Tournaments News
Overseas Congress in Side Turkey
Excellent playing conditions - results available soon
National Pairs Final April 2024
Congratulations toe Harry Smith and Roy Bennett who won the National Pairs Final.
Score | Prize Money | ||
1st | Harry Smith & Roy Bennett | 60.32 | £50 |
2nd | David Shenkin & Martin Diamond | 59.68 | £40 |
3rd | David Wiseman & Mike McGinley | 55.08 | £30 |
Mixed Swiss Pairs for the Ruby Martyn Trophy
Prize Money |
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1st | Liz Elsden & Bob McPaul | 50 |
2nd | Elizabeth Peckham & Nicol Taylor | 40 |
3rd= | Ying Piper & Paul Maiolani | 20 |
3rd= | Derek Sanders & Fiona Greenwood | 20 |
Silver | Tony Reed-Jones & Jill Connor | 20 |
Every player earned National (red) points. Full Results here.
Masterpoint allocations are available here.
Scottish Cup Final 2023
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.
3rd National Online Swiss Teams Results
Prize Money per team |
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1st | Ted Black & Douglas Mitchell Tam Penman & Mark Menzies |
£50 |
2nd | Ying Piper & George Plant Liz McGowan & Tim McKay |
£40 |
3rd | Marc Shearer & Jack Shearer Michèle Grainger & Peter Thommeny |
£30 |
Silver | David King & Tadeusz Janowski Denise King & David Hamilton |
£20 |
2023 Ranked Pairs Winners
Arthur | Mike McGinley & David Wiseman |
Bowman | Martin Diamond & David Shenkin |
Fairlie | Tom Perritt & Jake Milne |
Jesner | Roger Rist & Ross Angus |
Johnston | Margaret & Graham Armstrong |
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:
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
Overseas Congress Playing with Masters Hand Records
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Easter Pairs SIMS
Congratulations to the Winners of the Easter Pairs/Bobby Allen: Jack Suchodolski & David Pollard
Date | Winner | Club | Score |
Monday 18th March |
Colin Harper & Jean Armstrong Ness | Ness |
67.47 |
Tuesday 19th March |
Jack Suchodolski & David Pollard | Berwick | 73.33 |
Wednesday 20th March |
Trish Martin & David Campbell Ayrshire District | Ayrshire District | 72.89 |
Thursday 21st March |
Marc Shearer & Jack Shearer | BonAccord |
72.0 |
There were 312 tables in 43 clubs. Full Results Master Point Awards
Thanks to Liz McGowan, Iain Sime, Derek Sanders and Brian Short for preparing the commentaries.
Scottish Swiss Pairs
Prize Money |
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1st | Derek Sanders & Fiona Greenwood | 50 |
2nd | Edward McGeough & Janes Mason | 40 |
3rd | Harry Smith & Roy Bennett | 30 |
4= Silver Prize | Jill Connor & David Nisbet | 20 |
7th Bronze Prize | Kevin Ran & Michael Kennedy | 20 |
9th Bronze Prize | Bryn Tennant & Niall Tennant | 20 |
Congratulations to the winners who win the T.N.Culbertson Trophy.
An extra prize has been awarded to recognise the Bronze players who did well.
Every player earned National (red) points.
Ranked Individuals Sunday 5th May on BBO
Five tournaments for different ranks. Registration opens 1st April. There have been changes in the eligibility over the last couple of years. The current arrangements are:
Event | Ranks (inlcuding any stars) | No of Boards | Red Points for winner | Entry Fee |
Fairlie | Club Master to District Master | 24 boards | 6 | BBO$ 10 |
Shenkin | Master to Senior Master | 26 boards | 8 | BBO$ 12 |
Farquarson | Regional Master | 48 Boards | 10 | BBO$ 14 |
Harrison | Scottish Master to Senior Life Master | 48 Boards | 10 | BBO$ 14 |
Benjamin | Grandmaster | 48 Boards | 10 | BBO$ 14 |
Your eligibility will depend on your rank on 1st April 2024.
BAMSA BAM Sunday 27th April - BAM explained.
We hope you will join us for the BAMSA BAM on RealBridge on Saturday 27 April which is fundraising in order to introduce more young players to bridge.
This is a teams event scored by board-a-match
This may be a new fun format for you - the tactics are similar to matchpoints but you play as a Team. See here for more info on the BAM format:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/competitions/entry-forms/2013/point-a-board.pdf
There will be 20 x 2 board rounds. In each round you score 1 point for a board you win and 1/2 a point for a draw. The winners are the teams with . . .
5th National Online Swiss Pairs 18th February
Prize Money |
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1st | Paul Maiolani & Ying Piper | 30 |
2nd | Maurice Franceschi & Norrie O'Neill | 24 |
3rd | Derrick Peden & Jim Hay | 18 |
Silver | Trina Rogerson & Eilidh Rennie | 12 |
Bronze | No pair met prize criteria | 12 |
See Masterpoint Allocations here
Ranked Individuals Sunday 5th May on BBO
There will be five competitions each resticted to players of a certain rank.
Competition | Ranks Eligible |
Fairlie | Novices, Club Masters, Local Masters, District Master |
Shenkin | Master, Senior Master |
Farquerson | Regional Master |
Harrison | Scottish Master, National Master, Life Master, Senior Life master |
Benjamin | Grand Master |
You can check your rank by logging on to Mempad.
Winter 4's Results 2024
The Winter 4’s 2024 has been won after 2.5 days of bridge play by the Gipson team of Paul Gipson, Alex Gipson, Brian Short & Alan Goodman. They remained undefeated throughout the event.
The losing finalists were Miro Dragic, Robert Ferrari, Douglas Piper & Alex Wilkinson.
The Subsidiary Final was won by Harry Smith, Roy Bennett, Ronan Valentine & Alex Adamson.
The Consolation Final, which replaced the Winter Swiss event for this year, was won by Angus Macdonald, John Dick, Andrew Symons, Kevin Strathern and Grant Harrower.