For whom ?

Club Tournament Directors with some experience of directing club duplicates who wish to improve their understanding of the laws governing duplicate bridge and their application in clubs, in particular where judgmental rulings are required.

Objectives

On completion of the course, participants will:

	have a good appreciation of the image which should be ideally be projected by the tournament director;
	recognise the situations in which a judgmental ruling is required of the Director and understand the procedures by which such situations should be handled. In particular participants will understand the Laws and Directives as they relate to unauthorised information, misinformation, hesitations in bidding and play and claims;
	understand the steps that may be taken following such rulings, including score adjustments and appeals;
	understand the principles governing the EBU directives on alerting

Prerequisites

Participants must be members of the English Bridge Union. They should have played duplicate bridge at club level, and have some previous experience of directing at this level and should normally have attended the Book Rulings Course. It is not necessary to have had further experience of directing between attendance on the Book Rulings and Judgment Rulings courses. All those attending should bring with them a personal copy of the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge 1997 and a copy of the Handbook of EBU Directives and Conventions 2006 (The Orange Book).

Content

The course includes talks, discussions and individual group problem solving exercises. Tuition will be by tutors experienced both in teaching and tournament directing, who will be able to answer questions and explain current thinking on the interpretation of the Laws and Directives.

An 'EBU Club Directors Certificate of Attendance' will be issued to all who attend this course.

Duration

One day. The course will usually start at 10.30am and finish at approximately 4.30pm, but timings may vary from venue to venue.

Location

The course will normally be run at bridge clubs in a number of locations across the country.