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Italy Did It Again! Presidents Review TWO HAPPY ITALY DID IT AGAIN! PRESIDENTS ITALY is once again the European Champion! There was hair-raising suspense in the Their victory in Malta - certain before the Ladies series. With one round to go, Austria Gianarrigo Rona last round had started - was the third con- seemed certain winners, unless... It all hap- secutive one, after Vilamoura 95 and pened, and GREAT BRITAIN piped all their Montecatini 97. Italy has now won 14 opponents at the post. They managed to European Open titles (about one third of all retain their European Ladies title, climbing events), and if it wins the next champion- from fourth place up to the top for the first ship too, it will match its own record, held time at the very end of the game! since 1959 by the legendary Blue Team. With the reigning champions in the Open It is also remarkable that the new Italian tri- and Ladies series retaining their titles, the umph was achieved without any of the play- Seniors could not be an exception. And so it ers who had succeeded in Vilamoura, and proved with the victory of FRANCE who fin- with only two from the Montecatini team. ished clear ahead of a record-entry field. IN THIS ISSUE n Editorial . .2 Seniors, after a successful Championship in Malta. .6-7 n France & Britain share Bernard Liochon medals at GENERALI European n Interview with the President Dr Ladies Pairs Championship .2 of the Austrian Federation, NCBO Presidents Gianarri- Franz Kriftner . .8 n Harold Franklin, former EBL go Rona of Italy and Bernard Chief Tournament Director, n France and Poland domi- Liochon of France, have good dies . .2 nate 1999 European Pairs reason to be happy. Championships held in Besides having been newly n Pencharz honoured, as EBL Warsaw . .9 AUSTRIA WINS elected President of the EBL, gets new leadership . .3 WORLD JUNIOR PAIRS n Master Points . .10 Mr Rona celebrates Italys n Letter from the newË Presi- third consecutive victory at Andreas Gloyer and Bernd dent, Gianarrigo Rona . .4-5 n Interview with a remarkable Saurer of Austria won the 3rd the European Championships, bridge family: Great Britains while Mr Liochon poses hold- n Italy retains European Open World Junior Pairs Champion- Hacketts . .11 ing the GENERALI Trophy for title, and so do Great Britain in ship, held in Nymburk, The the Ladies and France in the n Competition Calendar .12 Czech Republic, from a record Frances best overall competi- entry of 186 contestants. tion performance in 1997-99. FRANCE & BRITAIN SHARE MEDALS With the election of Gianar- rigo Rona to the presidency AT EUROPEAN LADIES PAIRS of the EBL, the League enters a new era. The outgoing President, Bill Pencharz, left the office at the end of his term with the satisfaction that he managed to keep the League in good shape, despite problems which had their roots in the sudden death of André Boekhorst in 1995. Good shape does not only mean not losing anything. but also gaining a lot. Almost all recent European Champion- In a thrilling finish Elisabeth Lacroix and Catherine ships had record entries, Poulain of France won the GENERALI European Ladies Pairs and Malta saw 37 of the 41 EBL member countries tak- Championship. Their compatriots Nadine Cohen and ing part! At the same time, Catherine Multon were second, while the bronze medal went the League is in sound finan- to Nevena Senior and Sarah Teshome from Great Britain. cial shape, and there is unity among its officers. The 7th GENERALI European was a Turkish pair, Atalay- Ladies Pairs Championship Babag, who qualified first to The new President, was very successful, with an the final. They were followed Gianarrigo Rona, is a differ- entry of 129 competitors. It by Polands Harasimowicz- ent kind of person. He has was held in Malta, just before Hocheker and Swedens made it clear from the very the Ladies series of the Teams Flodqvist-Strandberg. beginning that he did not Championships got under way. In the final, Lacroix-Poulain come to preserve but to The tournament was played climbed to the top after being change the situation and in two stages: three sessions third at the end of the first ses- boost the League to new of qualification followed by sion. The consolation event heights. He is armed with 13 two final sessions for the top was won by Colonna-de Sario years of experience as 28 pairs. At the same time, a of Italy. President of the Italian consolation event was arrang- There were many prizes and Bridge Federation. During ed for those who had not a very warm atmosphere at these years, Italys member- made it to the final. the prize giving, nicely arrang- ship quadrupled and bridge Despite the traditional large ed by Ladies Committee Chair- was accepted as a sport by entry from France and Italy, it man Anna Maria Torlontano. the Italian Olympic