N°50 • JULY 2024

However, many sporting contests feature venues that are constantly changing, and bridge is no exception. Although it is not unusual for an event to return to a venue from time to time, none of the major bridge championships has a permanent home. Take for example the World Bridge Team Championships. The previous six locations have been Nusa Dua, Bali, Chennai, India, Lyon, France, Wuhan, China, Salsomaggiore, Italy and Marrakech, Morocco.

Following tradition, the 2025 edition, celebrating the 75^th anniversary of the inception of the competition would have been staged in Bermuda, but the event has outgrown the conference facilities available on the island. Negotiations with Macau have been taking place, but it is by no means certain that they will come to fruition.

If an agreement with Macau cannot be reached, it has been suggested that Herning, host for the recently competed European Team Championships, might step into the breach. The venue was popular with the players, but although the Conference centre could easily accommodate the main events, it is unclear that it could cope with a sizeable entry in the Transnational event that runs along side the Championships.

Would it be such a bad thing if the Championships could find a permanent home?

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