Saturday, July 29, 2017 Volume 9, Number 1

2017 Youth NABC Editor: Brent Manley

Daily BulletinTwo directors still eligible

for Youth NABCMany of the players at this year’s Youth

NABC have been more or less regulars since the inaugural YNABC in 2008. Victor Lamoureux and Albena-Maria Vassileva are two of them, earning masterpoints and trophies over the years with and against their peers. The two arrived at the 2017 YNABC with bridge accomplishments most of the others don’t have. They are directors.

Lamoureux, 19, is an ACBL TD, having taken the director course three years ago at the Summer NABC in Las Vegas. He has been directing games at the bridge club in his home town – Halifax NS – since then, and was working at the NABC in Toronto before taking time off to play in his last Youth NABC (he will be too old next year).

Lamoureux has always been interested in the laws and how the games are run. As an 8-year-old playing at the Halifax Bridge Studio, he often volunteered to enter scores in the computer. He took the step toward learning the trade while looking for a part-time job. He has worked for ACBL at the Can-At Regional in Halifax and at a few local sectionals. At this tournament, he worked from the first Thursday through Wednesday of this week.

“I really enjoyed it,” he says. “I felt really welcomed, and they’ve made sure to teach me things they thought I didn’t know. They have made me feel like part of a team.”

After working with Lamoureux, TD Scott Humphrey praised the new TD. “He’s very eager to learn, and he gets to rulings really fast. It’s a pleasure to work with him.”

Florida Junior Bridge, one of ACBL’s most successful youth bridge programs, has also been a major supporter of the Youth NABC. This year, the District 9 program sent 32 players, shown here, to the 10th Youth NABC.

Young players not afraid to ‘play up’

New bridge players are often told to “play up” – that is, enter events where the competition is tougher – if they want to get better. Just how many aspiring players act on that advice is unknown, but two participants in the 10th Youth NABC in Toronto put the admonition into practice, with good results.

Jacob Freeman, 16, of Toronto, and Martin Zhao, 13, of Richmond Hill ON, entered the Wernher Open Pairs, which began on Wednesday, and made it to the final on Thursday, the first day of the Youth Tournament. Considering how they did in the Wernher, they didn’t mind missing that day.

It was the first time the two had played together, and entering the tougher field was a last-minute decision.

They were influenced to give the Wernher a try in part because of advice from Nader Hanna, who coaches young players in the area, and from other experts. “Everyone told us we might get killed,” said Zhao, “but you learn more than in other games. It’s

a better field and we thought it was better to try new things.”

The two days in the Wernher opened the young players’ eyes. “You learn bridge from a new angle,” said Freeman. “It’s a different style of game and we learned a lot from the experience. We also developed a lot as a partnership.”

Said Zhao, “It was fun to play against the expert pairs. It’s a good place to learn.”

The Wernher was Freeman’s second shot at playing up at this tournament. Earlier in the week, he and Bo Han Zhu found themselves leading the field after the first day of play in the Young 0–2500 Life Master Pairs. The two finished 10th overall.

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A’rina Black and Martha Johnson-Jackson

First in Strat B, Friday Morning Cardrook Pairs

Jacob Freeman, left, and Martin Zhao at the table in the Wernher Open Pairs.

Tyler Mu and Daren Liu

Second-third in Strat C, Friday Afternoon Cardrook Pairs

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Dan Li, Hao Tang, Renjie Chen and Liangjie MA, first overall Strat C, Youth Teams

Thursday’s Winners

This fall, Lamoureux is entering Dalhousie University in Halifax to student computer science and business. He plans to continue playing and is looking forward to competing in China next year as a member of the Canadian Junior team.

Vassileva, of North Bay ON, was one of 29 ACBL members who took the three-day director course at this tournament from TD Priscilla Smith. The 15-year-old did so because starting next month she will be teaching bridge at a senior home and wants to be able to run duplicate games once her students learn enough to play.

As part of the course, Vassileva and other students spent time with Smith in the I/N games, learning about setup, how Bridgemate scoring works and how to get the devices going, plus the most important part: dealing with the players.

“Priscilla is really great with the people,” says Vassileva. Watching Smith in action, she said, “really helps with the people part.” The experience so far,

she adds, “has definitely helped me understand bridge more.”

