Georgia Heth 1956 – 2023
The WBF is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Georgia Heth on 26 December. Georgia was elected to the WBF Executive Council in[...]
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European Winter Transnational Championship
After four successful editions of the Winter Games, the European Bridge League (EBL) has decided to upgrade the event’s status. Starting in 2024, it will become[...]
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2024 WADA Prohibited List
You are reminded that the WADA Prohibited List of medications has been updated and will come into force on 1st January 2024. Please ensure that[...]
read moreChanges to the 2017 Laws of Duplicate Bridge
Laws 73 and 89 have been revised and will come into effect on 1st January 2024. The revisions are here and are now contained within[...]
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Disciplinary Action
The Tunisian Mixed Team failed to appear to play against their opponents, the Israeli Mixed Team, in Round 15 of the Wuhan Cup on 24th[...]
read more2024 World Bridge Games
The WBF is pleased to advise that the next World Bridge Games (formerly the “Bridge Olympiad”) will be held at the Centro de Convenciones de[...]
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WBF Online Survey
The WBF is conducting a survey exploring what types of leisure activities people do and why. The link to the survey is here There is[...]
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WBT Update!
15 November 2023 After the conclusion of the prestigious HCL International Teams in New Delhi, Christian Bakke & Boye Brogeland consolidated their 3rd place in[...]
read moreThe International Federation (IF) Forum
The President, Jan Kamras, is currently attending the The International Federation (IF) Forum in Lausanne a 3-day in-person event offering targeted thematic sessions designed to be[...]
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Hiroyuki Hosoda
The World Bridge Federation is saddened to hear of the death of Hiroyuki Hosoda. He had been Chairman of the Japan Contract Bridge League for[...]
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Jafet Ólafsson (1951 – 2023)
It is with great sorrow that we note the death of Jafet Ólafsson, past President of the Icelandic Bridge Federation. Jafet had served as President[...]
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Women’s Bridge News!
Mary Kelly-Rogers, a member of the WBF Women’s Committee, has done a wonderful Newsletter for Women’s Bridge which we know you will enjoy reading …[...]
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Hamas attacks against Israel
The WBF publishes this letter from the Israeli Bridge Federation, providing both context and gruesome detail.[...]
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WBT Latest !
11 October The biggest change in the top 20 after the three latest events – Vilnius Cup, New Zealand Open and Istanbul Open – was[...]
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BAMSA + RealBridge teacher/coach conference
BAMSA + RealBridge teacher/coach conference 7 and 8 October, 2023 This is a reminder about the forthcoming teacher/coach conference organised by RealBridge and BAMSA. The[...]
read moreJacek ROMANSKI : 1950 – 2023
It is always sad to hear of the death of a great player … Jacek Romanski led the field as a World Senior Grand Master.[...]
read moreStan Subeck 1949 – 2023
It was with great sorrow that we heard today of the death of Stan Subeck . It was extremely sudden and unexpected; he was on[...]
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And so it begins.
The players have arrived. The TDs are all here. The WBF staff are all in place. Play has begun in the World Bridge Teams Championships[...]
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WBT update!
The Chairman’s Cup in Örebro resulted in one major change in the top of the overall ranking. After their convincing victory on Gillian Miniter’s team[...]
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