2009 (Click here for 2008)

Last updated 19 Nov 2009. Many of these listings were found in the International Bridge Press Association Bulletin. Editor John Carruthers produces a well-researched and useful bridge calendar. Others are sent to me by email jude06<at>greatbridgelinks.com. If any of the links are incorrect, please contact Jude.

Jan 2:. PABF Simultainious Pairs, Clubs in Pacific Asia

Jan 14-26:. Summer Festival of Bridge, Canberra, Austailia

Jan 18-28:. Internationale Bridgewoche, St. Moritz, Switzerland

Jan 24-25:. Bergen Grand Tournament, Norway

Jan 24-30:. 50th Bermuda Regional, Southampton, Burmuda

Jan 29-Feb 1:. Icelander Open, Reykjavik, Iceland

Feb 4-9:. EBU Overseas Congress, Tenerife, Canary Is., Spain

Feb 5-14:. 43rd Isreal Bridge Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Feb 9-15:. 14th NEC Festival, Yokohama, Japan

Feb 10-15:. Festival Interntional des Jeux, Cannes, France

Feb 19-25:. 26th Cairo Bridge Festival, Cairo, Egypt

Feb 26-Mar 2:. Yeh Bros. Cup, Broadbeach Island, Australia

Mar 1-7:. Gold Coast Congress, Broadbeach, Australia

Mar 2-8:. Ixtapan Regional, Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico

Mar 3-8:. Montegrotto Festival, Motegrotto, Terme, Italy

Mar 9-14:. White House Juniors 2009.

Mar 12-22:. ACBL Spring NABC, Houston, TX

Mar 15-22:. Dead Sea Festival

Mar 16-22:. White House Jr. National Teams, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mar 24-29:. Kitzbuheler Bridgewoche, Kitsbuhel, Austria

April 7-12:. 114th Canadian Nationals, Toronto, Canada

April 9-12:. 24th International Festival, Dobrich, Bulgaria

April 10-12:. Easter Congress, Singapore

April 10-13:. Easter Festival, London

April 13-19:. Women's Bridge Festival Online.

April 30-May 3:. 28th International Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

April 30-May 4:. Australian Autumn Nationals, Adelaide, Australia

May 1-8:. Scottish BU Overseas Congress, Marmara, Turkey

May 6-10:. 35th Cavendish Invitational, Las Vegas, NV

May 8-10:. Grand Prix of Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia

May 8-15:. South African Nationals, Western Cape, RSA

May 9-17:. 66th South of Ireland Congress, Killarny, Ireland

May 10-17:. Killarney Congress, Killarny, Ireland

May 15-28:. Festival International de Bridge, Juan-les-Pins, France

May 16-24:. 59th South American Champoinships, Santiago, Chile

May 18-24:. XXII International Tournament, Costa Calida, Spain

May 20-21:. 24th Bonn Nations Cup, Bad Godesburg, Germany

May 22-26:. 20th International Bridge Festival, Limassol, Cyprus

May 27-31:. 42nd Tallinn Bridge Festival Tallinn, Estonia

May 22-30:. 26th CACBF Zonal Championships, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, WI

May 23-25:. Yeats Country Congress, Silgo, Ireland

May 26-Jun 2:. IV Torneo de Bridge en Punta Cana, Punta Cana, Dom. Rep.

May 28-Jun 4:. 5th African Bridge Championships, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

May 29-Jun 6:. 9th Alps Adriatic Bridge Festival, Poree, Croatia

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 11-19:. Over-59 Festival, Riccione, Italy

Jul 16-29:. International Festival, Deauville, France

Jul 23-Aug 2:. ACBL Summer NABC, Washington, DC

Jul 24-Aug 2:. XV Swedish Bridge Festival, Orebro, Sweden

Jul 30 - Aug 1:. Youth NABC, Washington, DC

Jul 31-Aug 2:. Governor KEPRI Cup, Batam, Indonesia

Aug 2-8:. Norwegian Bridge Festival 2009, Lillehammer, Norway

Aug 2-8:. Wachauer Bridgewoche, Loiben, Austria

Aug 7-9:. Pesta Sukan, Singapore

Aug 10-16:. Festival International, Cannes, France

Aug 13-16:. HCL Invitational, New Delhi, India

Aug 14-23:. Brighton Summer Congress, Brighton, England

Aug 15-16:. Selangor Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Aug 15-23:. World Youth Champoinships, Istanbul, Turkey

Aug 19-23:. Hong Kong Inter-City Championships, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Aug 19-23:. 10th Festival del Bridge, Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy, Leonardo Cima +39.348.3043875

Aug 20-30:. 59th Festival International de la Baule, La Baule, France

Aug 29-Sept 4:. 33rd International Festival, La Grande Motte, France

Aug 29-Sep 12:. 29th World Team Championships, sao Paulo, Brazil

Sep 4-6:. 1st Festival Nazionale del Bridge, Sanremo, Italy, Assoc. Bridge +39.0184.261639

Sep 5-13:. 48th International Bridge Festival, Pula, Croatia

Sep 7-12:. Senior Games 2009, Zeeland, Netherlands

Sep 10-13:. 43rd Isle of Man Congress, Douglas, Isle of Man

Sep 18-27:. Geurnsey Congress, Geurnsey, Channel Is.

