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Great success at EBL and WBF tournaments

Early 2005, the European Bridge League and the World Bridge Federation acquired together the Bridgemate Pro wireless scoring system to be used in all their events.

The first event was the second Open European Championships which was held in Arona, Tenerife, from June 18th till July 2nd 2005. In two weeks time, the Bridgemate recorded more than 75.000 scores. The use of Bridgemate reduced the number of scoring staff significantly and the service to the players was highly improved. For the first time, the pairs tournament was broadcasted live in the rama room and the internet without any delay.
Read more about this tournaments in the daily bulletins:
http://www.eurobridge.org/bulletin/05_1_Tenerife/pdf/Bul_16.pdf
http://www.eurobridge.org/bulletin/05_1_Tenerife/pdf/Bul_10.pdf
 
The next event for the Bridgemate was the World Bridge Championships in Estoril where the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl was held in October 2005. As almost as much as 50.000 scores were recorded during the two week team matches events. Results were directly broadcasted on the internet through Swangames and published on big screens in the rama room. A new record was set with a scoring staff of only four people running the complete event.
Read more at:
http://www.worldbridge.org/bulletin/05_2%20Estoril/pdf/bul_15.pdf