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It is actually very simple - it is very like a normal club
night with a few enhancements! We aim to make it as easy as
we can for you, and provided you follow a few simple rules
as you go along there really is nothing to worry about.
So where do you start - you start by deciding which event
you want to run. For the UK based events your club doesn't have to be affiliated to
any Home Union or Federation except for the EBU events
for which your club must be affiliated to the English
Bridge Union. For the World Wide your club must be affiliated to its own National Federation.
So - you have "named the day". Now you need to email
us and
let us know that you want to run it .. if it is an event run
by a different organisation we will pass the email on to
the relevant person.
The information we need is quite simple:
Just email us and tell us:
The Clubname
The name, address and telephone number of the heat organiser or TD - the person we will send the organiser pack to
A contact email address for the club (makes our life much easier if we have that !)
A contact telephone number for the list of participating clubs that goes on the website (optional, of course)
The postcode of the actual venue (or somewhere nearby), so that we can pinpoint you on our map.
The event(s) and date(s) you want to play
The number of tables you expect to have - so that we can send you enough booklets
It's as easy as that. Now you need to get going and advertise the event to your members, and perhaps let other clubs in the area know you are running it if you want to include visitors on the night.
About 2 / 3 weeks before the event you will receive an organiser pack containing everything you need. Please open it immediately - all the hands are sealed so you can safely do so, then you can read the instructions and check you have everything in hand. The pack will contain sufficient booklets based on the number of tables you have told us, a set of travellers with the hands printed on for making up the boards, and the aforementioned instructions.
Please note that the general regulations follow the EBU regulations, and we request that you have a minimum of 3 tables in play, and that each player plays at least 18 boards. However if this is impossible, we would still prefer that you join in and play - if your pairs happened to win, we couldn't let them actually take the top places, as I am sure you will understand, but we can still do something !
The major rule (my own personal one, nothing official) is
... whatever happens, DON'T PANIC! We are always here to help
and in nearly 21 years of running anything up to 25 Simultaneous
Pairs a year - that's about 650 of them ! - I have only once
had a heat that we really couldn't score.
Do email Anna if you have any further queries! She is here to help.
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