EVENTS FOCUS - Issue 9
Welcome to our ninth 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 sunny Riviera Congress, the Senior
Congress, and the Scarborough Summer Festival.
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 for more information.
Tournament players, now is the time to remind your club secretaries
about getting teams together for the Nicko and to encourage as many of
your club members to give it a go. The new format with Gold pointed seeded
teams gives everyone a good chance of progress in the most popular KO
tournament in the country
Finally, please don’t forget to take a look at our diary
changes page, here:
http://tinyurl.com/czvuqgq
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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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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/
SUMMER SENIOR CONGRESS
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A long weekend of bridge in the
popular seaside resort of
The event continues to be run at the popular Winter
Gardens in Eastbourne, and is supported by the Edith Kaplan Memorial Award of a
£500 enhancement to the overall prize fund.
To be eligible for this event, players must have their
60th Birthday or beyond during the calendar year (January - December) of this
event.
More information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/summer-seniors-congress
Book here: https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
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The Spa provides a splendid venue right on the sea front
with a relaxed holiday atmosphere, ideal for players new to national bridge
competitions. Players are advised to book the congress before booking their
accommodation.
More information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/scarborough
Book here: https://www.ebu.co.uk/members/
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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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A new event for 2013, with entry
fees and prizes specially reduced. 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.
More information: http://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/telford
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
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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,
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