Scottish Bridge Union: East DistrictScottish Bridge Union: East District
The Watson Trophy in September was won by Harry Smith, Jim Hay, Bill Innes & Adrian Orlowski. Runners up were Anne Symons, Sheila Adamson, Les Steel and Bif McGeorge, with third place going to John DiMambro, Ronald Gaffin, Vi and Charles Outred.
The consolation final was won by Reg & Diana Drysdale, Brian Thomas and George Martin.
Winners of the Silver event were Anne Perkins, Julia Palmer, Mike Baron & Irene Sime, with the Bronze winners I Taylor, J Young, J Brown & R Thomson.
Results in detail for the Main Final and Consolation Final.
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The Cowan Cup has been won by Derrick Peden & Malcolm McCardle, with Derek Sanders & George Plant runners up and Iain Sime & David Leigh third.
The Silver prize was won by Anna St Clair & Fiona Greenwood, and the Bronze award by Sandy Kirkwood & Robin Martin.
Jim McDowall won the Faie Rosebowl in October, with Mike Smith runner up.
Winners of the Swiss Pairs at the Carlton in November were Ian & Irene Hunter. The silver prize went to Bruce Ferguson & Christine Coutts, while the Bronze winners were Julia Palmer & Claire Hargan.
Full Swiss Pairs results.
The McGregor Cup was won by Grant Harrower & Jean Bidwell. Runners up were Mike Baron and Thea Teale, with Anthony Bates and Deirdre Sanders third.
Silver prize winners were David Kaye & Irene Sime, and the Bronze prize went to Peter & Heather Braid.
The Edinburgh Congress Trophy was won by Tim McKay, Robert Clow, Laura Middleton & Lucia Barrett.
The No Fear and Next Step competitions were held on Saturday 26th. The top rankings have now been clarified and are as follows:
No Fear: Winners were Jacob Moody & Katherine Dempsie (pictured), followed by May Welsh & Ann Moore, with Eileen Tokle & Patricia Johnson in third place.
Next Step: Winners were Jim Herbert & John Soutar, followed by Bill & Jean Johnston, with Willie MacGruer & Maggie Greer in third place.
Peter & Heather Braid have won the Allan Flitch Trophy at the Melville. Runners up were Lucia Barrett & Ian Crorie, with Reg & Diana Drysdale third.
The East heats of the SBU Pairs championships for players up to the rank of Senior Master took place at the Carlton on Sunday March 27th 2011.
The Jesner has been won by Adrian Orlowski & Mike Innes with a score of 64.81% (full Jesner results) East heat winners Havard & Anderson finished 3rd overall.
The Johnston has been won by Anne Baird & Patricia Hewitt with a score of 69.38% (full Johnston results). East heat winners Robert Dickson & Steve Bailey were runners up (62.38%).
The Kennedy has been won by Jean Armstrong & Deannie McMaster with a score of 66.78% (full Kennedy results). The East winners (MacGruer & Greer) finished runners up on 63.93% .
Winners were Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski, Paul Gipson & Alex Adamson.
The Bronze Prize was won by Anne Perkins, Jake Corry, Julia Palmer & Claire Hargan.
This is a new Senior Pairs competition run in March for anyone who was at least 60 years old on January 1st. the Short family have kindly agreed to donate a trophy for this event - to be called the Freddie Short Quaich.
The inaugural event was won by Malcolm Copley & Derrick Peden.
The winners were Sheila Adamson, Anne Symons, Liz McGowan and Sam Punch with 109 VP. Runners up were Anne Perkins, Irene Sime, Julia Palmer, Claire Hargan, Lucia Barrett & Bron McWhinney (107), and in third place Carolyn Peploe, Fiona McQuaker, Veronica Guy, Laura Middleton, Christine Walker & Yvonne Wiseman (78).
Five teams played 48 boards over 2 evenings.
The winners were Mike Ash, Alan Goodman, David Liggat & Roy Bennett with 63. Runners up were Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski, Alex Adamson & Malcolm Cuthbertson (38), and in third place Derek Sanders, Jack Paterson, Iain Sime & John Matheson/ Brian Short (27).
