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Just came across this event by accident when browsing the FIDE website.

Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel in Birmingham Airport, Coventry Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B26 3QW.
Lecturers: IA Alex McFarlane (SCO), IA Lara Barnes (ENG).
Organiser: Four Nations Chess League.
Information: Alex Holowczak, e-mail: [email protected]

FIDE News Item: http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... gland.html
Full details & registration: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/fide/information_ ... biters.htm

The results of the Arbiters Seminar have been on the FIDE website for a couple of weeks but I've only just noticed them.
http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... sults.html

There seems to have been an interesting mix of participants ranging from new starters to some very experienced ECF Arbiters.
Congratulations to everyone who succeeded in gaining the IA norm.

Incidentally, I don't recall the results of the seminar being listed on the ECF website.

Michael Flatt wrote:Incidentally, I don't recall the results of the seminar being listed on the ECF website.

Shh! Don't ask, don't tell!

By the way, it is an FA norm, not an IA norm.

Michael Flatt wrote:Incidentally, I don't recall the results of the seminar being listed on the ECF website.

I honestly cannot recall any previous suggestion that they should be.

To the best of my recollection there have been five FIDE Arbiters' Seminars in England so far. I think that it would be a sensible idea to have a page headed "Results of FIDE Arbiters' Seminars", with links to the announcements on the FIDE website. That could then be updated each time a seminar is held.

Comments welcome.

David Sedgwick wrote:

Michael Flatt wrote:Incidentally, I don't recall the results of the seminar being listed on the ECF website.

I honestly cannot recall any previous suggestion that they should be.

To the best of my recollection there have been five FIDE Arbiters' Seminars in England so far. I think that it would be a sensible idea to have a page headed "Results of FIDE Arbiters' Seminars", with links to the announcements on the FIDE website. That could then be updated each time a seminar is held.

Comments welcome.

http://arbiters.fide.com/seminars/repor ... inars.html

Sabs, Loz and Phil Ehr in a room together for a weekend must have been, ahem, interesting!?

Sean Hewitt wrote:Sabs, Loz and Phil Ehr in a room together for a weekend must have been, ahem, interesting!?

The latter was a late addition to the course, Alex McFarlane did give us a name check when announcing the news

Sean Hewitt wrote:Sabs, Loz and Phil Ehr in a room together for a weekend must have been, ahem, interesting!?

What's the problem? They all passed.

The FIDE Observer gave the lecturers a glowing report.

David Sedgwick wrote:

Sean Hewitt wrote:Sabs, Loz and Phil Ehr in a room together for a weekend must have been, ahem, interesting!?

What's the problem? They all passed.

The FIDE Observer gave the lecturers a glowing report.

I would second that, they are a great team and their expertise combined with some timely humour made the course enjoyable other than being in a very cramped and stuffy room which was out of their control.