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| 12-3-2007 The Fall NABC is just finishing in San Fransisco, CA. You will be reading many interesting tales from this exciting event. I want to concentrate on someone who was dearly missed at the event: Paul Soloway! Many friends paid tribute to him during the first weekend. Take a look and learn something new about this amazing player and person. Artcle from NABC Bridge Bulletin - .pdf Also, see the Bridge Feature Article below -- a tribute to a hand played by Paul in the Bermuda Bowl. Sunday, 10-21-2007 The 38th World Team Championships (including the Bermuda Bowl, Venace Cup, Senior Bowl, and Transnational Teams) was just held in Shanghi, China. The event included many great performances and a strong showing by the US teams. Congratulations to all the US teams: Bermuda Bowl - USA1 lost the Finals to a strong team from Norway! Venace Cup - USA1 won the Woman's World Championship! Senior Bowl - USA2 won the Senior World Championship! The Bermuda Bowl Final was a battle of heavyweights. The USA1 team headed by Zia-Rosenberg (two of the best players in the world) faced a Norweign team headed by the top Nordic partnership of all time: Helgemo-Helness. Norway played solid bridge throughout the finals and they were never really in danger of losing control. The match wasn't a blowout, but Norway stayed strong and won a well deserved world championship. I hope that everyone will attend the Fall 2007 NABC being held in another great location - San Fransisco, CA. Saturday, 8-11-2007 The Summer NABC in Nashville has come and gone (with mixed success for me and my team) and we are now starting the late Summer-Fall tournament circuit. Florida and Georgia are filled with fun Sectional tournaments in the coming monthes. Some of these great events are listed here. Jacksonville, FL Sectional: August 3-5, 2007 Belleair, FL Sectional: August 9-12, 2007 Macon, GA Sectional: August 17-19, 2007 Atlanta, GA Labor Day Regional: August 28-Sept. 3, 2007 Titusville, FL Sectional: Sept. 6-9, 2007 Panama City Beach, FL Sectional: Sept. 21-23, 2007 Naples, FL Regional: Sept. 24-30, 2007 Gainesville, GA Sectional: Sept. 28-30, 2007 Valdosta, GA Sectional: Oct. 5-7, 2007 Jacksonville, FL Sectional: Oct. 12-14, 2007 Ft. Walton, FL Sectional: Oct. 12-14, 2007 I recently took a day trip to the Jacksonville, FL Sectional and I was pleased to see a great turnout and lots of excellent players. For a Sectional tournament there were a tremendous number of nationally known players and the field was a challenge to play against. I commend Jacksonville on such a great tournament and I hope their future Sectionals will attract such a large turnout and such skilled players. Saturday, 7-11-2007 The US National Team Trials in Chicago, IL last month were an amazing experience. Many of the best bridge players from all over the country were there, competing to become USA2 and win the right to go to the World Championships (Bermuda Bowl) in Shanghi, China this Fall. This was my first trip to a US Team Trials and my first time playing in the event (hopefully there will be many more to come.) Though our team did not have a lot of success, my partner (Chris Moll, an excellent Professional player) and I enjoyed the event and felt that we played good bridge. (See SBN article, below, for an interesting hand we played at the Trials.) The World Bridge Championships are being held at the World Mind Games Championship in Shanghi just before this years Olympic Games. The World Mind Games is a movement to get games of mental skill into to the modern Olympic Games. It should be a great event! The Summer NABC in Nashville, TN is coming soon. There will be great events like the Grand National Team, Spingold, Life Master Pairs, and many more... I hope to see everyone there! US National Team Trails (Chicago, IL): May 30-June 3, 2007 US Senior Team Trials (Maryland) Summer NABC (Nashville, TN) and Grand National Teams: July 19-29, 2007 Congratulations to my friends in Finland that recently won the 2007 Nordic Championships for the first time in many decades. They deserve it! Tuesday, 4-3-2007 My apologies for the long delay in updating the blog. Much has occurring in the bridge world in the last several months - both locally and around the world. Let me catch you up on what has been going on! In Tallahassee, I'm proud to announce that I'm opening the Tallahassee Bridge Center (TBC) this summer. The bridge community in Tallahassee, FL has long suffered from the lack a facility dedicated to bridge. I am opening a center that will allow for more bridge games, teaching, and flexibility. More details on this in the coming months. The Spring NABC in St. Louis was terrific. There was a great triumph in the Vanderbilt Teams. Roy Welland and Christal Henner-Welland were the first husband-wife team to win since the Culbertsons (in 1962.) Many of the top teams changed their makeup and added excellent international players This made for many terrific matches and a truly great tournament (see the Bridge Feature below.) Friday, 11-24-2006 Some great post-Thanksgiving bridge is taking place in Hawaii at the Fall NABC. Many of the top players in the world competed in the finals of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. One of the top pairs in the past five year, Fantoni-Nunes (Italian), had another impressive win! This weekend, these players will team together with many others to battle in one of the most difficult events in all of bridge - the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. Follow the action live on Bridgebase Online (BBO) or get the results at the ACBL website. Enjoy the great bridge! Monday, 21.8.06 Watch as players from across the country and around the world try to qualify for the World Bridge Championships. Many of these interesting matches can be seen live on BBO and Swan Games.. 2006 United States Bridge Champions (White Plains, NY: August 18-28, 2006) The winner will be USA1 for the 2007 Bermuda Bowl in Shanghai, China 48th Procom Software SA European Bridge Chamionships: (Warsaw, Poland: August 12-26, 2006) This event will determine Europe's participants in 2007 World Bridge Championships in Shanghai, China (Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, and Senior Bowl.) I would also like to point your attention to an interesting article about a hand played in the 48th Procom Software SA European Bridge Championships. It is written by Kauko Koistinen - one of the top players in Finland and a long time member of the Finnish Open Team. |