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You have done so much and continue to do so much, and everyone looking for something bridge-related is thankful for all your time and efforts. Greatly appreciated. Raymond, thebridgeguys.com

Online Women's Festival a great success!
The 1st WBF/BBO Women’s Bridge Festival Online, held on 7-13 April 2008, was a great success having attracted 664 entries from 68 countries worldwide. For a full week, women players from all WBF member countries had the opportunity to compete daily in bridge competitions arranged online by 'Bridge Base Online' (BBO). The overall winner was Indonesia's Jessica Tahya (shown). Click here for more

Bridge Blogging Bloggers - a fun bridge blog that features an impressive list of bridge authors. Click Here

NABCS in Detroit - North American Bridge Championships March 6-16. Be sure to drop by the website and read the daily bulletins. Always a source of excellent articles and news as well. Bulletins page here

1ST WORLD BRIDGE GAMES
All WBF member countries are invited and expected to participate in the World Bridge Games, i.e. the bridge series of the 1st World Mind Sports Games. Read more here

2008 Buffett Cup
The 2nd Warren Buffett Cup will take place in Louisville, Kentucky from the 15th-19th September. The website will be www.buffettcup.com


BBO TVWHAT'S BBOTV? You can now play in the Bridge Base online environment whithout having to download software. BBOTV is a technology preview of the next version of BRIDGE BASE ONLINE. Hats off to Fred Gitelman for stepping up to the plate and providing the online community with a service that is not platform dependant and does not require software downloads, installation or updates. Latest news about BBOTV available here. Click here


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Play Interviews on BridgeHandsBridgeHands introduces audiocast/podcast bridge interviews and blog The free audiocasts are available via the listener's web browser by double-clicking on the play button at: www.BridgeHands.com/bridgeblog


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A recent examination of our 2007 web page stats shows Great Bridge Links is still a popular website with lots of new visitors as well as returning visitors. Thank you everyone for your feedback over the year and your continued support. If there is something you were looking for and didn't find here, feel free to drop me a line.

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BRIDGE TOURNAMENTS

May 23-Jun 1:. 10th German Bridge Festival, Wyk auf Fohr, Germany

Jun 6&7:. Worldwide Simultaneous Pairs, Clubs Worldwide

Jun 4-8:. Geologi Cup, Bandung, Indonesia

Jun 13-15:. 21st OECS Championships, Rodney Bay, St.Lucia

Jun 14-19:. Festival de Bridge a Blaye, Blaye, Gironde, France

Jun 14-21:. Campeonato Sudamericano, Lima, Peru

Jun 14-28:. 49th European Championships, Pau, France

Jun 17-28:. 26th International Bridge Festival, Albena, Bulgaria

Jul 1-13:. Biarritz International Festival, Biarritz, France

Jul 3-6 :: ACBL Youth NABC in Atlanta GA

Jul 5-13:. Danish Bridge Festival, Vingsted, Denmark

Jul 12-20:. 2nd Italian Senior Festival, Riccione, Italy

Jul 15-18:. 9th European Youth Pairs Championship, Wroclaw, Poland

Jul 17-27:. ACBL Summer NABC, Las Vegas, NV

Jul 26-Aug 3:. Chairmans Cup / XIV Festival, Jonkoping, Sweden

Jul 27-Aug 3:. Hong Kong Inter-City, Hong Kong, China

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