Editors: Cathy Chua & Robert Zajac Bulletin #11

Thank You from the Editors

Our grateful thanks to the staff and players who have made our job so much easier. 
Bridge bulletin reporting depends upon the good will of the players to let us write what we think is interesting. 
Your tolerance does not go unnoticed by us.

Thank You from the Tournament Director

 

I would like to express my gratitude to the Korean Contract Bridge League and Dr. Hahn for inviting me to be the Chief Tournament Director of this championship. Over the past week, I have had the opportunity to work with a superb Korean team who put in relentless efforts in fulfilling their tasks, contributing to the success of this event. I must admit that this is the best team I ever worked with in my years of directing. Special thanks to Ms Irene Hwang, the infamous Caddie Master on BBO, whose leadership and professionalism is most admirable. Finally I must thank all the participants for the co-operation they have given me during this championship. I will be flying back to Hong Kong tomorrow.
I would like to say goodbye and good luck to you all. I hope to see you all in future bridge events.

 

 

Anthony Ching

Dear Friends, See You In Shanghai Next Year

43rd PABF Championships - Open Series 2nd Round Robin (FINAL)

 

 

 

Wrap-up: the fabulous Chinese team has outclassed the field. Heartbreak for Singapore, 
who just faded at the end: at the start of the last day they were qualifying for the playoff.

43rd PABF Championships – Senior Series 2nd Round Robin (FINAL)

 

 

 

Wrap-up: The Australians will be disappointed: after leading for most of the event, 
Japan – Yamada stormed home to take first place.

 

43rd PABF Championships Ladies Series 2^nd Round Robin

 

 

Wrap-up: What superlatives can one use for this Chinese Ladies team? 
In 1990 I was on the Australian team that won the Far East ahead of China and 
predicted that would be the last time any team ever finished ahead of them. 
Almost true: Australia won again in 1995, but China has been truly dominant.

43rd PABF Championships - Youth Series 2nd Round Robin

 

 

 

 Wrap-up: What can one say about the Youth? They remind us that bridge is fun.
 A first for Japan in this category, richly deserved.

Major Sponsor of the 43rd PABF

 

BBO in Japanese 

(photo courtesy David Thompson, Australia)

2005 PABF OPEN PAIRS FINAL

2005 PABF OPEN PAIRS CONSOLATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Official Carrier of the 43rd PABF

 

 

 

CHINA: Victorious in the Open and the Ladies

 

Left to Right: Zhao Jie, Shi Hao Jun, Fu Zhong, Hu Ji Hong (coach) , Chen Gang (coach) Yang Li Xin, 
Dai Jian Ming, Zhuang Ze Jun

 

Left to Right: Wang Jian, Zhang Ya Lan, Liu Yi Qian,  Wang Xiao Jing (coach), Sun Ming, Ju Chuan Cheng (coach), 
Gu Ling, Wang Ping

BBO and the 43rd PABF Championships

Surely one of the most hard-working people here has been Rick Wakeman who has organized the BBO Vu-graphs. 
He was particularly proud of having organized the first ever Chinese commentary on BBO. 
This has been captured below in a photo by David Thompson of Australia.

	Olympic	Parktel	Game
Rank	Player 1	Player 2	Prize
1	Patrick Choy	Wang Xiao Feng	US$500
2	Kim, Sun-young	Cho, Eun-joo	US$300
3	Kim, Yoon-kyung	Yang, Sung-ae	US$200
4	Nishida, Hiromi	Nishda, Yoshie

Zone 6 Qualifiers for 2005 World Championships