Curt - Ben - Kerry - Richard are #1
Congratulations to Curt and Ben Kristensen, with teammates Kerry Cotterell and Richard Underwood for winning the NAOBC 0-5000 KO yesterday. In Saturday’s semi-final they trailed by 10 at halftime. But they stormed back to win by 58.
In Sunday's final they trailed by 5 points at the halfway point. Yet they came back to win a hard-fought battle 79 - 65. In the process they won 64 gold points. Well done, guys!
From Proud Unit 103 President, Warren Nelson
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Many years ago, on the final day of a Gopher Regional, my partner Bill Kent and I faced Curt Kristensen and his young son, Ben. I think that Ben was about 10 years old then. Vern and Monte Evans were our teammates, and we won the Swiss. Yet we did lose one match at our table, when the youngster at our table - BEN - beat us! I was quite impressed at the abilities Ben had at such a young age. And I was fortunate to be able to play with Ben a few times, too, over the years; quite the player!
Since then, Ben has competed in a number of major events, once knocking out the #1 team in the WORLD in the SPINGOLD when his team of juniors roughed them up! And Ben has earned other impressive titles.
Curt plays quite well himself, and surely has given Ben a wonderful foundation both as a player when he first started - and as a young man who has an array of fine qualities in addition to his bridge prowess. A round of applause for Curt and Ben - and here's to more successes!
From Proud MN Bridge Editor Peg!
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