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Thomas BESSIS and Frederic VOLCKER of France are the new European Youth Pairs champions, having won comfortably at the 9th edition of the competition, played in Wroclaw, Poland, 15-18 July 2008. 162 pairs competed, representing 26 countries. In the Under-26 series, Bessis-Volcker were followed by Michal Nowosadzki (25) and Piotr Wiankowski (24) of Poland who prevailed marginally of Italy's Arrigo Franchi (24) and Matteo Montanari (23). In the Under-21 series, the winners were Poland's Michal KANIA (20) and Aleksander KRYCH (18). The second place went to their compatriots' Tomasz Maciej Jochymski (19) and 15-year old Woijciech Kazmierczak, while the third place went to Ilia Szpuntow (20) of Belarus and yet another young Pole, Kacper Wilczak (17). Finally, Poland prevailed clearly also in the inaugural European Girls Pairs Championship, with the victory of Joanna KRAWCZYK (21) and Natalia SAKOWSKA (20). They were followed by Marta Maj (25) and Kamila Szczepanska (25), also of Poland, and Czechs Pavla Hoderova (22) and Jana Jankova (24) in third place. |
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after the bermuda bowl,
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After winning the Bermuda Bowl last year, NORWAY confirmed their dominance on the world of bridge, dethroning Italy for the first time in 13 years! FRANCE had no difficulty to retain their European women title they had won in Warsaw 06; they are now just one title short of Great Britain/England in the race of European women titles. The great surprise of the Championships was the first ever team medal won by TURKEY. Playing with 4 players only, the Turkish team ended on top of a record field that included all strong contenders. The 49th edition of the European Team Championships was held with great success in the picturesque town of Pau, up in the Pyrenees and near France's border with Spain. Pau was also the venue for FFB's 75th anniversary celebrations. |
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