Courses are available for most levels of TDs, whether they want to learn just enough to run a club session, get to grips with more detailed rulings, or move through the ranks to become a County Director.
EBED runs these courses at clubs all over the country. All courses are open to members of affiliated and non-affiliated clubs. Participants do not need to be members of the English Bridge Union.
Stamford BC - Sunday 6th January 2019
Oxshott (Surrey) - Friday 25th January 2019
Kesgrave (Ipswich) - Monday 11th February 2019
Solihull (WMBC) - Tuesday 19th February 2019
Wymondham (Norfolk) - Monday 13th April 2019
Oxford - Sunday 19th May 2019
For more details please contact richard@ebedcio.org.uk. Any further dates will be added to the calendar in due course.
Courses will be held at:
Pembury (Kent); Oxshott (Surrey); Stamford BC; Kesgrave (Ipswich); Solihull (WMBC);
Patcham (Sussex); Wymondham (Norfolk); Oxford
Please check the calendar for the date of the three sessions at each venue.
It is intended that there will be 15-20 courses held around the country each year, and more dates will be added in due course. Plans are in hand for Cheltenham (Sept-Nov 2019), Stretford (Manchester, March-May 2019), Hayes (Middlesex), Halifax, Durham, East Kent, and Southport (late 2019). There will also be a course in Eastbourne when (all being well) the Summer Meeting returns there in August 2019. EBED would like to hear from other clubs who would be interested in hosting a course - please contact richard@ebedcio.org.uk.
Individuals can now book on these courses online, through My EBU (choose ‘Book courses’ from the ‘Utilities’ menu). If the club wishes to book and pay for an individual then they should do so directly with Richard Banbury - 01296 317218 or by email: richard@ebedcio.org.uk
2019
Southern: Saturday 11th May at the EBU Headquarters in Aylesbury
Northern: TBC
Midlands: TBC
These are a one day course, beginning at 10:30am and ending no later than 4:30pm.
Further details available from Richard Banbury - 01296 317218 or by email: richard@ebedcio.org.uk.
To get ready for the preparation course - or to see if it may be suitable for you - please download this test paper consisting of 40 situations to consider. Some are book rulings, some judgement rulings and, in some cases, good old-fashioned common-sense. Some are quite intricate and others straightforward, but hopefully they will all make you think.
The provisional date for the 2019 is 14th - 15th September, most likely in Coventry.
Further details are available here, and from Richard Banbury - 01296 317218 or by email: richard@ebedcio.org.uk.