LoveBridge made its debut in Türkiye at this year’s TBF Winter Team Championships, which took place in March in Bursa. From round 16 of the knockout stage of the prestigious event, teams competed on LoveBridge One for qualification and the title of the final winner. The three days of broadcasting attracted thousands of spectators from Türkiye and all over the world. Results and matches can be reviewed at LoveBridge vugraph.
In February 2025, the Turkish Bridge Federation signed an agreement with LoveBridge to have unlimited use of the system in its own tournaments for an annual fee. After evaluating the needs and conditions of the venues, with TBF’s Head of Referee Committee Kaan Aydin we decided to run the system on a local server. This offers a great flexibility to ensure a continuous and smooth service in different locations, even with occasional intermittent internet access. A LoveBridge staff member travelled to Ankara to assist with the onboarding, training the local operators in a test run. The first live use at the Winter Championship was already conducted independently, with remote assistance available from LoveBridge to resolve any issues that may arise.
Building on the success of the first tournament, the next tournaments with LoveBridge will be at the TURKON Summer Bridge Championship in Antalya, the TURKON TBF Women and Open Championships between 28 April and 2 May 2025.
Picture: TBF Winter Championship winner NARLIDERE XL team from İzmir with Murat Molva TBF President (photo: TBF)