Francis Wolf, Yves Aubry, Maurice Panis & Jean Claude Thuiller, proud to present France’s bid to host the 2008 European Championships.

Table of Contents Page Shocks Galore In The Open 1 Holder Eliminated 2 The Mixed Teams Quarterfinal 3 6♥ redoubled just made – by two pairs! 4 Brilliancy Uncovered 5 Open Teams: Qualification Round 3 6 Open Teams: Qualification Round 4 7

It was a day of surprises in the European Open Teams Championship as an exceptional number of fancied teams were eliminated and will have to seek a place in the knock out stages via the Swiss repercharge. The big names to fall include a host of World Champions, including the likes of Meckstroth & Rodwell, Perron & Lebel, Fischer, Schifko, Townsend, Lesniewski, Pszczola, Chemla, & Mari. Add to them such stars as Helness, Forrester, Lindkvist, Fredin, Sadek, Ahmadi, Cronier and so on and you will readily understand our headline.

The Women’s and Senior events still have two days to go before the qualification process is complete.