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FAREWELL to the CHAMPIONSHIPS VIVE LA FRANCE! SUNDAY AFTERNOON JULY 15, 2018 ISSUE No 6 CONTENTS Runners-Up P EditorEditor :: JosJos Jacobs // JournalistsJournalists : : DanielDaniel GulyásGulyás & & Branko Branko Spiljak Spiljak Lay-outLay-out EditorsEditor :and Francesca Photographers Canali : Iva/ Photographers: Mrkić, Arianna Iva Testa Mrkić & Francesca & Arianna Canali Testa FAREWELL TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS VIVE LA FRANCE! SUNDAY AFTERNOON JULY 15, 2018 ISSUE No 6 CONTENTS Runners-up p. 2 Closing Ceremony Speech Jan Kamras, 3 Interview with U26 Winners Daniel Gulyás, p. 4 Florian Alter&Lauritz Streck Sofie Grasholt Sjodal&Agnethe Hansen Kjensli Medal Hopefuls in Live Action Germany U26 Gold Medalists Norway U26 Women Gold Medalists Daniel Gulyás, p. 5 Golden Smile Branko Špilijak, p. 8 TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE (Monday 16th of July) 10:00-13:00 Transnational Pairs Tournament 1 13:00-14:00 Lunch Krzysztof Cichy&Kacper Kopka Anders Brogeland&Marius Dalemark Austad 14:00-15:30 Poland U21 Gold Medalists Outdoor activities Norway U16 Gold Medalists (Swimsuits) 16:30-18:00 Bridge Lectures – Three groups 18:00-19:30 Dinner 19:30-22:30 Transnational Teams Tournament 2 22:30-23:00 Evening snack 23:00-01.00 Aleks Bukat&Lucja Ciborowska President's Cup U26, U26W, U21, U16, Midnight Bridge – Speedy Gonzales 3 Poland U13 Gold Medalists Winners A lot of us were rooting for our host nation at the FIFA World Cup (several players and officials donned shirts and hats even while watching the game THE BEST in the auditorium), but France proved too strong, so we bow to them and OF... congratulate them. Well played! But it is also time to bid farewell to the 14th European Youth Pairs Championships. We hope everyone had a great time, see you all again in 2 years! (continued on page 3...) 14th European Youth Pairs Championships Opatija, Croatia • 11 - 18 July 2018 RUNNERS-UP Lucie Kohutova&Erik Klems Tommy Brass&Ian Robson Czech Republic U26 Silver Medalists England U26 Bronze Medalists Zofia Baldysz&Anna Zareba Sandra Kolen Esther Visser Poland U26 Women Silver Medalists Netherlands U26 Women Bronze Medalists Piotr Jasinski&Tomasz Kielbasa Tomer Loonstein&Aviv Zeitak Poland U21 Silver Medalists Israel U21 Bronze Medalists Daniel Tylvad&Aron Tylvad Henry Rose&Oscar Selby Denmark U16 Silver Medalists England U16 Bronze Medalists Rex Brocken Miel Brocken Line Henriksen&Alma Ertbjerg Rasmussen Netherlands U13 Bronze Medalists Denmark U13 Silver Medalists 2 14th European Youth Pairs Championships Opatija, Croatia • 11 - 18 July 2018 OPATIJA CLOSING CEREMONY SPEECH Jan Kamras Dear Young Bridge Friends, Authorities and Guests, I am pleased to welcome you for the EBL Youth Pairs Championships Closing Ceremony. This year, you have been 187 pairs coming from 27 countries. You played in a very good spirit with a lot of fair-play. Next month some of you will play in Wujiang, China. I wish you all great success and numerous medals for the European countries during this World Youth Team Championships. This year, the EBL organises again a Youth camp. Around 80 players have now registered for this EBL 3-day camp. I want to thank the Croatian Authorities for their great support and in particular the Minister of Tourism, Gari Cappelli and the Mayor of Opatija, Ivo Dujmić. Jan Kamras EBL President (...continued from page 1) Let’s see who won the medals in the different events. The winners of the biggest event, the U26 series was won by the overnight leaders, Florian ALTER and Lauritz STRECK from Germany. They are so young, that they may return TWO more times to defend their title. Second were Lucie KOHUTOVA and Erik KLEMS from the Czech Republic, by the smallest of margins. They also had a silver in the mixed (but they were not the only players to win 2 medals – see below). The bronze went to Tommy BRASS and Ian ROBSON of England. The U26 Women leaders could also hang on to their positions: Sofie Grasholt SJODAL and Agnethe Hansen KJENSLI from Norway were leading throughout today by quite a margin, but in the end it was a photo finish – this gives SJODAL her second gold of the event after winning the mixed earlier. Second were Zofia BALDYSZ and Anna ZAREBA of Poland just by 2 MPs. The Dutch girls, Sandra KOLEN and Esther VISSER claimed bronze. The U21 podium was almost all Poland. Once more, the overnight leaders, Kacper KOPKA and Krzysztof CI- CHY won by a large margin ahead of landmates Piotr JASINSKI and Tomasz KIELBASA. Tomer LOON- STEIN and Aviv ZEITAK of Israel kept their third place, and therefore won bronze. In the U16 age group, once more a huge, there was