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The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body for contract bridge.. Emulating the organizational concepts of the Olympic movement and its signature five rings, the World Bridge Federation encompasses the five continents (America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) represented by eight geographic Zonal Conferences.
The Dutch Bridge Federation (Dutch: Nederlandse Bridge Bond) is the national governing body for bridge in the Netherlands, based in Utrecht.Founded on 22 November 1930 by Infantry Colonel A. J. E. Lucardie, [1] [2] the federation is the second largest nation member of the European Bridge League, with a 2013 membership of 85,796.
The County of Horn in the 18th century Map showing the Imperial Abbey of Thorn, the County of Horne and the barony of Kessenich Castle Horn. Horne (also Horn, Hoorn or Hoorne) is a small historic county of the Holy Roman Empire in the present day Netherlands and Belgium. It takes its name from the village Horn, west of Roermond.
Timmermans is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "carpenter's". [1] It is a common name with (in 2007) 11,658 and 6,663 carriers in the Netherlands and Belgium, respectively. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] People with this surname include:
nl:Lijst van spoorbruggen in Nederland (in Dutch) - List of railway bridges in the Netherlands; Lijst van bruggen in Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Noord, Arnhem, Delft (centrum), Den Haag, Groningen (stad), Harlingen, Heerenveen, Hoorn, Leeuwarden, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Sneek (in Dutch) - List of bridges by city.
Hubertus Johannes Antoinetta (Huub) Bertens [1] (born 24 May 1960) [2] is a Dutch professional bridge player from Tilburg, Netherlands.Bertens has won numerous national and some international tournaments including the Cavendish Invitational, NEC Cup, the Yeh Brothers Cup, the European Open Team Championships.
The European Bridge League (est. 1947) has conducted the event from 1948 when competition was resumed after World War II. Previously and first in 1932 it was organized by the International Bridge League, predecessor of the World Bridge Federation (est. 1958). The Open flight was first contested in 1932, the Women in 1935, and the Senior in 1995.
"World Bridge Games" [14] or Bridge at the World Mind Sports Games (quadrennial, next 2020) World Masters Individual [ 15 ] —from 1992 Open and Women (Juniors 2000 only) World Team Olympiad [ 16 ] —1960–2004 national teams events; Open and Women incorporated in the Games 2008 and "Senior International Cup" continued as a non-medal event