Tournaments News
SBU October SIMS Results
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:
Thea Teale Pairs 2023 Results
Congratulations to the winners of the Thea Teale:
Prize per Pair | |||
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1st | Barry Ross & Mary Stein | Hamilton Bridge Club | 50 |
2nd | David Olive & Fiona Scully | Inverness Bridge Club | 40 |
3rd | Kathy Whaler & Roy Heanes | New Melville Bridge Club | 30 |
There were 54 tables playing in 6 Bridge Clubs. This is the biggest face to face event we have run for a long time. Big thanks to the clubs who hosted heats.
Get tips on the bidding and the play of the hands in the commentary writtren by Liz McGowan

Rayne Cup Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Rayne Cup - The SBU Premier Teams Competition:
1st Bob McPaul, Finlay Marshall, Harry Smith, Roy Bennett
2nd Charles Outred, Vi Outred, David Shenkin, Martin Diamond
3rd Brian Short, Alan Goodman, Stephen Peterkin, Sam Punch
New Melville Bridge Club: Christmas Congress - Bookings open!
Change of Venue for the Arthur, Jesner and Johnston Sunday 3rd December
Please note that the venue for these competitions has been moved from Stirling to the Carlton Bridge Club, Edinburgh.
2nd National Online Swiss Pairs 4th November
Prize Money |
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1st | Stephen Levinson & Barnet Shenkin | 50 |
2nd | Mike McGinley & David Wiseman | 35 |
3rd | Bob McPaul & Edan Gardner | 20 |
Silver | Sheenagh Young & Linda Grieve | 20 |
Silver 2nd | Sheena Hamilton & Jill Paice | 15 |
Bronze | Sheila Blair & Kirsty Hasall | 15 |
Every player earned National (red) points.
Thanks to RealBridge for the sponsorship and help running the event.
SBU Senior Pairs for the Diamond Trophy
Congratulations to the prize winners:
BBO$ per Pair |
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1st |
Nicol Taylor |
Peter J Wright |
60 |
2nd |
Liz McGowan |
Tim McKay |
48 |
3rd |
Denis Murphy |
Julian Gibson |
36 |
Silver |
Sheila Blair |
Howard Greenwell |
24 |
The event had a number of re-matches. We now have a fix that will ensure that will not happen with future events on BBO.
SBU National Online Grand Prix SWISS Pairs sponsored by RealBridge #1
Congratulations to the winnwers:
1st Maggie and Barnet Shenkin
2nd Harry Smith and Roy Bennett
Silver 1st Hazel Rutherford and David Wilbraham
Bronze 1st Rufus Berh and Edan Gardner
Bronze 2nd Antone Huang and Kajetan Granops
Rayne Teams Amended Format
We only have 7 teams entered for this competition at present. This is not enough teams to run a semi-final and a final over two days and it is unlikely that we will get sufficient new entries for that format.
We will now run a one day event, all play all, on the Sunday (22nd October) in Stirling. All teams registered will be eligible to play – new registrations will be allowed. The new entry fee will be £60 per team, new entrants should pay by bank transfer – details in the right hand column on the competitions list on . . .
Stirling Pairs Winners September 2023
Paul Maiolani & Jim McMenemy Winners
Jane Harper and David Nisbet Silver prize winners
Andrea Main & Peter Clarke Bronze Prize Winners
There is a technical problem with uploading the full results for this event. We are working on solving it. Results of the two sections are here.
Edwin Berry Swiss Teams Winners 17th September 2023
Derek Sanders & Gints Freimanis and Prajjwal Prajjwal & John Di Mambro Winners
Full results here.
National Tournaments - Register Now
Stirling Pairs | Saturday 16th September | Melville Edinburgh |
Edwin Berry Swiss Teams | Sunday 17th September | Carlton Edinburgh |
National Online Swiss Pairs | Sunday 8th October | RealBridge |
Senior Pairs for Diamond Trophy | Sunday 15th October | BBO |
Rayne Cup Teams Competition | Sat/Sun 21st and 22nd October | Stirling BC |
National Tournaments for 2023/4 with Calendar
Two amendments to the previous information:
The Diamond the National Competition for Seniors will take place on BBO on Sunday 15th October not Saturday 14th.
The definition of Youth has been corrected.