• Host City

Jurmala is the biggest resort city on the shores of the Baltic Sea in a comfortable geographical location – just twenty kilometres from the capital of Latvia, Riga, or several hours drive from Tallinn and Vilnius. The presence of the sea, the 24-kilometre-long beach, dunes surrounded by pine trees and the romantic wooden architecture ensure the unique ambience of the city. In our modern days wild nature, modern spa hotels, cultural heritage and a contemporary city for entrepreneurship and holidays coexist in Jurmala. The sight you cannot miss is the Kemeri Resort Park, the oldest and largest public garden in Latvia outside Riga and its 42-metre-high Kemeri Water Tower with panoramic platforms. 

For more information see https://www.visitjurmala.lv/en/.

 • Venue

Baltic Beach Hotel & Spa is located in the heart of Jurmala, just 200 m from the central Jomas Street and Jurmala is the biggest resort city on the shores of the Baltic Sea in a comfortable geographical location – just twenty kilometres from the capital of Latvia, Riga, or several hours drive from Tallinn and Vilnius. 

Baltic Beach Hotel & Spa is 400 m from the Majori railway station and about 18 km from Riga International Airport. 

To get special prices, please book your room from Baltic Beach Hotel’s official web page https://www.balticbeach.lv/en. Please enter BRIDGE24 to the “Promo code” field on the second page. 

The rate for both, single and twin/double room, using promo code BRIDGE24, is 105 € per room, per night. The rate includes rich, see-view breakfast with Prosecco, a 25-metre indoor sea-water swimming pool, wellness options with 3 different saunas, underwater massage jets and professional gym. 

For other accommodation in Jurmala see the https://www.visitjurmala.lv/en/plan/accommodation/ web site.

 • Transport

The Riga international Airport is about 18 kilometres from Jurmala. 

More convenient, by taxi: it is easy to get to the venue from the airport using the Bolt app (https://bolt.eu/en-lv/), the cost is approx. 20 €. 

More economic, by bus and train: take one of several bus routes to Riga central station (see https://www.autoosta.lv/time-table/?lang=en) and then a train from Riga central station to Jurmala (see https://vivi.lv/en/). Price of a single train ticket is 2 €.

 • Format

The format and exact schedule will be announced once we know the number of participating teams.

 • Programme

Additionally, Latvian Bridge federation invites all participants of the European Small Federations Games to participate in Latvian Open Pairs Championship, which will be held on the 12th and 13th of October in Jūrmala, Baltic Beach hotel. All information and the registration to the event can be found in https://bridgescanner.com/event/latvia-open-pairs-championship-mps-2024.

Contact information for the Latvian Open Pairs Championship - Kārlis Rubins, k.rubins@inbox.lv, +37129724610.

 • Conditions of Contest

For all rules and regulations please see:

• General Conditions of Contest
• Supplementary Conditions of Contest
• Commitment Form

Attention is drawn to the Competitor's Commitment Form that must be signed, no later than 1st October 2024, by each participant. Details and a copy of the form can be found in the links above.

 • Entry Fees

There is no entry fee for the Small Federations Games.

 • Prizes

First 3 places in the Small Federations Games receive EBL master points and medals.

The winning NBO can send a team to the EBL Champions’ Cup in the following year.

 • Registration - Contact

Registration in the Small Federation Games will be done through our site. Player names should be registered latest by the 23rd of September 2024 and all System Cards should be submitted latest by the 25th of September 2024 to anna@ecats.co.uk.