~ ~ 2! QUARTERLY 0 YOU ENJ DING ABOUT ? The fact that you rece1ve the E.B.U. nat you are a member of the E.B U. and to grea :1 i'volved in bridge. SO YOU SHOULD REA GAliN£ Bridge Magn1ne is the oldest pubhcat10I• Uti dg" 10 the world. It was founded In 1926 and Is still going stron • w1th subscribers In more than eighty countnes. This prosperity is no accident It Is based on a sound policy of using the best pr'nting , the best paper and above all th best contributors. The " regulars " Include · Terence R.... , bridge writer par excellence , Herold Franklin, Chrts Dixon, Rob Sheehan and John Serjeant, who report on current events ; Alan Hlron, a theoretician whose ideas are invanably stimulating. He Is also responsible for the bidding competition which appears In every is ue ; VIctor Mollo, whose witty " Hideous Hog " stories are a byword wherever bridge Is read and discussed ; Freddie North. There's always plenty of action when he partners Aunt Agatha ; Nlco G~ . G. c. H. Fox and Rhoda Lederer, three of the country's leading bridge teachers. The first-named answers read rs' queries In a feature called " Verdict " and the other two write instructive articles for average players ; Hugh Darwen and Paul Lukacs, each unsurpassed In this own field of double-dummy and single-dummy problems respectively ; Joe Amsbury, who d'rect " B dding Challenge ", a continuous bidding contest between two leading pairs, the winner in one month surviving to meet a new challenge In the following month ; Peter Plgot, who write about bridge In Ireland , Irving Rose, who write on backgammon ; P. F. SaundeR, creator of " Wilson " ; and dozens of occasion I contributors. Bridge Magazin founded the British Bridg Le gue nd gave to br dg the Gold Cup. It supports the E B.U. and the B.B.L., but Is q e ind pendent of them and Is thu free to comment on offlc al pollc or events. Bridge Magazine appe rs on the first d y of e ch month, 35p per ue, annual subscr ptlon £3.75. U th enclo d form to order from Bridg Magazine, 40 W kef ld Road, Leeds LS10 3TP, and obt In thirteen i u s for the pr ce of twelve. Br'dg Mag zln Is print d and publish d by John Waddington Ltd. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATI 0 OF THE ENGLISH BRIDGE U ION Edited by HAROLD FRA KLIN •••••• EDITORI L There are none of u so unrealistic as to imagine that the alation in the cost of livina should fail to touch our bridge acti itie . onethel our admini trators. in the main unpaid, have been so generou of their ervic and uch careful custodians of the intere ts of their members to make orpn· d duplicate bridge in the home countries I expen i e by far than in almost every member country of the World Bridge Federation. Encouraging though this picture may be, it d not ab I e one from the obligation to offer explanations where explanation are u ht. They hav been most frequently sought in respect of table mon y chars at are bea of national events uch u the Crockford's Cup, th pecial M ter Poin cate ory events, the Portland Cup, the are.a finals of the ation I Pair Championship. At all of these events the table fee are calculated to lance the o erhead , playing accommodation, hire and/or transport of tab! , tationery, Tournament Oirectol"5' fe and expen . At each uch e ent the Tournament Dir ctor is required to produc an itemised account which i ubmitted to the Hon. Treasurer of the E. B.U. and i filed. It would be helpful, we ar told, if competitors could now in ad ance, preferably by way of the competition brochure, what the e table ch r to be. Helpful rtalnly, but unfortunately not practicable. Venu r quire to be booked two years In advanc . A tum-out of 0 tab! a OJ' d to on of 60 tab! may well in olv the m major e pens of hire of ace mmodation, Tournament Directors, tr n portation. The t of pla.yin accommodation for ariou h of th m event m y ry between £25 and £250. Where ov rnight accommodation i in ol ed, comp tito who tay in the hotel hich hou the tournament mu t be more nerou ly treated in ter of tab! fee to the hotel. Space doe not permit more det il d e plan lion. May we hope our m mbers will ccept the urance that th officers, Council and Tournament Committee of the E.B.U. are ery con ciou of the need to make its tournamen a ailable to the Jar t po ible publi nd that keepin the co t down wtll help to achie e that end. U. k:e-CIIalnDan. Mr. J. G. Faulkner, a 36-year-old licitor from Essex, is the newly elected Vice-Chairman of the English Bridge nion. Althou&h he is the youngest man to hold thi office, Mr. Faulltner has already earned considerable distinction both a a player and a an administrator. He •• associated with Messrs. L. Tarlo and P. F. Spurway in the mammoth t of drafting the new Co titution of the E.B.U. and that, to ether with h' mce on the Tournament Committee and the Rul and Ethi Committee, hould constitute an excellent preparation for hi new office. As. ~ player Mr. Faulltner h. ~ice repre ented Great Britain in th~ P us Olymptad but perbap the hlghllgbt of hi tournament car er w m t~ 1970-71 season when hi succ included the ational Pair Champaorulup and the Gold Cup. • • B.B.L Del 1 t : the followin were elected E.B.U. del te to the B.B.L for 1974 / 75 : M. Blank, R. F. Corwen, H. cully, P. F. Spurway, K. t nle · E.L • I don Comm.ltt : the f llowina were elected to the E.B. · Selectio~ Committee for 1974 / 75 : M. Blank. G. L Butler, G. 0. ). C ke. E. C. Milo . R. A. Prlday, K. E. Stanley, . Tarlo. • • • • At the July me~ting of the Council of the E.B. the Chairman, Mr. R. F. Corwen, P!"d a tnbute to the rvic of Mr. W. or an-Bro n who "' no longer a aalable to erve as a dele te to the E.B. after d in . cootinu u_ for twenty-five years. During the who! of that period he had alm t a 100 . r ~rd of attendance both at the Council and at the Tournament Committee 10 whi.ch he had erv d . for mo t of th t period. Mr. Morgan-Brown w lsO 1 naor Tournament Dtrector of the E.B.U. for a liJte period. • • • • Congratulations to D. C. Rimmington and R. J. Rowlan on their attaioin the ran of Grand b ter. ) n when hould n t top m , e\ n in min r. :p. nd r may bid .T. aft r an inter- a t outb t 2 1 Pa 20 2H p 2Sp 2 .T. Responder d cide · the final c ntract. and conflicting d ir to find a di tribution I in 3 Sp 4-5-4-0 N.T. - ·5-0-4 uit ( in I ton or void) a bid hich m y b hown by tep r Quality BRIDGE STATIONERY All .,li,. St11tlo..,., n•lltliW ,._ A. L. 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