Below is your monthly update from the EBU. All previous updates are available on the EBU Updates page.
This poster shows the upcoming EBU events. Please consider adding this to your club/county website and encourage your members to enter online via My EBU.
FESTIVAL UPDATE
As part of the Bridge - It’s a Big Deal! A Festival of Bridge we will be sending regular monthly updates to the membership to encourage people to join us in making Bridge a really big deal this September.
The festival is for everyone and every group so please do plan to join us in September. Once you have an event and date in mind, be sure to email festival@ebu.co.uk with the details so we can add your event to the map of events. We hope that very many U3a bridge groups will join us in arranging something special to celebrate the game we love and at the same time raise funds for our partners Cancer Research UK.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Festival Planning Zoom meetings this week, we hope you found them useful. These meetings will be held regularly in the run-up to the festival. The next Zoom meetings will be held on Wednesday 8th May at 9.30am and Thursday 9th May at 7.30pm. To join the meetings please email festival@ebu.co.uk and you will receive a link nearer the time. These meetings are short informal meetings to discuss ideas and resources available for planning your events.
County Festival Managers
For County Festival Managers, we would like to share the following Festival Plan from Worcestershire. We hope this can be used as a source of inspiration for other counties who are starting to plan events for the Festival.
Club Seminars
The next Club Seminar will take place on Tuesday 30th April at 11am. This Club Seminar will discuss EBU scoring programs other than EBUScore Pairs and demonstrate how they work.
Many clubs use EBUScore Pairs but that is only one of the scoring programs which are made available for free to affiliated clubs, the other programs are:
- EBUScore Teams
- EBUScore Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams
- EBUScore Individual
More recently the following programs which are more simplified versions intended for use by clubs have also been added:
- EBU Club Pairs
- EBU Club Teams
We hope this may be useful and give clubs the confidence to try the occasional teams or Swiss game. The seminar will be recorded in case you are unable to attend and also if you want a reminder before running an event.
If you or anyone in your club would like to attend on Tuesday 30th April at 11am please email sam@ebu.co.uk and you will be sent a Zoom link closer to the time.
More Club Seminars will be held throughout the year. If you have a subject you would like to see covered in a future seminar please contact jonathan@ebu.co.uk.
Club directory – please update your club details
A reminder for clubs, please check your club details in the Club Directory and submit our online club details form. Please log in to check ALL your clubs details are still correct. More information is available via the help link on the club directory page.
Counties, please also update your county officials' details online, county details form.
Bridge Warehouse
The new price list is now available. Unfortunately some of our prices will have to be increased due to increased costs from our suppliers. We held prices for 2023 but now have no choice but to increase them.
Please note when ordering EBU0021 Scorecards, they are now sold in packs of 2000’s.
We always match prices where possible. Visit the Bridge Warehouse website for all the latest offers and newest items in stock, or contact Sue via email sueh@ebu.co.uk or phone 01296 397851.
County TD Course
Entries are coming in steadily for the upcoming County TD Course (18th-19th May 2024 at Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre), if you would like to attend, please book in plenty of time to ensure there is enough space.
The course will be run by EBU National Tournament Directors Sarah Amos and Phil Godfrey. The course fee of £245 for residential delegates includes dinner, bed and breakfast at the centre for one night, and a light lunch on Saturday and Sunday, plus course materials. The course is a mixture of table simulations, lectures and written assessment. Further details available on the Advanced TD Training webpage, or contact comps (01296 317203 or comps@ebu.co.uk).
EBED Training Courses
EBED offers the following training courses. For more about these courses visit the EBED website or contact clive@ebedcio.org.uk.
- Club Teacher Training - Stratford Upon Avon - 13th-14th April - £220
(Booking link Teacher Training Stratford) - Online How to run Club Duplicate - 25th-26th April 9.00am to 12.00 - £60
(Booking link Club Duplicate) - Club Tournament Director Training - Whitley Bay - from 28th April - £72 per session
(Booking link Director Training Whitley Bay) - Online EBUScore Training - 2nd May 9.00am to 12.00 - £40
(Booking link EBUScore Training)
All our current dates, including additional online courses are listed on the TD Course Calendar. To book please use the links above or call Lisa on 01296 317217.
Advertise your Congress Online with the EBU
The EBU home page is a great place to promote your next congress or for clubs/counties to publicise there next big events.
Could your event benefit from last minute advertising to bring in extra players? Well the best place to do this is the Home page of the EBU website.
The advert could be live today!
An advert on the Carousel at the top of the EBU home page is as little as £75 per month for CBA’s and Clubs. Want to give your event a boost, contact Danby Advertising on 01603 898678 or email adsales@ebu.co.uk.
Picture Competition
The EBU are looking for new and exciting images to promote the wonderful game of bridge. Can you or your members produce a photograph, painting or drawing that conveys the fun, drama and excitement of the game of bridge?
Please encourage your members to enter this competitions. The artist with the winning picture will win not only honour and prestige (and our gratitude) but also some cash towards their next camera lens, smartphone, or bridge congress!
Further details and how to enter.
Calling clubs and county associations – tell us your news!
We are featuring club and county news in our blog. If you have any news to share please do let us know, preferably with a picture or two to go with it! Contact sam@ebu.co.uk.
Club directory – please update your club details
A reminder for clubs, please check your club details in the Club Directory and submit our online club details form. Please log in to check ALL your clubs details are still correct. More information is available via the help link on the club directory page.
Counties, please also update your county officials' details online, county details form.
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