Netherlands and Poland to Sandefjord

The Norwegian Bridge Federation together with the bridge club in Sandefjord organize a national teams’ tournament in Sandefjord before the club’s own teams’ tournament Saturday and Sunday October 14th and 15th.¨The national teams’ tournaments from Wednesday to Friday start tonight at 9 pm at Clarion Collection Hotel Atlantic.

 BBO match 3: Poland - Norway blue (women) 

  

Netherlands and Poland to Sandefjord
Participating teams:
Open
Netherlands, Poland, Norway open blue and Norway open red
Women
Netherlands, Poland, Norway women blue and Norway women red

Teams/System cards
 
Netherlands open
Danny Molenaar – Tim Verbeek
Maarten Schollaardt – Tom van Overbeeke
 
Poland open
Stanisław Gołębiowski – Piotr Tuszyński
Wojciech Strzemecki – Przemysław Zawada
 
Norway blue open
Thor Erik Hoftaniska – Fredrik Helness
Per Erik Austberg – Jan Tore Berg
 
Norway red open
Steffen Fredrik Simonsen – Christian Bakke 
Christer Kristoffersen – Erik Berg
 
Netherlands women
Merel Bruijnsteen – Laura Dekkers
Marieke Quant – Sigrid Spangenberg
 
Poland women
Cathy Baldysz - Zofia Baldysz
Anna Sarniak - Danuta Kazmucha
 
Norway blue women
Torild Heskje – Gunn Tove Vist
Maja Rom Anjer – Pernille Lindaas
 
Norway red women
Liv Marit Grude – Bodil N. Øigarden
Vicky Chediak – Ranja Sivertsvik 

Format –national teams’ tournament
The format for the national teams’ tournament – one open and one women group:
1. Round Robin 4 teams/16 boards – ranked by VP
2. Semifinals IMPs – 1 against 4 and 2 against 3 from RR => 2 sets of 16 boards + IMP score from RR match
3. Finals IMPs => 3 sets of 16 boards + IMP score from RR match
 
Round Robin matches – Schedule
Wednesday 21.00 – round 1: Netherlands – Poland, Norway blue – Norway red
Thursday 10.00 – round 2: Netherlands – Norway blue, Poland – Norway red
Thursday 13.30 – round 3: Netherlands – Norway red, Poland – Norway blue
 
Schedule - semifinals/finals
Thursday 16.15 semifinals 1
Thursday 19.30 semifinals 2
Friday 10.00 finals 1
Friday 13.30 finals 2
Friday 16.00 finals 3
 
BBO
Broadcast of one match each round.

 
Poland won the Bermuda Bowl in Chennai 2015.



The Netherlands won on hometurf in Veldhoven 2011.