Ebu Calendar

English Bridge Union:- Events/Announcing/Scoring, and Statistics etc

(information kindly supplied by EBU)

Bridge Overseas will continue to arrange venues for some of our congresses,
until the end of Jan 2021, after which these arrangements and those for our
overseas congresses will be made by First for Bridge. It is often difficult to
make arrangements for these a long way in advance, so due to the schedule for
production for this diary, and the time scale covered, it is necessary to include
`venue TBC' against a number of events. We will confirm all venues as soon as
possible. All other details are correct at the time of going to print, but changes
may occur, often due to factors beyond our control. Please check the 'diary
changes' page of the EBU website for any changes or updates, and the individual
event webpage for specific information. Please confirm all dates, times, and
venues before making bookings for travel or accommodation.

www.ebu.co.uk/diary-changes www.ebu.co.ukicalendar

2020


November
6-8	Seniors Congress	Daventry
6-8	North East Congress	Gateshead
7-8	Premier League 3rd Weekend	Solihull TBC
12 - 14TBC	EBL Champions Cup	Venue TBC
21-22	Tollemache Cup Qualifier	Venue TBC
25	EBU AGM	Imperial Hotel, London
26NOV-6DEC	ACBL National	Tampa, Florida, USA
29	Metropolitan Cup	Windsor
December
12-13	Lady Milne Trial Stage 1	Venue TBC
19 - 20	Seniors Trial	Venue TBC
27 - 30	Year End Congress	London
28 - 30	Northern Year End Congress	Blackpool TBC

January
	8-10	Midland Counties Congress	West Midlands BC
	8-10	Camrose Trophy - 1st Weekend	Ireland, venue TBC
	11-14	British Winter Sim Pairs	Clubs
	15 - 17	Lady Milne Trial Stage 2	Venue TBC
	23 - 24	National Point-a-Board Teams	London
February
	1-4	Junior Squad Sim Pairs	Clubs
	3-9	First for Bridge Overseas Congress	Qawra, Malta
	12-14	Harrogate Spring Congress	Harrogate
	19 - 21	Junior Camrose/Peggy Bayer	Scotland, venue TBC
	20 - 21	Tollemache Cup Final	Venue TBC
	27 - 28	Ranked Masters Pairs	Venue TBC
	28	Masters Pairs	Various club venues

March
	5-7	Camrose Trophy - 2nd Weekend	Wales, venue TBC
	6	One day GP events	Bedfordshire, East Anglia,
			Leicestershire, Manchester, Wiltshire
	7	One day GP events	East Anglia, Kent,
			Merseyside & Cheshire
	8-11	Club Stratified Sim Pairs	Clubs
	13-21	ACBL National	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
	13 - 14	Hampshire Congress	Winchester
	19 - 21	Cumbria Congress	Bassenthwaite
	19 - 21	Norfolk Congress	Norwich
	21	National Pairs Regional Heats	Various club venues
	28	Portland Pairs	Various regional venues
April
	2-4	Northern Easter Festival	Venue TBC
	2-5	Easter Festival	London

	9-11	Devon Congress	Torquay
	10-11	National Pairs Final	Venue TBC
	12-15	British Spring Sim Pairs	Clubs
	16 - 18	Lady Milne Trophy	N Ireland, venue TBC
	17 - 18	Portland Bowl finals	London

24 - 25	Staffs & Shrops Congress	Venue TBC
23 - 2 May	Lambourne Jersey Festival	St Helier, Jersey
30 - 2 May	Cheltenham Congress	Cheltenham
30 - 4 May	Schapiro Spring Foursomes	Venue TBC
May
8	Garden Cities Regional Finals	Bradford, Bristol, Stamford, Richmond
10-13	EBED Spring Sim Pairs	Clubs
15 - 16	National Swiss Teams Congress	West Midlands BC
21 -23	Teltscher Trophy	England, Venue TBC
22	One day GP events	Avon, Northamptonshire, Sussex
23	One day GP events	Avon, Kent, Merseyside & Cheshire
29 - 31	Spring Bank Holiday Congress	Stratford-upon-Avon
June
5-6	Corwen Trophy	Venue TBC
12-13	Oxfordshire Congress	Woodstock
12-13	Pachabo Cup	Venue TBC
12-13	Yorkshire Congress	Harrogate
19	Garden Cities National Final	Solihull
26	One day GP events	Berks & Bucks, Leicestershire
27	One day GP events	Berks & Bucks, Dorset

