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American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members."'' Its major activities are: * sanctioning games at local bridge clubs and regional events * certifying bridge teachers and club directors * conducting the North American Bridge Championships (NABC) * providing education materials and services * administering the ACBL masterpoints system for tracking player performance * providing oversight for ethical behavior and play *Besides representing the interests of its members with the World Bridge Federation, , it had more than 165,000 members. History The ACBL was created in 1937 by the merger of the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937. At that time, its bridge tournaments were open only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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ACBL may refer to: * Actor-Based Concurrent Language, a family of programming languages * Adarsh Co-operative Bank, in India * American Contract Bridge League, a bridge membership organization in North America * Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) is a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The league has experienced moderate success in having alumni appear in Major League Baseball. Fourt ..., located in the US Mid-Atlantic region See also * ABCL (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, DC
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0-10,000 Fast Pairs
The 0-10,000 Fast Pairs or 10K Fast Pairs is held at the Fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The 10K Fast Pairs is a four-session matchpoint pairs event with two qualifying sessions and two final sessions; tables are permitted 11 minutes to finish their two-board rounds, rather than the standard 15 minutes. The event is restricted to players with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Generally, recipients must be members in good standing of the issuing organization. At t ....http://web2.acbl.org/coc/10KFastPairs.pdf History The inaugural 10K Fast Pairs was held in 2015 at the Fall NABC in Denver, Colorado. Winners Sources *"ACBL Live"acbl.org. ACBL. Retrieved 1 August 2019."NABC Winners" acbl.org. ACBL. Retrieved 13 November 2020 References External linksACBL official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Bridge Federation
The United States Bridge Federation (USBF) is the national federation for contract bridge in the United States and a non-profit organization formed by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) and the American Bridge Association (ABA) in 2001 to hold the United States Bridge Championships and to select, train, and support Open, Women, Senior and Junior teams to represent the United States in international competition. The USBF receives support for its teams from the ACBL International Fund and Junior Fund, its membership dues, contributions and entry fees for the USBCs. Organization 2018 officers. * President: Marty Fleisher * Vice President: Josh Parker * CFO: Stan Subeck * Secretary & COO: Jan Martel The President and the Vice President are elected for 2-year terms. Olympic recognition Originally, the USBF was also created to support the World Bridge Federation (WBF) efforts to obtain Olympic recognition for bridge. Following August 2002 recommendations by the Olympic Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Bridge Federation
The Canadian Bridge FederationCBF, (La Fédération Canadienne de Bridge''FCB), is the primary organizational body for contract bridge in Canada. Like its American counterpart, the United States Bridge Federation, the CBF promotes bridge by running tournaments for youths and adults and provides financial support for teams that represent Canada in international competition. It publishes a magazine, ''Bridge Canada''. The CBF conducts the annual Canadian Bridge Championships, a multi-tournament event which includes the Canadian National Team Championships, the Canadian Women's Team Championships, the Canadian Mixed Team Championships, the Canadian Senior Team Championships, the Canadian Open Pair Championships, and the Canadian International Master Point (IMP) Championships. The federation also runs a number of community outreach programs which have raised money for Canadian charities, and acts as a liaison with the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) and World Bridge Federation ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridge Governing Bodies
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body for contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions .... Emulating the organizational concepts of the Olympic movement and its signature five rings, the World Bridge Federation encompasses the five continents (America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) represented by eight geographic Zonal Conferences. Each Zonal Conference consists of member countries as represented by their respective National Bridge Organization. International and multi-national Note: member numbers as of 2021 (source: WBF website) National Europe North America South America Asia and Middle East Central America and the Caribbean Asia Pacific South Pacific Africa Notes References External linksWorld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Contract Bridge People
This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements or contributions to the game as identified by various specific sources. People recognized by bridge organizations American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame The first bridge Hall of Fame was inaugurated by ''The Bridge World'' in 1964 and invested nine members between then and 1966 after which it ceased sponsorship. The American Contract Bridge League adopted the concept to recognize the achievements and contributions of those residing in its territory (USA, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda) and inaugurated its own Hall of Fame in 1995 by accepting the original nine and adding eight others that year. Annually thereafter, new members have been added in as many as three award categories. * Open Award – "living individuals who have achieved prominence in the game of bridge and have an outstanding tournament record"[ACBL Hall of Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Grant
Audrey Lindop Grant is a Canadian professional educator and a contract bridge teacher and writer known for her simple and humorous approach to the game. Grant is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Grant and the world champion player Eric Rodwell co-wrote ''The Joy of Bridge'' and ''Bridge Maxims'' – full-length, primarily instructional books published in 1984 and 1987. ''Audrey Grant's Better Bridge'' was a series of instructional books published in 1995. She also wrote the ACBL ''Bridge'' series, or ''American Contract Bridge League introduction to bridge'' series, a set of five instructional books published by the ACBL:1994 ''Bidding'', ''Play of the Hand'', ''Defense'', ''Commonly Used Conventions'', and ''More Commonly Used Conventions''. She has written several other bridge books too. Grant also publishes the bi-monthly ''Better Bridge Magazine''. Started in 2004, this magazine includes articles and hints related to bridge. As well, Grant publishes an online bridge column eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laws Of Duplicate Bridge
The ''Laws of Duplicate Bridge'' (also known as the ''Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge'' and the ''Laws of Contract Bridge'') is the official rule book of duplicate bridge promulgated by the World Bridge Federation (WBF). The first ''Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge'' were published in 1928. They were revised in 1933, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1997, 2007 and 2017. The Laws are effective worldwide for all duplicate bridge tournaments sponsored by WBF, zonal, national and subordinate organizations (which includes most bridge clubs). History The laws were greatly influenced by Harold S. Vanderbilt in 1925 when ''inter alia'' he introduced the current concept of scoring, the use of boards to hold the cards, and the Tournament Director. The main responsibilities of the tournament director are to adjudicate on disputes and irregularities that occur during the tournament and to control the movement. Through the 1930s, the ''Laws'' were promulgated by the Portland Club of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