The knockout teams competition was won by Linlithgow at the Melville on Monday 30th May, where they defeated Ratten by 22390 to 20150.
The Atholl Cup was won by Jack Paterson, beating Dave Walker 97-44 over 36 boards. Jack’s team comprises Brian Short, David Liggat and Derek Sanders. Congratulations to them. The same team last won this competition in 2008.
The East District team beat the North East of England by 25 imps to retain the Newcastle Journal Bridge Challenge Cup. The winning team was Dee Harley & Eric Nolf, Derrick Peden & Malcolm McArdle, Fiona McQuaker & George Plant, Patrick Home and Iain Sime.
Won by the East District select.
The District received £300 from the SBU to fund the East’s Juniors for a summer school in Loughborough.
Reg Drysdale and Donald Denoon stepped down from the ED committee, after several years of much appreciated service.
We are sad to announce the death of Jim Anderson, a member of the East Committee for some twenty years. He used to convene the Atholl Cup, perpetually apologising for not quite managing to raise 32 teams - we dream of so many now, and it would be nice if we could all make an effort to join in next season as a tribute to his efforts. On his retirement he was presented with a Quaich to mark our gratitude for his enormous contribution. He was a quiet, soft-spoken gentleman whom it was impossible to dislike; he made many friends and no enemies, and he will be much missed.
This tribute was written by Ian McRoberts, another former member of the East Committee
”Bridge players in Dunfermline and further afield are saddened by the death of Jim Anderson at the age of 88. Jim was the leading light in Dunfermline Bridge Club for over sixty years and served the club as President or other council member for virtually all of these years. He captained the Dunfermline A team in the East of Scotland League for over forty years, winning the league title and leading Dunfermline Teams to victory in the Edinburgh Cup, an invitation event now sadly defunct, and the Atholl Cup, the East’s team of four competition.
He represented the East of Scotland against the West of Scotland and the North-East of England, won many other East district tournaments and, of course, won every Dunfermline Club tournament it was possible to win. Indeed just this year, more than fifty years after his first victory, he was victorious in the Club Pairs Championship.
Why was he so successful? First and foremost he was an excellent card player, and he was a careful and disciplined bidder. Not for him the flamboyant gambit that so frequently results in -1400 or so - in fact I don’t think he wrote -1400 on his card in his whole career! He made few errors and in many ways bridge is a game of mistakes, so minimising these often leads to success.
I had the privilege of being a partner and team-mate of Jim’s for over fifty years. We had a lot of fun, and his passing will leave my bridge world a poorer place. He will be mourned by all who knew him.”
Heather & Peter Braid
Jack Paterson, Brian Short, David Liggat & Derek Sanders
Malcolm McCardle & Derrick Peden
Tim McKay, Robert Clow, Laura Middleton & Lucia Barrett
Jim McDowall
Malcolm Copley & Derrick Peden
Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski, Paul Gipson & Alex Adamson
Div 1: Craigleith
Div 2: Phoenix
Div 3: Iconoclasts
Div 4: Colinton Castle
Div 5: Diamonds
Grant Harrower & Jean Bidwell
Linlithgow
Mike Ash, Alan Goodman, David Liggat & Roy Bennett
Jim Herbert & John Soutar
Jacob Moody & Katherine Dempsie
Kenny Watson & Alex Shields
Ian & Irene Hunter
Harry Smith, Jim Hay, Bill Innes & Adrian Orlowski
Sheila Adamson, Anne Symons, Liz McGowan & Sam Punch
Here are some photos from the AGM of some of the trophy winners. Select any photo for a larger version.
In sequence we have photos for league divisions 1 to 5, the Men’s and Ladies’ Teams, the Faie, Allan Flitch, Hunter and Watson trophies.
Paul & Helen Gipson
Roy Bennett & Mike Ash
John Matheson
Anne Perkins, Eileen Carmichael
Kathleen McGovern and Raymond Baxter, from the Falcon club.
Alex Adamson, Roy Bennett, Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski
Jake Corry
Ron Moodie & Bob Hunter
Heather & Peter Braid
Andrew Symons
Bill Innes, Finlay Marshall, John Murdoch & Brian Spears
Laura Middleton & Derrick Peden
Les Steel & Dave Walker
Brian Spears, John Murdoch, Cliff Gillis & Paul Barton
Liz McGowan & David Liggat. Silver: Anthony Bates & Robert Clow; Bronze: Robert Taylor & Donald Sutherland.
