1.0Blog Funbridgehttps://funbridge.com/blogAlain Lévyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MjhVa0pFl4"><a href="https://funbridge.com/blog/en/festival-international-bridge-deauville/">Deauville: the renaissance</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://funbridge.com/blog/en/festival-international-bridge-deauville/embed/#?secret=MjhVa0pFl4" width="600" height="338" title="« Deauville: the renaissance » — Blog Funbridge" data-secret="MjhVa0pFl4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://funbridge.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/festival-international-de-bridge-de-deauville.jpg19201080A week after the one in Biarritz, the Deauville festival opened its doors, directed masterfully by Alain Bekerman, who spends the whole year making this tournament a choice event. His objective is twofold: to attract as many regional players as possible from our green Normandy; and to successfully convince players in the second and third series to come to mingle with and face up against players ranked in the first series. The gamble paid off perfectly. The festival began with the “Norman tournament” which, for a second year, garnered a clear success with almost two hundred pairs crediting it. Throughout…