USBF: Women’s United States Bridge Championship 2013

July 18th 2013:

SONSINI WINS WOMEN’S USBC, WILL BE USA1 FOR BALI VENICE CUP

 Barbara Sonsini, Judy Radin, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, Irina Levitina and Kerri Sanborn, defeated the Lynn Baker team to win the 2013 Women’s United States Bridge Championship.

 WESTHEIMER WINS WOMEN’S USA2: Jenny Wolpert, Valerie Westheimer, Disa Eythorsdottir, Jill Levin

USA2: 2013 Westheimer Team

Photo Albums: Comparing Results  y  Round Robin – First Day of Play

The 2013 Women’s USBC is selecting the USA teams for the 2013 Venice Cup, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, Sept. 16-30, 2013.

Location & Dates

The 2013 USWBC is being held at the Buena Vista Palace, in Orlando, FL, starting on Friday, July 12th and probably ending on Thursday, July 18th. 

Format 

With 6 teams entered, the initial stage of the event was a 2 day Round Robin to select 4 teams for the Semifinal. With 6 teams, the Round Robin was: 5 matches of 11 boards each on each day.  The Semifinal was played one day, 64 board Knockout, on July 14th. The winning Semifinalists will play a 2 day USA1 Finals on July 15th-16th. At the same time, the losing Semifinalists will play a 2 day USA2 Semifinal match.

The losing USA1 Finalist and the winning USA2 Semifinalist will play a 2 day USA2 Finals on July 17-18. 

Results

Finals USA1

15-Jul-13

 

 

TEAM

TOTAL

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

91-105

106-120

1

Baker

114    

50

13

20

31

 11

25

34 

13  

2

Sonsini

136    

11

55

23

47

32

21 

9 

39 

 

 Finals USA 2

2 Baker 217     40 17 29 28 41 21 21 20  
3 Westheimer 221     30 12 34 22 22 41 22 38

 

USA 1 Final: Baker vs Sonsini – USA2 Semifinals: Westheimer vs Sprung

 SemiFinals: 14-JUL-2013
# TEAM TOTAL Ene-16 17-32 33-48 49-64  
1 Sprung 105 14 42 40 9  
4 Baker 118 42 17 16 43  
               
2 Westheimer 50 12 28 10 WD  
3 Sonsini 120 30 22 68    

Round Robin Results: Click Here

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