BFI Announcements

Smt Vijya Jajoo Memorial National Mixed Pairs Bridge Championship is organized by Tamilnadu Bridge Association under the aegis of Bridge Federation of India. The event is sponsored by Smt. Monica Jajoo. Dates: 11-12 February, 2025 held at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai More details will be enclosed soon

The EA Bridge National Women Championships will be held at Express Mall, Chennai organized by Tamilnadu Bridge Association under the aegis of Bridge Federation of India. This event is sponsored by Express Avenue Mall, Chennai  Dates: 9-10 February, 2025. Address: Express Estate, Thousand Lights, Chennai. Entry fees: Rs. 3000 per pair. Prizes : Rs. 125000

The Directors Accreditation Committee (DAC) of BFI is pleased to announce “TRAINING DIRECTOR WORKSHOP” on 29th & 30th April, 2025 for Level 1 (Assistant and Directors Level) for regular upgradation of WBF Laws. This course will be Rs. 1000 for all BFI affiliated Directors. This camp will be organized by Corporate Bridge Association of India

Tolani National Open Masters will be held from 13-16th February, 2025 at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai There will be two categories held: Open Masters EVENT: This event is open for all players who are registered with BFI Masterpoint scheme Non Masters Event: No player of the rank of National Masters or above can participate in this event.

The seventh edition of the monthly newsletter is attached here for all the players and members.Any state association official or player who intends to share any relevant bridge news information can send the same to Mr. Rounak at the following email address: ronforiit@gmail.com Whatsapp: +91 90382 11297 DOWNLOAD link: CLICK HERE

The coaching camps for the evaluation of Men/Mixed/Women/Seniors categories for the preparation of World Championships 2025 will be held at Ahmedabad as under:

S. Sunderram and P.Shridharan clinched the Neena Banerjee Trophy when they won the Match-Point GOLD Pairs final with a score of 63.21%. Binod Kumar Shaw and Sanjit Deywere the runners-up with a score of 58.38%. Marianne Karmarkar and Sandeep Karmarkar were third with 56.37%. Results at https://hcl-bridge.com/result/ Jodi Tutty and David Beauchamp won the Match-Point

Mohini Tandan Trophy for Team of Four SILVER category was lifted by RSCS (Ramprosad Das, Subrata Chakraborty,Sanjay Raha, Chandan Choudhury). They beat Jackalls (D.P.Acharya, Shubham Acharya, Mridul Das, Nukesh Ghatia, Shubhrajit Mukhopadhyay, Hemant Kumar Sarma) by 119-84.6 IMPs. In the play-off for third position, Sahyadri defeated Sabass 77-58 1MPs. Results at https://hcl-bridge.com/result/

WHAM{Sartaj Hans, Andy Hung, Michael Whibley, and Matthew Brown from Australia and New Zealand) defeated Shourie (Rajath Shourie, Gavin Wolpert, John Kranyak, Vincent Demuy, Kevin Bathurst, and John Hurd from USA) in a close math in the GOLD category of the Team of four event to lift the Naresh Tandan Trophy. First, third, and fourth

Following the success of WBF inaugural event in February this year, the WBF is pleased to announce our 2nd WBF Online Women’s Teams event Key details: This tournament is a great opportunity for women players worldwide to participate in an international competitive bridge event without travel time or cost. More information can be found at: http://championships.worldbridge.org/2025-wbf-online-womens-teams and