Leicestershire Contract Bridge Association
Leicestershire Contract Bridge Association
| Saturday 14 April | Essentials | £36 or £18* |
| Saturday 19 May | Book Rulings | £41 or £20.50* |
| Saturday 16 June | Judgement Rulings | £41 or £20.50* |
| Saturday 21 July | Assessment | £46 or £23* |
*Affiliated clubs may send two club members for the price of one but must adhere to EBU conditions.
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Syllabus:
Essentials - This covers the role of the Club Director, the basics of movements and scoring and an introduction to the Law Book. There is now a greater emphasis on people-handling issues and the skills needed to ensure a harmonious and happy atmosphere is maintained within the Club duplicate. Correspondingly, there is less emphasis on scoring; as even the smallest club usually now uses computer scoring. Players new to directing are now strongly recommended to attend this course as the first in the series.
Book Rulings - This workshop explains how to deal with all the everyday problems which arise at the table - revokes, leads out of turn, insufficient bids and so on, using lots of simulations and role-playing to give valuable practice in handling rulings.
Judgement Rulings - This course deals with the trickier rulings, where you can't usually make an automatic decision but need to exercise judgement. Though arising less frequently in most clubs, judgement rulings can cause much bigger problems than book rulings and the club director must know how to handle them correctly.
Assessment - Though also giving lots of useful practice in rulings, this day is primarily to assess performance, successful participants being awarded a Club Director's Certificate of Competence. A 'Pass with Distinction' is available for those who do particularly well on the Assessment course, to recognise high levels of performance. To achieve a Distinction, participants will need to show a good attitude towards players and the right way of approaching the table, as well as a good knowledge of the Law book.
(November 2011)