Contracts
are about to be signed for the 2001 Generali European Bridge Championships.They
will be held in Tenerife, June 2001.These Championships comprise
of The Generali European Women's Pairs Championship, the Generali
European Open and Women's Teams Championships and the Generali
Seniors' Teams. Further
Information
MSO
Worldwide Charity Simultaneous Pairs are being staged next
month - we are looking for your ideas
to make extra cash for the three benefiting charities, The Save The
Children Fund, The ACBL Educational Foundation and IRME (Spinal Cord
research).
Summer
Seniors & Veterans Congress
- The Winter Gardens, Eastbourne.
This was a new competition for Seniors (combined age of 110, with
a lower age limit of 50) and Veterans (65 years and over). Marion
Kaplan has awarded a trophy for the top Veterans and an annual
legacy of £500 in memory of her mother Edith who died in 1998
aged 87. Edith Kaplan ran the London International Bridge Club in
Mill Lane for many years until it burned down in the late 1980s.
17th
European Youth Bridge Teams Championships now underway in
Turkey. A spectacular
opening ceremony was hosted by Murat Molva, onsite organiser of the
Turkish Bridge Federation, and Stefan Back of the EBL Youth Committee.
It was a poignant moment when everyone stood in honour of the memory
of the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. When
the flags of the participating countries had been paraded, the President
of the Turkish Bridge Federation, Ata Aydin, welcomed everyone to
the championships. The introduction of the teams was accompanied by
the stirring music. Panos Gerontopoulos, Chairman of the EBL Youth
Committee, introduced the officials, and assured everyone that our
hosts would cool down the weather!
The English Teams for the 17th
European Youth Bridge Teams Championships Antalya, Turkey, 6-16th
July have been released as Juniors ( players born 1975 or later)
Keith Bennett (Oxon) & Richard Hillman (London) Jonathan Green (Suffolk)
& Graham Hazel (currently living and working in Edinburgh) Rachel
Wade (Cambs & Hunts) & Lior Zivan (Cambs & Hunts) NPC: David Burn.
Coach: Andrew McIntosh.
Schools (players born 1980 or later) Oliver Burgess (Lancs)
& Andrew Woodcock (Lancs) Duncan Happer (Leics) & Susan Stockdale
(Leics) Alexander Hydes (Yorks) & Ben Handley-Pritchard (Glos) NPC:
Phillip King. Coach: Andrew McIntosh. We wish them all well.
For all the participating Countries, Teams and event details the
official website
The
Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge can now be found within
the Laws Section.
From Law 1 (The Pack - Rank of Cards and Suits) to Law 93 (Procedures
of appeal). All pages are bookmarked and inter-linked to related laws.
In addition we have articles from Richard Grenside WBF Tournament
Director Explaining
the Laws. When you need to quote the Law nothing else will
do. We hope you will find this section a useful reference.
Manchester Players Flying High.
Rhona Goldenfield and Michelle Brunner have won the play-off (Full
results)to represent England
at Maastricht is yet another feather in the cap for Manchester
(Michelle Brunner partnered Sandra Landy in the 1988 Olympiad in Venice,
when the British Womens' team won the silver).
Manchester has so far this season
has scooped the following top national prizes: The Gold Cup
- Alan Mould's team included two other Manchester players, Gary Hyett
and Howard Melbourne. Premier Life Masters - Dave Debbage and
Steve Capel. Life Masters - Sid Travers and Tracy Capel. Crockford's
Cup - Michell Brunner, John Holland, Bill Hirst, John Hassett,
Howard Melbourne. Hubert Phillips Bowl - Rhona and Bernard
Goldenfield, John Hassett and Bill Hirst.
The European youth bridge championships
will be played in Turkey this year. If you like to have some more
info on this, please visit the following website: http://www.bridge.gr/tourn/Antalya.00/General_Info/default.htm
With 69 Countries and an expected
50,000 players the World Bridge Federation is ready
for the, World Wide Bridge Contest on 2 & 3 June 2000.
Playing different hands each
day and scored across the internet the excitement is mounting. Many
clubs have already uploaded test data in preparation. To follow the
action as it happens visit worldbridge.org
or for a list of the
British clubs taking part see bridge.ecats.co.uk
On May 21th the Dutch Bridge Federation
and sponsor REMU made an effort to break the world record of
the biggest bridge event. And they succeeded! In the Amsterdam
ArenA, the footballstadium of Ajax, 3086 bridgeplayers played 26 boards
in the REMU Bridge Record.
After checking the facts the Dutch Minister of Justice, Mr. Benk Korthals,
announced that it was official: The REMU Bridge Record will be registrated
in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest bridge event ever held.
The previous record was set in Rotterdam (1990) with 2012 players.
More information and photograph's: Bridgeolympiad
or Bridge.nl
We are very lucky to have a new author
for our Articles section - Maureen Dennison. Maureen is contributing
articles on outstanding play (not always outstandingly good play!)
with hands and comments - we will let you judge for yourselves. We
will whet your taste buds with four new features to start with and
more as time progresses. All these and our usual articles can be found
in the Articles
Index. Maureen's first four are listed here for your easy
access Leading
Lady, Zia
Style, The
Goldman Touch and Black
Suit Blitz - do enjoy them.
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