Our Bridge – It’s A Big Deal! Festival is gathering momentum, with lots of clubs and counties organising a range of events and activities, from which the UMS will go to Cancer Research UK.
We are delighted to welcome Espen Gisvold to the organising committee while the Festival Co-ordinator Tony Russ steps back for a while due to health issues. Espen will be known to many in the Manchester area as a very active organiser and we are sure his energy and ideas will add to everything that is being planned.
As Tony steps back from his board duties temporarily, Abbey Smith will be the board member with responsibility for clubs, and she will be happy to offer any help she can. Jonathan Lillycrop our Club Liaison Officer, is also, as always, on hand. He organises our programme of seminars for clubs, the most recent of which, on the topic of scoring programs, attracted about 40 participants. Jonathan will be continuing with focus group meetings at which randomly selected groups of clubs are invited to meet to discuss how the EBU can better meet their needs.
We hope that bridge players will come together to celebrate, to spread the word that bridge is a wonderful game and that by working together we can have fun as well as playing our part in helping to beat cancer.
WHO CAN GET INVOLVED
We are inviting all clubs, counties and players to take part in this very special Festival. We hope to see as many clubs and bridge players at this first take on what we hope to be an annual event.
NEXT STEPS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART
If you think you may like to take part please do one or all of the following:
- Visit the EBU Festival webpage for more information
- Follow us on Facebook and join our Facebook Group
- Email us at festival@ebu.co.uk to confirm the dates for your event
- If you are a club or county official, you will receive a follow up email with all the details and resources for planning and running an event
You are welcome to make individual donations, the donation link is now live.
We look forward to this very exciting event and hope you will join us in celebrating the game of bridge by raising money for this important charity.
May 1, 2024