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A blast from the past

Ever wondered what Mr Ely Culbertson looked and sounded like?  Watch this short clip from the early 30s.

Note his name is pronounced "ee-lee"

 
MCBA Officers and Committee 2019/20

President: Paul Wilson

Vice Presidents: Jill Feldman & Gulab Shah

Chairman: Peter Hasenson 

Vice Chairman: Harish Patel

Treasurer: Pradip Shah 

Secretary: Debra Kleinman

Committee: Gary Diamond, Irene Fine, Lyn Fry, Harold Schogger,

Lewis Selby, Jacqui Tobias, Tony Waterlow

EBU Shareholders: 

Peter Hasenson, Harold Schogger
New EBU club director training course in early 2020

A new EBU club director training course has been set up to be hosted at Richmond BC, all taking place Jan to Mar 2020. The dates for the 4 days are as below.  Timings are 10.30 to 4.30 each day.

Jan 18th: How to run a club duplicate

Feb 1st : Day 1 Book rulings

Feb 29 : Day 2 Book & Judgement Rulings

March 21st : Assessment

Course information and full course calendar can be found here : http://www.ebedcio.org.uk/td-training  email   richard@ebu.co.uk
Watch 1983 TV Series “Master Bridge” on YouTube

Master Bridge was a TV series created and produced in England. It was broadcast on Channel 4 Television in 1983. Eight top bridge international players compete in an individual tournament, changing partners each round.
They are: Omar Sharif, Rixi Markus, Martin Hoffman, Zia Mahmood, Jeremy Flint, Robert Sheehan, Jane Priday and Irving Rose.
Bridge Warehouse
Bridge Warehouse
EBU Videos for TDs

New The EBU has created a series of videos featuring Gordon Rainsford to help club Tournament Directors deal with some of the more commonly occurring situations.

There are seven videos in the series: http://www.ebu.co.uk/laws-and-ethics/td-videos 

Introduction
The revoke
Opening lead out of turn
Unintended call
Insufficient bid
Call out of turn
Misinformation

Please remember that if one of these situations arises, you should, as a player, always call the director, and not try to sort this out yourself.

 
Update your record
Update your record

Middlesex is keen to contact members by email. We do this using the EBU database of members records. It maybe that your record is not up to date.

You can check it and amend it by going the the EBU website. Click here.

You will need your EBU number and password. You can obtain a password by clicking the "forgot password" box from the EBU if you don't have it.
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The EBU National Grading Scheme is available here

EBU tournament page can be found here
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Useful Links
This page specifically contains links to other sites or pages of interest to members. Click on the header to take you to the site or page.
EBU Official English Bridge Union Site
Bridge Great Britain

For news of The Gold Cup, The Camrose etc
EBED

The national charity for the promotion and development of bridge

 

 
Bridge Base Online Bridge Base Online

Online Bridge Service. Free software. Shows major tournaments on line.
Deep Finesse Interactive hand analyser
ECATS site ECATS site includes most simultaneous pairs results
American Bridge Magazine

US Bridge Magazine
Great Bridge Links A range of bridge links from all round the world
Mr Bridge A useful bridge site with a library of systems and conventions and a regular newsletter
Harold Schogger's Bridge Site
Bridge Club Live Bridge Club Live

On line Bridge Club. Chargeable but with discounted rate for EBU members
WBF Convention Card Editor WBF Convention Card Editor WBF Convention Card with versions for Windows 7 and older versions(Vista, XP)
Bridge Guys An active site of bridge links regularly updated and with an excellent glossary of bridge terms
Guardian report Zia in the Guardian reports on Middlesex member Dinah Caplan
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