EVENTS FOCUS - Issue
11
Welcome to our
August edition of Events
Focus; keeping you up to date with forthcoming
events and providing news on changes that we hope will improve your enjoyment of
our varied calendar, with less travel for many, no hotel bills, earlier start
and finish times. We'll be releasing this each month, so you can keep fully
up-to-date with what's going on.
Lots of highly
enjoyable events coming soon, including the Brighton Summer Congress, Telford
Midweek Congress, and so much more!
Please don't
forget to book your team in the Crockfords Cup. Deadline for entry is 5
September 2013. More information:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/crockfords
In
addition to the below events, we would like to take this opportunity to remind
our readers about the Accommodation Booking
Service (ABS). The service is operated by Bridge Overseas. Please
visit http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/abs for
more information.
Please don’t forget to take a look
at our diary changes page,
here: http://tinyurl.com/czvuqgq
Finally,
each edition of Events Focus will now include an article or two written
especially for our tournament players. This month, we include an article by Ian
Swanson from the recent Crockford's Plate Final. This can be viewed here:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/node/1042
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It’s easy to
enter any of the events below, or read all about the competitions, or choose the
events you want to attend, by simply visiting https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/ and
booking online through your personal members’ area. You can also contact Peter
or Dawn during office hours on 01296 317203/219 or by emailing comps@ebu.co.uk
to enter or get further information.
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BRIGHTON SUMMER
CONGRESS
9 - 18 August
2013
The Brighton Summer Congress will
be an exciting ten days this year: bookings are significantly higher than this
time last year; we expect lots of international bridge players to attend; more
young bridge players are attending; plus there are lots of new events available
to bridge players of all standards. The Congress has a wide range of bridge
events to choose from - meaning that the congress is a very popular venue for
all bridge players. Come and try it this year!
Building on 2012’s innovations,
the EBU has grouped events other than the two main weekend competitions under
the umbrella title
Remember too that we have set up a
Brighton Discussion Group so you can find a bridge partner;
provide tips on where to park or stay; recommend your favourite restaurant; or
tell everyone about your favourite
Book here:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
TELFORD MIDWEEK
CONGRESS
27 - 29 August
2013
A new event for
2013, with entry fees and prizes specially reduced. Our Telford Midweek Congress
follows on from our successful recent mid-week congress near Oxford, and is a
fully Green Pointed Tuesday to Thursday midweek congress featuring a 3 session
‘all play through’ Championship Pairs event and a one day Swiss Teams event Both
events will be ‘stratified’ into three categories according to the actual entry,
with Green Points and prizes being awarded based both on the overall ranking
list and on the lower half of the field ranking list. Come and try our midweek
congress!
More
information:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/telford
Book here:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
GUERNSEY
CONGRESS
20 - 29
September 2013
The venue is set in the
picturesque parish of St Martin which takes in many of the traditional
More
information:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/guernsey-congress
Book here:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
EBU
OVERSEAS
4 - 10
February 2014
The Spring Overseas Congress is
sponsored by Bridge Overseas. Attendance at this congress is exclusive to
delegates booking their package with Bridge Overseas. Please note that we are
now running the Bridge England Sim Pairs instead of the Pre-Congress Pairs as
printed in the Brochure.
Please contact Bridge Overseas to
book the accommodation set out or to arrange a bespoke package.
Please contact
More information:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/malta-congress
Book here:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
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COMING
SOON…
We have many more exciting and
interesting bridge events coming up in the future.
Please have a look at our
Competitions page for more information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions.
Until then, enjoy your bridge and
we'll be here next month with another edition of Events Focus.
Best regards,
Tel: 01296 317
203/219
Email: comps@ebu.co.uk
English Bridge Union
Limited.
Tel. 01296 317200; Fax. 01296 317220
Registered Office:
Broadfields,
Registered in