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AND THE WINNERS ARE …
The ACBL Hall of Fame Committee has announced the election of Steve Garner, Justin Lall, and Janice Seamon-Molson to the Open Category of the Class of 2024 of the Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony will take place at the 2024 Summer NABC in Toronto.
BRIDGE ON TOUR
The WBF World Bridge Tour 2024 is gathering pace, as the players cross continents to compete in the race for qualification points. After the results from the 1st European Winter Transnational Championships in Alpe d’Huez were posted, the top of the leader board looks like this:
ZIMMERMANN CONQUERS ALPE D’HUEZ
The winners of the 1st European Winter Transnational Championships in Alpe d’Huez were the reigning Bermuda Bowl Champions from Switzerland.
First among Equals
We have chosen a deal from the European Transnational Winter Games that took place in Alpe d'Huez where only one declarer managed to bring home the contract of 4 Spades.
ALL CHANGE
The World Bridge Federation has announced that the dates for the World Bridge Games in Buenos Aires have been changed. The Opening Ceremony will now be on 21 October with play starting the following day. The last day of play,…
POZNAŃ REDUX
The European Bridge League has announced that the 2025 Transnational Championships will be hosted at the Poznań International Fair (Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie), Poland’s largest industrial fair venue, June 21-July 25 2025, marking a return to Poznań, which hosted the European Transnationals…
JUMP START BRIDGE
Bridgerama’s Patty Tucker is busy getting bridge into schools across the United States. Following her attendance at the National Association for Gifted Children conference in November 2023, 18 new school bridge programs are under way. A recent visit to the…
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Nick Nickell’s teams have been at the forefront of American and World Bridge for more than 30 years and they added another title to their resume by winning the 2024 edition of the Vanderbilt Trophy, defeating Kevin Bathurst’s squad 149-112…
World Bridge Tour
Before the ACBL’s Spring Nationals in Louisville the World Bridge Federation announced that the early leaders in the 2024 WBT are Hugh McGann & Matthew Thomson. The highest- ranking event prior to the Nationals was the Gold Coast congress in…
IT’S GREAT TO BE YOUNG
Le dernier festival de Reykjavik nous a montré que cette île aux 130 volcans se passionne aussi pour le bridge. L’événement a attiré des centaines de joueurs venus du monde entier et la cérémonie d'ouverture a été retransmise en direct aux informations nationales.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
Le dernier festival de Reykjavik nous a montré que cette île aux 130 volcans se passionne aussi pour le bridge. L’événement a attiré des centaines de joueurs venus du monde entier et la cérémonie d'ouverture a été retransmise en direct aux informations nationales.
SURFERS PARADISE
Every year Australia’s Gold Coast plays host to an immensely popular congress that attracts players from around the world. This year’s edition came close to breaking the attendance record set in 2020. Studying the photograph of the Ware team that…