I English Bridge December 2006 ~ . ~ ~., ... ,: 4 • QUEEN OF MONTENEGRO 4 • VILA GALE, ESTORIL 18 May & 24 Sept - 14 n ights from £589 Xmas 06 - 14 nights ALMOST SOLD OUT 16 Mar & 14 Oct - 1 0 nights s• SUNRISE QUEEN, SIDE Xmas 06 - 14 nights VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY 13 & 27 Feb - 14 & 28 nights available from O NLY £429 s• EL MOURADI PALACE, PORT EL KANTAOUI 07 Jan - 28 nights from ONLY £459 shorter stays available 4 • BALCON DE EUROPA, NERJA 14 Jan - 14 nights £425 Book now and receive free upgrade to half boardl SANDS BEACH VILLAS RESORT, LANZAROTE . 18 Jan & 01 Feb- 7, 14 & 28 nights. PARK HOTEL, SAAS FEE, SWISS ALPS 04 Od - 14 nights 16 June - 14 nights A quality ocean front resort with excellent facilities. Well recommended and booking fostl 4* HOTEL PRINCIPE PALACE, s• GRAND RESORT, HURGHADA VENETIAN RIVIERA 16 Sept- 14 n ights 19 Jan - 14 nights £535 HOTEL BELLE AURORE, CAP FERRAT BANGKOK & BEACH 25 Sept - 1 0 nights 01 Feb - 21 nights O nly 4 rooms remaining! 4• GRAN BALl BENIDORM CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 03 Mar - 14 nights full board ONLY £384 Join us for our popular festive celebrations HOLIDAY INN TELFORD/ IRONBRIDGE I PRAGUE- 4• HOTEL KAMPA 24 & 29 Dec 06 - 4, S & 9 nights from £329. 26 Mar - 4 nights B&B ··J Many low cost flights from regional airports available. Book ea rly to guarantee best fares. THREE COUNTIES HEREFORD n' ~ 30 Dec 06 - 3 nights £279 ., WOODCROFT TOWERS BOURNEMOUTH 25 Feb, 01 Apr & 03 Jun - 5 nights from £229 An all time favourite venue CHADWICK, LYTHAM ST. ANNES 11 Mar - 3 nights £179 THE MANOR EXMOUTH 29 Mar - 5 nights only £249 SOUTHERN IRELAND BRIDGE BREAKS s• DIVAN MARES, ICMELER 16 Apr- 14 nights THE BALTIMORE HARBOUR HOTEL 24 Se pt & 08 Od - 7, 14 & 28 nights 1 0 Jun - 5 nights £249 low single supplement for April dates. ACTONS HOTEL KINSALE 4 • HOTEL ASTORIA, LAKE MAGGIORE 28 Sep - 1 0 nights £449 01 Jun- 12 nights Quoli.ty hotels! both centra lly positioned in 4 • HOTEL LUNA, GOLDEN SANDS stunmng locations and offering excellent food and Ma y & Sept - 14 nights from ONLY £384 leisure facilities. Excellent value for singles HOTEL PARENTIUM, CROATIA THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, TELFOR D 07 May & 24 Sept - 14 nights from £479 06 Apr - 3 nights £189 Sold out on previous holidays - early booking recommended A special singles event. NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS. English Bridge Editor: Brian Cook Help us and £500 towards a Hill Crest, 8 Kingsley Road, Kingsbrldge, Devon T07 1EY Tel: 01548 852565 bridge holiday could be yours! email: [email protected] TilE EBU would like you to help it to help you! www.ebu.co.uk and clicking on the Member Editorial Board We want to be able to provide the right informa­ Survey link on the front page. Sally Sugden (Chairman), tion at the right time to our members and to If you do not have access to the Internet please Jeremy Dhondy and Brian Cook develop our services to meet your needs. And if complete the paper copy of the survey, which is Advertisement Manager you help us you will be entered in a draw for a inserted in this magazine. You can send it back to 1 Harpreet Gill at Blue2 £500 Bridge Overseas holiday voucher, which can us in the Freepost envelope, which is also enclosed jl Charlton House, Old Estate Yard, be spent on any of their holidays up to the end of Hurry though: the prize draw takes place on East Hendred, Oxford, OX12 BLL 2007. January 15. The winner will be announced on our · Tel: 01235 833060 fax: 01235 862589 We would be grateful if you could complete our website on January 16 and in the February issue of harpreet.glll0blue2deslgn.com online member survey by going to our website E11glisll Bridge. Printing: St lves (Andover) pic ___. ·--·· - Artwork: Blue 2, 01235 862587 I ngh ... h ll11dgl' l n1on Broadfietds, Blcester Road, Aylesbury HP19 8AZ CONTAcnNG THE EBU Back in the chair Tt l: D1211 3172110 flz: D1211 317221 PETER Stocken was elected Stockens, since three of his four poslmatttOtlll.co.ull chairman of the English Bridge children are adept at the art, and Wtlllllt: www.lllu.co.ull Union at its AGM in October. the fourth generation, in the per­ Blldp plly DDIIat: He was formerly chairman from son of his grandson, Max, aged www.llrldgecltiiiiVI.CDIII 1994 to 1999. Previously he had six, has already cut his first jigsaw. Direct EBU helpllnes and emaD addresses been chairman of Doncaster In 1973 Peter devised a unique (STD code 01296 for al telephone numbers and Bridge Club and on the manage­ suffix Oebu.co.uk for all email addresses) form of three-dimensional puz­ ment committee of Yorkshire zle carved from exotic woods and Telfpholll Email CBA before he was first elected he