Scottish Bridge Union: East DistrictScottish Bridge Union: East District
Stories and results from earlier in the year will appear here after they are retired from the main news page. Reverse chronological order.
December 2nd saw the McGregor Cup Mixed Pairs championship at the Melville.
The winners were Sam Punch and Stephen Peterkin, with Liz McGowan & David Liggat runners up, Moray Jeffrey & Veronica Guy 3rd and Derrick Peden & Julia Palmer 4th.
The Bronze Prize was won by Heather & Peter Braid, and the Silver Prize by Jane Stephenson & Dougie Munroe.
The ED would like to thank everyone who bought raffle tickets and donated prizes - the raffle raised £123 for Junior bridge in the ED.
The event has been won by Jane Stephenson & David Kaye (pictured), from Ian Macauley & Elizabeth Peckham - both of these pairs in the Silver category!
The Silver prize went to Anthony Bates & Fiona Greenwood, with Thea Teale & Jim McDowall runners up.
The Bronze prize was won by Ronnie Bryce & Frances McKeon (pictured), with Norma Bain & Alan Officer runners up.
Photos by Norma Bain, Beryl Campbell awarded the prizes, pictures of all the prizewinners are available on the Swiss Pairs page.
The Edinburgh Congress Trophy was won by Iain Sime, Patrick Home, Alan Goodman and Mike Ash. The second placed team was Alex Adamson, Malcolm Cuthbertson, David Liggat and Roy Bennett and third were Harry Smith, Finlay Marshall, Adrian Orlowski and Miro Dragic.
It is not sure how many qualifiers we will have for the Rayne Cup final in Dundee on 14th February but it is unlikely to be more than 2.
The district Simultaneous Pairs event has been won by Malcolm Cuthbertson & Alec Adamson (+94.5) from Falkirk with Archie & Rena Stewart from Jedburgh runners up (+77). Alex Shields & Kenny Watson from Peebles were third with +69.48, Brian Thomas & George Martin (Berwick) fourth with +62.22, Robert Clow & Tim McKay (Melville) fifth (+61.19). Full results with travellers (B = Berwick, C = Carlton, D = Dunfermline, F = Falkirk, J = Jedburgh, M = Melville, P = Peebles).
Trina Rogerson won the Faie Rosebowl on Sunday 9 October 2011 with a score of 64.35%, from Iain Sime (61.11%) and Liz Barr (60.19%). Faie Rosebowl Results, also available in more detail.
The East District Committee decided to combine the FAIE this year with the qualifying round for the National Individual Tournaments:
The Harrison Trophy heat winner was Iain Sime. Harrison Results, also available in more detail.
Shenkin Trophy heat winner was Liz Barr. Shenkin results
The Fairlie Trophy heat winner was Trina Rogerson. Fairlie results, also available in more detail for the combined event.
Congratulations to Alan Goodman, Mike Ash, Brian Short & Dave Walker on winning the Edwin Berry National Swiss Teams on Sunday 2 October 2011, by a clear margin from Charles Outred’s runners up.
The Dunbar Congress took place on Sunday 25 September and was a great success.
The Skateraw Teams event was won by Andy Jamieson, John Hamilton, Fiona Lawson & Eileen Carmichael with 68, two ahead of Simon Muir.
The Jack Taylor Pairs was won by Judy Pearson & Graham Hardman with 69.5%. David Briggs and Rosemary McKinnell were unlucky to finish runners up, posting 68.8%.
The Watson Teams of Four event at the Melville has been won by Iain Sime, Fiona McQuaker, John Matheson and Patrick Home (pictured fuzzily below).
The Silver prize winners were David Briggs, Andrew Muir, Jeff Bond and Eric Door (main photo). Winners of the consolation final were Robert Clow, Lucia Barrett, Anthony Bates and Troy van de l'Isle (other photo).
The bronze prize went to the only entrants, being Helen O’Brien, Mike Scully, A Dick and Susan Hamilton.
Another enjoyable match, generously hosted by the Borders Association, resulted in a win by East by 4570 (after handicap).
The East sent 5 promising juniors to the EBU Junior Coaching weekend at the end of August, partly subsidised by the SBU. This trip was a great success with everyone learning a lot and gaining hugely from the experience. They attended classes, played tournaments including a ‘Speedball’ and did other non-bridge activities enjoyed by all. Select the photo for a larger version.
The first Open Trial took place at the Carlton in Edinburgh recently.
The results and qualifying pairs from the first weekend of the Open Camrose Trial are now available.
The qualifying pairs for Stage 2 at the Glasgow Bridge Centre on Sept 17/18 (along with the 9 exampt pairs) are Orlowski & Smith, Guy & Middleton, Liggat & McGowan, Innes & Marshall, Adamson & Symons, Gerrard & Malkani, Hay & Nakamaru-Pinder, Male & McGinley, McKay & Bouverie, Hunter & Wilkinson, and Gordon & Whyte.
The ED welcomed NEBA to Berwick for their annual matches.
The “A” team represented by Iain Sime, Fiona McQuaker, Alan Goodman, Brian Short, Derrick Peden, Malcolm McCardle, Dee Harley & Eric Nolf had a topsy turvey match. Losing the 1st stanza of 12 boards by 50 imps and also the 2nd stanza by 10, they then made a great recovery winning the 3rd by 90 and after the 4th finished overall worthy winners by 45 imps and retained The Newcastle Journal Trophy.
The “B” team had a much quieter afternoon going win, loss, win, loss in each of the 4 stanzas of 12 boards, with the biggest swing being 28 imps. However although leading by 2 imps going into the final quarter finished losing a close match by 11 imps allowing NEBA to retain The Edinburgh Salver. Playing for the “B” team were Anne Perkins, Eileen Carmichael, Veronica Guy, Laura Middleton, Fiona Greenwood, Anna St Clair, Krzystof Nguyen & Tadeusz Janowski.
So the spoils were shared with the ED and NEBA each retaining the trophies they won last year.
As a result of the recent trials, the Lady Milne team will be Anne Symons & Sheila Adamson, Sam Punch & Liz McGowan and Yvonne Wiseman & Fiona McQuaker.
The Selection Committee is pleased to announce that its unanimous decision is to keep the teams for the second weekend of the Camrose in East Kilbride on March 2-4 2012 unchanged.
NPC Alan Goodman: Douglas Piper & Alex Wilkinson, Brian Short & Dave Walker, John Matheson & Iain Sime
NPC Paul Gipson: Irving Gordon & Bill Whyte, Steve Male & Mike McGinley, Sheila Adamson & Anne Symons
The standings after 1st Weekend are as follows:
England 99, Scotland 82, Wales 78, SBU 71, Ireland 63, Northern Ireland 56. Full results.
Alan Goodman, Mike Ash, Brian Short, Dave Walker
Liz McGowan, David Liggat, Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin
George Plant, Veronica Guy
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David Liggat & Roy Bennett
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