2008

Last updated 05 Sep 2008. 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 14-20:. 57th Hawaii Regional, Honolulu, HI

Jan 14-28:. Summer Festival of Bridge, Canberra, Australia

Jan 18-20:  Bergen International Tournament, Bergen Norway

Jan 26 - Feb 2:. Bermuda Regional at the Fairmont Southampton

Feb 1:. PABF Simultaneous Pairs, clubs in Pacific Asia

Feb 1-6:. EBU Overseas Congress, Lanzarote, Spain

Feb 4-6:. School Bridge League Valentine's Day Tournament online

Feb 5-11:. 12th NEC Festival, Yokohama, Japan

Feb 12-17:. Festival des Jeux, Cannes, France

Feb 13-17:. Yeh Bros. Cup, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Feb 13-17:. Icelandair Open, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Feb 21-26:. Cairo Bridge Festival, Cairo Egypt.

Feb 22-24:. White House International Teams, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Feb 23 - March 1:. Gold Coast Congress, Broadbeach, Australia

Mar 6-16:. ACBL Spring NABC, Detroit, MI

Mar 7:. PABF Simultaneous Pairs, clubs in Pacific Asia

Mar 9-16:. White House Junior Internationals, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mar 30-31:. Isle of Man Congress, Isle of Man

Apr 8-13:. Kitzbuheler Bridgewoche, Kitzbuhl, Austria

Apr 24-27:. Argentine Mixed Pairs Championship Cordoba, Argentina

Apr 28-May 10:. School Bridge League End of Year Spring Tourney Online

Apr 30-May 1:. Bonn Nations Cup, Bonn, Germany

Apr 30-May 1: 2nd Bridge International Festival of Balkan Friendship, Halkidiki, Greece

May 1-9:. South Africa National Congress, Cape Town, South Africa

May 16-18:. 13th Southern Regional, Trinidad

May 22-25:. Torneo Internacional de Bridge Angra dos reis Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro Brazl

May 22-25:. 27th Polish Open WP Bridge Tournament Gdansk- Sobieszewo

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

Aug 3-9:. Wachauer Bridgewoche, Loiben, Austria

Aug 7-10:. Pesta Sukan, Singapore

Aug 8-17:. Summer Congress, Brighton, England

Aug 9-16:. 32nd International Bridge Festival, Varna, Bulgaria

Aug 14-17:. HCL International Tournament, Delhi, India

Aug 21-23:. KEPRI Governor's Cup, Batam, Indonesia

Aug 29 - Sep 7:. 6th PABF Congress, 1st Asian Cup. Surfer's Paradise, Australia

Sep 2-7:. 4th World University Championships, Lodz, Poland

Sep 6-13:. 47th International Bridge Festival, Pula, Croatia

Sep 10-14:. Festival del Bridge, Venice, Italy

Sep 15-19:. 2nd Buffett Cup, Lexington, KY

Sep 19-28:. Geurnsey & Senior Congresses, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Sep 26-28:. Vilnius Cup, Vilnius, Lithuania

Sep 27-Oct 5:. New Zealand National Congress, Hamilton, NZ

Oct 3-18::. World Mind Sports Games, Beijing, China.

Oct 3-18:. 12th World Youth Championships, Beijing China

Oct 3-17:. World Championships - 13th Internations-cup (was Olympiad), Beijing, China.

Oct 5-7:. Oltania Team Cup, Gura Vaii, Romania

Oct 9-14:. Mercian Dubrovnik Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Oct 21-25:. 18th Sun, Sea & Slams, Barbados

Nov 1-2:. 62nd Lederer Memorial Trophy, London, England

Nov 3-9:. 11th International Bridge Open, Madeira Island

Nov 13-23:. 14th Red Sea International Festival, Eilat, Israel

Nov 20-23:. 29th International Bridge Festival, Brasov, Romania

Nov 20-30:. ACBL Fall NABC, Boston MA

Nov 28-30:. Sicily Open, Cefalu, Italy

Dec 1-7:. Festival de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Dec 6-8:. Citta Milano International Teams, Milan, Italy

Dec 8-12:. ASEAN Bridge Club Championships, Bandung, Indonesia

Dec 19-21:. Junior Channel Trophy, Belgium

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NIELS W. PEDERSON (last update 2005)
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