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ABF SECRETARIAT
PO Box 397
FYSHWICK ACT 2609
Ph: (02) 6239 2265
Fax: (02) 6239 1816
secretariat@abf.com.auPRESS RELEASE
December 18, 2001
AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR THE WBF BRIDGE EVENT PRIOR TO THE SALT LAKE CITY OLYMPICS
The Australian Bridge Federation was invited by the World Bridge Federation on 12th November to participate in the 4th IOC Grand Prix as an attraction sport prior to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in February 2002. The Australian Open Team was invited to take up this offer. With the short notice, only three of the six members of the team that played in the Bermuda Bowl in Paris were available.
In these circumstances, the Management Committee of the ABF, at its meeting of 15/16 December, decided that it was unable to endorse any players as THE Australian team. The Committee noted that Jose Damiani, President of the World Bridge Federation, stated that he would "prefer to cooperate with the NBOs in the designation of their players". While the Committee is supportive of the WBF objective, it has decided that it must decline the invitation to nominate pairs.