Congratulations!

PALMER WINS WOMEN'S USBC

The Palmer team (Beth Palmer - Sylvia Shi, Lynn Deas - Juanita Chambers, and Janice Seamon-Molson, Tobi Sokolow) won the 2016 Women's USBC in convincing fashion, challenged only in the Quarterfinals, where they defeated Weingold by 6 IMPs over 60 boards. Their Semi-Final opponent, Wittes, withdrew after 105 boards, down 132 IMPs. In the Finals, against the top-seeded Baker team, they took the lead in the second segment and never looked back. The final margin was 34. By winning the Women's USBC, the Palmer team earned the right to represent the US in the 2016 World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland in September. GOOD LUCK!

2016 Palmer Team

Tobi Sokolow, Beth Palmer, Sylvia Shi, Lynn Deas, Janice Seamon-Molson & Juanita Chambers

Details: Created: 05 June 2016; Last Updated: 05 June 2016

2016 Junior Teams Approved

The USBF Board has approved five teams for the 2016 World Youth Teams:

USA1 for the Patiño (Under 26) Cup

2015 Kaplan Team

In the order they are shown in this picture:

Zach Brescoll
Zach Grossack
Adam Grossack
Kevin Rosenberg
Adam Kaplan
Ben Kristensen

Roger Lee

NPC: Roger Lee

USA2 for the Patiño (Under 26) Cup

2015 Herman Team

In the order they are shown in the picture:

Christian Jolly
Julie Arbit
Greg Herman
Anam Tebha
Jordan Kaye
Oren Kriegel

munday

NPC: Jim Munday

Damiani Cup Team

In the order they are shown in the pictures:

Nolan Chang
Hakan Berk
Isaac Stephani
David Soukup
Cole Spencer

Caprera

NPC: David Caprera

Rona Cup Team

2015 Rona Team

In the order they are shown in the picture:

Allison Hunt
Amber Lin
Isha Thapa
Kathleen Loeb
Asya Ladyzhensky Marriott
Becca Wernis

NPC: Kent Mignocchi

Under 16 Team

Hu Team

Cooper Smith Kunal Vohra

We didn't have a complete team picture. The two players at the top left of the group picture (Kevin Huang & Brent Xiao) are too old for this event. Players on the Under-16 team, in the order they are shown in the pictures:

Rory Xiao
Michael Hu
Arthur Zhou
Suzanne Campbell
Cooper Smith
Kunal Vohra

Brady Richter

NPC: Brady Richter

Details: Created: 20 February 2016; Last Updated: 29 April 2016

2016 U16 Team

The USBF Board has approved the Under 16 ("Kids") team for the 2016 World Youth Teams Championship. All 6 plaeyrs on the U16 team played in the U21 division at the 2015 Junior USBC, 4 of them on the Hu team and the other 2 on the Koppel and Zhan teams. They are:

Suzanne Campbell - Rory Xiao
Michael Hu - Arthur Zhou
Cooper Smith - Kunal Vohra

Because the 6 players didn't compete on one team in Atlanta and we didn't know which 6 players would be selected for the Under 16 team, we don't have a team photo, but we do have a photo of the Hu team, which includes the two players who are too old to compete in the U16 event, and individual snapshots of Cooper Smith& Kunal Vohra :

Hu Team Hu Team - Back row, left to right, Kevin Huang-Brent Xiao (too old for U16), Michael Hu, Suzanne Campbell. Front row: left, Rory Xiao; right, Arthur Zhou

Cooper Smith

Kunal Vohra

Good Luck to the USBF's first-ever Under 16 team in Salsomaggiore this summer!

Details: Created: 15 January 2016; Last Updated: 09 February 2016

CONGRATULATIONS TO PATINO USA2 AND DAMIANI USA1 TEAMS

Congratulations to the Herman team, who won the Under 26 USA2 Final in convincing fashion, 197-117, and to the Soukup team, whose final margin of over 100 IMPs was even more impressive. Good luck to both teams in Italy next year!

The Soukup team will add a pair and represent the USBF in the Damiani Cup competition (players under 21)

2015 Soukup Team

Nolan Chang, Hakan Berk, Isaac Stephani & David Soukup

The Herman team will be USA2 for the Patiño Cup competition (players under 26)

2015 Herman Team

Front: Julie Arbit & Anam Tebha; Back: Christian Jolly, Greg Herman, Jordan Kaye & Oren Kriegel

Good Luck To All of our Junior Teams!!

Details: Created: 30 December 2015; Last Updated: 10 January 2016

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