The International Olympic Committee recognised in 1999 that bridge and chess should be seen as mind sports. 'There is nothing in the Sport England charter that limits sports to physical activities and the health benefit of playing bridge is well documented,' Mr Clayton said.
The origin of the Mendez family can be traced back to the Visigoth people, who were a Germanic tribe that eventually settled in what is now Spain. As far as I can ascertain, the Mendez line started in the principality of Asturias, in the far North-Western part of Spain.
Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. Westenra is a surname that comes from Holland, and eventually the Westenra family settled in Great Britain. The name's meaning refers to a specific locality in the Dutch language.