The starting times for the McConnell qualification matches have been changed to 10.00, 13.30 and 16.15.
The ten teams will play a qualification over three days, from August 20th to August 22nd, a full Round Robin of three sixteen board matches a day. At the end, the top four teams qualify to the semifinals. The first classified team will chose its opponents between the third and fourth, while the remaining two teams will be paired automatically. The semifinals will be played over four stanzas of 14 boards each, in one day, on August 23rd. The Final will be contested over two days, on August 24th and 25th, three stanzas of fourteen boards per day.
Tracey Bauer (from the USA) and her partner Silvana Rojko (from Slovenia) are looking for a pair for the Women Team. They are also interested in playing in mixed, they are looking for a partner for Silvana. Contact Tracey Tlcinsf@hotmail.com or WhatsApp in the USA 415-828-0655.
Alternatively, contact Lena Leszczyńska lena.leszczynska@pzbs.pl
Dwarf announced as official mascot of World Bridge Series Wrocław.
The Dwarves’ Festival takes place in Wrocław every year in September.
Where did the Wrocław’s dwarfs come from.
We are pleased to announce that the Rzeczpospolita daily newspaper will be the patron of WBS Wrocław 2022.
We are pleased to announce that WBS Wrocław 2022 has been granted the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
– Everyone enjoyed the previous major bridge event in our city, and it received excellent reviews. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that Wrocław will once again welcome guests from all over the world, who – we believe and cordially invite! – will come despite the difficult situation near our borders. We are proud that we will be able to contribute to greater integration of the world, not only in sports,” added Piotr Mazur, director of the Office of Sport and Tourism at the Wrocław City Hall.
The following people also took part in the discussions with journalists:
Sophia Bałdysz – representative of Poland, two-time European Women’s Team Champion
Marc de Pauw – Treasurer of the World Bridge Federation (WBF)
Igor Chałupec – vice president of the Polish Bridge Federation
Stanisław Gołębiowski – chairman of the Organizing Committee, 2014 world champion
Patryk Patreuha – Polish junior representative
The World Bridge Series 2022 is organized with the support of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. The main partners are the City of Wrocław, the Lower Silesian Province, KGHM, and Objectivity. TVP Sport is the television patron.
See you in Wrocław in the second half of August
Tomasz Wolfke
spokesperson for PZBS and WBS 2022
Invitation to World Bridge Series – Wrocław 2022
August 19th – September 3rd, 2022
Centennial Hall, Wystawowa Street 1
8 main competitions:
– teams: open – Rosenblum Cup, seniors (63 +) – Rand Cup, women – McConnell Cup, mixed;
– pairs: open, seniors (63+), women, mixed
And many additional tournaments, including junior ones
Organizers: World Bridge Federation, Polish Bridge Union
Partners and Sponsors: City of Wrocław, Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland, The Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Region