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[1] to select and support teams to represent the United States in international competition and to support the World Bridge Federation (WBF) efforts to obtain Olympic recognition for bridge. Olympic recognition has since been denied by the International Olympic Committee[2] and so the USBF now focuses on holding the United States Bridge Championships to select Open, Women, Senior and Junior teams and on providing training and support for them.
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.
The president is George Jacobs.
American bridge players
- Michael Gottlieb (1901-1980)
- Bill Gates
See also
External links
- American Bridge Association official website
- American Contract Bridge League official website
- United States Bridge Federation official website
References
- ^ Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.
- ^ "Review of the Olympic programme and the recommendations on the programme of the games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008; page 8" (PDF). 2011-10.
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