When Australia and New Zealand challenged UK and Ireland to a friendly, how could anyone say no?
Time difference a problem? not at all. There were 2 sessions, so many players just HAD to get up at the crack of dawn (some setting their alarms for 6:15am). For full details of results, see here:
Five directors looked after everyone. We encouraged learners to join in. As long as they had more than 6 months of lessons, that was good enough. They played in their own section, of course.
Full list of winners, and those by country, here:
https://realbridge.online/bigchallenge2022winners.html
We asked Kenya, South Africa, and Canada to join in. There are some photos of players here:
https://realbridge.online/fulllistallsessions.html
Pairs and Teams events were held in July 2022.
All the results are here: https://kibitz.realbridge.online/#month2207
On Monday July 11 2022, The ACBL Educational Foundation held an online Charity game to raise funds to support junior bridge. The game was an overwhelming success, raising over $50K to help juniors with travel expenses and support other endeavors to promote the game among young people.
The effort came together quickly, taking only six week from conception to execution, and demonstrated the extraordinary support in the bridge community for promoting our game. Over 100 professionals volunteered their services which many patrons generously purchased while other patrons donated for the cause. The game was held on RealBridge where players could see and hear each other and consisted of 20 boards of matchpoints in two sections.
Winners of Section A
https://kibitz.realbridge.online/#220711124818-0
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EW
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Winners of Section B
https://kibitz.realbridge.online/#220711124819-0
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52 pairs from each club, North Shore in Australia, and Auckland Bridge Club, New Zealand took part. The ditch is the body of water between the two nations. From Wikipedia:
The Tasman Sea is informally referred to in both Australian and New Zealand English as the Ditch; for example, crossing the Ditch means travelling to Australia from New Zealand, or vice versa. The diminutive term "the Ditch" used for the Tasman Sea is comparable to referring to the North Atlantic Ocean as "the Pond".
https://www.northshore.bridge-club.org/BridgeAcrossTheDitch
Results are here:
https://kibitz.realbridge.online/#220712229826-0
https://kibitz.realbridge.online/#220712229827-0
