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Senior Bowl (bridge)
The d'Orsi Senior Bowl, or Senior Bowl or d'Orsi Bowl, is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national of "Seniors", players age 60 and older. ''Seniors'' in world bridge are people who turn age 60 or greater during the calendar year: for 2011, people born 1951 or earlier. Through 2005 the minimum age was 55. It was increased to age 60 by holding the defining year at 1950 for six years; thus all Seniors remained eligible during the transitionSenior Bridge. WBF. Retrieved 2011-12-04. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open), Venice Cup (Women) and Wuhan Cup (Mixed). Entries formally represent WBF #zonal, Zones as well as nations so it is also known as the "World Zonal Senior Team Championship", one of three "World Zonal Team Championships". #40th, 40th World Teams, Information. It became an official world championship event in 2001 following a successful exhibition in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, bridge tournaments, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among Old Age, seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to exchange infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaylor Kasle
Gaylor L. Kasle (born 1941) is a professional American bridge player from Boca Raton, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (10) ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2006 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1993 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2012 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1994 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2012 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (3) 1982, 1985, 1990 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1973 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1996 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November fo ... ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (2) 2008, 2009 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1989 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1966 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1989 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Smith (bridge)
Ronald L. Smith (January 22, 1947 – October 16, 2024) was an American bridge player. Smith was born in Greensboro, Alabama, on January 22, 1947, and died on October 16, 2024, at the age of 77. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2015 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1996 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1993, 1998 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1979 ** Reisinger (1) 1987 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2001 Runners-up * Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1985, 2001 * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November fo ... (12) ** Grand National Teams (2) 1973, 2000 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1988 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994 ** Fast Open Pairs (1) 2002 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Morse
Dan Franklin Morse (March 10, 1935 – September 26, 2024) was an American archaeologist specializing in the prehistory of the midwestern United States and the central Mississippi Valley, research summarized in a number of books, monographs, and technical articles. He is best known for his 1983 synthesis of the "Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley" with Phyllis A. Morse, and for his 1997 volume issued by the Smithsonian Institution Press on "Sloan: A Paleoindian Dalton Cemetery in Arkansas." The Sloan site is the location of the oldest marked cemetery found to date in the Americas. He conducted excavations on a great many other significant archaeological sites during his career, including at Brand, Cahokia, Nodena, Parkin, and Zebree. Morse retired from his posts as Survey Archeologist for the Arkansas Archaeological Survey and as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas in 1997, after 30 years of service, but continued to work on publications and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Bramley
Bart Bramley (born 1948) is an American bridge player and a member of the ACBL Hall of Fame. Bramley is from Connecticut originally, and moved back there in 2024. Bramley has lived in Boston, Seattle, Chicago, and Dallas. Bramley's late wife Judy Bramley was also a Bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL Player of the Year (1) 1997 * Herman Trophy (1) 1997 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1997 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (17) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2006 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1984 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 2002, 2009 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1987, 1995 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 1984, 1990, 1997 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1989 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2013, 2014, 2016 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1980 ** Reisinger (1) 1997 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Weichsel
Peter M. Weichsel (born 1943) is an American professional bridge player from Encinitas, California. College and war years Early Weichsel started playing bridge at home with his family, but did not get hooked until 1963 when he was a student at Queens College, New York. He dropped out of college and became a Life Master in 1964. His bridge career was interrupted by the Vietnam War. He served two years duty in the Navy as a winch driver aboard the , responsible for moving large bombs out of the hold. After discharge, he lived in San Francisco in a fleabag hotel and became an "active member" of the counterculture. He felt this was a transforming experience and to the present describes himself as a reformed hippie. The Precision Team and Hall of Fame Weichsel returned to New York and bridge playing in the mid-1960s. His appearance, with puka shells around his neck, "really long" straight hair, beads and bell bottoms, caused "the ultra-straight bridge community" to give him "to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Stansby
Lew Stansby (August 17, 1940 – May 24, 2024) was an American bridge player from Dublin, California. At the time of his death Lew, a former commodities trader, lived with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he won over 35 national championships and seven world championships, with a win in every decade since 1965. Lew's most successful partnership was with Chip Martel, whom he played with from 1977-2012 and with whom he won his world championships in the Bermuda Bowl, Rosenblum Teams, and World Open Pairs. Stansby was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001. He died on May 24, 2024, at the age of 83. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2001"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-17. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Sontag
Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book ''The Bridge Bum'', a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written." . Master Point Press. Bridge career Besides the two Bermuda Bowls, his other victories are the Rosenblum Cup, Transnational Open Teams, Senior Bowl, numerous |
Rose Meltzer
Rose Meltzer is an American bridge player. After completion of 2014 tournaments she was the only woman among 84 living Open World Grand Masters and she ranked 58th among them by World Bridge Federation (WBF) open masterpoints. For the 1999 to 2007 cycles of world bridge competition, Meltzer led professional teams that won two major open world championships: the biennial Bermuda Bowl in 2001, representing the United States as USA2, and the quadrennial Rosenblum Cup in 2006. ( Kyle Larsen was her partner in both tournaments.) In both 2005 and 2007 she was one of six players on USA senior teams that won the Senior Bowl, a tournament for older players that is contested alongside the Bermuda Bowl (open) and Venice Cup (women). Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 2000 Wins * Bermuda Bowl (1) 2001 * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Grand National Teams (1) 2003 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2011 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutherlin
John C. Sutherlin (November 7, 1936 – May 12, 2018) was an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas. He won the North American Bridge Championships 12 times and received both the Fishbein Trophy and the Mott-Smith Trophy. Sutherlin died on May 12, 2018, at the age of 81. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1993 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1990 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1993 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1995 ** Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1990 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1990, 1993 ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 1994, 2003 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1983 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1976 ** Spingold (1) 1981 Runners-up * World Mixed Pairs (1) 1982 * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mohan
John A. Mohan (born 1939) is an American bridge player from Santa Monica, California. Mohan graduated from the University of Chicago. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL Player of the Year (1) 1999 * Herman Trophy (1) 1977 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (20) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1999 ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1972 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1999 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1976, 1985 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 1985, 1987, 1999 ** Vanderbilt (5) 1975, 1976, 1988, 1992, 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2003 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994 ** Spingold (1) 1976 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November fo ... ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeke Jabbour
Azeez "Zeke" Jabbour (November 4, 1928 – January 7, 2023) was a professional American bridge player and writer from Boca Raton, Florida. Jabbour was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease on January 7, 2023, at the age of 94. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1989 * Barry Crane Top 500 (1) 1989 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (2) 1998, 2001 ** Senior Knockout Teams (6) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November fo ... ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1979 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 1997, 2007 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