Smith says it is a hopeful sign for bridge that more young people are interested in the directing side of bridge. “If we can light a fire under them, they can light a fire under other kids and our game can go on for a long time.”

Albena-Maria Vassileva

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Young TD’s

Double trouble? Not reallyBidding in the Cardrook Pairs at the Youth

NABC can be an adventure. David Metcalf, director in charge at the tournament, says redoubled contracts outnumber the doubled variety. On this board from the Friday Morning Cardrook Pairs, Marshall Johnson and Tomos Salathiel, both of Barrie ON, added to the redoubled total. This was the deal: Dlr: South ♠ A 4 Vul: Both ♥ A J 7 2 ♦ Q 9 8 5 3 ♣ J 4 ♠ J 8 7 2 ♠ K 10 5 3 ♥ 8 5 ♥ K 10 9 ♦ K J 10 7 4 ♦ 6 2 ♣ 10 2 ♣ 9 8 6 5 ♠ Q 9 6 ♥ Q 6 4 3 ♦ A ♣ A K Q 7 3

The bidding is not available, but Johnson, South, found himself in 3NT doubled. He promptly pulled out the redouble card and quickly took five clubs, two hearts plus the ♦A and ♠A. The score: plus 1000 for North-South. Asked what he thought when his partner redoubled, Salathiel said, “I was kind of scared.”

Cardrook players Tomos Salathiel and Marshall Johnson

Ivy Li, Jessica Chen, first in Strat A E-W, Afternoon Cardrook Pairs

Samuel Li, Michelle Yang, Han Wu and Darwin Li, third overcall, Youth Teams

Garrett Liu and David Tai, first in Strat B N-S, Morning Cardrook Pairs

Maxwell Burns and Aman Desai, first in Strat B E-W, morning Cardrook Pairs

Sean McNally, Morgan Johnstone, Olivia Laufer and Albena-Maria Vassileva, first in Thursday Youth Teams. McNally and Johnstone were first overall in the Morning Youth Pairs.

Ezra Mowbray and Ariel Flaster, first in Strat C E-W, Morning Cardrook Pairs

Matthew O’Dowd and Nathan Bedell

Ibrahim Sacko and Jahiem Watson, first in Strat B, Afternoon Cardrook Pairs

Keming Zhang and Zihan Zhou, first in Strat B N-S, Morning Cardrook Pairs

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BARON BARCLAY YOUTH PAIRS 16.0 Tables / Based on 30 Tables 11.90 1 Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA; Michael Zheng, San Jose CA 66.44% 8.93 2 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 66.42% 6.69 3 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 63.21% 5.02 4 Cornelius Duffie - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 62.25% 3.97 5 Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS; Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 61.28% 3.40 6 Stella Q. Wan, Palo Alto CA; David Zheng, San Jose CA 60.30% 2.98 7 S. Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 60.00% 2.64 8 Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA; Cooper Smith, Marquette MI 59.28% 2.38 9 John Dong - Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 58.43% 2.16 10 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON 57.41% 1.98 11 Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA; Calix Tang, Sunnyvale CA 57.09% 1.83 12 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 55.58% 1.70 13 Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Helena Hsieh, Naperville IL 55.31% 1.59 14 Jonathon Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA 54.52% 1.49 15 Alec Zhan - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA 53.75%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON YOUTH CONSOLATION PAIRS 17.0 Tables A B C 4.10 1 Matthew Shi - Jonathan Shi, Palo Alto CA 75.25% 3.08 2 Jasmine Xiong, Markham ON; Jeffrey You, Nepean ON 71.39% 2.31 3 Samuel Li, North York ON; Han Wu, Markham ON 64.20% 1.73 4 Ivan Marchant - James Marchant, Fairfax CA 61.23% 1.30 5 Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON; Michelle Yang, Scarborough ON 60.96% 1.57 6 1 Isabella Babb, Williamsburg VA; Lauren Wilson, Lower Coverdale NB 60.06% 1.18 2 1 Andy Zhang, Markham ON; Elissa Luo, North York ON 52.59% 1.18 3 2 Kevin Jiang, Deerfield IL; V.J. Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 52.24% 0.84 4 Zahra Wilson, Pembroke Bermuda; Lejaun Matthews, Smith’s Bermuda 52.01% 0.89 5 Ross Cooper, Smiths Bermuda; Scott Gilbertson, Pembroke Bermuda 51.74% 0.62 6 3 Jack Boge - Katherine Hwang, New York NY 51.45% 0.45 4 Soor Hansalia - Anjani Hansalia, Altamonte Spring FL 51.01%

FRIDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 21.0 Tables A B C 2.21 1 Elsa Schleicher - Kyra Helmbold, Los Gatos CA 71.13% 1.77 2 1 Ivy Li, Nepean ON; Jessica Chen, Ottawa ON 68.48% 1.33 3 2 Nathan Bedell, Apopka FL; Matthew O’Dowd, Altamonte Spring FL 67.43% 1.00 4 3 Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Juliet Shannon, Toronto ON 65.98% 1.26 5 4 1 Donnie Chiang - Bill Cai, Richmond Hill ON 64.58% 0.60 6 5 Ariana Black - Martha Johnson, Orange NJ 64.19% 0.95 6 2 Nicholas Harper - Lucas Chang, San Francisco CA 63.99% 0.71 3 Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Colleen Stewart, Williamsville NY 53.17% 0.53 4 Prince Antwi - Munachiso Iherobiem, Orange NJ 52.79% 0.42 5 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Justin Tong, Naperville IL 48.71%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CARDROOK PAIRS 16.0 Tables A B C 1.85 1 1 Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Colleen Stewart, Williamsville NY 71.17% 1.39 2 2 Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Juliet Shannon, Toronto ON 71.00% 1.04 3 3 Garrett Liu - Hao Li, Oakville ON 58.33% 0.69 4/5 Mason Ott - Unique Jordon, Seattle WA 55.83% 0.69 4/5 Mary Daniels - Josie Daniels, Vernon Hills IL 55.83% 0.45 6 Jessica Chen, Ottawa ON; Ivy Li, Nepean ON 55.18% 0.57 4 Zachary Burkett, Apopka FL; Ashlyn Bourgeois, Riverview NB 55.08% 1.12 5 1 Keith Yoo - Kenneth Yao, Edison NJ 53.33% 0.84 2 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON 51.67% 0.63 3 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Justin Tong, Naperville IL 50.00% 0.47 4 Madelyn Bedell - Sydney Thompson, Apopka FL 45.45%

Saturday, July 2910 a.m. and Double Dummy National Youth2 p.m. Swiss Teams • Two sessions (one qualifying and one final

session) Players must be available for both sessions

10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs • Single session2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs • Single session2 p.m. Consolation Swiss Teams Single session5:30 p.m. Award Ceremony, including Master

Point Press Sportsmanship Award

YOUTH NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

All card play is in Room 201 A-F in the Convention Centre

Juliet Shannon and Sharon Mi

Third overall in Strat B, Friday Morning Cardrook Pairs

Badra Traore and Marquis Douglas

First-second, Strat C, Friday Afternoon

Cardrook Pairs

Elise Bedell and Michael Moschella

First North-South Open Pairs qualifying, Section R

Jonathan Shi and Matthew Shi

First overall, Consolation Pairs

Robert Thomas and Denzel Johnston

First in Strat C N-S, Consolation Pairs

Isabella Babb and Lauren Wilson (not pictured)

First in Strat B, Consolation Pairs

Andy Zhang and Ellissa Luo

First in Strat B, Consolation Pairs

Jack Boge and Katherine

Hwang

First in Strat C,

Consolation Pairs

BARON BARCLAY YOUTH PAIRS QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST 1 Emma Miller - Matt Oakley, Reno NV 60.12% 1 Neo Ling, Markham ON; Arnold Liu, Toronto ON 58.09% 2 Marley Cedrone, Norwood MA; Ethan Xie, Williamsville NY 58.03% 2 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 57.59% 3 Michael Serafini, Calgary AB; Samuel Perlow, Mill Valley CA 55.96% 3 Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA; Cooper Smith, Marquette MI 53.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION R EAST-WEST 1 Michael Moschella, Winter Springs FL; Elise Bedell, Apopka FL 65.04% 1 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON 60.31% 2 Maxwell Burns, Washington DC; Aman Desai, Cupertino CA 62.20% 2 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 53.62% 3 Eric Chai, Marlboro NJ; Kyle Lui, Morganville NJ 61.74% 3 Patrick Sullivan, Healdsburg CA; Isaac Barden, Cambridge 44.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST 1 Brent Xiao - Rory Xiao, Fremont CA 62.34% 1 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 70.59% 2 John Dong - Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 58.83% 2 Max Cheng - Cindy Zhang He, Toronto ON 63.01% 3 Jonathon Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA 50.50% 3 S. Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 61.18% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST 1 Cornelius Duffie - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 64.48% 1 Stella Q. Wan, Palo Alto CA; David Zheng, San Jose CA 55.64% 2 Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA; Michael Zheng, San Jose CA 64.26% 2 Tanner Hess, Fairhope AL; Cutter Green, Falkville AL 50.58% 3 Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS; Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 62.63% 3 Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Helena Hsieh, Naperville IL 49.87%

