Tournaments News

Every player earned National (red) points; full results here.

Masterpoint allocations are available here.  

Congratulations to the Scottish Cup winners:

Gints Freimanis, Brian Short, Alan Goodman and Derek Sanders

Team Short beat Spears (Brian Spears, Barnet Shenkin, Derek Diamond and Iain Sime) 126 85 over 64 boards.

Thanks to the New Melville Bridge Club for hosting the event and all those who made the day a success.  It was broadcast on BBO Vugraph and there were over 300 people watching.

Congratualtion to the winners in the SBU Sims for the Lord Thomson Trophy:

Vanessa Wilson & Chris Anthony               Kelso                                70.44    Thur

                                     Lord Thomson Trophy Winners

 Kevin Strathern & Nat Fell            Glasgow Bridge Centre                 68.86    Wed

Helen Wood & Earl McGregor     Stepping Stone Bridge Club            67.58    Mon

Jean Macleod & Derek MacKenzie            Stornoway                         66.42   Tue

We had a record entry with 298 tables playing across Scotland. 

The Master Point Allocations show that 385 players won red points.

The Celtic Simultaneous Pairs are running next week:

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Congratulations to the winners of the Rayne Cup - The SBU Premier Teams Competition:

1^st Bob McPaul, Finlay Marshall, Harry Smith, Roy Bennett

2^nd Charles Outred, Vi Outred, David Shenkin, Martin Diamond

3^rd Brian Short, Alan Goodman,  Stephen Peterkin, Sam Punch

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There will be a one day club TD course at Stirling Bridge Club on Saturday 31st August.

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 Congratulations to the winners of the first National Online Swiss Pairs for Bronze Players. 

Every player earned National (red) points. Full Results here. Masterpoint allocations are available here.  

These were the last Trophy events of the season.  

The Northern Bridge League is organized for teams of 8 from the various counties in the North of England.  However, 2 years ago the SBU was invited to put in a team to make up numbers in their top Division, and then last year we were asked to put in teams for all 3 Divisions.  Those who participated seemed to really enjoy playing and it’s an opportunity to earn some green points which convert into red ones when they cross the Border.  We’ve been asked if we would like to play again this year. 

There are 4 days of matches which are . . .

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Full Results                 Master Point Awards

Altogther there were 42 full tables in the competitions - a record field. 

Thanks to Julia Palmer, Christine Walker and Sue Pollard for organising and directing.

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Congratulations on the winners:

24 Teams took part from around the world and raised over £1,400 for School and Youth Bridge.

The scores and the excellent commentary by Tim Rees are availble on RealBridge using the entry link.

This is being held on the RealBridge platform and teams can consist of 4-6 players (but an additional 2 can be added as captain and coach). The cost is just 120 Euros per team for a whole weekend of bridge - incredible value.

This event is not just for elite or international players and the organisers are wanting to encourage all women to play in a friendly tournament against women from other European countries. Further details can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/eowtc/home?authuser=0 

If you have any questions or are a pair wanting to join up with other pairs to form a team, please contact . . .

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