EVENTS FOCUS - Issue 8
Dear Roger
Welcome to our eighth 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 famous Schapiro Spring Foursomes,
the ever popular Spring Bank Holiday Congress, the new Oxford Belfry Midweek
Congress, the Corwen Trophy, and the sunny Riviera Congress.
In
addition to the below events, we would like to take this opportunity to remind
our readers about the new Accommodation Booking Service (ABS). The
service will be operated by Bridge Overseas, a company with a proven track
record in dealing with hotels, both arranging bookings and in dealing with any
issues that might arise.
The
aim is to provide a comprehensive service that is quick and easy to use which
will have some of the best negotiated rates that can be had.
Please
visit http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/abs.htm for more information.
Finally, please don’t forget to take a look at our diary
changes page, here: http://www.ebu.co.uk/general/announcements/diarychanges.htm
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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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SCHAPIRO
SPRING FOURSOMES
3-7
MAY 2013
ONLY ONE
SPACE AVAILABLE!
One
of the greatest events in the bridge calendar.
The
principal event, the Schapiro Trophy, has become one of the toughest events in
domestic bridge. It is run on double-elimination lines over nine sessions, each
of 32 boards. Play starts at
arrangement in place for this event, prizes are approximately twice the normal
EBU value (e.g. approximately £1600 - £2000 for the winning team based on the
typical size of the original entries).
A
secondary event, the Punchbowl, is open to teams eliminated before Sunday
evening. It has a round-robin qualifier followed by a mini knock-out.
The Hamilton
Cup is a more relaxed event for teams seeking a game on Bank Holiday Monday
(start 11.30am).
More
information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/schapiro-spring-fours
Book here: https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
SPRING
BANK HOLIDAY CONGRESS
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Relaxed,
popular congress held in
The
Championship Pairs is a four-session event with a two-session qualifying round on
the Saturday, leading to a pair of two-session 'all-play-all' finals on Sunday.
More
information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/schapiro-spring-fours
Book here: https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
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Come and discover one of the most beautiful English
counties, with the most inspiring city at its heart. Oxfordshire has a truly
varied and stunning rural landscape. The midweek congress 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. Entry
fees and prizes are specially reduced for this particular congress.
On Wednesday morning, the EBU will be providing a coach to
More information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/oxford-belfry
Book here: https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
ENGLISH
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A summer congress at the fabulous Riviera Centre which
overlooks the bay in Torquay, featuring a one-day Swiss Teams event on the
Friday, followed by a two-day Swiss Pairs event on the Saturday and Sunday.
All events are Level 4.
More information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/riviera-congress
Book here: https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
GERARD FAULKNER SALVER
Introduced in 2002, the Seniors Knockout Teams for the
Gerard Faulkner Salver has proved to be very popular. It is open to teams
consisting of four to six players, all of whom are EBU members born in 1953 or
earlier.
This year the Gerard Faulkner Saver will see a new format
allowing all non-seeded teams to play in at least two matches. Teams losing
their first round match will then be paired with another losing team from round
1 and the winner of this tie will progress to round 2.
A minimum of four and maximum of eight teams will be seeded.
Seeds will be exempt from the first two rounds, and will not meet until the
quarter finals. Teams defeating seeds adopted seeded status.
The event is played as a knockout throughout, with matches
played privately. Matches prior to the semi-finals will be played over 32
boards, the semi-finals 40 boards, and the final 48 boards. Matches in the
early stages will be arranged so as to avoid long journeys wherever possible.
More information, please view: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/gerard-faulkner-salver
Looking further ahead…
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The Brighton Summer Congress will be an exciting ten days
this year: bookings are already 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 will group
events other than the two main weekend competitions under the umbrella title
This means that you can play as little or as much bridge
as you like, taking advantage of new events and new timings to reduce the
number of nights spent in hotels, or to get home earlier, or so that you can
relax for a little longer in the wonderful city of Brighton. Download our
special
The latest events to be added to the Congress schedule are
an Under 25s Championship Pairs, all day on the Tuesday;, and a Point-a-Board
teams on the afternoon of Friday August 16th – ideal for teams who
arrive early for the weekend and want to try out this interesting and unusual
scoring method.
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/
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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 Coming Soon page for more
information (http://www.ebu.co.uk/general/frontpage/default.htm).
Until then, enjoy your bridge and we'll be here next month
with another edition of Events Focus. May we also take this opportunity to wish
you a happy Easter break.
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Best regards,
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Email: comps@ebu.co.uk
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