Source: [ilink url=»http://www.usbf.org/»]USBF[/ilink]
2013 Open Trials: The 2013 USBC will select the USA teams for the 2013 Bermuda Bowl, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, Sept. 16-30, 2013.
The 2013 USBC will be held at the Buena Vista Palace, in Orlando, FL, starting on Friday, May 31st and probably ending on Monday, June 10th. Entries have now closed and there are 16 teams in the event, two of which have byes to the Quarterfinal stage. Base on the Conditions of Contest, the ITTC Technical & Advisory Committee has determined that the event will start with a 1.5 day 6 team Round Robin. Four of the teams in the Round Robin will advance to the Round of 16; the other two will be entitled to play in the USA2 bracket starting after the Round of 16. The Round of 16 will be 1.5 days long. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Finals will each be 2 days long. The teams in the USBC are seeded based on a combination of Individual Positioning Points, Masterpoints & ACBL Performance Points. For information about seeding points click here.
These are the 16 teams, (includes their seeding position): (Click in the team name to read about the players)
FleisherBye to Rnd of 8 |
Martin Fleisher, Capt Zia Mahmood Michael Rosenberg |
Michael Kamil Chip Martel Chris Willenken |
NickellBye to Rnd of 8 |
Frank Nickell, Capt Eric Rodwell Bobby Levin |
Ralph Katz Jeff Meckstroth Steve Weinstein |
Diamond |
John Diamond, Capt Eric Greco |
Brian Platnick Geoff Hampson |
Gordon |
Mark Gordon, Capt David Berkowitz Jacek Pszczola |
Pratap Rajadhyaksha Alan Sontag Michael Seamon |
Spector |
Warren Spector, Capt Fred Gitelman Joe Grue |
Michael Becker Brad Moss Curtis Cheek |
Blanchard |
Robert Blanchard, Capt Joel Wooldridge Justin Lall |
Shane Blanchard John Hurd Robert Hamman |
Mahaffey |
Jim Mahaffey, Capt Gary Cohler Marc Jacobus |
Brian Glubok Sam Lev Mike Passell |
Milner |
Reese Milner, Capt Neil Chambers Chris Compton |
Hemant Lall John Schermer Eddie Wold |
Kranyak |
John Kranyak, Capt Kevin Dwyer |
Gavin Wolpert Kevin Bathurst |
Weinstein |
Howard Weinstein, Capt Larry Robbins Mark Feldman |
Ross Grabel Nikolay Demirev Bill Pollack |
Aker |
Jeff Aker, Capt Barry Rigal Dennis Clerkin |
Doug Simson Glenn Milgrim Jerry Clerkin |
Kolesnik |
Alex Kolesnik, Capt Bob Etter David Yang |
Jim Munday Robert Morris Greg Hinze |
Harris |
Martin Harris, Capt David Grainger |
Jacob Morgan Tom Carmichael |
Robinson |
Steve Robinson, Capt Kit Woolsey Roger Lee |
Peter Boyd Fred Stewart Adam Kaplan |
Ivatury |
Uday Ivatury, Capt Lapt Chan Andrew Rosenthal |
Christal Henner Sheri Winestock Aaron Silverstein |
Baseggio |
Franco Baseggio, Capt Ai-Tai Lo Walter Lee |
Andrew Stark Alan Schwartz Jiang Gu |
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