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AGE ELIGIBILTY FOR YOUTH

There is some confusion about how old you need to be to be a youth bridge player. And no wonder. The following list should help you unravel the mystery.

ABF Youth Club
Players who are 26 or under at the end of year can join the ABF for free and get master-points. Go to the ABF Youth Club section of this website for details.

U25 ABF Youth Club
U25 at previous 1/1 World Junior Pairs, (1/1/82 in 2007)
U26 at prev 1/1 World Junior Teams and PABF Junior Teams, Interstate Youth Teams/Pairs, 50% discounted fee for all ABF events  (born on or after 1/1/81 in 2007)
U26 at date of event Online World Junior Intercollegiate Championship held each February (see Events)
U28 at previous 1/1 World University Championships, World Mind Sports (born on or after 1/1/79 in 2007)
U30 at previous 1/1 Australian Youth Week in Canberra and National Youth Bridge Triathlon (1/1/77 in 2007)
U20 at previous 1/1 World Schools Pairs (would be: born on or after 1/1/87 in 2007)
U21 at previous 1/1 World Schools Teams and PABF Schools Teams (born on or after 1/1/86 in 2007)
U24 (approx) at date of event World Junior Bridge Camp (cancelled in 2007 anyway)
U16 at date of event Under 16 events at Australian Junior Bridge Week (born on or after 15/1/90 in 2007)

TERMINOLOGY

“Youth” means all youth bridge in general
“Junior” means Under 26 or Under 25
“Schools” means Under 21 or Under 20.

 

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