2009 Fall Kickoff Tournament Division Winners

School Bridge LEAGUE hosts six tournaments per year for Beginner, Intermediate , Advanced and Mini Bridge players throughout the US and Canada. CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Fall Kick Off Tournament!

The top three pairs in the Advanced Category, those with more than one year of experience playing bridge are:

First Place: KATTREN WILFRED AND IVY XIONG from MARC GARNEAU SCHOOL in Toronto, Canada. Coached by Joel Shapiro.

Second Place: PAUL BORANIAN AND ALEX TORRESS from THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL in Teaneck, NJ. Coached by Karen Hughes

Third Place: DAVID PINTO AND JASON HUGHES from THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL in Teaneck, NJ. Coached by Karen Hughes

** There are no winners to report for Beginner, Intermediate or Mini Bridge Categories

Each of the above winners will receive a School Bridge LEAGUE trophy! Additionally the first place pair in each category will also receive an autographed copy of “Small Steps” written by Louis Sachar who is the bestselling author of the award-winning novel “Holes”. School Bridge LEAGUE thanks national partner Random House for this very generous gift.

Congratulations again to each of the winners and coaches of the School Bridge LEAGUE 2009 Fall Kick Off Tournament.

School Bridge LEAGUE is excited to announce that once again for this season we will be awarding the top pair, with the highest overall cumulative score, for three out of six tournaments, a trip to the 2010 end of year LEAGUE National Awards & Recognition event. Please note that the pair MUST also participate in a service event, counted as a LEAGUE Wildcard, for the 2009-2010 school year in addition to the ranking requirements in the School Bridge LEAGUE Tournaments.

School Bridge LEAGUE would like to recognize and acknowledge young people who are playing the game of bridge, so please share with us. Email pictures and stories to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Attn: Newsletter). Selected stories will be considered for The School Bridge LEAGUE e-Newsletter, “What’s The Deal”. The next issue of “What’s The Deal” will be in November 2009. For more information about School Bridge LEAGUE please visit our website at http://www.schoolbridgeleague.org/. Here you will find exciting news about our students and upcoming tournaments and other events.

Don’t forget to visit our Online Shop, where you can purchase great School Bridge LEAGUE products. From the School Bridge LEAGUE website (www.schoolbridgeleague.org) homepage, click “Online Shop”. You will be prompted to enter your username and password, which gives you access to the Online Shop.

 Enjoy!!