MindZine - Bridge

Play begins tonight - reports and results are available at www.bridge.gr/tourn/Antalya.00/antalya.htm
The current temperature is over 42 degrees and preparation for tonight's play is underway.

The Location

Antalya is an attractive city, at an altitude of only about 50 metres, with shady, palm-lined boulevards, a prize-winning marina and a picturesque old quarter called Kaleici which has narrow, winding streets and quaint, old, wooden houses next to the city walls. Antalya has a majestic coastline of beaches and rocky coves, where the towering Toros (Taurus) Mountains provide a magnificent backdrop. Since its founding in the 2nd century B.C. by Attalus II, a king of Pergamon who named the city Attaleia after himself, it has had a continuous history. The Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks occupied the city before it came under Ottoman rule.

The Event

The event comprises a Junior series and a Schools series. It is open to national teams of the EBL member countries and is organized by the European Bridge League in cooperation with the Turkish Bridge Federation (Turkiye Bric Federasyonu). The championships will be held at Hotel Talya, one of the most beautiful resorts in the Southeastern Mediterranean.

The Championship is open to all member countries of the EBL. Each country may be represented by one national team, consisting of 4-6 players, a non-playing captain and, possibly, other officials. Play begins in the evening of Thursday 6 July, the format of the Championship is a simple round-robin of 20-board matches. All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1975. Participation is by invitation only. The winners of the Championship will receive the David Pigot Cup which they can keep for two years. The members of the first three teams will get silver replicas of the Cup (7 per team) and souvenir gifts.
The top four teams will qualify to represent Europe in the 2001 World Junior Teams Championship.

The Championship is open to all member countries of the EBL. Each country may be represented by one national team, consisting of 4-6 players, a non-playing captain and, possibly, other officials. Play begins in the morning of Tuesday 11 July, the format of the Championship is a simple round-robin of 20-board matches. All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1980. Participation is by invitation only. The winners of the Championship will receive the José Damiani Trophy which they can keep for two years. The members of the first three teams will get replicas of the Trophy (7 per team) and souvenir gifts.