Sep 26-Oct 4:. New Zealand National Congress, Hamilton, NZ

Oct 3-6:. Tolani Grand Prix, Mumbai, India

Oct 4-10:. 1st EUSA Bridge Championship, Opatija, Croatia

Oct 6-11:. Women's Jamboree, Rome, Italy

Oct 8-13:. EBU Overseas Congress, Andalucia, Spain

Oct 9-11:. International Team Tournament, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Oct 15-18:. 8th European Champions Cup, Paris, France

Oct 17-18:. 63rd Lederer Memorial, London, England

Oct 20-24:. Sun, Sea and Slams, Christ Church, Barbados, WI

Nov 2-9:. XII Madeira International Open, Funchal, Madeira Portugal

Nov 5-15: 15th Red Sea International Bridge Festival, Eilat, Israel

Nov 8-14:. 1st Asian University Championships, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Nov 14-21:. IX International Bridge Festival CUBA 2009, Havana/Vardero, Cuba

Nov 19-22:. 31st Brasov International Festival, Brasov, Romania

Nov 24-29:. 4th Balkan Championships, Novi Sad, Serbia

Nov 26-Dec 6:. ACBL Fall NABC, San Diego, CA

Nov 27-Dec 5:. Festival Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Dec 5-9:. 31st ASEAN Bridge Club Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia

Dec 5-6:. UBS-Teams Uppsala Sweden

Dec 5-9:. 31st ASEAN Bridge Club Champoinships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dec 6-8:. Citta de Milano, Milan, Italy

Dec 6-13:. 1st Regional-on-a-Cruise, Miami, FL, (Embark)

Dec 11-13:. Geollogi Cup, Bandung, Indonesia

Dec 18-20:. Junior Channel Trophy, Belgium

Dec 27-30:. EBU Yearend Congress, London, England

2010

Jan 8-10:. Camrose Trophy I Scotland

Jan 11-25:. Summer Festival of Bridge Canberra, Australia

Jan 23-29:. 51st Bermuda Regional Southampton, Bermuda

Feb 9-14:. EBU Overseas Congress Madeira, Portugal

Feb 20-22:. Slava Cup Moscow, Russia

Feb 27-Mar 6:. Gold Coast Congress Broadbeach, Australia

Mar 2-7:. Mexican Nationals Ixtapan del Sal, Mexico

Mar 5-7:. Camrose Trophy II Northern Ireland

Mar 11-21:. ACBL Spring NABC Reno, NV

Mar 19-23:. 12ieme Festival de Palavas Palavas, France

Mar 21-26:. White House Junior International Teams Amsterdam, Netherlands

Apr 2-5:. Easter Festival London, England

Apr 24-May 2:. Lambourne Jersey Festival St. Helier, Channel Is.

Apr 28-May 2:. International Berlin Championship Berlin-Spandau, Germany

May 1-8:. III South American Transnational Mar del Plata, Argentina

May 1-8:. South American Youth Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina

May 7-9:. Grand Prix of Kosice Kosice, Slovakia

May 12-13:. 25th Bonn Nations Cup (Invitational) Bad Godesburg, Germany

May 13:. 30th Bonn Cup (Open Pairs) Bad Godesburg, Germany

May 14-16:. 1st German Bridge Team Trophy (Open) Bad Godesburg, Germany

May 21-29:. PABF Championships Hamilton, New Zealand

May 30-Jun 6:. 12th German Festival Wyk auf Föhr, Germany

Jun 3-6:. 50th Poznan Bridge Congress Poznan, Poland

Jun 5 & 6:. Worldwide Bridge Contest Clubs Everywhere

Jun 18-Jul 2:. 50th European Team Championships Ostend, Belgium

Jun 29-Jul 11:. Festival International de Biarritz Biarritz, France

Jul 1-3:. European Transnational Pairs Ostend, Belgium

Jul 22-Aug 1:. ACBL Summer NABC New Orleans, LA www.acbl.org

Aug 2-9:. 5th World University Championships Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Aug 6-15:. Summer Congress Brighton, England

Aug 6-15:. 20th Solidarity Festival Slupsk, Poland

Sep 4-5:. Torneo Open de Bridge Barcelona, Spain

Sep 9-12:. Isle of Man Congress Douglas, Isle of Man

Sep 13-16:. 3rd Buffett Cup Cardiff, Wales

Sep 16-19:. 37th Vilnius Cup Vilnius, Lithuania

Sep 17-26:. Guernsey Congress Guernsey, Channel Islands

Oct 1-16:. 13th World Bridge Series Philadelphia, PA

Oct 13-18:. EBU Overseas Congress Crete, Greece

Oct 24-29:. 3rd Commonwealth Nations Cup New Delhi, India

Oct 29-Nov 1:. HCL Teams and Pairs Tournament New Delhi, India

Nov 25-Dec 5:. ACBL Fall NABC Orlando, FL

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