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s JUNE 2008

6&7 Worldwide Sim Pairs

Clubs OLYMPIAD YORK SUCCESS FOCUS ON VALUE

14-15 Pachabo Cup

Hinckley WOMEN’S STORY TEACHER

21 One-day events: TRIALS TRAINING

Gloucestershire / MANY thanks to all those COURSES

Herefordshire IN the event that the who visited our Bridge

21 Garden Cities National Final Courses for new teachers

Solihull

Women’s Team selected to Awareness Day on 13 April

22 One-day events: play in the 2008 European 2008 at the National Railway West Midlands BC 11-13 July

Bedfordshire, Dorset, Championships does not Museum, York. It was a very Aylesbury EBU HQ

Glos/Herefordshire, finish in the top six places, successful day with over one 31 Oct – 2 Nov

Kent, Lincolnshire

the European team will play hundred visitors who came

27-29 English Riviera Congress £195 for the Full Course

Torquay a head-to-head match on along to learn MiniBridge.

28-29 Oxfordshire Congress 14th and 15th August at Visitors were also treated to a

Steventon

Courses include

Brighton to determine the match with our England

how to teach bridge,

team that will represent Junior international team

s JULY 2008 what to teach,

4-6 Summer Seniors Congress

England at the 2008 playing against the York

short teaching practice,

Eastbourne Olympiad in Beijing from Bridge Club. The EBU shared

how to recruit,

4-6 Northern Seniors Congress 3rd – 18th October. the day with the English

Harrogate

how to retain and

If you would like to be Chess Federation.

14-17 European Youth Pairs how to turn your students

part of the team to challenge We plan to hold other

Championships into a partner club.

Wroclaw, Poland the European team, please awareness days across

17-27 (American Summer apply to Sandra Claridge, England, and will advertise Further details from

Nationals) Selection Committee future dates soon. Thank you

Las Vegas

01296 317217

Secretary (e-mail: to all our volunteers who or e-mail

19 One-day events

Essex / Hertfordshire, claridge31@tiscali.co.uk or helped during the day,

lisa@ebu.co.uk

Nottinghamshire 01844 208629) by 4th especially Phil Godfrey and

20 One-day events July. the York Bridge Club.

Devon, Essex /

Hertfordshire,

Nottinghamshire, Sussex,

Manchester

28 & 29 BGB Summer Sim Pairs

CLUB DIRECTOR COURSES – 2008

Clubs ESSENTIALS £33

31-3 Aug Northern Summer Congress

Scarborough

Brighton 1th

Monday 1 August Playford, Nr Ipswich

Leicester Saturday 27th September A 2-day course covering Essentials, Book Rulings

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and Judgement Rulings, Sat Oct 1 and Sat Nov

s AUGUST 2008 EBU HQ Aylesbury Wednesday 15th October

15. For these courses only, please book with Peter

Welwyn Garden City 1th

Saturday 1 October

8-17 Brighton Summer Congress Stansfield.

Brighton BOOK RULINGS £38 01394 382394 or email pns@uwclub.net.

11-13 Really Easy Summer Honiton Saturday 21st June Cost: £60 for the 2-days or £30 for just one day.

Congress Brighton Tuesday 12th August

Brighton Leicester Saturday 25th October

27-29 Teachers’ Jamboree EBU HQ Aylesbury Wednesday 12th November County Course

Loughborough University Open to qualified club directors with at least one

Welwyn Garden City Saturday 22nd November

29-31 Junior Teach-in year's experience of directing and some experience

Loughborough University JUDGMENT RULINGS £38 of organising events at county level. It is preferred

Chobham Saturday 28th June that you have the approval of your CBA.

s SEPTEMBER 2008 Honiton Saturday 26th July

1-5 WBU Autumn Sim Pairs Brighton Wednesday 13th August County Refresher Course

Clubs Leicester Saturday 22nd November Open to those who have previously been success-

5-7 National Women's Teams EBU HQ Aylesbury Wednesday 10th December ful on the County Course.

Hinckley

Welwyn Garden City Saturday 17th January 09 80

Cost: £1 to cover all course fees and materials,

5-7 Premier League

ASSESSMENT £43 one night DBB, Sunday finger buffet and three

TBA

servings of tea/coffee.

11-14 Isle of Man Congress Wormbridge, Hereford Saturday 28th June max of

Douglas (2 dates available) Sunday 13th July }8 per day Park Inn Birmingham West Hotel, Birmingham Road,

13-14 Bedford Congress Chobham Saturday 26th July

West Bromwich B70 6RS Sept 13th and 14th.

Towcester Brighton Thursday 14th August

15-16 EBU Autumn Sim Pairs For further information, or to

Honiton Saturday 6th September

Clubs

19-28 Guernsey Congress and

Leicester Saturday 5th December register for a course

Seniors Congress EBU HQ Aylesbury Wednesday 14th January 09 01296 317203

Guernsey Welwyn Garden City Saturday 7th February 09 or email peter@ebu.co.uk

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