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Spring North American Bridge Championships
Reno, NV, USA
11-21 March 2010 |
3rd South American Transnational Open Championships
Mar del Plata, Argentina
1-8 May 2010 |
50th European Team Championships
Ostend, Belgium
22 June - 3 July 2010 |
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 |
Spring North American Bridge Championships
Louisville, KY, USA
10-20 March 2011 |
Summer North American Bridge Championships
Toronto, ON, Canada
21-31 July 2011 |
Fall North American Bridge Championships
Seattle, WA, USA
24 Nov - 4 December 2011 |
Spring North American Bridge Championships
Memphis, TN, USA
15-25 March 2012 |
Summer North American Bridge Championships
Philadelphia, PA, USA
12-22 July 2012 |
Fall North American Bridge Championships
San Francisco, CA, USA
22 Nov - 2 December 2012 |
Spring North American Bridge Championships
St. Louis, MO, USA
14-24 March 2013 |
Summer North American Bridge Championships
Atlanta, GA, USA
1-11 August 2013 |
Fall North American Bridge Championships
Phoenix, AZ, USA
28 Nov - 8 December 2013 |
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HEADLINES
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Last but not least!
The latest issue of World Bridge News, the official medium of the World Bridge Federation, has just come out, and José Damiani devotes his last editorial on what he has accomplished in the 16 years he has headed our organization. Mr Damiani is stepping down as WBF President in October 2010.
Edited by Eric Kokish, this issue of World Bridge News also contains a detailed report on the 2009 World Championships held in São Paulo, Brazil, as well as articles on the 1st Youth Congress, the activities of the WBF Women's Committee, Calendar of forthcoming events, etc. Above all, details are given on the 13th World Bridge Series Championships, to be held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1-16 October 2010.
• Click here to download the 2010 issue of World Bridge News in pdf format. |
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| 2010 World Bridge Series goes to Philadelphia |
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The World Bridge Series Championships, the world’s biggest and most complex bridge competition, held quadrennially, will be organized in 2010 in Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 1-16; it is 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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| USA RECAPTURE THE BERMUDA BOWL AS ENGLAND BRINGS THE SENIOR BOWL IN EUROPE |
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| The Venice Cup goes to Asia |
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The People’s Republic of CHINA scored a major success at the 2009 World Team Championships, as they became the first nation outside of Europe and North America, to ever win the Venice Cup – the world’s symbol of supremacy in women’s bridge. The Chinese women scored a clear victory over USA in the final match, while the bronze medal went to France who prevailed over the second USA team.
In the open series, the UNITED STATES succeeded in recapturing the world title and return the prestigious Bermuda Bowl back to North America, after four years of residence in Europe. The American veterans outscored their traditional Italian opponents in the final. Bulgaria beat China in the playoff to get the bronze medal.
Another first was recorded at the d’Orsi Senior Bowl. Since its inception in 2001, the Senior Bowl was always won by USA, but this year it was Europe’s turn. The team of ENGLAND took part in the competition replacing The Netherlands, and showed that they were worthy contestants beating Egypt in the quarterfinals, Indonesia in the semifinals and Poland in the final. The bronze medal went to Indonesia who beat USA in the playoff.
The 2009 World Team Championships took place in Sao Paulo, and it was one of the best ever organized. The programme also included a Transnational teams competition which was won by the team of Pierre ZIMMERMANN (France, Norway, Poland). |
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Gianarrigo Rona is WBF President elect
Gianarrigo Rona of Italy will be the new President of the World Bridge Federation. He will succeed José Damiani of France when he steps down as WBF President at the end of the 2010 World Bridge Series Championships, due to take place in Philadelphia, USA. The election of the new President took place at the WBF Executive Council meetings in São Paulo, so that there will be ample time for the new administrative head of the WBF to prepare for office. José Damiani who has served as WBF President continuously since 1994 (the longest serving President in WBF history), did not run for re-election; he will concentrate on his duties as President of the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA), a post to which he was re-elected earlier this year.
Gianarrigo Rona is a very experienced sports administrator. He was President of the Italian Bridge Federation (FIGB) for 23 years (1986-2009) and is the current President of the European Bridge League (EBL). When his term as EBL President expires in June 2010, he will have served for 11 years. He was instrumental in the Italian Bridge Federation being recognized by CONI (Italian Olympic Committee), and represented associated members to CONI before he was elected on the CONI board in 2005; he was re-elected for another 4-year term in 2009.
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