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.
The Annual General Meeting of the East District of the Scottish Bridge Union was held on Thursday 3rd May 2012 in the Carlton Bridge Centre, 36B Warriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 5NE.
Here are some of the prize winners: Mike Ash with the shiny new Atholl Plate, Jim Wise and Andy Longmore from Penicuik with the Division 3 cup, Fiona Greenwood and Anne Perkins with the recently won MacLaren Cup, David Liggat and Liz McGowan with the Freddie Short Quaich and David Liggat again, with the Cowan Cup he won with Roy Bennett. Finally, the Edinburgh Congress Trophy won by Team Ash.
This year’s Congress was held on Sunday 10 June - results on the Kelso site. Congress Pairs winners were John Hayton & Lee Leeson. The Swiss Teams was won by Alison Ireland, Elinor Green, Catherine McConnachie & Marjorie McDonald. The runners up were Marion Miller, John Miller, Val Johnstone & Mary Millar, after a split tie.
This year’s Congress was held on Sunday 3 June at the King Malcolm Hotel, Dunfermline - results on the Dunfermline site. Congress Pairs winners were Steven Male & Michele Gladstone. The Swiss Teams was won by J Higgins, S Zoltie, C Hepburn & I MacAuley.
The 51st European Team Championships took place last week.
Congratulations to our Seniors team of Iain Sime, John Murdoch, Derek Diamond, Victor Silverstone, John Matheson and Willie Coyle, with Harry Smith as NPC. The team won Bronze medals at the event.
Read Paul Gipson’s daily reports from Dublin at The Beer Card, and BridgeTopics.com.
The individual Benjamin Trophy for Grandmasters was won by Alan Goodman at the Carlton at the weekend, pipping Bob McKinnon after a tie. The link is to the Carlton site, for full results.
The final match of the Atholl Cup was played on 30th May and resulted in a victory for Dave Walker’s Team against Fiona McQuaker. Stephen Peterkin appeared as a substitute for the winners, in place of Nigel Morecroft. The other winning team members were Les Steel and Anne Symons.
The Hunter Cup has been won by Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski, Finlay Marshall & Alex Adamson. Runners up were Robert Clow, Derrick Peden, Anthony Bates & Troy van de L’Isle, with in 3rd place Derek Sanders, Derek Diamond, Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin.
The Silver Prize was won by Thea Teale, Jim McDowall, Jane Stephenson & Rosemary McKinnel.
The Bronze Prize was won by Sandy Kirkwood, Ken Tait, Bett Morrison & Ritchie Thompson
Select the photo for a full size version. Full results, and with wins.
The Harrison trophy has been won by Alistair Crawford (West), with Roy Marr 2nd and George Plant 3rd.
The Shenkin trophy was won by Derek French (Central) from Henry Crone (Ayrshire), with Jim McDowall 3rd.
The Fairlie trophy went to Vince Elliott from Steve Bailey (both West), with Jake Corry 3rd.
Scotland win the Senior Camrose Trophy, although the patron's team wins the event.
GB 178, Scotland 172, England 154, ROI 147, Wales 135, Northern Ireland 109
Congratulations to Scotland on winning the trophy. The team was - John Murdoch & Iain Sime, Bill Whyte & Irving Gordon, John Matheson & Willie Coyle. NPC - Mike Ash. Reserve pair - Dee Harley & Eric Nolf.
The winners of the Scottish Cup last weekend were Brian Short, Les Steel, John Matheson and David Walker. They defeated the team of Charles and Vi Outred, Clive Owen and John Holland. The winners of the Scottish Plate were Peter Hodgson, Willie Nelson, Cathy Ferguson and Paul Maiolani.
The Pairs was won by B Thomas & G Martin (Pairs Results, and Frequencies),
The Swiss Teams was won by Reg & Diana Drysdale, Ros French & Jean Mole. (Teams Results).
Congratulations to Grosvenor Aces, who won the MacLaren Cup at Carlton Bridge Centre on Monday 30 April.
Carlton Camden are runners up, their handicap of 3200 not being sufficient to overcome their higher league opponents.
Ellen-Nora Leggate and Jean-Philippe Herzog
Non-Handicap winners: Tim McKay and Keith Youngs
1st equal: Sheila Adamson, Alan Goodman, Anne Symons, Andrew Symons and Ann Anderson, Graham Anderson, Helen Wood, Earl McGregor
Silver winners: (3rd overall) Veronica Guy, Laura Middleton, Lucia Barrett, Robert Clow
Bronze winners (4th overall): Rhona Collins, Lilian Flett, Margaret Anderson, Lyn Cronin
New players: Linda Greig, Walter Pearson, Edward Clutton, Ken Mackenzie
Congratulations to Finlay Marshall, Alec Adamson, Harry Smith & Adrian Orlowski, who won the Bowman Trophy (Men’s Teams event) this week with a score of 89. Runners up were Andy Jamieson, George Plant, Derrick Peden & Malcolm McCardle, on 58. Full results.
Congratulations to Liz McGowan, Sam Punch, Sheila Adamson & Anne Symons, who won the Jacqueline Bruce Vase (Women’s Teams event) this week with a score of 111. Runners up were Eileen Carmichael, Fiona Lawson, Ros French & Diana Drysdale, on 97. Full results.