almost a 5% difference between 1st and 2nd. Anders BRO- GELAND and Marius Dalemark AUSTAD of Norway won gold that way, ahead of the Danish brothers, Daniel TYLVAD and Aron TYLVAD, while two Englishmen, Oscar SELBY and Henry ROSE won bronze. The U13 was also won by Poland, namely by Aleks BUKAT and Lucja CIBOROWSKA. Runners up were Line HENRIKSSEN and Alma Ertbjerg RASMUSSEN from Denmark. The third place went to Rex BROCKEN and Miel BROCKEN, representing the Netherlands. Well done, kids! The President’s Cup was also played today, with a whopping 92 pairs. The winners were Mark ANDONOV and Za- hari FEROV of Bulgaria, ahead of Daniel WINTER and Jonatan CLARK from England, while the third place went to Barbora STRBOVA and Barbora KUPKOVA of the Czech Republic. Congratulations to all winners and medalists! 3 INTERVIEW WITH THE U26 WINNERS Daniel Gulyás The U26 European Junior Pairs Championship was only DG: That is interesting. So, how did you feel during the decided on the very last 2 boards. The winners are tournament, did you enjoy it? I would guess you did. Any hands Florian Alter and Lausitz Streck from Germany, so we that you want to tell the readers about? interviewed them during the break of the FIFA World Cup Final. LS: On one hand, it feels good, of coutse, but actually, we feel really bad for the Czechs, they were leading almost DG: Congratulations, very well played. Tell us a little bit about all the way, were ahead by 9% going into the last session, yourselves to the readers of the Bulletin! How old are you, and then lost. A very similar thing happened to us 2 years when and how did you start playing? ago, we were leading the U21 field by over 10% with 2 seissions to go, then had a sub 40 set, still led before the FA: I am 21, I started playing at school when I was 13. I last session, but finally ended up third only. It felt really live in Leipzig, and study physics. bad, I still think about that a lot, I even wrote an article LS: I am 22, and I am studying maths in Bonn now. I have about it into our bridge magazine. been playing since I was 15. It is an interesting story FA: Yeah, that was really bad, I really feel for them, too. how I started. My mom had always wanted to solve the There is one hand I can recall that I played well I think. bridge problems in the daily papers, but never knew how the game went, so one year (it was 7 years ago now) I Dealer East EW Vul decided to give a bridge course to her as a Chirstmas present at the local university. Of course going alone to [ Q 10 9 3 ] 8 4 such a course must be boring, so I paid the way for 4 of { K 6 5 us in the family, my uncle, my parents and myself. Well, } 8 7 5 3 they never finished the course, but I was hooked. [ 8 [ K 2 ] 10 7 3 ] A K 6 DG: What a nice story! So when did the two of you start { A Q J 9 8 4 3 { 10 2 playing together? How many times a week or month do you } K J } A Q 10 6 4 2 [ A J 7 6 5 4 play with each other? ] Q J 9 5 2 { 7 FA: We have been playing with some longer breaks since } 9 2013. We live very far from each other, so sometimes we don’t even meet for weeks, or even months. Since neither West North East South of us likes playing on BBO or similar platforms, this limits Alter Streck our time we can practice. — — 1}* Dble** 2}*** 3[ 3NT 4[ LS: Yeah, we like each other’s style, and keep our system Pass Pass 4NT All Pass simple, not much to mess up, but we enjoy it. *precision DG: That is interesting. So what is your base system and style? **both majors Did you do any special preparations at all? ***diamonds, game forcing LS: We play precision, but with very few artificial relays, mostly natural. Like all juniors, we like to be aggressive, I figured that not many pairs will bid 4[, and it probably light openings, overcalls, etc. But it works for us. is a good save, so I thought maybe we have enough to take 10 tricks. South led the heart queen, so I figured FA: Like I said, we do not like anything but live bridge, he probably has the spade ace as well, otherwise why so nothing special. We did a 50-hand bidding challenge I wouldn’t he lead their common suit? think, that was all. So I cashed all my club tricks, South discarding a couple of DG: All right, I understand. So what are your plans for the hearts and some spades, while North discarded a spade future? After graduation, will you start a ’real’ job, or do you and a diamond! This looked suspicious, so when South want to become a pro maybe one day? followed to the diamond ten, I put up the ace, and hoped LS: No, I definitely don’t want to turn pro, life has so many he had 6511 originally, and endplayed him in hearts to give other interesting aspects.
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