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ABF Youth Committee
Cathy Mill
Cathy is the chairman of the Youth Committee
Mark Abraham
Mark's interest in bridge was kindled at age 10 with family kitchen-table games, but took off when he reached university in Hobart. He has since been heavily involved with successful youth bridge scenes in Hobart and now Canberra where is he a doctoral student studying prions, when not indulging his mad-scientist system-design tendencies.
Although no longer
young enough to be a "real" youth player, Mark represented Australia in
2003 and 2004. Having completed a full "round" of eight ANC
representations as a youth, his experience brings useful current
perspective to the Youth Committee.
Griffith Ware
Griff joined the ABF Youth Committee in October 2004.
Griff became hooked on bridge at age 14 while playing his first duplicate session with his father, when he bid and made 7NT after the auction 1C-4NT-5D-5NT-6H-7NT. Conventional bids have been his obsession ever since.
When not playing bridge, Griff studies mathematics at the Australian National University, where he will soon be starting a doctoral program.
In joining the Youth Committee, Griff hopes to be able to help increase the popularity of bridge amongst young people, which he sees as vital to the long term survival of the game.
David Lusk
David Lusk's passion for introducing bridge to young players has been
part of a consuming interest since taking up competitive bridge at the
age of 18.
A professional bridge teacher for the South Australian Bridge Association since 1987, David has also spent a decade as the SABA's Youth Coordinator and has been instrumental in maintaining South Australia's steady flow of quality junior players.
As an administrator, David has served for many years on the SABA committee, including the presidency from 1982-84, and for two terms as ABF Councillor. More recently, he has become better known as co-ABF Newsletter editor with wife, Sue.
David was the ABF's Youth Coordinator for many years.
Peter Gill
Peter Gill is the Sydney representative on the Committee. He has vast experience in all aspects of youth bridge.
He is likely to be replaced on this Committee by someone else from NSW in 2007.
Nic Croft
Daniel Krochmalik
Daniel joined the ABF Youth Committee in
January 2007.
He learnt bridge at the age of 9 when his parents decided that he'd been to Questacon too many times during his father's annual trip to the Summer Festival in Canberra each January. Daniel was soon hooked on the game because the first hand he ever kibitzed involved the declarer making 6NT on a double squeeze.
In more recent times, Daniel has represented Australia in the national Youth Team in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. He has also just recently completed his law degree and is struggling to decide whether the court room or the bridge table is a more competitive environment.
Daniel hopes to spread the game of bridge to as many young people as possible so that they can enjoy the amazing range of experiences that he has been fortunate to encounter throughout his decade on the youth bridge circuit.