CBF: Canadian Juniors at the World Championships

Canadian Bridge Federation

CANADIAN JUNIOR
TEAM 2003
(left to right)
Martin Hunter NPC
David Grainger
Vincent Demuy
Gavin Wolpert
Daniel Lavee
Charles Halasi
Ian Boyd

CHAMPIONSHIP LINKS

Official WBF Site ::>
Team results ::>
Vugraph Hands ::>
Canada's Jr Home Page ::>

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DAILY BULLETINS
(PDF Files)

CWTC Women playoff against Mexico this weekend: Results being posted here ::>

NPC FOR 2003 CANADIAN JUNIOR TEAM

Martin Hunter is the NPC for Canada's Junior Team. Martin, a high school teacher of Mathematics & Computer Science, has been playing competitive bridge for 16 years and enjoys tournament bridge and travelling to various Regionals and Sectionals. Martin is a Certified Director and the Webmaster for Unit 166 and Mississauga-Oakville Bridge Club sites. He took part in the Kokish Training Weekend Jan 4,5,6 2003 and is looking forward to contributing to Junior success, both at the local and at the international level. Martin tells us he would love to see more high school / college students pick up the game.

CANADIAN JUNIORS AT THE
WORLD YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

ITALY are 2003 World Youth Champions
A strong morning session from Italy put the final beyond the reach of Denmark, who must settle for the silver medal. The final score was 87.7 IMPs in favour of the Italians. Congratulations to Furio & Stelio di Bello, Fabio Lo Presti & Francesco Mazzadi, Ruggiero Guariglia & Stefano Uccello, npc Gianpaolo Rinaldi and coach Andrea Pagani – Champions of the World! The runners-up are Kare Gjaldbaek & Martin Schaltz, Bjorg & Jonas Houmoller, Andreas Marquardsen & Boje Henriksen, npc Jacob Ron and coach Lars W Petersen. The bronze medal was won yesterday by USA2 – Kevin Bathurst & Kent Mignocchi, John Kranyak & Joe Grue, John Hurd & Joel Wooldridge, npc Robert Rosen and coach Andy O’Grady.

(Report from Daily Bulletin, Brian Senior Editor)

RND 5: FRANCE VS CANADA ::>
RND 9: CANADA VS DENMARK ::>
RND 13: CANADA VS USA2 ::>
RND 14: CANADA VS NORWAY ::>

Cross Table
(How we did against everyone) ::>

The 9th World Youth Bridge Team Championship (26 years old and under) will be held in Saint Cloud, a picturesque and historic town on the western outskirts of Paris, from 18 to 28 August 2003.

The Championship consists of a qualifying stage, semifinals, a final and a playoff for third place. The winners of the final will be the new World Junior Champions; they will receive the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy and silver replicas for each player and the non-playing captain. Those failing to qualify will be able to participate in a Swiss Pairs contest to be arranged exclusively for young people. Canada is sending one team. See left.

This is the ninth event of the series that was inaugurated in 1987 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As a biennial competition, it was held in 1989 in Nottingham, Great Britain; in 1991 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; in 1993 in Århus, Denmark; in 1995 in Bali, Indonesia; in 1997 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; in 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, and in 2001 in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The host country won the Championship on the first three occasions, but this tradition was broken in 1993 by Germany. In 1995, Great Britain became the first country to win the title twice. Denmark won the title in 1997 and Italy in 1999. The reigning World Youth Champions are the United States of America.

LIVE VUGRAPH - There is to be a live vugraph broadcast on the web on Bridge Base Online during the Championships The matches will be shown for open and closed room, and commentary will be provided in two languages - always one room in English and the other room in French, Danish, Italian or possibly even Chinese if a team from China is featured. For the semi final, the matches will be broadcast at the same time with commentary in four different languages. Viewing the event is free of charge - just go to Bridgebase Online and download the free software (PCs only) you need to view the broadcast. Once you have downloaded and installed the program you can sit back and enjoy the show!

The August 11 junior auction/fund raiser at Kate Buckman's Bridge Studio was very successful. $3,200 was collected for the 2003 Canadian Junior Team. The Toronto team members (David Grainger, Charles Halasi, Daniel Lavee, Gavin Wolpert), NPC Martin Hunter, Eric Kokish, Hazel & Darren Wolpert, Nader Hanna, Jonathan Steinberg, Roy Hughes, Ben Zeidenberg, Beverly Kraft Kokish, and Andy Stark were all purchased for the evening. John Gowdy was the auctioneer who also bought a partner for the evening. Eric Murray and Unit 166 President Barbara Sims were both in attendance as buyers. Eric Murray wisely bid on Daniel Lavee and they emerged as the overall winners of the bridge game. Black Forest cake and chocolate mousse were served by the bridge club. A great time was had by all. More money will be raised this evening at Doubles Duplicate Bridge Club. ... Jonathan Steinberg, Chair, ACBL Junior Committee

TOURNAMENT DIARY
Team Manager Ed Antosz is onsite and sending in reports when he is able.
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FINAL ROUND ROBIN RANKINGS

1 DENMARK 299
2 USA2 290.5
3 ITALY 286
4 POLAND 275
5 FRANCE 269
6 NORWAY 264
7 ENGLAND 241
8 CANADA 235
9 CHINA - HONG KONG 220
10 THAILAND 199
11 EGYPT 194
12 CHINESE TAIPEI 187
13 USA1 164.5
14 AUSTRALIA 159
15 CHILE 142.5
16 URUGUAY 99.5