Freilich

We've heard that Edith Kemp Freilich passed away late in the afternoon of Saturday, May 14th. Edith was an amazing bridge player and wonderful person, and even though she hasn't been active recently, we will all miss her.

Quoting from her ACBL Hall of Fame Biography:


Edith Kemp Freilich, one of only two women who have won all three major open team championships, was the third woman elected to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame.

She joined Josephine Culbertson and Helen Sobel Smith in the select group of 22 bridge greats.

Freilich and Smith were the only two women who have won the Vanderbilt, the Spingold and The Reisinger (formerly the Chicago). In fact, only 41 players throughout ACBL history have won all three.

Freilich won her first major championship – the NABC Women’s Pairs – with Mae Rosen in 1941. More than 50 years and 29 additional NABC titles later, her competitive drive and skill remain strong.

What keeps Freilich going? For one thing, she still loves the game. "It’s wonderful to have a sport you love," she says. "I’m going to be playing bridge as long as I can walk and talk."

Teammates and opponents admire Freilich’s tenacity.

"She’s tough and dangerous and always capable of making a fine play," says Shawn Quinn, whose team defeated Freilich’s team in the final of the Women’s Knockout Teams at the 1996 Summer NABC in Miami Beach .

Aileen Osofsky, chairman of the ACBL Goodwill Committee, recalls that Judi Radin, her bridge teacher, once pointed out Freilich and said: "That’s who I want to be when I grow up."
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  4. USBF BOARD TO CHOOSE TEAM FOR 2013 HUA YUAN CUP

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