Terje Aa
Terje Aa (born 16 March 1961) is a Norwegian bridge player, WBF World Life Master, and regular member of the Norwegian team since 1993. Teams on which he was a member have placed in the top three of the World Bridge Federation European and World Championships 11 times between 1984 and 2008.
Terje Aa | |
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| Born | March 16, 1961 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
In 1993, Aa debuted as the member of Norwegian national selection and won the Schiphol Invitational Teams in Netherlands and bronze medal in European Teams Championship in Menton, France. In the same year, they reached the final of Bermuda Bowl in Santiago de Chile, where they lost to the young Dutch team. In 1997, they again won the European bronze medal and lost to France in the Bermuda Bowl semifinals, held in Tunis, ending up third by defeating the United States for the bronze. The same team earned the European silver in the Tenerife in 2001 finishing behind Italy.
Aa works for the Norwegian Post Office. His regular partner between 1993 and 2006 was Glenn Grøtheim playing the "Viking Precision", a relay-based system[1]
Reporting False Scores - Suspension
Aa was a member of Geir Helgemo's team which reported a false score (claiming a match was played when it was not to the benefit of both teams) in a match in Norway. All players involved were suspended by the Norwegian Bridge Federation. Three of the players involved, Terje Aa (ACBL # 9027661), Geir Helgemo (ACBL # 4036808) and Jørgen Molberg (ACBL # 8896631) were members of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) and were suspended by the ACBL.[2] [3]
References
- Grøtheim, Glenn; Sontag, Alan (2000). The Viking Precision Club - A Relay System for the 21st Century. Louisville, KY: Devyn Press, Inc. ISBN 0-939460-27-0.
- ACBL Board of Directors, Minutes of Meeting in Washington DC, 2009.
- ACBL Board of Directors, Minutes of Meeting in San Diego CA, 2009.
