Silver and Bronze for US in Team Events

Congratulations to the USBF teams in the 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games who finished Second in the Women's bridge event and Third in the Open Event. The USBF Women's Team, who lost to France in the Finals, was Lynn Deas & Disa Eythosdottir, Irina Levitina & Kerri Sanborn, and Janice Seamon-Molson & Tobi Sokolow. The Open Team, who defeated Sweden in the Playoff for Third, after narrowly missing the Finals, was Curtis Cheek & Joe Grue, John Hurd and Joel Wooldridge, and Ralph Katz & Howard Weinstein.

No Pairs Medals, but Most of the Pairs were in the Money

In the Open Division, John Hurd & Joel Wooldridge finished 4th, Ralph Katz & Howard Weinstein finished 6th and Curtis Cheek & Joe Grue finished 8th. In the Women's Division, Irina Levitina & Kerri Sanborn finished 5th, Lynn Deas & Disa Eythorsdottir finished 6th and Janice Seamon-Molson & Tobi Sokolow finished 11th.  Congratulations to all of them.

Silver in Open Individual for Wooldridge

Joel Wooldridge took the silver medal in the Individual phase of the SportAccord Open competition. Howie Weinstein was 8th and John Hurd 9th. In the Women's division, Irinal Levitina finished 5th, Janice Seamon-Molson 6th and Lynn Deas 7th. 

Links to complete results and Daily Bulletins for the tournament are on the tournament website.

Congratulations to Cheri Bjerkan, Bob Katz & Howard Weinstein, who were elected to serve three year terms on the USBF Board of Directors, starting on January 1, 2013. The three were nominated by the USBF Nominating Committee, and there being no petition candidates, they were elected without need for voting. The full Board in 2013 will be:

Cheri Bjerkan
George Jacobs
Bob Katz
Ralph Katz
Sylvia Moss
Howard Weinstein
Jonathan Weinstein