The United States Bridge Federation competition for junior players started Friday - and continues on today and beyond. We are thrilled that a number of our Minnesota competitors are in Atlanta playing - and that four of them continue on today!
In the finals for U26, we will see the Kaplan team with one of our junior super stars, Ben Kristensen, compete against the Hallerman team. Sean McNally, at U of MN and another of our up and coming talented players, had quite the dramatic finish yesterday. Sean's team tied at the end of competition! Yet the fact that his team had finished ahead of their opponents in the initial round robin sent the Hallerman team to the final match today! Should be a thriller to watch Ben vs Sean!
In the quest for U26 #2 team, two more of our Minnesota students will be battling. Morgan Johnstone, from U of MN is on the Y Yu team. Thomas Scruggs of Carleton College is on the Xu team. We wish both Morgan and Thomas the best of luck today!
Finally, in the Roma event (women's teams), Alexandar ("Allie") Clark from Carleton College will compete with her teammates on Team Huang for Stage 3 of this event.
We are so very proud of our new generation of bridge players in Minnesota! Huge thanks to those at our schools who are training new students for our game - and applause for the students who are learning and loving bridge, as many of us did decades ago.
If you have some time available today, you can watch our competitors on BBO. We sure hope that you do!
And - as always - thanks to the many people throughout North America who devote so much time and energy to the USBF competitions. Big shout out to Jan Martel, who can (and does!) do anything and everything at USBF events - and Suzi Subeck for her marvelous bulletins. Today's is below; enjoy reading about our Juniors - and cheer on our Minnesota players!
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