has been making them ever Accounts 31721D accoun1 to the EBU Board in 1988, since. Owners of his puzzles are a Bridge lor All 317217 bfa becoming vice-chairman the fol­ roll-all of the Good and the Bridge Shop 317151 brldge.shop lowing year. Peter Stocken Great, including Stevie Wonder, Competition en1ry 317203 comps On his retirement from both Margaret Thatcher, Leonard Development 31-m. the board and the chairmanship Boris growled to his partner, Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim -· Education 317211 ebuta in 1999, he received the EBU's Tony Priday: 'The little rascal's Laws & Ethics 317211 lecsec even the Queen has one. A few Licensing of events 317215 license prestigious Gold Award for his feet couldn't even reach the floor: years back Country Life featured Master Points 317202 points services to the union and was Zebedee and his two brothers, Peter as one of its 'National living Membership 317201 ebu made a vice-president He Jack and Simon, all now earn treasures~ Technical services 317207 technic returned to the board for one their living from teaching the And, of course, he is totally Tournament orgn. 317204 to urns year in 2003 to help put in place game up and down the country. committed to the English Bridge EBU STAFF the EBU's new constitution. Peter started his own business Union: tum to page 5 Use suffix Oebu.co.uk for aU email addresses Peter has lived in Yorkshire for in 1972, making hand-cut jig­ General Mwger lany Clpll barry the last 30 years in a remote 18th saws, following in the footsteps of century farmhouse that he his mother, who cut her first jig­ INSIDE GUIDE Otrlu Admfniltllt/qa w a rebuilt from a ruin. His wife, saw in 1915. There are now three Olfa Mr1ager Karen Darrall karend Dinah, is a recorder and a district generations of jigsaw-cutting Zia wins Lederer 7 Webmaster Anna Gudge anna Mniisllalioo AssistrtKar carter kay judge and all the family play look for the Michael Byrne in Office Assistant Clere Dumlllrton clare bridge. When the children were praise of youth 9 in their teens the family played in orange flash! AmJmiJ Readers' letters 11 gaU every EDU tournament that the Where you see Accounts Assistant Gell Nancarrow demands of money and educa- this flash Is Membership tion allowed. At the age of 12 where you will Learn with Landy, Administrator Eileen Maunder eileen Bird, Senior, Kambites Zebedee, the youngest, doubled find Instructional Club and Master Points and Townsend 13-21 Admmlslrator Colin Porcll colin Boris Schapiro in the Guardian material In Bridge Shop Prize defence 21 sueh Easter Pairs for B,OO,,~a~fte~r~w~h~ic'h··fnigil~/sih~B~ri/digieiiii. Administrator Sue Humphrls Bridge crossword Andrea Morgan andrea! Telesales Assistant and Sudoku 23 Trading Assistant Pat Newsham pel j Toum~mcnt QrpJttm.IDl EBU news and diary 24-25 max Tournaments Manager Mil Bivin Learn with Scerri hlmilislla!UI AssistlniDawn Mertens dawn Bakhshi and Pain 27-29 Administrators Gilt Pain gill Peter Jordan peter 1 Overseas congress news 30 lan Mitchell ian Heather Dhondy's EduuUoa DIDJttm.IDl China report 31 EdlcJtioo M.nJger John P1ln john Yoothrd alison Jeremy Dhondy EdlcJtioo Offi;er Alison Nicolson answers your questions 33 Administrator Us• Miller lisa Dcnl@mrat DrpMlmJJJJ Cansmo obituary 35 villiI Development Man.1Qet VIlliI Ojala County news 37-45 Camu1i::a1xJ1s QlbMichael Cll It michael December 2006 [nohsh BndQt' 3 3rd EUROPEAN OPEN SWISS TEAMS EVENT 9 - 12 February 2007 (3 nights) BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS, £235 per person, full board Prizes to include The Ardington Cup and complementary ANTALYA, TURKEY weekend stay for the winning team 15th - 30th june 2007 MASTERPOINTS WEEKENDS 2007 Had you thought about playing in these championships? February 23 - 25 £159 (2 nights) Have you ever thought about what the real Turkey has to April13 - 16 £240 (3 nights) (Depart after lunch Monday, 6 Bridge Seminar) As specialists in tailor made holidays. we think th~t the Antalya Championships are.a fan~sbc oppo~untty ~o June 15 -17 £186 (2 nights) combine some or lots of bndge w1th an amazmg holiday Bridge hosted and directed by John and Linda Taylor to this beautiful, fascinating country. Bridge licensed by the EBU Bridge + Istanbul r--------~ Bridge + the Turquoise Coast Bridge + Cappadoccia Bridge + Gulet Cruise In fact, Bridge plus anything you like! It's an ideal time to start planning your visit to the Championships and we are the people to tell you the best pl~ces and. accom~oda­ tions to stay in. just want to play 1n the m1xed pa1rs? Only want to play in the open events? You decide on the Bridge and let us ·show you a good time· for as long as For further information please telephone: you like to idyllic places.