Welcome to The Norwegian Bridge Festival 2010

WELCOME TO LILLEHAMMER AND TO THE NORWEGIAN BRIDGE FESTIVAL 2010   Enjoy a visit this summer to beautiful Lillehammer and one of Scandinavia’s largest bridge tournaments. This annual event gathers more than 1 000 players and is open to all nationalities. The festival takes place from July 30th – August 7th and includes a.o. all the Norwegian Championships and several side events with Patton Teams, IMP Pairs and MP Pairs every session. Social bridge every evening attracts hundreds of players. There will also be held an opening tournament at the Radisson SAS LIllehammer Hotel Saturday evening the 1st of August at 8 o'clock PM. If you follow this link you will find the detailed program, and you can use this link to sign up for all tournaments. The bridge hotel, Radisson Blu Lillehammer Hotel, offers fine accommodation at reasonable prices with great bridge every evening. The hotel is located in the centre of the picturesque city of Lillehammer, situated within the attractive and tranquil surroundings of its own private park. The hotel offers indoor and outdoor swimming pools and play room for children. Free parking for all our guests. Lillehammer is located only 136 km north of Oslo Airport Gardermoen. For prices, ordering, information, use this link We welcome you to Lillehammer and Norwegian Bridge Festival 2010 ! For more information, please contact Ms. Inger Hjellemarken on +47 9068 2076 or e-mail hjellemarken@gmail.com

Who can participate in the tournaments? Players who are members of any National Bridge Organisation outside Norway can participate in all open tournaments in the festival if they pay the starting fee. The National Pairs Championship is a closed event. Only member of a Norwegian club who have payed their membership fees and their players licenses before the start of the Swiss pairs tournament may qualify for the closed Pairs Championship. For international players this can be arranged at Lillehammer. Summary: Non-norwegian players pay the starting fee, if they want to try to qualify to National Pairs from the Swiss Pairs there is an extra fee of approximately 70 Euro pr. player paid before the Swiss pairs start.