For those, like me, who weren’t able to go to Memphis Tenn., this year I’ve decided to get a recap some news coverage on the Vanderbilt.

First though, I’d like to congratulate the winners of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams:

Captain Les Amoils
Joe Grue
Darren Wolpert
Curtis Cheek
Ishmael Del’Monte
Thomas Bessis.

To catch some great coverage check out:

Linda Lee’s Vanderbilt Victory breakdown

• Part 1: Vanderbilt victory; a hand from the semi’s 
• Part 2: The Vanderbilt Victory – Final First Quarter 
• Part 3: Vanderbilt Victory – Second Quarter, Advantage Amoils 
• Part 4: Vanderbilt Victory – the last quarter  

Toronto Star Article on Amoils and his teams victory.  

ACBL coverage on their website.

If you’ve found any great articles or coverage let us know!

Mary Jane Orock of Fort Worth, Texas

And of course a shout out goes to our ABTA Master Point Press Teacher of the Year 2012 Finalists who had a great number of nominations and certainly earned their places in the running as wonderful Bridge teachers.

Carol Lee Bellam                  Calgary, Alberta Canada
Verna Goldberg                    Louisville, Kentucky
Kathy Rolfe                           Lake Winnebago, Missouri
Dave Glandorf                      Houston, Texas
Rich Rothwarf                      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeff Schuett                          Riverwoods, Illinois

More to come when Linda and Ray come back from Memphis!

Carol Lee Bellam                  Calgary, Alberta Canada

Verna Goldberg                    Louisville, Kentucky

Kathy Rolfe                           Lake Winnebago, Missouri

Dave Glandorf                      Houston, Texas
Mary Jane Orock                  Fort Worth, Texas

Rich Rothwarf                      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeff Schuett                          Riverwoods, Illinois

There were ties in the Southwestern quadrant and the Northeastern quadrant of the US — thus a total of 7 finalists.

Stay tuned to our Facebook page where we have pictures and bio’s for each one of our finalists. It’s a great batch this year and Master Point Press are excited!

The presentation of the winner will be in Memphis, TN this March 2012.

I know I’m a little late in my well wishes but it’s been a busy beginning for us all here at MPP. Cookbook, some free winter downloads, loads of book conversions and new titles coming up in March!

But I’m here to tell you about Daniel Levee’s new Tricks Are For Kids newsletter: January 2012 edition.

What’s Inside:

• US Junior wins prestigious Blue Ribbon Pairs
• Bridge4Kids.ca Brain Teaser
• Where youngsters can learn and play in the GTA
• Erin Berry Memorial Fund (get up to 75% of cash back for bridge related expenses)

The weekly after-school Bridge club restarts this Friday at Partner’s Bridge Club from 4:30-6pm   http://www.partnersbridge.com/SpecialEvents.html

Click to Open the PDF

Tricks Are For Kids January2012

What’s inside this issue you ask?

• Winners of the US Junior Bridge Championships
• Interview with GTA Junior
• Most tables in the 2011 Erin Berry Rookie-Master Game
• Bridge4Kids.ca Brain Teaser
• Information for Canadian Juniors from the Canadian Bridge Federation

As always check out Bridge4Kids.ca for more information on where to learn to play bridge, previous newsletters and more. 

Tricks Are For Kids December 2011 Newsletter

Congratulations to The Netherlands!

Congratulations go out to all participants and the winners of the 40^th World Team Championships. USA 2 took the silver, and Italy the bronze. But the home advantage must be a wonderful edge that with skill and luck earned The Netherlands their win.

We’ve had lots of bloggers post about the Championships from the home field and abroad. Here at Master Point Press Linda was often watching and a running commentary would come along with it. It was a great time and I can’t wait for the 41st games.

For those interested in our contest winner and information please follow the link below to my previous post regarding the Guess the Bermuda Bowl Contest!

Cheers and happy blogging!

Instead of just one day you get the whole week!

Details:

After you’ve chosen your books and you’re getting ready to your check out please put in the discount coupon code:

CyberMonday2011

Please note that this code is case sensitive.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me at lisa@masterpointpress.com and I’ll see what I can do!

Congratulations go out to all participants and the winners of the 40^th World Team Championships. USA 2 took the silver, and Italy the bronze. But the home advantage must be a wonderful edge that with skill and luck earned The Netherlands their win.

We’ve had lots of bloggers post about the Championships from the home field and abroad. Here at Master Point Press Linda was often watching and a running commentary would come along with it. It was a great time and I can’t wait for the 41st games.

But we all know you’re itching to see who won out Contest: Guess that Bermuda Bowl Winner!

It was close, and I was interested to see how different the votes went but the winner of our contest goes to…

Kevin Lane!

Congratulations to Kevin, who scored 17 out of 30 potential points. He may not have guessed the winner, but he had a mind for the top players and we’re pleased to announce his prize selection:

A gift certificate for $25 for www.ebooksbridge.com

OR

A paper copy of one of the best bridge books of all time, The Rodwell Files,

personally put in an envelope by Sally Sparrow and sent to you

OR

An autographed (by Linda Lee) copy of Bridge Squeezes Complete, which Linda

will personally put in an envelope and send to you.

For all our entrants into the contest, we thank you for your time and I will be personally setting up the emails to get you all your $5 gift certificate for eBooksBridge.com!

We hope you all enjoyed the World Championships as much as we did.

Cheers and Happy gaming.

First there was the Top 8 Semi-Finalist!

Italy

China

USA 2

Sweden

Iceland

Netherlands

USA 1

Israel

For every team picked off from this list there will be 1 point awarded.

It’s really great to see some Countries that didn’t receive a lot of votes poking their heads up at the Semi Finals.

Top 4 Teams: The Quarter Finalists!

Italy

USA 1

USA 2

Netherlands

For every team picked from these four 2 points will be awarded.

Quite a few people entered most of these teams as their top four picks so I can feel the competition brewing!

For more results and information check out the World Team Championships Website!

Also, check out how Linda’s doing with her picks. If my math is solid she’s standing at a strong 13 points with the chance for 14 more! Only one other entry is above Linda’s, but so far they’re all really close.

Check out Linda’s post on the results from Round 7!

-Lisa

It looks like the ladies will be playing New Zealand tomorrow. If they do well they just might make it into the quarter finals!!

Cheer them on with us here at MPP.

Good luck ladies!

Canadian Team:

Karen CUMPSTONE (Canada)

Joan EATON (Canada)

Sandra FRASER (Canada)

Dianna GORDON (Canada)

Katrin LITWIN (Canada)

Sharyn REUS (Canada)

Nader HANNA (Canada) non-playing captain