Blog posts

We have run a series of popular online seminars on the subject of building or rebuilding club membership following the change in play over the last couple of years.

In the latest instalment of the "Day in the Life" series of blog posts, EBU Competitions Administrator & Selection Committee Secretary  Louise Crisp describes her typical work day:

I wake up at 7:30am, while having breakfast I like to catch up with the daily news and have a snuggle with my cat Jess on the sofa. I leave my house at 8:45am to make the 5-minute journey to the office in Aylesbury.

In this week's blog Mike Dobson from the newly affiliated Crewkerne and Ilminster Bridge Clubs in Somerset, talks about the benefits of joining the EBU and the positive impact it has had on their members

With many clubs returning to face-to-face bridge in clubs and halls across the country, now is a great time to invite new members to your club. Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club are also taking advantage of their town's Heritage Day to coincide with the Tunbridge Wells Open Day, on Saturday 10th September.

The Summer Meeting took place last weekend in Eastbourne and was widely enjoyed by all.

In a rash moment I promised a list of restaurants for you to book your post bridge meals. N.B., they are in order of mention in my various blogs, and I haven’t eaten at all of them.

Before we delve into the bridge chronicles of the day, let’s take a step back to yesterday evening.

The weather has cooled down considerably last night and we managed to get a decent night of sleep.

The first three opponents of the day, Turkey, Norway and Bulgaria, proved not to be the toughest competition. Our players played very solid bridge throughout and waited for the IMPS to come their way. And they duly deed; we punished all of their mistakes (and we made a couple of our own) and in the end we scored over 54 VPs out of the three matches

After a night where the horrible heat has made sleeping uneasy, we were finally at the table playing bridge.

And by “we” I mean “they”. I wish I could play a few hands. Being a Non-playing captain is a bit of a torture.

I describe it to my non bridge playing friends as walking in a room where the best food in the world is on display; you are starving; everyone else around you is eating and you are not allowed to do so.