Committee. Moreover, today, bridge is regularly taught in OBITUARY hundreds of Italian schools. Gianarrigo Rona has the HAROLD vision and the plan. He has also the will and the deter- FRANKLIN mination to succeed in his goals. The Executive (1915-1998) Committee has promised him camaraderie and unlim- Harold Franklin of Great Bri- ited support. Undoubtedly, tain, EBL Chief Tournament Di- the NCBOs and the players rector from the mid 1970s will do the same. For the until 1985, died on 23 Decem- benefit of bridge. ber 1998. He conceived, with Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, and ran the 1st EBL Tournament Directors Harold Franklin was the orig- Course in 1982. He was inator of the Sunday Times instrumental in introducing Pairs (now the Macallan) screens to the European which he kept organizing until Championships. his retirement. PENCHARZ LEAVES IN HONOUR NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE EBL Elected Honourary President With the election of Gianarrigo Rona of Italy as the EBLs new President, and Received EBL Gold Medal with two newcomers in the Manage- ment Committee, the League enters a new era. The Congress in Malta elected Laurens Hoedemaker of The Netherlands as the Leagues 2nd Vice President, and voted Belgiums Marc de Pauw the new Hoedemaker Treasurer. 2nd Vice President Jean-Claude Beineix of France and Panos Gerontopoulos of Greece were re-elected 1st Vice President and Secretary respectively. Anna Maria Torlontano of Italy, Nissan Rand of Israel and Jens Auken of BILL PENCHARZ of Great Britain left the office of the Denmark were re-elected to serve a fur- President of the European Bridge League in full honour. ther 4-year term as members of the de Pauw At the end of his 4-year term, Pencharz was elected Executive Committee. Treasurer Honourary President by the Congress and received the EBL Gold Medal - the Leagues highest distinction - for his outstanding services to bridge. EBL MEDAL AWARDS Pencharz served the League for 20 years. He entered the Executive Committee in 1979 at the Congress in Lausanne, and was re-elected in 1983. In 1987, he became 2nd Vice President and in 1995 Treasurer. That was the tragic year when André Boekhorst died three days after he was elected EBL President. Bill Pencharz was called upon to lead the League and was formally elected President in 1996. At the end of his term, he chose not to run again, but made his services available to the EBL. Before becoming President, Pencharz served as Chairman of the Appeals Committee and was in charge TORLONTANO: Gold OLIVEIRA: Silver of the Leagues Statutes and the Rules & Regulations of the various Championships. He described his achieve- ANNA MARIA TORLONTANO of Italy and JOSÉ OLIVEIRA of ments as President in an excellent report to the Portugal were honoured in Malta for their outstanding Congress in Malta, which ended as follows: Compared services to the EBL. TORLONTANO is identified with Ladies with four years ago I believe the League is a more bridge and takes care of the Leagues ceremonial image, open, a more democratic and a richer place. Richer while OLIVEIRA is credited with the successful negotiations both in human resources and money in the Bank. I am that led to the dissolution of the European Union Bridge proud of all that. League (EUBL) and its integration in the EBL. indifferent and not make the LETTER FROM THE NEW PRESIDENT most of the opportunity pre- sented. All NCBOs must be able to take advantage of this irst I would like to thank get that Europe, our countries mental predisposition, view- extraordinary opportunity. For F the Congress Delegates and the society in general are points, plans and objectives, these reasons the League who were kind enough experiencing a difficult transi- must adapt to the new course must become a solid and well to elect me President of the tion period of profound social, and new models created. organized structure, being able European Bridge League. My political and institutional trans- The primary task of the in its turn to help and support thanks also go to those who formations. League is to supply NCBOs NCBOs in their developmental supported my candidature, The status quo that guided with a model enabling them to and organizational activities. especially the Italian Federation our thinking, choices and plans attract attention and curiosity To be able to do so, the to whom I owe this new posi- in the past, has changed com- concerning the increasing League must plan a pro- tion. May I also praise my pletely. Profound political importance that bridge gramme of objectives to be illustrious predecessors who changes have overturned cul- assumes in this process of gradually reached. It would be guided the League wisely and tural and social realities, once society renewal.
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