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At the AGM on Tuesday, the EBU recognised various members' contributions to bridge in England. The meeting was held via Zoom, so unfortunately we were unable to present the awards in person. The awards have been posted out and some presentations have been made locally at clubs.
As clubs are getting back to face to face play, now is the time of year when party planning is in full swing. Last week we looked at ways for clubs to liven up party's with more social games of bridge. Two clubs that are preparing for their Year End celebrations are the National Liberal Club in London and Oliver Cowan Bridge Club, which started online last year but is planning face to face events for the first time.
Next spring, the EBU will hold our first ever river cruise. Join us aboard the MS Arena for a journey through Holland and Belgium, taking in the world's ultimate flower show, which only takes place once every ten years, along the way.
In 2017 four bridge clubs in South Notts – East Bridgford, Keyworth, Phoenix (Ruddington) and West Bridgford set up a joint project to run market and advertise bridge courses, and to establish supervised bridge sessions so that novices would be able to play bridge in a safe environment before migrating to full club sessions. They were supported by a £250 grant from their EBU county association.
Here are some insights from the campaign:
Malta is not just a destination for those after beach and sun but offers plenty to do all year round.
Malta has 365 churches – one for every day of the year.
Whilst one may not always get on with one’s partner, Bridge players have been terrific supporters of Charities over the years. And, Bridge events supporting charities are now easy to find using our soon to be launched Bridge Calendar.
(Play with it in Beta by clicking HERE)
Oliver Cowan has been running online games for the past 18 months, but has really missed F2F bridge. With this in mind, he has put together an exciting congress weekend, to be held at the start of January.
Bridge players and best friends, Catherine Harris and Jocelyn Startz, have launched a podcast talking about all things bridge. Each week they interview expert players from around the globe, discussing anything and everything from top tips to the funniest thing that’s ever happened at a game.
