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Who Am I

Parimal Vahalia an aluminous of IIT Kharagpur and Mrs. Vahalia had been coaching and training Bridge players in Ahmedabad for long. In the Indore Bridge tournament 2013, a team of turbaned farmers in traditional dhoti were playing as a team and sparked Parimal bhai’s curiosity. He visited the village and held the first Bridge camp with 110 enthusiastic participants. It was a heterogeneous mix of old and young, male and female. They stayed in this village without TV/newspapers but never had to bother about food and hospitality. Later on they learned that each house hold took turns to cook for them.

In 2013 about 20 odd players (seniors & Juniors) came to participate in winter national in Ahmedabad and the Vahalias hosted them in their home.

Education

Parimal Vahalia an aluminous of IIT Kharagpur
Appointed Coaches

BFI Appointed Coaches for Juniors (21 And Below)

Vision

Bridge can be learnt and played at any age. It is a game that requires various abilities – mathematics, analysis, reasoning, logic and psychology. Students who learn the game find astounding increase in their inferential thinking. This game stimulates the thymus gland which enhances the immune system.

Mission

People are advised to take up this game because, it is fun and challenging, it is sharp and intelligent, it has no age limit, it has no socio0economic or gender bias, it helps in building social and friend circle and on top of all it is inexpensive as one can play for hours for free in designated forums

Achievements

Life’s first charity walk today in Hartford, USA

25 April 2024 Thursday

Parimal Vahalia an aluminous of IIT Kharagpur and Mrs. Vahalia had been coaching and training Bridge players in Ahmedabad for long. In the Indore Bridge tournament 2013, a team of turbaned farmers in traditional dhoti were playing as a team and sparked Parimal bhai’s curiosity. He visited the village and held the first Bridge camp with a 110 enthusiastic participants. It was a heterogeneous mix of old and young, male and female. They stayed in this village without TV/newspapers but never had to bother about food and hospitality. Later on they learned that each house hold took turns to cook for them.

In 2013 about 20 odd players (seniors & Juniors) came to participate in winter national in Ahmedabad and the Vahalias hosted them in their home.

The Bridge Game Today

Bridge is now played in over 150 countries in the world. In 1995 the WBF was recognized as an international organization and in 1999 WBF was recognized by International Olympic Committee as an international sports federation WBF is one of the founder members of IMSA (international mind sports association)

Which organizes mind sports Olympics. Presently there are 123 member countries of the World Bridge Federation.

In India the game is governed by THE BRIDGE FEDERATION OF INDIA established in 1952. It is affiliated to bridge federation of Asia and middle east (BFAME) which forms zone 4(out of 8 total zones of WBF.)

Bridge is now also part of Asian Games program. It is an approved game by central Govt and hence appointment in sports quota to meritorious bridge players in Go vet undertakings is now happening.

We have a world Junior Gold medalist, two junior silver medalists and two bronze medalists in the open category at world level. We also have Asian Games gold medalist pair.

Bridge Camp in 2024

15 June 2024 Saturday

Mr & Mrs. Vahalia organized a three-week intensive Bridge camp in 2014. This was an Intermediate training and often went on for 10 hours a day. This gave the students a firm foundation and took them many steps up the endless ladder of Bridge excellence.

In 2015, Mr. Vahalia hosted 21 children (11 from Raibidpura and 10 from Salem- Tamil Nadu) for a summer coaching camp in Ahmedabad. Boarding, lodging & coaching was free for participants. That is when he noticed the potential of juniors.

In 2017 January at annual Indore event, he invited bridge seniors from the village for a meeting. A proposal to send juniors for higher education to Ahmedabad (where they can also learn high level/ advanced bridge) was laid. He convinced their families to have their college education in Ahmedabad under his guardianship. Parents of Kalpana and Vidhya accepted on the spot promising to send the girls when they finished schooling in 2018.

Kalpana Gujjar and Vidhya Patel joined Ahmedabad University in June 2018 and the Vahalias kind of adopted them. Every weekend, he would pick up the girls and spend many many hours on Bridge before dropping them back in the College hostel on Monday.

This continued through the pandemic years 19-20 & 20-21. In fact, in Junior Nationals, there were 7 teams of youngsters that Parimal bhai had introduced to Bridge.