Austrian Bridge Sports Association

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Austrian Bridge Sports Association
Founded 1929
president Georg Engl
societies 47
Members 2626
Homepage Austrian Bridge Sports Association (ÖBV)

The Austrian Bridge Sports Association (ÖBV) is the umbrella organization of the Austrian bridge clubs . It was founded in 1929, making it one of the oldest bridge associations in the world. The ÖBV comprises 4 regional associations and 43 clubs with around 2600 members. He is a member of the European Bridge League (EBL) and the World Bridge Federation (WBF). The seat of the association is Vienna .

history

Austrian women's team of the 1937 World Cup. Top row: Rixi Markus, Elisabeth Klauber. Middle row: Marianne Boschan, Gertrude Brunner, Ethel Ernst. Sitting: Gertrude Schlesinger.

The ÖBV was founded in 1929 by Paul Stern . It is the oldest bridge association in Europe. Paul Stern was also its first president.

The Austrian team of the 1937 World Cup with two players from the USA team. From left: Karl Schneider, Hans Jellinek, Edward Frischauer, Paul Stern (Captain), Josephine Culbertson (US), Walter Herbert, Helen Sobel (US), Karl von Blühdorn.

Austria was a strong bridgenation in the years before the Second World War . Stern developed the Vienna system . It was the first internationally successful artificial bidding system . In 1932, 1933 and 1936 Austria won the European championship in the open class, in 1935 and 1936 in the women. The EM 1934 took place in Vienna. Austria won the first World Cup in 1937 in the open class and in the women.

The annexation of Austria to Germany in 1938 ended this successful phase. After the Second World War, the ÖBV was re-established in 1947. Initially, the ÖBV was able to build on the successes before the war. Austria achieved second place in both the 1951 European Championship and the 1957 European Championship in Vienna. In the next few years, various developments in Austria were overslept and a decline set in. At the European Team Championship in 1966, Austria finished last.

Around 1970 Austria caught up with stronger nations again. The greatest successes since then include:

  • 1970: Pairs World Champion (Fritz Babsch, Peter Manhardt)
  • 1976: Junior Team European Champion (Jan Fucik, Alfred Kadlec, Peter Lehrner, Michael Strafner)
  • 1985: Team European Champion and Team Vice World Champion (Heinrich Berger, Kurt Feichtinger, Jan Fucik, Wolfgang Meinl, Karl Rohan, Franz Terraneo)
  • 1988: Second team Olympics (Heinrich Berger, Jan Fucik, Alfred Kadlec, Fritz Kubac, Wolfgang Meinl, Franz Terraneo)
  • 1991: European Women's Team Champion (Gabriele Bamberger, Maria Erhart, Doris Fischer, Rosi Spinn, Terry Weigkricht, Britta Widengren)
  • 1991: Women's team vice world champion (Gabriele Bamberger, Maria Erhart, Doris Fischer, Rosi Spinn, Terry Weigkricht, Britta Widengren)
  • 1991: European Junior Pairs Champion (Tilman Seidel, Alexander Wodniansky)
  • 1992: Women's team Olympic champion (Maria Erhart, Doris Fischer, Herta Gyimesi, Barbara Lindinger, Jovanka Smederevac, Terry Weigkricht)
  • 1996: Mixed pair European champion (Maria Erhart, Fritz Kubac)
  • 1998: Women's team world champion (Maria Erhart, Doris Fischer, Sylvie Terraneo, Terry Weigkricht)
  • 1999: Junior pair world champion (Andreas Gloyer, Bernd Saurer )
  • 2001: Junior pair world champion (Andreas Gloyer, Martin Schifko)

In 1998 the ÖBV organized the Junior Team European Championship in Vienna.

organization

The ÖBV has 43 clubs and 4 regional associations (Lower Austrian Bridge Sports Association, Upper Austrian Bridge Sports Association, Styrian Bridge Sports Association, Vienna Bridge Sports Association) as members. Approximately 2600 members of the individual associations are registered with the ÖBV as association members.

The board of directors of the ÖBV runs the business and administers the assets of the ÖBV. It consists of President, Vice President, Finance Officer, Sports Officer, Association Sports Captain, Junior Officer, Child Officer, Senior Officer.

The sports and rules committee is responsible for events related to bridgesports. These include: rule questions, tournament director and training system, tournament calendar, master point system.

Other committees are:

  • Honorary and Disciplinary Council
  • Review Committee
  • Senate of Cassation
  • Financial audit

An ordinary general assembly meets annually and elects the board of directors and the functionaries in the committees.

tasks

According to the statutes, the ÖBV has the following goals:

  • The promotion of bridge sports in Austria.
  • The creation and enforcement of uniform rules of play and behavior for bridgesport events.
  • Representing the interests of its members and relatives in relation to national and international associations and organizations.
  • The implementation of or participation in international and national bridge sport events in addition to the activities of its members.

(Source: Statutes of the Austrian Bridge Sports Association )

The ÖBV organizes several national championships every year:

  • Austrian team championship
  • Austrian pair championship
  • Austrian Schoolchildren Championship
  • Austrian Junior Pairs Championship
  • Austrian Senior Couple Championship

He organizes international championships and conducts squad training in advance. The ÖBV has been trying to get bridge recognized as a sport for several years. Further tasks are the training and further education of tournament directors and bridge teachers and the creation of teaching material.

The association magazine of the ÖBV is the Austrian Bridge Magazin . In addition, a monthly newsletter appears with the Bridge Aktuell . The respective editions from 2016 can be found on the association's website.

literature

  • Henry G. Francis (Ed.): The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge . 6th edition. American Contract Bridge League, Memphis 2001, ISBN 0-943855-44-6 .
  • Statutes of the Austrian Bridge Sports Association . without location 2008 ( PDF; 51 KB ).
  • Fritz Babsch: The development of Kontrakt Bridge . In: Austrian Bridge Magazine . Vol. 29, No. 1, year 2001, p. 8.
  • Fritz Babsch: Bridge after the 2nd World War . In: Austrian Bridge Magazine . Vol. 29, No. 2, year 2001, p. 8.
  • Fritz Babsch: Bridge in the 50s . In: Austrian Bridge Magazine . Vol. 29, No. 3, year 2001, p. 8.
  • Fritz Babsch: Small anniversaries . In: Austrian Bridge Magazine . Vol. 34, No. 2, 2006, p. 26.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Club numbers of the ÖBV (PDF; 56 KB). As of January 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Master points list according to total master points (PDF; 445 KB). As of January 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Bridge Aktuell and Bridge News for Kids