{"669629":{"#nid":"669629","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Bridge Club Dominates Collegiate Championship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPlayers from the Bridge Club at Georgia Tech dominated this summer\u2019s North American Collegiate Bridge Championships, which took place in Chicago. The event consists of two tournaments, a Teams Championship and a Pairs Championship, and is organized annually by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), the premier bridge organization in North America.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn the Teams Championship, after a preliminary round of matches, Tech defeated teams from Washington University in St. Louis in the quarterfinals and from the University of California at Santa Barbara in the semifinals. The finals pitted Georgia Tech against Carnegie Mellon University. After trailing slightly halfway through the match, Tech regained the lead and won the match 70-59. This is the second North American Collegiate Teams Championship won by Georgia Tech in a face-to-face tournament. Tech had previously won the title in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/31\/georgia-tech-team-wins-collegiate-bridge-championship\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/31\/georgia-tech-team-wins-collegiate-bridge-championship\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E2017 in Toronto\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESpurred on by the victory, Tech players dominated the Pairs Championship. Bo Han \u201cBruce\u201d Zhu and Vincent Zhu (no relation) came in first overall. This is an encore for Bo Han, who won the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/29\/bridge-club-pair-takes-top-spot-collegiate-championship\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/29\/bridge-club-pair-takes-top-spot-collegiate-championship\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPairs Championship last year\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E playing with Richard Jeng. Additionally, two other Georgia Tech players, Weilong Shen and Alan Yu, came in second overall and first in the 0-99 MP bracket. When combined, these results make the 2023 Collegiate Bridge Championships the most successful ever in the history of the Bridge Club at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0022\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt was really gratifying to win,\u201d said Vincent Zhu. \u201cAfter not doing well the last two years, seeing all my training and practice pay off was super rewarding.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EZhu has been playing bridge since he discovered the game at his local library the summer before fourth grade. \u201cI was instantly hooked, and I have been playing on and off ever since.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat he enjoys most about the game is meeting new people. \u201cBridge is played in multiples of four, so there are always opportunities to make new friends every time I play.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe mission of the Bridge Club at Georgia Tech is to promote the game to Tech students. Some students play bridge to relax, while others play as a competitive sport. The Bridge Club welcomes all players, as well as anyone who may not be familiar with the game and would like to learn.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI\u2019d like students to know that bridge isn\u2019t just a cliche game for old folks, and that plenty of young people also play,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019ll never know if you\u2019ll like bridge until you try it, so give it a shot!\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring fall and spring semesters, the club hosts twice-weekly casual games on campus (Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., and Fridays, 3-6 p.m.). Learn more about the club on its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/bridge-club\u0022\u003EEngage page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Club members won the Team Championship and the Pairs Championship. "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EClub members won the Team Championship and the Pairs Championship. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Club members won the Team Championship and the Pairs Championship. "}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2023-09-12 23:59:52","changed_gmt":"2023-09-13 11:34:55","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671685":{"id":"671685","type":"image","title":"Bridge Club","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBridge Club Pairs Champions \u2014 Vincent Zhu and Bo Han \u201cBruce Zhu \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1694603718","gmt_created":"2023-09-13 11:15:18","changed":"1694603885","gmt_changed":"2023-09-13 11:18:05","alt":"Bridge Club Pairs Champions \u2014 Vincent Zhu and Bo Han \u201cBruce Zhu ","file":{"fid":"254790","name":"Bridge Club 2023 Zhu and Zhu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Zhu%20and%20Zhu.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Zhu%20and%20Zhu.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":534576,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Zhu%20and%20Zhu.jpg?itok=zZUCrhlL"}},"671686":{"id":"671686","type":"image","title":"Bridge Club ","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBridge Club Teams Champions \u2014 Weilong Shen and Alan Yu\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1694603914","gmt_created":"2023-09-13 11:18:34","changed":"1694617017","gmt_changed":"2023-09-13 14:56:57","alt":"Bridge Club Teams Champions \u2014 Weilong Shen and Alan Yu","file":{"fid":"254791","name":"Bridge Club 2023 Yu and Shen.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Yu%20and%20Shen.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Yu%20and%20Shen.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":583761,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Yu%20and%20Shen.jpg?itok=SiDI9FEB"}},"671687":{"id":"671687","type":"image","title":"Bridge Club","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt the North American Collegiate Bridge Championships (L\u2013R): \u003Cspan\u003EMitch Dunitz, a sponsor of the Collegiate Bridge Bowl; Giorgio Casinovi, advisor and coach of the Georgia Tech Bridge Club and retired senior research engineer in the School of Electrical Engineering; Weilong Shen; Bo Han \u201cBruce\u201d Zhu; Vincent Zhu, president of the Georgia Tech Bridge Club; Alan Yu, and Robert Todd, president of the ACBL Educational Foundation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1694604251","gmt_created":"2023-09-13 11:24:11","changed":"1694604501","gmt_changed":"2023-09-13 11:28:21","alt":"At the North American Collegiate Bridge Championships (L\u2013R): Mitch Dunitz, a sponsor of the Collegiate Bridge Bowl; Giorgio Casinovi, advisor and coach of the Georgia Tech Bridge Club and retired senior research engineer in the School of Electrical Engineering; Weilong Shen; Bo Han \u201cBruce\u201d Zhu; Vincent Zhu, president of the Georgia Tech Bridge Club; Alan Yu, and Robert Todd, president of the ACBL Educational Foundation.","file":{"fid":"254792","name":"Bridge Club 2023 Group pic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Group%20pic.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Group%20pic.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":589991,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/13\/Bridge%20Club%202023%20Group%20pic.jpg?itok=nHBI8LI_"}}},"media_ids":["671685","671686","671687"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/bridge-club","title":"Bridge Club on Engage"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}