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The 10th World Youth Team Championship was
officially opened by Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir,
the Governor of the state of New South Wales, at yesterday's
Opening Ceremony in the vugraph theatre at the Sydney
Showground. Professor Bashir is the first womant to become
Governor of New South Wales. She welcomed us all to Sydney and
spoke of all the teams as being part of one big family.
Professor Bashir also told of her own love for the game of
bridge and how she used to play as a student, plus the fact
that her Aunt was still an active player at the age of 94
years – truly, bridge is a game for our whole lives.
John Wignall, 1st Vice-President of the
World Bridge Federation and WBF representative of Zone 7, then
officially opened the Championship on behalf of the Zone.
Panos Gerontopoulos, WBF Youth Committee Chairman, welcomed
all the players and team officials and encouraged everyone to
enjoy not only the Championship, but also both Sydney and
Australia. Finally, our masters of ceremony, Stefan Back and
Kim Neale, introduced each of the teams in turn, to an
impressive backdrop of scenes from their countries followed by
their
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