The 5th Shanghai Smart Elderly Bridge Tournament was officially launched on November 23 at the Shanghai Chess and Card Institute, and in the four days from the 23rd to the 26th, more than 560 "smart elderly people" from all over the city will gather here to meet friends and exchange skills. At the grand and simple opening ceremony, Yuan Liaoxin, executive vice president of shanghai sports association for the elderly, delivered a speech, and Zhu Da, executive vice president of Shanghai Foundation for the elderly, announced the start of the competition. Tang Guocai, former deputy secretary general of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, Qiu Weichang, former president of the Shanghai Bridge Association, Liu Changle, secretary of the party branch of the Shanghai Sports Lottery Management Center, Shan Xiali, director of the Shanghai Chess and Card Sports Management Center, Liu Shizhen, deputy director of the Shanghai Chess and Card Sports Management Center and executive vice president of the Shanghai Bridge Association, Chen Lifang, director of the Bridge Committee of the Shanghai Sports Association for the Elderly, and other guests attended the opening ceremony.
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Shanghai has always been the national bridge sports town, the elderly bridge sports in recent years is widely carried out and has been supported by many parties from all walks of life, according to statistics, the city's 16 districts throughout the year adhere to the elderly bridge activities reached more than 60 points, playing bridge has become an important part of the enrichment of many elderly people's life in their later years.
The Wisdom Elderly Bridge Competition is already the fifth session this year, and it is gradually moving towards branding. According to the regulations of the organizing committee, male comrades in the age range of 60-80 years old and female comrades between 55 and 80 years old can register for this competition. The competition all adopts the Mitchell double format, the competition cards use computer prefabricated cards, unified scoring, unified calculation of results, unified admission rankings, and those who finally enter the final will receive certificates, bonuses, and can get master points awarded by the Chinese Bridge Association.
According to on-site statistics, nearly one-third of the contestants of this tournament are registered for the first time, and some players said that the Shanghai municipal and district levels will organize bridge events of various scales every year to continuously meet the needs of elderly bridge enthusiasts, in addition, Shanghai is also promoting the training of bridge for the elderly in amateur universities and street communities at the municipal and district levels, and continuously expanding the participation group.
The epidemic situation has not yet completely ended, the organizing committee in the on-site organization of the competition special emphasis on epidemic prevention links and health protection, the venue is also equipped with full-time medical personnel and epidemic prevention supplies to ensure the safety and order of the event.
The cup is sponsored by Shanghai Foundation for the Elderly, Shanghai Sports Association for the Elderly, Shanghai Sports Lottery Management Center, Shanghai Chess and Card Sports Management Center, Shanghai Bridge Association, and organized by the Bridge Committee of Shanghai Sports Association for the Elderly.
Source: Thoughtful Shanghai