Nominating Committee Seeks Applicants for USBF Board

USBF Nominating Committee Chair Robb Gordon has announced that the Nominating Committee is now taking applications from USBF Active members who want to be considered for nomination to the USBF Board.

There are 3 open seats on the 7 member USBF Board for the 3-year term commencing January 1, 2017.

The USBF Bylaws provide that a nominee must be an Active member of the USBF, having paid dues for 2016.

Gordon asks prospective nominees to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before August 31 to express interest in being nominated.

Any Active USBF member who is not nominated by the Nominating Committee can become a nominee by followiong the petition method set forth in the USBF Bylaws.

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Moss Wins First Ever Mixed USBC

The Moss team (Sylvia Moss-Michael Seamon, Sheri Winestock-Brad Moss, and Sue Picus-Alex Ornstein) prevailed over the Manfield team (Melanie Manfield-Bill Pettis, Debbie Rosenberg-Michael Rosenberg, Sally Woolsey-Kit Woolsey) in an exciting final match in the 2016 Mixed USBC, which selected the USBF team for the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland. Congratulations & Good Luck!

Scorecards with board by board bidding and play from the final match are linked to the scoresheet.

2016 Moss team

Sue Picus, Michael Seamon, Sylvia Moss, Brad Moss, Sheri Winestock, Alex Ornstein

 

2016 Manfield Team

Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey, Bill Pettis, Melanie Manfield, Debbie Rosenberg, Michael Rosenberg

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Kerri Sanborn Will Replace Juanita Chambers on USBF Wroclaw Women's Team

Sadly, Juanita Chambers passed away on Friday, July 29th. The bridge world will miss her.

At the request of the Women's team for the World Bridge Games in Poland, the USBF Board has approved Kerri Sanborn to replace Juanita on the team. Kerri will play with Lynn Deas, with whom Juanita played in the Women's USBC the team won to qualify for the World Bridge Games..

 

 

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 2016 Palmer Team

   Kerri Sanborn                                     Tobi Sokolow, Beth Palmer, Sylvia Shi, Lynn Deas, Janice Seamon, Juanita Chambers

 

 

Good luck in wroclaw!

 

 

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Mixed USBC Entries & Format

The final day to enter the Mixed USBC and guarantee that your entry would be accepted was Monday, June 27th. At midnight EDT on June 27th, there were 8 teams entered in the Mixed USBC.

Entries are now closed.

Format of Mixed USBC

With exactly 8 entries, the entire Mixed USBC will be played face to face in Washington, DC.

There will be a 60 board Quarterfinal on Monday, Aug. 1st, a 60 board Semifinal on Tuesday, Aug. 2nd and a 60 board Final on Wednesday, Aug. 3rd.

Seeding

Teams will be seeded based on the Open seeding points of the male members of the team and the greater of twice the Open seeding points or the Women's seeding points of the female members of the team.

Playing Site

We will be playing the Mixed USBC at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, headquarters for the Summer NABC. ACBL has arranged for us to have guest rooms at the NABC rate, but the details of how you should book those rooms have not yet been worked out. As soon as we know what you should do about making reservations, we will let you know.

 

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  1. CONGRATULATIONS & GOOD LUCK!
  2. 2016 Senior USBC News
  3. Congratulations!
  4. 2016 Junior Teams Approved