(1) Many of the wealthy players who sponsor teams and the individual bridge professionals do little - if anything- to sponsor the game.
(2) Many National Bridge Organisations focus too heavily on top 10% of players and don’t understand their role to market & promote at all levels and provide programs to ensure the continuity of the game and that some collective effort by many of these bridge sponsors could raise the profile of this game beyond its current low level.
Read the full text of WBF President's opinion - Here
Khammam tourney of A P. was as per WBF President's View > Here .
Geir Helgemo played the HAND OF THE CENTURY - - HERE
His young opponent on that day was Erlend Skjetne editor of Norway Bridge federation megazine and he also published this hand in his blog .
RON KINGER of Australia suggests New Year’s bridge resolutions :--
1: With time between hands, try to discuss topics other than bridge.
2: Remember that partner and you are on the same side.
3: Try to remember that bridge is only a game. (What??? Hush your mouth.)
4: Try to have a good time at every bridge session and make sure that your partner has a good time, too.
5: Never side with an opponent against your partner. If you cannot support your partner, keep your mouth shut
All should appreciate the broadmindedness & generosity of ERIC Rodwell for having mentioned about author of an invention. He says>
"Curiously one convention that I am often credited with having invented which I did not - UMJOODO (Unusual Major Jumps over one Diamond opening) - where a Two Heart response over one Diamond shows a non invitational hand with five Spades and four Hearts. That was invented by an Indian player, Raghavan, and named by Rony Adalaman.
I added a Two Spade response to show the same hand type with invitational values." BridgeIndia offers respectable Thanks to ERIC.
Eric Rodwell gave interview to Bridge World magazine where he said as above
Read the full interview < Page 1- HerePage 2 -- Here Page 3 - Here
