N°58 • FEBRUARY 2025

Hoping to build on that beginning, the EBL has relocated to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, for the 2025 edition, offering a substantial discount on entry fees to players from the host country and their neighbors, Austria, Germany, Poland & Slovakia.

The advantages of staging an event in a central European location in a magnificent city in the middle of February have been demonstrated in no uncertain fashion, as 89 teams comprising 438 players from 32 countries have entered the lists in search of a European title.

The next item on the agenda for the European Bridge League is the 11^th European Transnational Championships in the wonderful city of Poznan, June 21 – July 5. The registration page is open: 

db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/25Poznan/microsite/participants.htm

By introducing substantial changes to its entry fees policy, the EBL intends to promote participation in transnational events by local players and players who have less bridge experience but would like to test their skills in the events which are in principle open to all eligible bridge players. They hope to boost participation and to make the European transnationals championships a festivity of the world’s bridge playing community.

‘If you build it they will come.’

Number 58 – Monthly – February 2025 – Director of publication Olivier Comte – Publisher Éditions de Presse Spécialisée Le Bridgeur – 33 avenue Emile Zola, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt  – France – Executive Director Karine Meyer-Naudan – Editorial Committee Michel Bessis – Muriel Clément – Philippe Cronier – Mark Horton – Vincent Labbé – Norbert Lébely – Karine Meyer-Naudan – Assistant Editor-in Chief Vincent Labbé – Editorial Secretary Muriel Clément – Adverts Bridgerama+ Muriel Clément 01 42 96 25 50  – Subscriptions 01 42 96 25 50 – Art Director Isabelle Le Squer-Fontaine/Maya – mayatom@me.com – Translation Monika Kummel – Legal Deposit february 2025, N°7.680 – Joint Committee – 1118 K 85690 – ISSN 0184-8127.