The Welsh team selected to play in the first weekend of the 2024 Camrose is:-
Julian Pottage + Tony Ratclif
Tim Rees + John Salisbury
Dafydd Jones + Adam Dunn
NPC: Paul Denning
News From The Selectors
The Welsh team selected to play in the first weekend of the 2024 Camrose is:-
Julian Pottage + Tony Ratclif
Tim Rees + John Salisbury
Dafydd Jones + Adam Dunn
NPC: Paul Denning
The Teltscher Trial will be held at Cardiff Bridge Club over the weekend of 3 & 4th February 2024.
Entry form and full details are on the following link:-
The Lady Milne trial will be held at Cardiff Bridge Club over the weekend of 20-21st January 2024.
Entry form and further details are on the following link.
The draw for the first weekend of this years Premier League is:-
First Weekend link …
WBU PREMIER LEAGUE 2023 1st Weekend.pdf (msg.uk.com)
Second Weekend link …
WBU PREMIER LEAGUE 2023 2nd Weekend.pdf (msg.uk.com)
TO ENTER THIS YEARS PREMIER LEAGUE PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW.
https://www.msg.uk.com/bess/?eventcode=WBUPL23
This event will be held over 2 weekends at Cardiff Bridge Club on 21-22nd October and 4-5th November 2023.
The entry fee will be £400 per team of 4,5 or 6 players.
Please email nto@welshbridgeunion.org to register your interest in entering a team.
The Selectors will primarily use this event to select a team of 3 pairs to play in the CAMROSE on 5-7 January (in Wales) and 3-5 March 2024 (in England).
More details will be available later.
The WBU has received an invitation to enter a team of four players in the 55th International Tel-Aviv Bridge Festival in Israel.
The International Tel-Aviv Festival will take place from 27th of June until the 1st of July, 2023, at the Shlomo Group Arena in Tel-Aviv.
The invitation includes accommodation for 4 nights from 27th – 30th of June 2023 (Tuesday to Friday) at the Leonardo Beach hotel. Entry to the tournament will be free of charge for the team players and a shuttle service will be available to take players from the hotel to the venue and back each day.
We need to inform the organiser of any plans to enter a team, no later than the 31st March, so the organisers can make the necessary preparations. as they only have a budget for four teams).
There will be no funding available from the WBU should players wish to participate in this event, but if anybody is interested in playing in this event (and time is of the essence), then please let the Selectors know as soon as possible and we can then inform the organisers of our interest.
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