Individual Tournaments
Tuesday at the Carlton saw the East District heats of three Individual tournaments: the Fairlie Trophy (for District Masters), the Shenkin Trophy (for Masters and Senior Masters), the Harrison Trophy (for Scottish, National, Life & Grandmasters). All three finals will also be held at the Carlton, on 23rd May 2010.
Full results on the Carlton website. Printouts for the Harrison and combined Shenkin/ Fairlie event are also here.
The Harrison event was won by June Morrison, heading up Ying Piper, Eileen Carmichael and a three way tie for 4th between Fiona Greenwood, Andrew Symons and Anne Perkins. We do not yet know how many qualify.
The Shenkin was topped by Jim McDowall followed by Eva Heavens, Moyra Forrest and Elizabeth Johnson, but at this time we do not know how many qualifiers will make it to the final.
Top in the Fairlie section was Robert Taylor, who will contest the final.
The Farquharson Trophy - Saturday 20 March
First run in 1992, this Pairs event is open exclusively to players who subscribe to our magazine, the Scottish Bridge News. This year’s event will be held in the Carlton Bridge Centre, Edinburgh. It was traditionally run in May, but this year it has moved to Saturday 20th March to avoid a clash with the SBU Overseas Congress.
So it is time for you to organise a partner. You can play with another subscriber, or anyone who lives at the same address. The entry fee is £12.50 per head, and approximately 42 boards will be played.
The Convener is Liz McGowan, and you can enter by post (23 Blackford Road, Edinburgh EH9 2DT); telephone (0131 667 2432) or Email ( ).National Pairs
The Semi Finals of the National Pairs took place on Saturday 13th March. How did the "East" qualifiers do? The top 8 qualified from each semi. In Dundee, Patrick Home & Iain Sime finished 3rd (55.34%) to reach the final, but G Kirk & D Brayford 11th (51.09%), D Peden & M McCardle 12th (50.89%), J Louch & F Lawson 15th (49.21%) all missed out.
From Stirling, finalists include Dee Harley & Alan Goodman who were 3rd (57.81%), and Mike Ash & Miro Dragic 5th (56.13%), but S Gillam & G Wood not high enough in 13th (50.49%).
Full results from Dundee and Stirling on the SBU website.
Atholl Cup update
The Atholl Cup final will be contested by Iain Sime and Fiona McQuaker.
Allan Flitch Trophy
Andy & Jan Phillip were the winners. Reg & Diana Drysdale runners-up. Full Allan Flitch Rankings.
England win the Camrose Trophy
England have won the Camrose in Belfast. Final positions were:
England 196, Ireland 182, Wales 167, Scotland 150, Northern Ireland 114, NIBU 83.
Scotland beat Wales 20-10 and NIBU 22-8, drawn with Northern Ireland 15-15 and lost to England 14-16, and to Republic of Ireland 7-23. The team this time round was Murdoch & Spears, Sime & Matheson and Short & Walker - see www.nibu.co.uk (results are here).
MacLaren Cup update
The knockout cup has now reached the Semi Final phase, where Waverley will meet Ratten, and Craigleith play Gullane.
Seniors' Trial
Final Results from the Seniors' Trial. First by clear water were Brian Short, Jack Paterson, John Matheson and Willie Coyle. Second were Derek Diamond, Irving Gordon, David Gerrard and Ken Rae.
No Fear & Next Step Pairs
Congratulations to all the winners in the No Fear and Next Step tournaments held at the Carlton Bridge Centre on Saturday 27th February.
Winners (No Fear) were Donald & Alex Sutherland on 65.42%, with Kirsty Beaton & Lucy Hunter runners up despite a good score of 62.92%. Full No Fear results.
Winners (Next Step) were Irene & Graeme Scott (NS 58.10%) and tying for the EW honours were Catherine Jordan & Ian Somerville and Alan Lafferty & Patricia Gray (59.26%). Full Next Step results.
Complete stats for the No Fear and Next Step are available on the Carlton's website for anyone wanting fuller facts.
Older News
Details of older news and tournaments which have already taken place this season.
MacLaren Cup latest