Anne Symons, Sheila Adamson, Fiona McQuaker & Yvonne Wiseman
Les Steel, Dave Walker, John Matheson & Brian Short
Scotland won the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship in Delhi. Congratulations to Brian Spears, John Murdoch, Derek Sanders, Derek Diamond, Irving Gordon & Sandy Duncan.
Scotland won the Lady Milne (jointly with England) in Belfast. Congratulations to Yvonne Wiseman, Fiona McQuaker, Sam Punch, Liz McGowan, Maida Grant & Sheila Macdonald (NPC: Brian Short).
Host nation Wales won the Camrose Series for the first time on an exciting final day. The Scottish team posted the top score of the second weekend, beating England, Ireland and Northern Ireland but only climbing one place to finish 4th.
1. Wales 170, 2. England 165, 3. Republic of Ireland 160, 4. Scotland 154, 5. WBU 147. 6. Northern Ireland 99.
1. England 222, 2. Scotland 159
Ralph Wiseman & Yvonne Wiseman; Jun Nakamaru-Pinder & Abigail Wilson; Stuart Bradnam & Stephen Rose (NPC David McCrossan)
1. England 157, 2. Scotland 148
Alex Wilkinson & Philip Stephens, Frazer Morgan & Philip Morrison (NPC Sandy Duncan)
Wales completed a fine international season by winning the Senior Camrose in Oxford at the weekend, with Northern Ireland runners up. The Scottish team was Mike Ash & Liz McGowan, Roy Bennett & David Liggat, Alan Goodman & Brian Short, who was playing captain.
A successful and enjoyable Dunbar Congress, with the biggest entry to date. Winners of the Congress Swiss Teams event and the Skateraw Teams Trophy were Annie Mitchell, Bob Stevenson, Rena Stewart and Archie Stewart. The Jack Taylor Memorial Trophy for Pairs earlier in the day saw Annie Mitchell and Bob Stevenson pick up their first trophy of their successful day.
The Carlton Handicap Congress (sponsored by Campbells Fine Meats Ltd.) was held on Sunday 20 February 2011. Winners of the Swiss Teams were Malcolm McCardle, Derrick Peden, John O’Connor & Keith Youngs>.
Winners of the Handicap Pairs were Peter & Heather Braid, and the Novice Pairs event was won by Carolyn Cuthbert & Sheila Yale and Christine McNaughton & Alastair Robertson.
The Berwick Congress was held on Sunday 1st May, at Berwick Rugby Club. The Pairs was won by Avril Ronald & Donald Swanson, from Melrose. The Swiss Teams was won by the Berwick/Edinburgh team of George Martin, Brian Thomas, Derrick Peden & Malcolm McCardle. Photos from the Berwick Bridge Club web site.
Dunfermline Bridge Congress was held on Sunday 5 June 2011 at the King Malcolm Hotel, Dunfermline. A good day seemed to be had by all. The results are now available from here. The teams was won by Brenda Cullen, Liz Buchan, Jane Harper and Catriona Gardiner.
The 5th Kelso Bridge Congress was held on Sunday 12 June 2011. The Swiss Teams was won by M McMillan, J Marshall, H MacNeill & L Henderson (68). 2nd were A Ronald, D Swanson, B Stevenson & L Leeson (60); 3rd R Drysdale, J Mole, P & J Springett, and 4th A Officer, N Bain, L Roy & R Morris.
Pairs was won by Andrew & Mary Grant (62.62%) from Rita Stockdale & Rita Chester (62.23%). 3rd B Stevenson & L Leeson; and 4th M Forrest & M Brown.
Congratulations to Anthony Bates & Troy van de l'Isle, winners of the pairs at the Glenrothes Congress on Sunday 26 June. Also, commiserations to the team of Alan Goodman, Mike Ash, Anne Symons & Sheila Adamson, denied the Teams prize only on a split tie. The winners were Bill Durning, Alistair Forbes, Duncan Rodger & Suresh Tyagi.