BARON BARCLAY YOUTH PAIRS FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION R EAST-WEST 1 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 64.87% 1 Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA; Michael Zheng, San Jose CA 63.72% 2 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 59.36% 2 Cornelius Duffie - Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 59.49% 3 Stella Q. Wan, Palo Alto CA; David Zheng, San Jose CA 59.10% 3 Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS; Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 58.85% 4 Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA; Cooper Smith, Marquette MI 58.46% 4 John Dong - Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 56.67% 5 S. Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 57.82% 5 Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA; Calix Tang, Sunnyvale CA 56.15% 6 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON 55.38% 6 Jonathon Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA 54.23%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON YOUTH CONSOLATION PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ivan Marchant - James Marchant, Fairfax CA 61.23% 1 Matthew Shi - Jonathan Shi, Palo Alto CA 75.25% 2 1 Isabella Babb, Williamsburg VA; Lauren Wilson, Lower Coverdale NB 60.06% 2 1 1 Kevin Jiang, Deerfield IL; V.J. Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 52.24% 3 Jackson Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Justin Wang, Morganville NJ 59.73% 3 2 Zahra Wilson, Pembroke Bermuda; Lejaun Matthews, Smith’s Bermuda 52.01% 2 1 Denzel Johnston, Paget Bermuda; Robert Thomas, Hamilton Bermuda 46.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jasmine Xiong, Markham ON; Jeffrey You, Nepean ON 71.39% 1 Samuel Li, North York ON; Han Wu, Markham ON 64.20% 2 Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON; Michelle Yang, Scarborough ON 60.96% 2 Patrick Sullivan, Healdsburg CA; Isaac Barden, Cambridge England 56.61% 3 1 Ross Cooper, Smiths Bermuda; Scott Gilbertson, Pembroke Bermuda 51.74% 3 1 1 Andy Zhang, Markham ON; Elissa Luo, North York ON 52.59% 4 2 1 Jack Boge - Katherine Hwang, New York NY 51.45% 4 Jason Lin - Andrew Dance, Palm Coast FL 51.18% 2 Michael Shelly - Andrew Burrows, Williamsburg VA 46.88%

FRIDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION U EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Alan Ma - Joanna Ma, Brookfield CT 61.70% 1 1 1 Donnie Chiang - Bill Cai, Richmond Hill ON 64.58% 2 2 Tomos Salathiel - Marshall Johnson, Barrie ON 59.94% 2 2 2 Nicholas Harper - Lucas Chang, San Francisco CA 63.99% 3 Mason Ott - Unique Jordon, Seattle WA 57.05% 3 Abbey Lavelle - Aiden Gilbert, Williamsburg VA 54.65% 1 Prince Antwi - Munachiso Iherobiem, Orange NJ 52.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Elsa Schleicher - Kyra Helmbold, Los Gatos CA 71.13% 1 1 Ariana Black - Martha Johnson, Orange NJ 64.19% 2 1 Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Juliet Shannon, Toronto ON 65.98% 2 Mary Daniels - Josie Daniels, Vernon Hills IL 59.82% 3 Ibrahima Sacko - Jahiem Watson, Orange NJ 54.86% 3 2 Yiwei Cao - Rizhe Jia, Ottawa ON 55.86% 2 Ashley Wang - Kara Lui, Morganville NJ 48.90% 1 Tyler Mu - Daren Liu, Williamsville NY 40.57% 1 Bernard Francis, Orange NJ; Chidigo Iherobiem, Springfield NJ 41.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Ivy Li, Nepean ON; Jessica Chen, Ottawa ON 68.48% 1 1 Nathan Bedell, Apopka FL; Matthew O’Dowd, Altamonte Spring FL 67.43% 2 Alex Wu, Markham ON; Max Schleicher, 57.15% 2 2 1 Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Colleen Stewart, Williamsville NY 53.17% 3 Edwin Thomas - Chidumebi Iherobiem, Orange NJ 54.61% 3 Mary Gray - Caitlin Leek, Williamsburg VA 49.89% 1 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Justin Tong, Naperville IL 48.71%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CARDROOK PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Garrett Liu - Hao Li, Oakville ON 58.33% 1 Mary Daniels - Josie Daniels, Vernon Hills IL 55.83% 2 Mason Ott - Unique Jordon, Seattle WA 55.83% 2 1 Logan Burns - Owen Burns, Altamonte Spring FL 52.50% 3 2 1 Keith Yoo - Kenneth Yao, Edison NJ 53.33% 3 2 1 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON 51.67% 2/3 Tyler Mu - Daren Liu, Williamsville NY 43.33% 2/3 Bernard Francis, Orange NJ; Chidigo Iherobiem, Springfield NJ 43.33% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Colleen Stewart, Williamsville NY 71.17% 1 1 Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Juliet Shannon, Toronto ON 71.00% 2 2 Zachary Burkett, Apopka FL; Ashlyn Bourgeois, Riverview NB 55.08% 2 Jessica Chen, Ottawa ON; Ivy Li, Nepean ON 55.18% 3 Rizhe Jia - Yiwei Cao, Ottawa ON 54.37% 3 Kara Lui - Ashley Wang, Morganville NJ 53.45% 1 Madelyn Bedell - Sydney Thompson, Apopka FL 45.45% 2 Munachiso Iherobiem - Prince Antwi, Orange NJ 45.00% 1/2 Damon Johnston - Logan Lagercrantz, Burlington ON 44.80% 1/2 Marquis Douglas - Badra Traoe, Orange NJ 44.80%

Youth NABC has strong sponsor support

When Patty Tucker was putting the first Youth NABC together back in 2008, one of her goals was to bring in sponsors to help make winning more meaningful for the players. The first to sign up was Jim Maier, owner of Baron Barclay Bridge Supply. He agreed to provide scholarship money for the winners of the main pairs event. It has been known as the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs ever since. The winning pair divide a $2000 scholarship payment. The money is paid to whatever college or colleges the players decide to attend.

“It’s an incentive for kids to come and play,” says Maier. “Our company depends on a new generation of players. We’re a for-profit business and we want to sell books and supplies, so we need new players. We are proud of the fact that our name is out there and we’re helping the youth movement.”

Ray Lee, founder and owner of Master Point Press, is another supporter of the Youth NABC, providing $1000 in scholarship funds for the player chosen for the Master Point Press Sportsmanship Award at the tournament. The award goes to the player who gets the most votes for the honor from his or her peers at the tournament. Lee says the concept of sportsmanship is “something that is dear to my heart.”

Toronto-based Master Point Press is the world’s largest publisher of bridge books in English. It grew out of a magazine known as Canadian Master Point, also owned by Lee. The first book his new

company published, in 1994, was a compilation of articles from the magazine. Since its founding, Master Points Press has printed 250 different titles.

The National Youth Swiss Teams this year is sponsored by John McAllister, creator of the documentary film “Double Dummy,” which was shown at the Youth NABC venue Thursday evening. The filmmakers followed the USA1 under-21team in the World Youth Teams Championships in Taicang,

China, in 2012.McAllister, former investment manager, showed

his dedication to bridge by spending five years developing the film and is continuing to demonstrate support for youth bridge with a $4000 scholarship to be divided among the members of the winning Double Dummy National Youth Swiss Teams in Toronto.

In an interview published in Daily Bulletin number 3 at this tournament, McAllister said of “Double Dummy,” “I want it to be a film for bridge players, first and foremost, something they can share with their friends who are interested in learning the game. I want to whet people’s appetites for the game.”

Jim Maier

Ray Lee

John McAllister

Neo Ling and Arnold Liu

First East-West Open Pairs qualifying Section Q

Kevin Jiang and VJ Lamoureux

First E-W in Strat C, Consolation Pairs

Olivia Laufer and Albena-Maria Vassileva

Second overall, Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs

Caleb Green and Justin Tong

First in Strat C, Morning Cardrook Pairs; third

overall, Strat C, Afternoon Cardrook Pairs

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