July
2-4	English Riviera Congress	Torquay
9-11	Summer Seniors Congress	Eastbourne
15 - 25	ABCL National	Providence, Rhode Island, USA
17 - 18	London Congress	London
21 - 25	Scarborough Summer Festival	Scarborough
26 - 29	British Summer Sim Pairs	Clubs
31	One day GP events	Essex/Herts, Glos/Hereford, Notts
August
1	One day GP events	Essex/Herts, Glos/Hereford,
		Dorset, Manchester, Sussex
10-12	Northern Midweek Congress Summer Meeting	Venue TBC Eastbourne
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20-29	Summer Meeting	Eastbourne


Some dates for late 2020 and early 2021 are provisional and other events will be added to
the calendar in due course. Check www.ebu.co.uk/calendar for up-to-date information.

September
4-5	Bedford Congress	Bedford
4-5	Crockfords Cup & Plate Finals	Venue TBC
6-10	EBED Autumn Sim Pairs	Clubs
10-12	Isle of Man Congress	Douglas, Isle of Man
12	National Handicap Champ'ship Pairs	Various club venues
13 - 19	Guernsey Congress	Guernsey
17 - 19	Cornwall Congress	Bude (TBC)
18 - 19	Essex/Herts Congress	Ware
25 - 26	One day GP events	Cumbria/Westland, Derbys, Surrey
October
1-3	West of England Congress	Weston-super-Mare
2-3	Great Northern Swiss Pairs	Leeds
2-3	Felixstowe Congress	Felixstowe
6 -12 TBC	First For Bridge Overseas Congress	Venue TBC
9-10	Gold Cup Finals	London
11-14	British Autumn Sim Pairs	Clubs
22 - 24	Autumn Congress	Venue TBC
30 - 31	Lancashire Congress	Venue TBC
30 - 31	Malvern Congress	Worcester (TBC)
November
5-7	Seniors Congress	Venue TBC
5-7	North East BA Congress	Gateshead (TBC)
11-13	EBL Champions Cup	Venue TBC
20 - 21	Tollemache Cup Qualifying Rd	Venue TBC
25 - 5 Dec	ACBL National	Austin, Texas, USA
27 - 28	Middlesex Congress	Venue TBC
December
27 - 30	Year End Congress	London

28 - 30	Northern Year End Congress	Blackpool TBC

2022
January
7-9	Midland Counties Congress	Venue TBC
10-13	British Winter Sim Pairs	Clubs
22 - 23	National Point-a-Board Teams	Venue TBC

February
2 - 8 TBC	First for Bridge Overseas Congress	Venue TBC
7-10	Junior Squad Sim Pairs	Clubs
11-13	Harrogate Spring Congress	Harrogate
19 - 20	Tollemache Final	Venue TBC
26 - 27	Ranked Masters Pairs	Venue TBC
27	Masters Pairs	Various club venues

For more details of the events on this calendar you can go directly to the EBU web site and check out the very detailed calendar

http://www.ebu.co.uk/calendar

Licensed EBU Events

For further and future licensed events. please visit the EBU website.

You can book into events online at:

www.ebu.co.uk

or phone the Competitions Department

Nick: 01296 317 203 Dawn: 01296 317 219

or send in an entry form to:

English Bridge Union

Broadfields, Bicester Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8AZ

BEST BEHAVIOUR AT BRIDGE

Bridge is an extremely enjoyable game. Courteous behaviour is an exceptionally important part of that enjoyment. This guide serves as a brief reminder of how to behave at the bridge table. We are sure that all players naturally follow this code of conduct, but there are times when concentration and pressure can take their toil and it is for these situations that we issue this as a reminder.

Greet others in a friendly manner prior to start of play on each round.

Be a good `host or 'guest' at the table.

Make your convention card readily available to your opponents and fill it out completely.

Make bridge enjoyable for yourself, partner and opponents.

Give credit when opponents make a good bid or play.

Take care of your personal grooming.

Ensure that your mobile phone is turned off.

Enjoy the company as well as the game.

Remember that it is rude to criticise your partner or opponents in public, to be less than polite at the table, to gloat over good results or object to a call for the tournament director or to dispute or argue about a director's ruling.

If a player at the table behaves in an unacceptable manner the director should be called immediately. Annoying behaviour, embarrassing remarks, or any other conduct which might interfere with the enjoyment

of the game is specifically prohibited by Law 74A. Law 91A gives the director the authority to assess disciplinary penalties. This can include immediate disciplinary board penalties, and if a future violation is

incurred at the same event, disqualification from future competition in that event. Any further violations may result in a disciplinary hearingwhere the player's future participation in tournaments will be considered.