Tournament Focus: Winter 2009

Welcome to the third Tournament Focus, our e-newsletter, written especially for you, the tournament player.

Thank you for everyone’s feedback over the last few months since our last edition -- it is all much appreciated. Many people commented that the newsletter was very hard to read as a PDF, so we have worked on creating this new on-line version. As before, we’ll continue to tweak the newsletter, so that it can be as user friendly as possible. Please let us know your comments and suggestions.

Please also keep sending us ideas and articles, especially as our next edition will be around the corner just as quickly as this one was. The next newsletter will be hitting your inboxes in February 2010.

Until then, happy reading.
Matt Betts

	Tournament Committee Update Andrew Petrie provides us with an update on two ongoing issues connected with Universal Membership.
	L&E Corner Jeremy Dhondy discusses various L&E issues that may affect Tournament Players, including Convention Cards and Psychic Bids.
	Madeira Congress Information about our overseas congress in February.
	EBU Events Some of our upcoming events in 2009 - 2010.
	Letters to the Editor Some of your comments.
	Past editions Past editions of Tournament Focus are available here.

	Memoirs of a team captain Alan Cooke's memories of being a team captain make for interesting reading!
	The Spring Fours -- Part One Nick Smith discusses his bid for glory at the EBU Spring Fours.
	Patton Teams (Hybrid Teams) Following on from Ian Mitchell's excellent article on point-a-board, Paul Hackett outlines another form of teams.
	Prize Play Quiz Another Play Quiz by Julian Pottage. Good luck!

Tournament Focus: Winter 2009

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