Cheri Bjerkan

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Cheryl Lou "Cheri" Bjerkan [1] (born 29 June 1947) [2] is an American bridge player. She has won 14 North American Bridge Championships and one world championship.[ when? ]

Contract bridge card game

Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing bridge at the regional level.

North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of different kinds in many classes of competition. Host cities in the United States and Canada are selected several years in advance.

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Bjerkan is from Elmhurst, Illinois. [3] She lives in the Chicago area. [4]

Elmhurst, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Elmhurst is a city mostly in DuPage County and overlapping into Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois, and a western suburb of Chicago. As of the 2017 census, the city has a population of 46,662.

Bjerkan won the women's individual championship at the 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games. [5]

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

The Venice Cup is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national teams of Women. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open) and d'Orsi Bowl (Seniors). Entries formally represent WBF Zones as well as nations so it is also known as the "World Zonal Women Team Championship", one of three "World Zonal Team Championships". It was first contested in 1974, as one long match between two teams, and has been concurrent with the Bermuda Bowl from 1985.

The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

Runners-up

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References

  1. ↑ "Bridge Registration List" [ permanent dead link ]. SportAccord World Mind Games. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  2. ↑ "BJERKAN Cheri". Athlete Information. SportAccord World Mind Games. December 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  3. ↑ Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Fifth Edition (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 577. ISBN   0-943855-48-9. LCCN   96188639.
  4. ↑ Chicago Contract Bridge Association Newsletter
  5. ↑ SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 Archived November 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine ..
  6. ↑ World Team Championship Winners
  7. ↑ "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-27. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  8. 1 2 "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  9. 1 2 "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  10. 1 2 "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  11. ↑ "Women's BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  12. ↑ "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-16.


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