Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information in the diary is accurate, some changes are made after the diary has gone to print. Please therefore note the following changes and additions to the information in the 2017-18 diary.
All corrections/updates were added to this page prior to the diary being distributed unless noted.
| Event/Item | Page | Notes | Added/updated |
| EBU Committees | 6 | Darren Evetts resigned from the Board on 26th November | 28/11/17 |
| Laws & Ethics Committee - Joined: Alan Wilson; Left: Robin Barker; New Chair: Heather Dhondy Selection Committee - Joined: David Bakhshi, Paul Barden, and Jeremy Willans; Left: Oliver Burgess, Paul Hackett, Tom Townsend |
28/11/17 | ||
| Barry Capal is no longer a member of the Editorial Board, following his retirement. He has been replaced by the new General Manager, Gordon Rainsford. | |||
| Current organisation of the EBU | 7 | Gordon Rainsford has replaced Barry Capal as General Manager | |
| Robin Barker has been appointed to the EBU staff as Deputy Chief Tournament Director - robin@ebu.co.uk | |||
| English Bridge Education & Development | 7 | Donna Wright has joined EBED as Chief Exceutive - donna@ebedcio.org.uk David Emerson (david@ebedcio.org.uk) and Claire Wheeler (claire@ebedcio.org.uk) have joined the staff Sue Maxwell retired in November 2017 |
30/1/18 |
| EBU Committees and Staff | 7 | Lou Hobhouse's telephone number is 07905 038575 | 11/9/17 |
| EBU Panel of Tournament Directors | 8 |
Robin Barker is now Deputy Chief Tournament Director Peter Randall's phone number is 07703 780800 Sarah Amos's number has changed to 07930 503746 Jonathan Lilycrop has been promoted to Senior Congress TD Neil Morley's phone number is now 01252 333885 |
30/1/18 |
| Best Behaviour at Bridge | 11 | Best Behaviour at Bridge has been updated - please see here for the updated version | 28/11/17 |
| Announcing and Alerting Summary | 20 | There have been some small additions to this in light of changes to the Blue Book in August 2017. Please see here for the updated summary. | 6/8/17 |
| Junior Entry Fees | 27 | The EBU Online Games are also excluded from those competitions in which juniors receive half price entry. | 23/8/17 |
| Guernsey Congress | 31 | Swiss teams schedule has been updated to three x eight board rounds as opposed to two x twelve board rounds as previously advertised. | 11/8/17 |
| Ranked Masters Pairs | 33 | This will be held at the Mercure Hotel in Daventry, not in Solihull as stated | 3/11/17 |
| National Pairs | 34 | The final will be held at Wyboston Lakes Resort, and not in Daventry as stated | 3/11/17 |
| Scapiro Spring Foursomes | 35 | This will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Warwick/Stratford-upon-Avon (not the Crowne Plaze as stated) | 22/01/18 |
| Corwen Trophy | 36 | This will be held at the Mercure Hotel in Daventry, not in Northampton as stated | 3/11/17 |
| Pachabo Cup | 36 | This will be held at the Park Inn in Bedford, not in Daventry as stated | 19/4/18 |
| The Summer Meeting | 37 | In 2018 this will be the Summer Festival. It will be held 3rd to 7th and 15th to 19th August, at various venues including the Royal National Hotel in London. For more details see the event webpage. | 21/11/17 |
| Northern Midweek Congress | 37 | This will now be held at the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, not in Wakefield as stated. | 21/11/17 |
| Entry deadlines | 39 | The deadline for entering the Online Knockout is now 8th January 2018. The deadline for entering the NICKO is 25th September 2017 | 21/11/17 |
| Junior and Schools Events | 40 | The 2018 Young Bridge Challenge will take place on 10th March | |
| EBU Residential Events | 43 | The Really Easy Weekend in October will take place at the Hilton Hotel, Warwick, not in Stratford-upon-Avon | |
| Premier League | 44 | This year there will be three divisions. On the first weekend Division 3 will play at Wimbledon BC. On the second weekend they will play at the Young Chelsea BC. | |
| August 2018 | The dates for the 2018 Summer Meeting are confirmed as 3rd to 7th and 15th to 19th August | 3/11/17 |