GREAT BRIDGE LINKS HEADLINE NEWS:. JULY - AUGUST 2002

World Bridge Federation

THE WORLD
BRIDGE FEDERATION

The World Bridge Federation consists of eight Zones. Each Zonal Organization administers bridge in its own geographical area, co-ordinating the National Federations of its member countries. Click here for the
WBF Zone pages
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The ACBL now has a newspage of sorts. Click Here

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The Bridge ATLAS lists all links received from around the world. The Bridge CLUBROOM lists all club links received from around the world. We strive to keep these pages as current as possible - they are updated whenever a new or changed link is received.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NABC NEWS: The ACBL Summer NABC CLICK HERE for page of NABC newsy bits and links.

LIVE and free vugraph from the South American Bridge Championships in Chile was provided by Bridge Base Online - Click Here

BridgeAtSchools, Inc. is dedicated to using the game of bridge to make a positive difference in the education and development of children and youth. Read about this new organization ... click here.

The Commonwealth Bridge Championships. Round by Round results Click Here, Bulletins and Free Vugraph from Bridge Club Live Click Here. Participating Teams, Click Here

The 18th European Youth Team Championships, Torquay, England Italy wins! Congrats to Juniors - npc Gianpaolo Rinaldi, coach Andrea Pagani, Furio di Bello, Stelio di Bello, Ruggiero Guariglia, Francesco Mazzadi, Fabio lo Presti, Stefano Uccello Click here for Official Site.

The 41st PABF Championships in Bangkok, Thailand (Zone 6, WBF) - Bulletin Editor, Brian Senior, publishes some interesting hands on the Youth Team Championships site. Click Here Unfortunately, we are unable to access the PABF web pages for more info - they seem to be down.

World Championships, Montreal in August

The 11th World Bridge Championships will take place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 16-31, 2002. The Championship is the biggest competition staged by the World Bridge Federation. It is held every four years, in the even-numbered non-leap years. The Championships comprise tournaments for pairs and teams in various categories (open, women, seniors, mixed). This great Championship is open to bridge players from all over the world, with no restrictive quotas. The mixed, senior and junior events are open to transnational entries. The 2002 World Championships will give participants a unique opportunity to mix with and perhaps play against the greatest players in the world while at the same time enjoying all the delights of the great city of Montreal. Click Here for page of links and info


Virus Information from Bridgetalk.com - lots of information about current viruses and just as important, virus hoaxes, which can cause the unwary to delete important Windows files.

POSTING BY EMAIL ON BRIDGETALK.COM - This new feature enables you to receive messages posted on the forums by email, instead of having to open a browser window and visit the board. Not only that, but you can answer them by email and even start new topics by email.  This facility is available to anyone - no registration required. Click Here for more ...

"Famous Bridge Records" by David Bird and Nikos Sarantakos - Now that bridge has been recognized as a sport, the absence of bridge records is conspicuous. "Famous Bridge Records" by David Bird and Nikos Sarantakos comes to fill the gap. Read more in the Bridge Books section

Can't get throught to the World Bridge Federation? They have a new URL: www.worldbridge.org

New Club Service at ECatsBridge - www.ecatsbridgeclub.com Your Club can be an ECatsBridge Club member wherever you are in the world and use our upload service to give a lot of extra information to your members - ECats can even make the results bit multi-lingual for you (French, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese & Italian are the languages supported at the moment, but they can add more)

European Team Championships - ITALY MAKES HISTORY at the 46th European Bridge Teams Championships 15 to 29 June 2002. Click here for page of links.

Canada's Bridge Week Click Here for website, bulletins and details.

WBFNews - Click Here to download a PDF version of the World Bridge Federation magazine, spring edition. (Choose 'download file to disk' to save the file on your hard drive and read offline.)

 

VUGRAPH NEWS
Perhaps the time has come to corral vugraph newsy bits from around the world. We'll start wtih this column, but watch for a specific Vugraph page soon.

The newly reformed Bridge Club LIVE! will be offering a vugraph of the Commonwealth Bridge Championships, July 15-20, in Manchester. For BCL info click here. More on that vugraph when the info comes in.

European Team Championships Vugraph & Scorecards in html from Yvan Calame Click Here

Deals from Canadian championship available at UO compliments of Matt Ginsberg - Click Here for more info and links

Bridge Base Online Live Vugraphs this summer (click here) include:

South American Championships (Finals) - July 24 to 25

Swedish Nationals (Every session!) - July 27 to August 7


WHAT IS A VUGRAPH and why is it so sought after? click here
ZONE 3: South American Bridge Championship 2002, 20-27 July, Santiago, Chile. In Marriot Hotel, Av. Kennedy 5741, Las Condes, Santiago. Ê Rafael de la Barrera U. Chilean National Team Member. Rafael has also set up a yahoo group for Bridge in Latin America, where you can findÊinformation related to BridgeÊfrom people all over South and Central America, chat, send files and links of interest etc., only in Spanish.
YOUTH AND JUNIOR BRIDGE - 7 Essential Components of a Successful Youth Sports Program from the NAYS ... Click Here

PRESS RELEASESecatsbridge has a nice page where Anna Gudge posts PDF files of Press Releases. Click Here

BRIDGEMART provides a unique and easy service for shoppers and vendors. Visitors register FREE. Suppliers offered a FREE three month trial. Click Here or click banner.

 



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