Rose is 100 years old (101 in June) and plays bridge about five times a week at Miami Shores winning regularly. She also organized a Saturday game at the assisted living facility where she lives.

Rose is living proof that bridge keeps us young!
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Berkowitz, an ACBL Grand Life Master with more than 30,000 masterpoints, has won 25 North American championships. In World Bridge Federation rankings, he is a World International Master. His best finish in world competition was second in the Open Pairs in 1998.

In addition to his tournament success, Berkowitz is a sought-after lecturer, author and analyst.
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Yale: Monika Weber - Shu-Chun Weng - Oosman Bashir - Evan Morse
Harvard: Dana Berkowitz - Eric Newcomer - Jonathan Pines - Jonathan Ullman
University of North Carolina #1: Shira Pittle - Kenneth Chuk - Patrick Domico - Chris Heins
University of Pennsylvania #1: Kendrick Chow - Naijia Guo - Zhuo Wang - Zhiyi Huang
University of North Carolina #2: Corey Luttrell - Danielle Simmons - Francis Ni - Susannah Small
Stanford:Alex Lovejoy - Zizhou Wang - C. J. Jameson - Miu Wong
Claremont: Ryan Wessels - Nik Miller - Matt Meyer - Raghav Dhawan
University of Pennsylvania #2: Zehao Hu - Wei Han - Xingtan Zhang - Xi Chen
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To qualify, players must meet one or more of the following criteria:

Earned at least 50 platinum points in the three calendar years prior to the event (total for the years combined);
Earned at least 200 platinum points lifetime;
Attained the rank of Platinum Life Master or Grand Life Master

Click here for complete tournament schedule.
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Starting next year, thanks to Master Point Press and the American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA), these anonymous-yet-praiseworthy mentors will finally have an annual award to call their own: the ABTA Master Point Press Teacher of the Year Award.

“This is really for the unsung heroes of the bridge world,” Barbara Seagram, co-author of the bestselling 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, chair of the ABTA Teacher of the Year Committee, and a bridge teacher herself, said in a statement. “At last there is an award for those in the trenches.”

To nominate someone, students are encouraged to e-mail one or two paragraphs to Barbara Seagram (bseagram@ca.inter.net) explaining why their teacher deserves consideration. Nominees must have at least five years’ teaching experience, and teach at least 75 hours a year. Nominations will close on April 1, 2010.

The award will be given to a teacher who exemplifies what Seagram calls “love for the game. They may not have a famous name, but their communication skills and enthusiasm promote bridge’s future, adding to your enjoyment.”

Master Point Press co-founder Ray Lee is “delighted” to be working with the ABTA to create the Teacher of the Year award. “It is the bridge teachers who bring new people into the game, and we want to recognize their hard work and dedication,” he said. The first winner will be presented with a “Teacher of The Year” plaque and a cash award next July in New Orleans at the ABTA’s 2010 convention.

The ABTA is a professional organization of bridge teachers from Canada, Mexico and the USA. Its mandate is to help those who teach bridge to do it better. Master Point Press is the world’s largest publisher of books on contract bridge with more than 150 titles in print. Most recently, MPP has expanded its reach by starting a blog site at www.bridgeblogging.com, aimed at providing a forum for discussion on all things bridge, and a sister site www.masteringbridge.com designed for teachers and students.

For more information on this new award, contact Barbara Seagram (bseagram@ca.inter.net) or phone 416-487-8321 or Linda Lee (info@masterpointpress.com) or phone 416-781-0351.
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The USBF is pleased to announce that it has entered into a discounted airfare agreement with Continental Airlines, exclusively for participants in the upcoming World Championship. If you are traveling to Philadelphia or Newark, NJ from Sept 26th until Oct 21st, 2010, simply call Continental's MeetingWorks Reservations at 800-468-7022 or your travel agent, and provide code CKT9ZG with Z code ZZP3 to receive a discount on your air travel. In many cases, this special arrangment will provide you with significant savings.

Please click here to access information about the hotel, schedule and entry fees. Additional information is available at http://www.worldbridge.org, http://www.usbf.org and http://www.ecatsbridge.com.
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