More advanced training is also provided for County Directors. Two courses are available, each of which is run as a weekend residential event, once a year

COUNTY DIRECTORS ' and

COUNTY REFRESHER COURSES

The CONFIRMED date for 2008 is Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September. The event will be held at the

Park Inn Birmingham West Hotel, Birmingham Road, West Bromwich B70 6RS

The hotel (formerly the Moat House) is conveniently situated by M5 Jct1 with easy links to M6, M5, M40 and M42.

The all inclusive price of £180 per person includes all course fees; dinner, bed and breakfast on Saturday/Sunday; finger buffet lunch on Sunday and a number of servings of tea and/or coffee.

All bookings are made through the EBU.

Courses are only open to qualified Club Directors or previously qualified County Directors.

The course starts on Saturday afternoon at 2pm, with other sessions on Saturday evening, Sunday morning and afternoon, finishing at 4pm.

The County Directors' course is for qualified Club Directors who will normally have at least one year's experience of directing and some experience of organising events at County level. The prime objective of the course is to assess candidate's experience to become fully qualified County Directors, based on their performance in the exercises therein.

To enrol on the course an endorsement from your County Association is preferred.

Participation is also a learning experience - those attending will, on completion of the course:

• have answered a pre-course test on the Orange Book;
• understand the role and responsibilities of a county director;
• have a good understanding of the Laws and EBU Directives governing duplicate bridge;
• be able to deal confidently with common table situations;
• have participated in an appeal
• have dealt with harder judgement rulings
• appreciate the changes in the Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2007

The course is a mixture of table simulations, lecture and written assessment.

County Refresher training courses are also held once each year for qualified County Directors, at the same location and at the same time as the County course.

The County Refresher course is for those who have already attended and passed the County Course. The course content is identical to the County Course and participants will be 'unofficially marked' on the same scale so you can see how you have improved since you did the County Course.

For more details of the County Director Courses contact John Pain at the EBU 01296 317218 or email john@ebu.co.uk.

To book, please call Peter ,Tel: 01296 317203· fax: 01296 317220; email: peter@ebu.co.uk