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forums - it was around before the world wide web!
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has an active Ask An Expert forum.
Bridge
Base Forums - lots of activity and interesting topics
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IN THE NEWS
 Need
more daily bridge reading? Bridgevaria
is the newest online bridge magazine. Created by Ed
Hoogenkamp (author of Dutch monthly BRIDGE), Peter van
der Linden (ex-editor of BRIDGE and the Daily Bridge
Calendar) and Pien Steringa (former DTP responsible
of BRIDGE) Bridgevaria.com is intended not as anews
site but a 'do'-site as well as a 'read'-site. One of
the ambitions of the creators is to post new content
daily. And it's all free!
Play Bridge on your iPhone (or iPod
Touch). Great Game Products has developed an inexpensive
app that lets you play bridge on your phone. Read
more here 
May was a good month for New Links.
Be sure to check our New Bridge
Links page.
The 1st World Youth Bridge Championships
will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 15 to 23 August
2009 and will be hosted at the Yeditepe University.
Young players from all member countries of the World
Bridge Federation are invited to participate in this
new competition which is designed to be a massive event.
Click
here for more
USBF to hold Pairs Trials on BBO for World
Youth Championship in Turkey. The USBF has
scheduled a 3-session Pairs Trials to select 6 pairs
to represent the US in the first World Youth Championship
in a subsidized trip to Turkey August 15-23. Read
more here
 World
Bridge News. Annual magazine from the World
Bridge Federation. For
PDF of magazine, click here.
Spring NABC in Houston, TX. March
12-22. Click
here for Daily Bulletins.
 Friends
pay tribute to Grant Baze. If there was ever
a doubt that Grant Baze left his mark on the bridge
world, it was erased on Friday night in Houston TX as
a huge crowd gathered at the Hilton Americas to pay
tribute to one of the game’s best and most popular
players. Click here for more
 New
Youth Bridge Website from the World Bridge Federation
Looks like a lot of good information on this
site including links and news. Recently launched, it
could prove to be a worthy bookmark. www.wbfyouth.org
 Photos
Photos Photos - Here is a fantastic website
location for hundreds of bridge photos as well as links
to pages with bridge photos. Claire
Bridge click here
Is BridgeGuys.com turning into a Rummy Only
website? After receiving a suspicious email
from someone claiming to by 'Raymond' and asking that
I change all links for bridgeguys.com
to a rummy website, I followed up with an email directly
to bridgeguys.com webmaster Raymond who replied "We
are in the process of restructuring the entire site,
changing servers, learning a new web design application
- " Raymond confirms they are definitely NOT
becoming a Rummy website. Very clever spam/fraud
scheme - best to always be on guard.
A Quick Look at the 2008 Laws
Read about the changes to the Laws of Duplicate Contract
Bridge that become effective in September. This article
was published in the July issue of the Bridge Bulletin.
The new Law books will be available soon from bridge
suppliers.
From the ACBL website click here for PDF file
Why not play?
For your convenience, here are links to
a FREE bridge software trial program. Bridge Baron 19
is available for both Mac and PC
MAC
CLICK HERE | PC
CLICK HERE
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WHAT'S
ON 2009
BRIDGE TOURNAMENTS
Jun 4-7:. 8th
Shar el-Sheikh Festival, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Jun 5-6:. Worlwide
Simultaneous Pairs, Clubs Everywhere
Jun 5-8:. Barrier
Reef Congress, Cairns, Australia
Jun 7:. Citta
di Lodi, Lodi, Italy
Jun 7-14:. 11th
German Bridge Festival, Wyk auf Fohr, Germany
Jun 7-17:. PABF
Champoinships, Macau, China
Jun 12-27:. 4th
European Open Champoinships, San Reno, Italy
Jun 16-27:. 27th
International Festival, Albena, Bulgaria
Jun 18-28:. 46th
Pacific Asia Bridge Championships, Macau, China
Jun 30-Jul 12:. International
Festival, Biarritz, France
Jul 4-5:. All-Africa
Bridge Challenge, Piggs Peak, Swaziland
Jul 4-12:. Dansk
Bridge Festival, Vigsted, Denmark
Jul 8-18:. 22nd
European Youth Championships, Brasov, Romania
Jul 10-12:. OECS
Annual Championships, St. George's, Grenada, WI
Jul 12-19:. Over-58
Festival, Riccione, Italy
Jul 16-29:. International
Festival, Deauville, France
Jul 23-Aug 2:. ACBL
Summer NABC, Washington, DC
Jul 24-Aug 2:. Swedish
Bridge Festival, Orebro, Sweden
Jul 30 - Aug 1:. Youth
NABC, Washington, DC
Jul 31-Aug 2:. Governor
KEPRI Cup, Batam, Indonesia
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Bridge
Cartoons
by Jude Goodwin
(Shameless plug for my own book)
As seen in the ACBL NABC Daily Bulletins
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
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