Preparations are underway for the 2027 Australian Youth Bridge Teams, with final selection details to be announced on November 1st. The Under 26 team will be selected through Youth Week and two stages of the Butler, with significant ABF support to attend the World National Youth Team Championships in Herning, Denmark, 1–7 August 2027. The ABF is also looking to ratify representative teams in the U16, U21, U26 Women and U31 divisions. Teams in these divisions will also receiv

Paul Lavings Bridge Supplies: has an awesome offer for Aussie Youth players. Paul is generously offering 3–5 FREE bridge books to Aussie youth bridge players — and he's even covering the postage! Whether it's bidding, defence, declarer play or conventions that need a little work, there's a book (or five!) to help you along. With Youth Week is just around the corner and now is the time to start your warming up! All you need to do is tell Paul what you'd like to improve. If you

Download the youth news section of the ABF Newsletter by clicking the link above the ABF logo. Here are the links from the Youth Bridge News website article, grouped by section. Section Link Youth Week 2027 https://www.myabf.com.au/events/congress/view/4874 Aussie Youth Bridge Aussie Youth Bridge website Youth Directors Course https://www.myabf.com.au/events/congress/view/4874 https://www.aussieyouthbridge.com/event-details/bridge-directors-course-for-youth-bridge-players A

A typhoon to bookend both sides of a bridge event is not the usual opening challenge at a bridge championship. For Australia’s youth teams in Hefei, China, it became part of the story. In August, 30 young guns (+their wannabe young captains & chef de Misson as well as many parents and guardians) travelled to the World Youth Transnational Championships and faced far more than tough opponents. They dealt with heavy heat, long days, high-pressure boards and dumpling overload. U

Congratulations to the NSW youth team for defeating ACT 152.21 - 73 NSW pictured above: Mitch Dowling (NPC at front), Ida Andersen(L), Aadhi Hariharan, David Zheng, Shannon Ooi, Adrian Le (R) ACT pictured below: Max Ashurst (NPC at front), Jade Wilkinson, Jess He, Dev Shah, Byron French, Diya Shah, Alexis Wilsmore (R),