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Special Intermediate and Junior events

The National Bridge Congress is for all tournament players, whether you are Open, Intermediate or Junior grade.

Many Open players have been to the National Congress before but Junior and Intermediate players may be thinking of coming for the first time. We hope many Junior and Intermediate players will come and enjoy the experience. We believe the Congress, while competitive, is also a very friendly and social place to be. We want you all to experience that, whether you come for just one day or all eight days.

As an Intermediate or Junior player, you can play in any event though there are four exclusively for you and not for Open players. It has been our dream, our aim, to eventually have enough Junior pairs/ teams to have events just for Juniors. This year, we have the New Zealand Junior Pairs (see details below).With respect to Teams and Swiss Pairs, for this year, Intermediates and Juniors will play in the same field but with special prizes for Junior players.

The lower ranking Open players are allowed to play with Intermediates and Juniors in the following events:

*	New Zealand Restricted Open Pairs:	Sat/Sun/Mon 26/27/28^th September	5 sessions (Sat afternoon, Sun/Mon morning and afternoon both days)
*	New Zealand Restricted Open Teams:	Tues/Wed- 29/30^th September	3 sessions morning & afternoon tues wed morning)

but these next three events are just for Intermediates and Juniors:

You are welcome to play in any Congress event but the following are just for Intermediates and Juniors:

New Zealand Intermediate Pairs	Thursday ^1st October	2 sessions: morning,afternoon
New Zealand Junior Pairs	^{Thursday 1st} October	2 sessions: morning,afternoon
Congress Intermediate Swiss Pairs	Friday ^2nd October	2 sessions: morning,afternoon
New Zealand Intermediate Teams	Saturday 3^rd October	2 sessions: morning, afternoon

Please note the NZ Junior Pairs is back. Junior players can play in any of the above 4 events. There will be special prizes for Junior pairs/ teams taking part in the NZ Intermediate Teams and Intermediate Swiss Pairs.

Follow this link (click here) for more details about each of the events.

"Congress" is a wonderful experience. Enjoy the bridge. Revel in the atmosphere. Gain some more master-points.

If you want to know more, email me on richard.solomon@nzbridge.co.nz or phone me on 09 232 8494 ...... any time.