Welcome to the National Bridge Organisation for Scotland

11-13 March 2022 at Peebles Hydro - Congress Brochure Celebrate the return of face-to-face bridge in Scotland - see the CONGRESS FLYER! After what has been a very challenging time for everyone in the bridge-playing world, the SBU asks for your support in making sure we return to face-to-face bridge in numbers.  We are going to meet on 11 March 2022 and, with your help, deliver the very best bridge event Scotland can offer: We will start officially at 20:00 on Friday with session one of a three-session Swiss Teams and have experts on hand in the bar to support the post-mortem questions. On Saturday, we will host a two session Swiss Pairs finishing at 17:30. In true...

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The Scotland and SBU teams for the first Camrose weekend of January 7-9 2022 are as follows.  The event is due to be held by the EBU in Bristol. Scotland:  Alex Adamson & Derek Sanders, Paul Barton & Jun Nakamaru-Pinder, Barnet Shenkin & Steve Levinson - reserves Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin - NPC Anne Perkins SBU:  Bob McKinnon & Cathy Ferguson, Archie Bouverie & Finlay Marshall and Abi & Jake Milne - NPC Angus Macdonald International Committee

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Exciting news. Please spread the word and help recruit students in the UK for a BridgeWhiz session in the UK. London Time Zone - Class will be held on Thursdays starting Oct 28, 2021 at 4PM UK time. Use the following link to register. Free for students 8-18 years. BridgeWhiz UK Registration https://firebasehostingproxy.page.link/198886819888/forms.gle/jBAgn5bP83X2D8uD8

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Multple teams of four for the Edward Rayne Trophy - open to all SBU members  This was the 4th National Competition to be instigated by the SBU (after the Scottish Cup, Women's teams and National Pairs) and is played for our most valuable silver trophy. The trophy was donated by Edward Rayne after he won the teams at both Scottish Congresses in 1948  Heats will be held in districts with the top teams from each district going forward to the final on 27th November.  Enter via your district

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The Winter Congress will take place on the 11-12th December on BBO. Swiss Pairs on Saturday and Swiss Teams on Sunday. Both events are red-pointed. Start times for both events are 11:00 am. The 2nd session will start at 3:30 pm after an interval of 90 minutes. Play will conclude around 6:30 pm.  Pre-registration and payment are essential. Please enter through the SBU website. Go to Events/Upcoming Events (Enter Online). Prizes for the top pairs/teams and top Silver/Bronze pairs/teams.

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The Diamond Trophy is the National Simultaneous match pointed senior pairs - you must have been 62 on the 1st January 2020 to be eligible to play. This two-session event will be played on BBO with heats in Districts - more details on the SBU website. 10 National points for the winners with bonus points to the top half      Entry fee BBO$15 per person.    Enter via your district. 

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Council is delighted to announce that Janet Unsworth has agreed to take over from Robert Clow as a Congress Convenor, officially from 1st January, aided and abetted by Frances McKeon. They are both very pleased to have the continued support of the experienced Julie and Hasan Choudhury. Many of you will know Janet, a member of both the Carlton and New Melville, for her enthusiasm and engaging personality. Like Frances, she also has a sound business background. Both Janet and Frances are keenly aware that the SBU is, both in a macro and micro sense, moving into a new future which is likely to be different from the past. They expect to work closely with the new...

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Gilbert (Gibby) Reid passed away on Thursday 16th of September.  Gibby and his wife Sally, who died three years ago, were a devoted couple with a strong faith in God.  They had a daughter and three sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren who live worldwide in Greece, Canada, the United States and Aberdeen. It is hard to think of one without mentioning the other.  They were the “Father and Mother” of bridge in the North of Scotland. Gibby came to bridge through Sally as she decided to go to evening classes to learn the game.  Gibby was soon hooked and having great organisational skills he became a stalwart at keeping the game alive.  Gibby loved to...

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Sunday 19th September Congratulations to Alex Adamson, Derek Sanders, Gints Freimanis and Martin Bateman who won the Edwin Berry. Harry Smith, Roy Bennett, Roman Velentine and Liam O'Brien were second. Angus Macdonald, J P Hamilton, Peter Moss and Ying Piper were third. Silver Prize : David King, Tadeusz Janowski, Kevin McCulough, Linda Roy Bronze Prize : Janet Unsworth, Fiona Davies, Tom Kelsey and Hamish Wallace Full Results in the SBU Bridgewebs site.

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SBUEGM31stAugust2021MinutesJF2.pdf These minutes have been approved by the council and will be presented for ratification at the next general meeting.

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At its meeting last week, BGB decided that the 2 Camrose weekends, the Lady Milne and the Senior Camrose will all be planned to be face to face in the coming season.  The Junior Camrose & Peggy Bayer will be online on Realbridge amid concerns that not all that age group will have been doubly vaccinated by February. International Committee

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Following on from the recent article, Damien Byron, manager at the new Melville Bridge Centre, has produced an excellent Video at: https://youtu.be/BjeiXK8rUsY on how to set up and score Hybrid Club games- both on line and f2f using either BBO or RealBridge as the on-line platform.  A number of Clubs have confirmed that they have, or are reopening in the near future. Other Clubs are keen to learn from others’ experiences. As it is for each Club to undertake and execute their own risk assessment, in the knowledge that it is for them to satisfy their Insurers and other relevant parties, it is probably best that we compile, with their agreement, a list of the...

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The next round of SOL starts on 13th September - returning teams and new teams welcome. There are some changes for this iteration: Teams can have up to 8 players registered and  Matches can be played on any day.  Closing date for entries to SOL5 is Sunday 29th August - new teams should enter using the form on the SOL5 homepage, existing teams wishing to continue should contact the Tournament Convenor  Pairs/teams looking to join a team/add members to an existing team should also contact the Tournament Convenor and we can put people in...

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Guidance for players Instructions for players Etiquette Conditions of Contest BBO Terms and Conditions Registering for Swiss Teams Guidance for Clubs and Districts Guidance_for_Clubs_and_Districts_on_Running_Tournaments_v2 Instructions for downloading results and masterpoint files Running Swiss Teams Online Bridge Unethical Behaviour Online Bridge -...

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From August, the SBU Monthly Charity Pairs wil be moving from the first Tuesday of the month to the last Tuesday of the month. The August event will now be held on Tuesday 31st August. All proceeds from this tournament will go to the charity named by the winners on the night - why not put the date in your diary?

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The SBU have taken the decision, together with Simon Kelly of GEBOS, to cancel this year's overseas congress in Crete. We are very disappointed to have to cancel this congress but the uncertainty regarding overseas travel has made this the only possible decision. Hopefully the world will return to normality next year in time for our congresses in Peebles in March and Majorca in May. GEBOS will refund any payment you have made for the Crete congress.

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The supplementary CoC for the trial for the 2022 Lady Milne and Senior Camrose is attached here - images/SC&LMSuppCoC2022.pdf  Entries close on October 31st 2021. The International Committee held a meeting recently to discuss plans for trials for the 2022 Europeans due to be held in Madeira next June.  Please see the attached minutes for a summary of the decisions taken.  images/InternationalCommitteeMinutes260621V1A.pdf   

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