31 May & 1 June 2008

Entry is open to the leading pairs in the current Pairs Championship of each County Association of the EBU. The number of pairs permitted from each County depends on the number of members (including junior and Bridge for All members) notified to the EBU by 31st March.

Full members	Permitted	Full members	Permitted
Up to 300	2 pairs	701 - 1500	4 pairs
301 - 700	3 pairs	1501 or more	5 pairs

Each County may offer substitutes for any of its qualified pairs unable to compete, and these will be called in on a next-in-line basis; only substitutes who have scored in excess of 50% in the County Championship Final will be eligible in this respect. For further eligibility regulations, see the information on County Allegiance.

Dates, Times & Venue

The event takes place at Hinckley on 31 May & 1 June 2008 , and is likely to start at 2.00pm and end at approximately 4.30pm on Sunday.

Entries

The entry fees and closing dates are available in the EBU diary. Please note that County Associations should forward entry fees to EBU Competitions Department on the special form to be supplied to them, together with the names and addresses of its qualified pairs and the names and addresses of possible substitutes, in ranking order.

If your county has not received an entry form for this, the Pachabo or the Garden Cities Trophy by the end of March, please contact Peter Jordan on 01296 317203 or click here to e-mail him.

Master Points

Green Points to the top half of the field (the winners receive 15)