Ida Grönkvist played her first international bridge tournament for Sweden when she was 12 years old and hasn’t been able to stop since. Now 30, Ida lives in Stockholm, where she works as an acting associate judge at The Svea Court of Appeals. Since 2022, she has served as a member on the executive council of the EBL and the chair of the EBL Youth Committee. Outside of bridge, she enjoys reading, running, hiking and choir practice.Though she couldn’t make time to play the Venice Cup this year, Ida has been a mainstay on the Swedish women’s team since 2016. They won the Venice Cup in 2019 and were second at the World Bridge Games in 2024. She also represented Sweden on several gold medal junior teams.
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Avery Silverstein
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Brian Arlinghaus
Brian Arlinghaus is the head golf coach at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and also consults as a sports psychologist. Brian has a master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and owns and operates Cincinnati Sports Psychology. Brian started working with bridge players when he was contacted by Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, who put me in touch with him.If you’re interested in learning more about him, you can contact him via email.
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Janice Seamon Molson
World Grand Master Janice Seamon-Molson is the 6th-ranked woman in the history of the WBF. She has five world championship victories and has four silver medals. She has won 23 North American Championships and finished second 20 times. Janice was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2024. Janice will be representing the USA in the Venice Cup at the upcoming World Championships in Denmark in late August.
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Bob Hamman
Bob Hamman is one of the all-time greats. He was elected to the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1999 and was the ACBL’s Player of the Year in 1990, 1993, and 2006. He has won the Bermuda Bowl 10 times, with an additional 6 silver medals. He has also won the World Open Team Olympiad, the World Open Pairs, and the Senior Team Championships. He has 54 NABC wins, including 6 Vanderbilts, 15 Spingolds, and 11 Reisingers. Bob was a member of the famed Dallas Aces and one of the original members of the fabled Nickell team.
Adam Parrish is exploring how one gets better at bridge and advances to the next level—be that from intermediate to advanced or expert to world class. Adam is an expert player himself—a national champion and a Master Teacher—but he's looking to get to the next level, and devoting the year to figuring out what that takes. Adam will be talking to world-class bridge players about how they got to where they are and what they do to maintain and hone their game. He'll also talk to non-expert bridge players about how they work to get better, and to experts in fields outside of bridge.
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