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.
Club Director Training
EBED’s Club Director Training course is designed for any player who wants to develop their knowledge of the laws or who want to become a qualified director to support their club.
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.
EBED have published a list of the Teacher Training courses for 2020. Click here to view the schedule of courses on offer next year.
How to run a club duplicate
This course does exactly as it sounds, and helps those who have to run club sessions to understand the basics that are required to make a game of bridge run smoothly, including movements and scoring. The dates in the calendar so far are:
Richmond (Surrey) - Saturday 18th January 2020
Wallingford - Saturday 18th January 2020 - course being run by local club. Contact Richard at EBED for more details
Solihull (WMBC) - Tuesday 18th February 2020
Spondon (East Mids) - Sunday 22nd March 2020
For more details, please contact richard@ebedcio.org.uk. Any further dates will be added to the calendar in due course.
Club Director Training Courses
This is a 3-day course, focused on the Laws and giving rulings at the table. It includes both "Book" and "Judgement" rulings which have to be given by a director at the typical club level, and finishes with an assessment. See here for more details.
Courses will be held at:
Aylesbury, (EBU HG), Barnsley, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Richmond (Surrey), Solihull (WMBC), Spondon (East Mids) and Wallingford.
Please check the calendar for the date of the three sessions at each venue.
There will also be a course in Eastbourne when the Summer Meeting is held there in August 2020.
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
County TD Training Courses
More advanced training is also provided for aspiring County Directors.
Advanced TD Training Day
A 1-day Advanced TD Training Day in spring is for those who need some practice at the type of material that will be tested on the main weekend in the autumn. It is also suitable for those who want a 'refresher day' but who do not intend to go any further.
2020 Dates:
Saturday 30th May at the EBU Headquarters in Aylesbury (course fee £55)
Friday 7th August at EBU Summer Meeting in Eastbourne (course fee £55)
Northern venue still 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.
County Directors' course
The County Directors' course is for qualified Club Directors who will normally have at least one year's experience of directing and some experience of organising events at County level. The prime objective of the course is to assess candidate's experience to become fully qualified County Directors, based on their performance in the exercises therein. The course is a mixture of table simulations, lecture and written assessment. The date for 2020 is 19th - 20th September, in Coventry. It will be run by English Bridge Education and Development. For further information please Click Here
Further details are available here, and from Richard Banbury - 01296 317218 or by email: richard@ebedcio.org.uk.