Scottish Bridge Union: East DistrictScottish Bridge Union: East District
The European Open Trials semi-finals will be between the teams of Mike Ash & Charles Outred and Brian Spears & Douglas Piper. Ash/Outred taking place on Saturday Feb 25th at the Carlton BC; Spears/Piper tbc but may be same venue and date. Final on Sunday Feb 26th at the Carlton. Timings etc. posted when confirmed. Spectators welcome.
The Cowan final takes place at the Melville Bridge Club in Edinburgh, Sunday February 19 at 1pm.
The number of participants being higher than last year and there being no semi-final planned, this meant some difficulty in deciding the cut-off for qualification, hence the delay.
The opportunity for every pair to play every other pair for two boards was judged the main priority, this limits the size of the field for the final to approximately 28 pairs, which is one third of the entry.
Pairs with a heat score of 52/53% and above have qualified. Some players played in more than one heat but naturally only their first score was taken into account for qualification purposes. The list of qualifiers is shown below. Any pair unable to play is kindly requested to inform the organiser, William (Bill) Whyte at .
Carlton:
Dunbar:
Dunfermline:
Falkirk:
Melville:
January’s East District promotions are now available, with a lot of activity in the Bronze categories of player.
The Atholl Cup has reached the Semi Final stage. Fiona McQuaker plays Jack Paterson, while Dave Walker will face Lucia Barrett.
SBU Council is looking for a someone to take over the co-ordination of the support of our young players and take responsibility for organising the formal activities, including selecting teams for overseas events and ensuring that appropriate arrangements are made for our teams to take part in UK, European and World events.
Please note that the Schools Teams are being held in Montrose on Friday March 16th starting at 11.00am (at Montrose Academy) and the Frischmann Junior Pairs also in Montrose (either in the school or at the Park Hotel) on Saturday March 17th. Entries to and further details from Anne Perkins .
Paul Gipson, Anne Symons, Sheila Adamson & Alex Gipson won their Silver Plate semifinal by 86-32 imps and will Mike Best's Cardiff team in the final.
The following have qualified for the Semi Final of the National Pairs:
The Rayne Cup on Saturday was won by Brian Short, John Matheson, Dave Walker and Les Steel. The East District team of Iain Sime, Patrick Home, Alan Goodman & Mike Ash were runners up. Rayne results are now on the Central District site.
Results of the Stirling Pairs - won by Ann-naa Halley & Joan Forsyth from Central District.
Qualifiers from the Women’s Pairs heat for the Cyril Breene Cup are Diana Drysdale & Ros French, Veronica Guy & Laura Middleton, Lucia Barrett & June Morrison. Final at Perth BC.
Qualifiers from the Men’s Pairs heat for the Buchanan Cup are Anthony Bates & Robert Clow, Mike Ash & Miro Dragic, Roy Bennett & David Liggat, Alan Goodman & Brian Short. Final at Dundee BC.
Saturday 04 February 2012
Updated 04 February 2012
03/02 Dunfermline A 0-3 Nomads (8)
02/02 Marmion A 3-0 Melbas (5)
01/02 Linlithgow 2-1 Pied Pipers (1)
01/02 Marmion B 3-0 Gosford (5)
31/01 Brave Knaves 2-1 Jethart (2)
30/01 Berwick A 3-0 Falcon (7)
30/01 Peebles 3-0 Gullane (7)
26/01 49ers 3-0 Dundas (5)
Current League Leaders:
Div 1: Nomads
Div 2: Grosvenor Aces
Div 3: Pentland
Div 4: Ratten
Div 5: Marmion A
Acolytes 15090 Grosvenor Aces 19070
Berwick A 16000 Longniddry Bees 15960
Carlton Camden 13590 Peebles 12770
All results adjusted with handicap. The full draw is now available on the MacLaren Cup page, complete with dates. MacLaren Cup Wall Chart
13/01 Paterson beat Sime
10/01 Walker beat St. Clair
12/11 Barrett beat McGowan
All the Atholl Cup news, plus a progress chart.
09/01 Ash beat Drysdale
05/01 Hamilton beat Tait
All the Atholl Cup Plate news, plus a progress chart.
The next meeting is on Thursday 16 February 2012. Condensed minutes from 14 July 2011 are now on the site. Full minutes will be available once approved by the next meeting
The East District Committee is fully supportive of the decision of the SBU Council to propose Mike Ash (the current ED Chairman) for the presidency of the SBU.
The Committee encourages ED members to attend the SBU Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 29 May 2012 at Stirling BC, or to submit a proxy vote for the candidate of their choice. The process of proxy voting (with relevant forms) is available here, in an extract from Appendix 1 of the Constitution of the SBU.
Here is the Constitution of the East District as approved at the AGM in May 2011.
Please read this report to East District members from the Chairman, Mike Ash.
176 pages of fascinating information and photographs for just £10. The Book will be on sale at all major SBU events. Or contact Liz McGowan or Anne Perkins to arrange collection.
The SBU implemented the new laws on 1st September 2008. Copies of the Laws are available from Anne Perkins at a cost of £3
Recent East District promotions.
A list of all recent MP promotions is held on the main SBU site, as is a full list of East ranked players.
The SBU is hosting the 4th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship in September 2014, at the Thistle Hotel in Cambridge Street, Glasgow.
Design & updates for East District by Alan Officer.
