Golfprint National Final winners
Congratulations to the winning team from Stanton-on-the-Wolds GC (Nottinghamshire) who won the final on 26 March 2008 at the West Midlands Bridge Club.
In the photo, EBU Tournament Director Trevor King congratulates the team from left to right - Ian Dovey, Judy Cadwallader, Chris Blainey and David Cadwallader (captain).
Portland Pairs 2008
Congratulations to John Holland and Michelle Brunner who have won the Portland Pairs.
Seniors Trials
Congratulations to the Hackett team for winning the Seniors Trials. They will now represent England at the Seniors Camrose in Oxford on 30th May - 1st June.
Easter Festival 2008
Results in Blackpool and London. Click here.
2008 Corn Cairdis England Victorious
The annual friendly international between England and Ireland for the Corn Cairdis Trophy (’The Cup of Friendship’) took place over the weekend of March 15/16 at the Old Rectory Hotel, Crostwick, Norfolk.
Click here for further details.
Click here for the final results
Camrose 2008
After an eventful two days in Dublin for the second weekend of the Camrose, Ireland have retained the Camrose Trophy with a 10 VP winning margin.
Further information, please click here.
Bill Gates interview
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were recently interviewed on CBS about encouraging bridge playing. Click here to read.
Ranked Masters Pairs
The Tournament Committee would like to announce that the EBU will revert to issuing prizes in the form of vouchers.
BingoLotto
The English Bridge Union is delighted to announce it will be amongst the beneficiaries of BingoLotto - a new TV game, set up by the CCPR. The game will raise money for sport and recreation and will help towards the EBU’s commitment in promoting the game of duplicate bridge.
BingoLotto will be a weekly game broadcast on digital TV channels Virgin1 and Challenge every Friday night, starting on 29 February. Tickets are on sale from outlets around the country and will allow viewers to take part in the BingoLotto game from the comfort of their own home. The game will be hosted by popular entertainers, Joe Pasquale and Suzanne Shaw. More information on BingoLotto and how it benefits bridge will be added to the website in the next couple of weeks.
Master Point Race
Congratulations to Ron Davis, who has won the 2007 Master Point race! Ron finished just ahead of his Bedfordshire colleague Jon Williams who had won it for the last several years. Third was Michael Byrne of Manchester.
In the Gold Point rankings, David Bakhshi of London ended the year in first place, ahead of Michael Byrne and last year's leader Tim Rees of Berks and Bucks.
Click here for all the rankings lists
Congratulations to Robert Sassoon (Reading School)
who at 17 is the youngest person to pass the Club TD Training Course with Distinction. Click here to see other recent results.
Student MiniBridge Simultaneous Pairs
Congratulations to the national winners of the 2007 Student MiniBridge Simultaneous Pairs - Alistair and Anne Press, who are members of the Partner/Teacher Club run by John Cox.
This club has been running since September 2007 and has 32 regular members. At the end of the course it will transform itself into the Broadstairs Bridge Club and will affiliate to the EBU.
The club uses Duplimate dealing and already runs a website publishing weekly details of hands played. Click here. The plaques were donated by ECats bridge.
Raymond Brock
We are very sad to report that Raymond Brock died peacefully at home on 1st January 2008. Raymond (71), was, for four decades, one of Britain’s leading bridge-players and administrators. Please click here to read Raymond's obituary.
NICKO Final
Manchester B has won the National Inter Club Knock Out championship on Saturday 1st December, beating Cheltenham in the final.
For more information on NICKO please click here.
Home International Selections
Selections have been made for the 2007/2008 Camrose and Junior Camrose Teams. Selections have also been made for the Channel Trophy. More ...
Naturalists V Scientists
Click here for details of this unique game.
2008 Home International Selections
Obituary Notices
2007 Dimmie Fleming Awards
Click here to see the award winner information
Closing date for 2007 Master Point registrations
Click here for details
Alerts and Announcements online survey
Please click here to see the results of the survey.
Results and information
from the 2007 World Bridge Championships
Annual General Meeting 2007
Results from the recent AGM. Click here.
Youth Bridge update
Every month or so our Youth Officer, Mike Amos will be writing a small update on youth bridge matters. Please click here to view the first and here for the youth bridge pages.
Updated Orange Book
The updates to the 2006 Orange Book are now available and were implemented on 1 August. Click here for more information.
Results and reports
from the European Youth Championships
2007 Obituaries:
Elaine Clague
Diana Williams
Dorothy Shanahan
Jimmie Arthur
New Communications Officer for the EBU
Matt Betts joins the EBU Team as Communications Officer
European Open Championships:
Results from the European Open Championships
The Tom Bradley Award
Presentation of the Tom Bradley Award
Shareholders Srategy Document
At the EBU Shareholders meeting of 6 June 2007 the Board announced its initial proposals for a future strategy for the development of bridge in England. We will have a full and considered discussion about the proposals at the AGM in October 2007 after this period of consultation. Details of how to contact us if you want further information, or would like to make constructive comments are contained in the final page of the document which you can read by clicking here.
Report on the Portland Bowl Final
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The Corn Cairdis Trophy
Congratulations to the English Team for winning the 2007 Corn Cairdis Trophy. Click here for more about this enjoyable event
Click here for more information about this exciting development.
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