CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2008/2009
AUGUST 2008
1-3 EBU
Northern Summer Congress (Scarborough)
6 Wed Vic Morris Cup/Plate (4)
6 Wed Summer Pairs (3)
13 Wed Summer
Swiss teams (9)
20 Wed Summer Pairs (4)
21 Thu Three Counties (2) EMBA Spondon
27 Wed Summer Swiss teams (10)
3 Wed Summer Pairs (5)
7 Sun Friendly County Match v Manchester (H)
10 Wed Summer Swiss teams (11) Final Session
14 Sun Midlands Counties Championships v
Gloucestershire (A)
17 Wed India Cup
18 Thu Three Counties (3) EMBA Spondon
21 Sun The Midland Pairs Challenge Bowl
(Staffs)
24 Wed Teams-of-eight (1) Div 5 only
24 Wed Brigden Cup Round 1
27-8 S/S EBU Green Point Event – Derbyshire
(EMBA Spondon)
1 Wed Teams-of-eight (2)
8 Wed Eric White and Winter Plate (1)
12 Sun Midland Counties Championships v Staffordshire (H)
15 Wed Teams-of-eight (3)
22 Wed Eric White and Winter
Plate (2)
26 Sun Atkins Cup
29 Wed Teams-of-eight (4)
NOVEMBER 2008
5 Wed Eric White and Winter Plate (3)
12 Wed Teams-of-eight (5)
16 Sun Midland Counties Championship v Nottinghamshire (A)
19 Wed Eric White and
Winter Plate (4)
23 Sun Invitation Pairs
26 Wed Teams-of-eight (6)
29-30 S/S Tollemache Cup Qualifying Round
(Hinckley)
3 Wed Teams-of-eight (7) Div 5 only
3 Wed Brigden Cup Round
2
10 Wed Christmas Party
14 Sun Midland Counties Championships v Leicestershire (A)
17 Wed Teams-of-eight (spare) for completing 2008 matches before
Christmas
17 Wed Eric White and Winter Plate (5)
4 Sun Midland
Counties Championships v Lincolnshire (A)
7 Wed Teams-of-eight (8) Div 5 only
7 Wed Brigden Cup,
Round 3
14 Wed Teams-of-eight (9)
21 Wed National Pairs
Qualifying Round
24-5 S/S County Pairs Qualifying, Final and
Consolation Final
28 Wed Teams-of-eight (10)
FEBRUARY 2009
4-9 EBU
Overseas Congress
4 Wed Eric White and Winter Plate (6)
8 Sun Midland Counties Championships v Worcestershire (H)
11 Wed Teams-of-eight (11)
14-15 S/S Tollemache final (Hinckley)
18 Wed Eric White and
Winter Plate (7)
27-1
EBU Spring Congress
(Harrogate)
25 Wed Teams-of-eight
(12)
4 Wed Eric White and Winter Plate (8)
11 Wed Teams-of-eight (13)
14-15 S/S EBU Green Point Event, (Loughborough)
15 Sun Newcomers Pairs
18 Wed Eric White and
Winter Plate (9)
18 Wed Teams-of-eight
(14) Div 5 only
22 Sun Midland Regional National Pairs
Final (Solihull)
25 Wed Brigden Cup, Round 4
25 Wed County Trials (1)
APRIL 2009
1 Wed Eric White and Winter Plate (10)
5 Sun Midland Counties Championships v Oxfordshire
(H)
8 Wed BGB Simultaneous Pairs
15 Wed Brigden Cup
Round 5
15 Wed County Trials
(2)
22 Wed Summer Swiss
Teams (1)
26 Sun Midlands Mixed Pairs (EMBA Plate) and
Flitch (Flitch Cup)
25-6 S/S National Pairs Final (Hinckley)
29
Wed Vic
Morris Cup (1)
MAY 2009
6 Wed Summer Swiss (2)
7 Thu DCBA AGM
13 Wed Vic Morris Cup/Plate
(2)
16 Sat Garden Cities
Regional Finals (TBA)
20 Wed Summer Swiss (3)
23-25 EBU
Spring Bank Holiday Congress (Bournemouth)
27 Wed DCBA Mixed Pairs
Championship (Bill Pratt Trophy)
3 Wed Summer Swiss (4)
6-7 S/S Corwen Trophy (Hinckley)
10 Wed Brigden Cup, Round 6
10 Wed Summer Pairs – Smedley Salver (1)
13-14 S/S Pachabo Cup (Hinckley)
17 Wed Summer Swiss teams (5)
20 Sat Garden Cities Final (TBA)
24 Wed DCBA
Individual Championship (Gerry Fletcher Cup)
1 Wed Summer Swiss teams (6)
8 Wed Vic Morris Cup/Plate (3)
8 Wed Summer Pairs –
Smedley Salver (2)
15 Wed Summer Swiss Teams (7)
18-19 S/S EBU Green Point Event – Notts (EMBA Spondon)
22 Wed DCBA Men’s (Dodson
Shield) & Ladies’ (Corry Cup) Pairs Championships
23 Thu Three Counties (1)
EMBA Spondon
23-26 EBU
Northern Summer Congress (Scarborough)
29 Wed Summer Swiss teams (8)
AUGUST 2009
5 Wed Vic Morris Cup/Plate (4)
5 Wed Summer Pairs –
Smedley Salver (3)
12 Wed Summer Swiss teams (9)
14-23 EBU
Summer Congress (Brighton)
19 Wed Summer Pairs –
Smedley Salver (4)
20 Thu Three Counties (2) EMBA Spondon
26 Wed Summer Swiss teams (10)
2 Wed Summer Pairs – Smedley Salver (5)
9 Wed Summer Swiss teams (11) Final Session
16 Wed India Cup
17 Thu Three Counties (3) EMBA Spondon
20 Sun The Midland Pairs Challenge Bowl
23 Wed Teams-of-eight (1) Div 5 only
23 Wed Brigden Cup, Round 1
26-27 S/S EBU Green Point Event – Derbyshire (EMBA Spondon)