Table of Contents Page An Opening Ceremony to Copy 1 The PABF Youth Teams 2004 2 Double Dummy Problem 3 New York Youth Championships and Camp 4 Panos welcomes you all to Prague 5
All of you, at yesterday's Opening Ceremony

There were speeches worthy of imitation at the Opening Ceremony, i.e. blissfully short ones. The Chairman of the Czech Bridge Federation, Marc Verdier, told us to be generous and understanding to the organisation team since the host is a modest Federation. The Czech Bridge Federation has less than 1,700 members.

Then Panos Gerontopoulos, Chairman of the EBL Youth committee, welcomed us to the heart of Europe, where the era of junior bridge started in 1968, and declared the 19th European Youth Teams Championships formally open.

This year these Championships reach the same number, 26 teams, in the Juniors as 1996, and tie the School record from 2002 with 15 teams. In total, we almost come up to as many teams as there were in Malmoe earlier this summer for the Open, Women's and Seniors' Championships.