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Sports bridge at the Economic Forum in Karpacz

During this year’s 39th edition of the Economic Forum in Karpacz, a panel on the social and economic role of sport in the modern world was held, with the participation of MP IreneuszRasie, senator WojciechZiemniak, president of the board of…

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BRIDGE 60+ PROGRAM

The programme aims by teaching bridge to older people and organising the game: – prevent or at least delay the onset of dementia (mainly Alzheimer’s disease) in older people, – bring older people out of loneliness and social isolation.  …

Bridge – an avalanche of pleasure

“The course showed me how much bridge has changed, or rather – how different bridge was played years ago. A different, or ‘circle’ bridge. It also showed that a new one can be learned at any age. And so the…

BRIDGE VITAMIN

At a Scientific Conference in Toruń (Poland) dedicated to the game of bridge, Emilia Leszkowicz PhD presented results of studies by American scientists which concluded, that playing bridge can strengthen our immune system.   This somewhat odd title is not…

The Alan Truscott Memorial Award

Alan Truscott, circa 1964, The New York Times The Alan Truscott Award is presented periodically to an individual or organisation that, in the opinion of the IBPA Executive, has done something in the world of bridge that Alan would have…

BRIDGE & SCIENCE

Some time ago WBF established Committee „Bridge &Science” to get serious scientific results and to use them in promotion of our game. It wasn’t without the reason because research, a scientific one, has been already running. Samantha Punch created Sociology…