Simon Gottschalk

The WBF is pleased to confirm that the 13th World Transnational Open Teams Championship will be held at Movenpick Mansour Eddahbi Palais des Congrès in Marrakech.

The Event will be organised by the World Bridge Federation in cooperation with the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Bridge.

http://championships.worldbridge.org/marrakech2023

The 13th World Transnational Open Teams will take place from Monday 28th August until Saturday 2nd September. Being Transnational Open Teams, the Event is open to teams composed of players from different National Bridge Organisations, that are in good standing with their own Bridge Federation, and approved by the WBF Credentials Committee.

The Event is also a great opportunity for players to participate in a wonderful bridge tournament while at the same time having a unique opportunity to experience all the atmosphere and excitement of the final stages of the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup and watch some of the greatest players in the world on a vugraph presentation. There are no quotas for this Championship and the WBU as a NCBO has been asked to publicise the event as widely as possible and encourage teams to enter.

http://championships.worldbridge.org/marrakech2023/hotels-and-accommodation

Note: There will be no funding available from the WBU should any players wish to participate in this event.

Thank you to all the pairs competing in the Lady Milne Trial.

Congratulations to the pairs selected to represent Wales in the forthcoming Lady Milne in Scotland on 21-23 April 2023 are:-

Gilly Clench & Aida Aris

Ceri Pierce &  Mia Deshepper

Jo Copping & Joan Marray

NPC Maggie Pierce

Reserve Pair  TBC

The WALES team selected to play in the TELTSCHER on 19-21st MAY 2023 at the Holiday Inn, Newport is:-

Paul Denning & Diane Kurbalija

John Salisbury & Tim Rees

Gary Jones & Paul Lamford

The WBU team is

Gilly Clench & Dave Birt

Simon Gottschalk & Chris Rochelle

Steve Jarvis & Nick Forrest

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING TEAM SELECTED TO REPRESENT WALES IN THE FIRST CAMROSE WEEKEND.

JULIAN POTTAGE, TONY RATCLIFF, JOHN SALISBURY, TIM REES, SUE INGHAM, GWYNN DAVIES

NPC:  PAUL DENNING

THE SELECTORS WILL PICK A TEAM FOR THE SECOND CAMROSE WEEKEND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRST WEEKEND IS COMPLETED.

You are invited to enter the WBU PAIRS TRIAL for the 2023 TELTSCHER taking place in WALES next May in the Holiday Inn Hotel, Newport.

Should you qualify to represent either WALES or the WELSH BRIDGE UNION in this event there are additional hotel costs of £330 per player.

These costs may be reduced should locally based players not need hotel accommodation.

Any players who do not want to stay at the hotel should contact the organisers to see if this will be possible.

The PAIRS TRIAL will take place over the weekend of 4th & 5th February 2023 at the Commodore Hotel in Llandrindod Wells if there are enough entries.

If there are not enough entries for a trial to be viable then teams will be selected from those that were prepared to enter the trial.

If there are still not enough players to make up the two teams needed, other pairs may be invited to play.

The entry fee for the trial is £100 per pair the Commodore Hotel are offering discounted hotel accommodation.

The closing date for entries to the trial is 31st December 2022.

More details are on the entry form.

You are invited to enter the WBU PAIRS TRIAL for the 2023 LADY MILNE taking place in SCOTLAND next April.

The PAIRS TRIAL will take place over the weekend of 21st & 22nd January 2023 at the Commodore Hotel in Llandrindod Wells.

The entry fee is £100 per pair the Commodore Hotel are offering discounted hotel accommodation.

The closing date for entries is 30th November 2022.

More details are on the entry form.

You are invited to enter a TEAM OF FOUR for the WBU TEAMS TRIAL for the 2023 CAMROSE  (taking place in Belfast during January 2023 and Dublin during March 2023).

The WELSH TEAMS TRIAL will take place over the weekend of 1st & 2nd October 2022 at the Commodore Hotel in Llandrindod Wells.

The entry fee is £200 per team and the Commodore Hotel are offering discounted hotel accommodation.

The closing date for entries is 31st August 2022.

More details are on the entry form

https://www.msg.uk.com/bess/?eventcode=WBUCT22

BEFORE USING THE ONLINE ENTRY FORM PLEASE NOTE:-

YOU CAN ENTER A TEAM OF 4, 5 OR 6 PLAYERS TOGETHER WITH PARTNERSHIP SYSTEM CARDS.

IF YOU ONLY ENTER A TEAM OF FOUR PLAYERS YOU MAY ADD ONE OR TWO MORE PLAYERS LATER AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SELECTORS.

YOU WILL BE REQUESTED TO PAY £400 ON COMPLETION OF THE ENTRY FORM.

SHOULD THE SECOND WEEKEND BE CANCELLED DUE TO A LOW ENTRY YOU WILL BE REFUNDED £200.

ON COMPLETION OF THE FORM AND PAYMENT YOU WILL RECEIVE A STRIPE PAYMENT CONFIRMATION FROM THE WBU.

ALL YOUR TEAM WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL.

YOU NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SELECTORS BLOG FOR FURTHER DETAILS AS THEY BECOME KNOWN.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PREMIERE LEAGUE 2021 ENTRY FORM

SWEDISH BRIDGE FESTIVAL

Look at the links below for more information.

Swedish Bridge Festival 2021

Swedish Bridge Festival Conditions of Contest

The Swedish bridge festival includes the CHAIRMANS CUP. This is a popular event held in Sweden annually but is this year online on Realbridge and hence more accessible to players of good standing in Wales.  The entry fee for Pairs of 150 SEK per person translates to around £12.50 per person and that of 2400 SEK for Teams is about £200.

This is a good opportunity for Welsh players to play in this event without having the associated costs of travelling and staying in Sweden.

The Lady Milne Trial is going ahead this weekend 30-31st January.

You will find information for competitors on the link below.

https://www.msg.uk.com/lmentry/php/viewentrycc.php

We are sorry but we have been informed that due to technical difficulty there may be no kibbitzing available for some of these sessions.

https://kibitz.realbridge.online/