Join our Really Easy Afternoon at the Easter Festival

At the Easter Festival of Bridge in London, on Friday 18th April we will hold our first Really Easy Afternoon starting at 4.00pm. We hope that you will join us at this event, or encourage your friends and relatives to take part.

The event is named after the EBU’s Really Easy teaching scheme, and is aimed at those who may have recently learned how to play, or have yet to take the next step in the development of their game. The event is intended as an introduction to 'congress bridge' and is for those with no experience of green-point events. It is open to EBU members and non-members alike. There is no lower limit on the player’s ability, only that they are comfortable playing unassisted in a ‘club’ environment. As the event is aimed at those with limited playing experience, and who are still developing in the game, such players will be below the rank of Master on the EBU Master Points scale. For those who do not play regularly in EBU affiliated clubs we ask that a judgment be made to estimate whether the event would be suitable for them.

We hope that this event will both be enjoyable, and enable newcomers to experience the atmosphere of a ‘big congress’ without needing to go ‘in at the deep end’. After playing here we hope the next step of entering a full congress will be less daunting.

The event will be a duplicate pairs with prizes for the overall winners. The results will be stratified based on the EBU NGS grading system, with Blue Points awarded based on the stratified results. Non-EBU members, and those members without an NGS grade, will be assigned to the top tier for scoring purposes to ensure they do not gain an unfair advantage.

The event will start at 4pm and will be played over approximately 21-24 boards (the exact number will be dependent on entries). The cost of entry is £12 and a 50% discount is available for those EBU members who have not previously played in an EBU Congress.

Indidivual players can be accommodated, so please contact us and we will help to arrange a partner.

The venue is Royal National Hotel on Bedford Way in Bloomsbury, just off Russell Square. The nearest tube station is Russell Square.

Entries should be made to the Competitions Department on 01296 317203/219 or by email to comps@ebu.co.uk

Of course for more experienced players there is the main congress, held at the same venue from Friday 18th to Monday 21st April. Full details can be seen at our main congress page

We hope that you will be keen to take part, or know someone who would be interested and that you will pass this information on to them. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you require any further details.

March 21, 2014