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It was with great sorrow that we heard today of the death of Stan Subeck . It was extremely sudden and unexpected; he was on a cruise home from the Championships in Marrakech with his wife Suzi, a member of the WBF Executive Council.

Stan always accompanied Suzi on her trips to the WBF events and meetings and was always there for her. We can’t imagine what Suzi must be going through at the moment, on a cruise ship waiting to get home.

We send our sincere condolences to Suzi and to all their family who must be reeling from the shock of this.

It is always sad to hear of the death of a great player … Jacek Romanski led the field as a World Senior Grand Master. His impressive WBF playing career began in 1984 in Seattle when he was in the winning Polish Open Team at the Olympiad but it was in the Senior Teams that he really excelled, winning numerous medals at both European and World Championships. He will be greatly missed and we send our condolences to his family and many friends and colleagues.

The World Championships in Marrakech are over. Not surprisingly they resulted in large movements in the Tour rankings. Jacek Kalita & Michal Klukowski took a giant leap all the way up to 12^th place after winning the Bermuda Bowl (their teammates were already highly placed).

At the very top Antonio Sementa & Alfredo Versace overtook Thomas Bessis & Cedric Lorenzini (who did not play in Marrakech) by placing third in the Bermuda Bowl, to re-claim the top spot in the rankings.

Christian Bakke & Boye Brogeland moved from 7^th to 3^rd by finishing second in the Bermuda Bowl. Sjoert Brink & Bas Drijver, Joe Grue & Brad Moss and Jerome & Leo Rombaut round out the top six.

Coming up still this month are Tour events in Lithuania, New Zealand, and Turkey, which I suspect will result in a few more partnerships being added to the 771(!) already in the Tour Ranking.

BAMSA + RealBridge teacher/coach conference 7 and 8 October, 2023

This is a reminder about the forthcoming teacher/coach conference organised by RealBridge and BAMSA. The conference will feature speakers from all around the world, on a range of topics that will be useful to teachers and coaches. It takes place on 7^th and 8^th October 2023.

Speakers confirmed are:

Australia: Joan Butts, Paul Marston. Canada: Darwin Li. Czech Republic: Milan Macura. Denmark: Morten Bilde. France: Jean-Pierre Desmoulins. Germany: Ulrich Bongartz. Iceland: Matthías Imsland. Ireland: Dermot O’Brien. Italy: Benedetta Ragazzi. New Zealand/UK: Lyn Fry. Norway: Ane Haaland, Marianne Harding. Singapore: Gary Yee, Kelvin Ong. Sweden: Linnea Edlund. Tunisia: Meriem Daldoul Dorai. UK: Alan Shillitoe, Michael Rushworth, Sam Knox, Sam Punch. USA: David Loeb, Deborah Drysdale, Allison Evans, Patty Tucker, Rob Barrington, Robert Todd, Michael Berkowitz, Tracey Bauer. USA/Canada: Gavin Wolpert.

There will be 15 speakers presenting live. There will be 10+ who have created videos in advance.

The event website is here: https://realbridge.online/teacher-coach-conference-2023.html

It is a free event. Please sign up to learn more about the schedule, and to receive updates.

Poster

Click here to download a poster provided by the organizers, for distribution and for use on your website.

The topics are:

Information on new approaches to teaching
Channels, ideas and tools to market the game and the services
Benefits of providing or earning accreditation
How teachers can become the best version of themselves through personal development
Youth players: organizational considerations, successes, issues, attitudes of schools
Best ways to teach children and youth: practices, techniques, interactions, differences from adult teaching
Approaches to coaching: supporting and overseeing the entire development of a player (as distinct from instructional teaching)

11 October

The biggest change in the top 20 after the three latest events – Vilnius Cup, New Zealand Open and Istanbul Open – was that Antonio Palma & Frederic Wrang moved from 17^th to 10^th place thanks to their victory in Vilnius. Their teammates, Nick Sandqvist & Nathalie Shashou, made the biggest overall move, from 418th up to 75th!

The number of partnerships in the ranking is now 848 – will we reach 1,000 before the season is over?

The Tour now moves to New Delhi for the HCL International Open.