The qualifier for the Two Star Pairs will take place on Friday in the form of a Swiss Pairs with short matches, scored by matchpoints (not VPs) and with Green Point awards for matches won. From this the top 20 pairs will qualify for the Two Stars Pairs and the next twenty for the Satellite pairs. Anyone wishing to play only on the Friday may do so.
Those who don’t qualify for the main finals, and those who choose not to play on the Friday and play only on Saturday, will play in a more traditional style of Swiss Pairs on the Saturday, with 9 x 6-board rounds scored by VPs, once again with Green Point awards for matches won.
The Two Star Pairs is also the first event in this year’s Championship Series, in which points will be earned towards the Player of the Year Championship.
We also have our 2-session multiple teams event on the Sunday for the Eastbourne Bowl (Premier) and the Burlington Cup (Secondary). All non-qualifiers play in the Sussex Cup.
Really Easy Afternoon.
Friday 14th October 2016
A relaxed duplicate pairs event for those with less experience.
This event is aimed at those with no experience of green-point events, and such players are probably below the rank of Master and lower than a Jack on the NGS. It is intended as an introduction to 'congress bridge'.
The results will be stratified based on NGS grading with prizes for the overall winners, and Blue Points awarded based on the stratified results.
The Peterborough heat is cancelled - sorry for any disappointment this causes. The heats at other venues (see below) will continue as planned. The event will be scored across all participating venues.
- Exeter Bridge Club, 1.30pm start
- The Lymington Club, Hampshire, 1.20pm start
- Richmond Bridge Club, 1:30pm start
- Watford & Bushey Bridge Club, 2:15pm start (this event has not been cancelled, and will go ahead)
- The Peterborough, Stretford and 3 Counties heats have been cancelled
Any additional venues will be added here when they are known.
The event at each venue is open to all - EBU members and non-members alike. We may be able to accommodate individual players at the Peterborough venue, so please contact us and we will try to arrange a partner.
Holders 2016
Two Stars Pairs - Richard Granville & Graham Sadie
Satellite Pairs - Tracy Capal & David Sherman
Swiss Pairs - Heather Bakhshi & Claire Robinson
Really Easy Afternoon Pairs - Andrew Ferguson & Mary Ferguson
Eastbourne Bowl (Teams main final) - Sam Behrens, Ben Norton, Stephen Kennedy & Michael Alishaw
Burlington Cup (Teams secondary final) - Andrew McIntosh, Alistair Kent, Andrew Black & Gunnar Hallberg
Sussex Cup (Consolation teams final) - Liz Gahan, Liam Sanderson, Jasmine Bakhshi & David Bakhshi
Timetable
Day | Times | Description |
|---|---|---|
Friday 14th | 2.00pm - 6.00pm | Two Stars Pairs qualifier I (7 x 4-board matches, matchpointed Swiss Pairs) |
| Really Easy Afternoon - Peterborough heat cancelled | |
7:45pm – 11:00pm | Two Stars Pairs qualifier II (6 x 4-board matches, matchpointed Swiss Pairs) | |
Saturday 15th | 11:00am – 2:15pm | Two Stars & Satellite Pairs finals (session 1) (8 x 3-board rounds) |
11:00am – 2:15pm | Swiss Pairs, session 1 (4 x 6-board matches) | |
2:45pm – 7:15pm | Two Stars & Satellite Pairs finals (session 2) (11 x 3-board rounds with a tea break) | |
2:45pm – 7:30pm | Swiss Pairs, session 2 (5 x 6-board matches with a tea break) | |
Sunday 16th | 11:00am – 2:15pm | Teams-of-Four Championships (qualifying round: 24 boards) |
3:15pm – 7:00pm | Teams-of-Four finals (Eastbourne Bowl & Burlington Cup: 27 boards) | |
3:15pm – 6:30pm | Sussex Cup (for non-qualifiers: 24 boards) |
Entry Fees
(A) | Full Congress | £112 |
(B) | Two Star Pairs | £81 |
(C) | One-day Swiss Pairs (Friday) | £40 |
(D) | One-day Swiss Pairs (Saturday) | £42 |
(E) | Multiple Teams | £40 |
(F) | Swiss Pairs (Friday.) plus Teams | £75 |
(G) | Swiss Pairs (Saturday.) plus Teams | £77 |
(H) | Really Easy Afternoon | £8 (£12 for non-members) |
Master Points
All events are fully Green Pointed based on rounds/matches won, except the Really Easy Afternoon, for which Blue Points are awarded.
Agreements
Level 4 agreements are permitted in all events, except the Really Easy Afternoon, which is level 2.
Venue and Tariff
Holiday Inn Peterborough - West
Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SG
In order to take advantage of the following rates book via the EBU Accommodation Booking Service and call Bridge Overseas Freephone on: 0800 0346 246
Rates
DB&B 63.95 (Double shared); £14.00 Single Supplement. Please note that all prices are per person per night.
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