To direct a bridge night is not as difficult as some might say. Many people share this duty to make it an enjoyable evening for all the players. However there are number of various duties involved. To make it easier to acquire this 'new skill' the linked document suggests what to do.
How to solve frequent infringements at the bridge table (bids and leads out of turn, revokes etc) is summarised in Frequently used duplicate bridge laws (insufficient bids, call out of turn, lead out of turn, revokes).
The reading materials below can be also found on the EBU website (unless otherwise stated) but for convenience we have included several documents here:
How to use bidding boxes and how to make make a valid call or bid is described here.
Orange Book Amended to 2002 describes what bids are allowed at each level. The latest changes are summarised here: Orange Book Changes Up-to-date
Some useful information (newly published in November 2003) can be found here: EBU Tournament's Director Guide
Amusing article about when not to ask bid meaning was written by John Probst (well known player and a Tournament Director): Ask And Double
Guidelines on psychic bids and alerting were written by World Bridge Federation:
WBF Psychic
Bidding Guidelines (2002)
WBF Alerting Policy
(2002)
Some explanations about Simultaneous Pairs competitions can be found below:
Regulations
for BGB Simultaneous Pairs
Why Scores in Simultaneous
Pairs and in the Club Differ