On Friday 14th October we will run another Really Easy Afternoon as part of the Autumn Congress. The main event will be in Peterborough, as part of the congress at the Holiday Inn, starting at 2:00pm, but the same hands will also be played at other locations around the country, with the competition scored across all the venues.
Heats will also be held at:
3 Counties Bridge Club, Churt, Surrey, 2pm start
Exeter Bridge club, 1:30pm start
The event is aimed as an introduction to tournament bridge for less experienced players. Players should therefore be comfortable playing in a club setting, but should be below the rank of Master, and lower than a jack on the NGS.
Please mention the event to the less experienced members of your club, and refer them to the Autumn Congress webpage, which we will update when any additional venues are added.
And of course we hope the more experienced members of your club will join us to play in the main events at the congress.
If your club has a large teaching/improvers membership and would be interested in being a satellite venue for the event on that Friday afternoon please contact Gordon Rainsford for more information. The event is scored across all the venues and Blue Points are awarded, with extra points available for players who are 6 or below on the NGS. The club organises the heat in co-operation with the EBU, provides a suitable TD and takes half the entry fees. We provide publicity posters, hand records, issue the Blue Points and some modest prizes, as well as certificates to those who do well, both nationally and locally. Whilst the EBU will do its best to promote your heat, and encourage participation, it would be expected that the host club would generate enough participants itself for the heat to go ahead.
Really Easy Afternoons will also be held in 2016/17 alongside the following events:
Year End Congress: 27th December 2016
Easter Festival: 14th April 2017
Spring Bank Holiday Congress: 27th May 2017
If you are interested in holding a heat for any of these events please let us know.