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BridgeWhiz Hosts Mid-Term Youth Tournament
BridgeWhiz, the ACBL Educational Foundation program aimed at teaching young players the game of brdige, hosted an online tournament on March 19, 2022. The participants included 16 students from the fall BridgeWhiz tournament and 22 kids from the winter tournament.
T
he top scorers from the event:
North-South
It was a tie!
In a tie for first place with 67% were Patrick Guo of Calgary, AB, and siblings Noah Kelly and Ryden Kelly, also of Calgary. Coach Margi Redden mentors both pairs. Patrick's parents, Frank Guo and Yurong Cheng, are both ACBL members.
In second place with 55% were Hazel Fredrickson of Ann Arbor, MI, and Maya Francis of Green Belt, MD. Both are coached by Beth Carlson.
East-West
In first place with 59% were Tiger Yan of Niagara Falls, ON, (coach Doug Jordan) and Agatha Pape of Tacoma, WA, (coach JohnEbden).
Tied for second place at 55% were partners Wyatt Hopkins and Carson Hopkins of Upper Marlboro, MD, (coach Margi Redden) and partners Travis Kui of Brooklyn, NY, (coaches Eric Siegel and Jane Lamont) and Seneca Newman-Polk of Groton, MA, (coach Margi Redden).
Seneca's grandmother, Bonnie Polk, is anACBL member and was the impetus behind her taking the course.
We noted, once again, how instrumental ACBL parents and grandparents have been in recruiting BridgeWhiz kids for paticipation in our sessions. We suspect you'll see these kids playing on campuses and in ACBL clubs sooner than you think. They are the face of bridge games yet to come.
Please consider a gift to the ACBL Educational Foundation. In return, you'll have a bigger stake in the future of the game.