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15th BFAME Championships
Amman, Jordan
26 June - 4 July 2009 |
22nd European Youth Team Championships
Poiana, Brasov, Romania
8-18 July 2009 |
Summer North American Bridge Championships
Washington, D.C., USA
23 July - 2 August 2009 |
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Women's Jamboree
Rome, Italy
6-11 October 2009 |
8th European Champions’ Cup
Paris, France
15-18 October 2009 |
Fall North American Bridge Championships
San Diego, CA, USA
26 November - 6 December 2009 |
Spring North American Bridge Championships
Reno, NV, USA
11-21 March 2010 |
50th European Team Championships
Ostend, Belgium
18 June - 2 July 2010 |
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Summer North American Bridge Championships
New Orleans, LA, USA
22 July - 1 August 2010 |
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Fall North American Bridge Championships
Orlando, FL, USA
25 Nov - 5 December 2010 |
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HEADLINES
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Dick Freeman
(1933-2009)
Dick Freeman of Atlanta, GA, USA, one of the world's great players, passed away on 29 June 2009.
Freeman was a Bermuda Bowl winner three times (1995, 2000, 2003) and runner up twice (1997, 2005). He was a World Grand Master, placed 13th in the world rankings at the time of his death.
Freeman became ACBL's youngest Life Master in 1952, at the age of 19. In his long career, he won almost every major title in North America, including the Vanderbilt, Spingold, Reisinger Teams, Blue Ribbon Pairs, etc. He served on the ACBL Board of Governors 1976-80, and was a member of the ACBL Hall of Fame.
WBF President José Damiani and 1st Vice President Gianarrigo Rona expressed their sadness for the great loss. |
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| 2010 World Bridge Series goes to Philadelphia |
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The World Bridge series, the world’s biggest and most complex bridge competition, held biennially, will be organized next year in Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 1-16 – the first such event to be held in the United States since 1994. Up to 100 nations are expected to participate in the world series, represented by thousands of the world’s best players competing for world titles in many categories. |
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Online University competition moves to semifinals
The 1st Online World University Championship is taking place this year.
Teams representing universities in all WBF zones compete online thanks to BBO. The semifinals: Canada vs Italy and USA vs Norway will take place in June 2009.
• For details, click here |
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| Spectacular launch of World Mind Sports Games |
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| ITALY WINS OPEN TITLE WHILE NORWAY PREVAILS IN YOUTH AND OVERALL |
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With some 2,000 players representing 92 countries, bridge dominated the first edition of the World Mind Sports Games, held in Beijing, China, 3-18 October 2008. The other sports were chess, draughts, go and xiangqi (chinese chess).
The former 'World Bridge Olympiad' was discontinued to give way to the World Bridge Games within the World Mind Sports Games. This included national teams competitions in several series (open, women, under 28), the World Youth Team Championships (under 26, under 21), under 28 Pairs, under 28 individual and the World Masters Individual (open and women series). Outside of the World Mind Sports Games, the senior series for national teams and the World Transnational Mixed Teams were also held. |
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Italy was the spectacular winner of the open teams: the fifth time it has won the Vanderbilt Trophy since its inception in 1960. England won the women teams, and Japan the senior teams.
The participation of young players in the World Bridge Games was strongly encouraged. As the result, 110 youth teams from 76 countries gathered to contest the three national team tournaments. A Pairs and an Individual competition followed. Norway was the overall winner of the Games, thanks also to their victory in the Under 28 teams, while Turkey collected two gold medals in the Pairs and the Individual.
In the Senior teams, Japan won their first ever world medal, while Chinese Taipei took the title in the Mixed Teams thanks to 'Yeh Bros'. |
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