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ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIORS EVENTS

Following on from the change in Seniors age eligibilty as per the new WBF rule, the ABF Management Committee having taken advice from the ABF Tournament Committee has determined that Australia will follow suit. This means that Australian Players who reach 58 years of age in 2008 will be eligible to represent Australia in WBF Senior Events in 2008.

Accordingly the Conveners of the The 2008 Summer Festival of Bridge and the Surfers Congress have been advised.

Richard Grenside
ABF Secretary
November 21, 2007

From 2004 the WBF is the raising the age limit for Senior qualification from 55 to 60 in annual increments over a five year period with the proviso that a player who has qualified does not lose that qualification. The ABF is following the same process. This has two effects; the age rises in 2005 to 56 but the date of effect is now 01/01/2005 rather than the date of commencement of the event. The actual expression of this is “To qualify for ABF Seniors events held from 2005 onwards, a player must be born before 1 January 1950 or be at least 60 years old during the calendar year of the particular event.”  Eric Ramshaw.

 

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