Congratulations to Claire Hargan & Julia Palmer, who won the Cyril Breene Trophy for Women’s Pairs on 21 April 2012, as a Silver Pair! Runners up were Liz McGowan & Sam Punch.
The Buchanan Cup for Men’s Pairs on 21 April 2012 was won by Tim Wickens & Kim Fryer. Roy Bennett and David Liggat were runners up.
The National Pairs on 22 April 2012 was won by Paul Maiolani & Cathy Ferguson. Dave Walker and Les Steel were runners up, with Iain Sime & Patrick Home third.
Congratulations to the Carlton’s Catriona Gardiner & Jane Harper, who have won the Johnston Trophy for District Masters.
Congratulations also to the East’s Gary McGinley & Charles Russell (Borders), who have won the Kennedy Trophy for Club and Local Masters.
Full Johnston/ Kennedy national result.
The Jesner Pairs for Masters was won by Mike Innes and Adrian Orlowski, with Andy Jamieson & Trina Rogerson runners up. Full Jesner national result.
The unofficial third place play-off between Berwick A and Berwick Bears took place on 25 April at Berwick Bridge Club. The Berwick Bears had a good win by 2170. Having been 810 down after 12 boards the A team recovered to a 2nd half of +1040 and although losing by handicap saved a little pride. Serious bridge and a good "bake -up" after 12 boards. An enjoyable and friendly evening.
Congratulations to the Scotland team (all from East District) who won the Lady Milne Trophy in Llandrindod Wells.
Sheila Adamson & Anne Symons, Liz McGowan & Sam Punch, Fiona McQuaker & Yvonne Wiseman. NPC - Brian Short. The WBU has a dedicated Lady Milne page with full details.
The Scots recorded 5 wins out of 5 – 21-9 against the Republic of Ireland, 18-12 against Wales, 25-1 against WBU, 24-6 against Northern Ireland and 16-14 against England.
The ranked Simultaneous Pairs Competitions for players below Scottish Master took place on Sunday 1st April. MASTERS AND SENIOR MASTERS enter the Jesner, DISTRICT MASTERS the Johnston and LOCAL/CLUB MASTERS the Kennedy. Players may play with a partner of lower rank.
The Jesner heat was won with a good score of 65% by Andy Jamieson and Trina Rogerson. Back at 53.5% were Gill Colston & Liz Barr and Anne Havard & Margaret Anderson. Full Jesner results at the Carlton site.
Only two entries for the Johnston in the East, with Catriona Gardiner & Jane Harper coming out on top with an excellent 67.71%.
The Kennedy was a tight affair, with Willie MacGruer & Maggie Greer first on 58.33% from Graeme & Irene Scott on 56.25%. Full Johnston & Kennedy results at the Carlton site.
The Women’s team for the Olympiad in Lille in August will be Anne Symons & Sheila Adamson, Liz McGowan & Sam Punch, Maida Grant & Sheila Macdonald – NPC will be announced shortly.
Congratulations to Mike Ash (with Miro Dragic, Finlay Marshall and Harry Smith) who has won the Atholl Cup Plate by beating Liz Barr (with Trina Rogerson, Gill Colston, Margaret Forest - Margaret Alder playing as sub in the final).
Congratulations to Jake Corry who has won the Junior National Pairs playing with Jun Nakamaru-Pinder, and also to Jacob Moody & Katherine Dempsie who finished third. Frischmann results are on the SBU website.
Olivia Bailey and Georgie Harwell (Melville members) won the Mixed Schools trophy with a pair from Montrose Academy. Here they are receiving the trophy from Sarah Williams of Montrose BC.
The Magazine Subscriber Pairs on Sunday 18 March has been won by Brian Short and Anne Symons, with joint runners up in Andy Jamieson/ Malcolm Copley and Peter & Rona Moss. Results are on the SBU website.
Stirling BC on March 24 & 25. The trial between five four-man teams was won by Iain Sime’s team which was Iain & John Murdoch, Derek Diamond & Victor Silverstone. The winners are automatically selected plus one other pair to be announced later. The clear runners up in the trial were Brian Short’s team.
All the results from this season’s league campaign are now in and counted, and the final league tables can be perused via the usual league links.
Congratulations to all the champion teams for this year: Nomads, Linlithgow, Penicuik, Ratten and Marmion A.
A Scottish Junior team recently took part in this year’s White House Junor International in Amsterdam. There is a website : www.bridgenieuws.wordpress.com with further information and a Daily Bulletin. There is also a detailed page with full scores and Butler rankings. If that link stops working, go to Nederlandse Bridge Bond main page then click on ‘Competitie’ and select ‘Butleruitslag: White House Juniors 2012 Swiss’.
Scotland’s team was Alex Wilkinson, Jun Nakamaru-Pinder, Alisdair McLeod and Stephen Rose.
David Liggat & Liz McGowan won the District Senior Pairs on Wed 15 March. Jeff Bond & Andrew Muir were runners up. Full results are on the Melville web site.
Congratulations to Andy & Jan Philip, winners of the Allan Flitch Trophy for married couples at the Melville on Saturday. Runners up were Archie & Pam Leith, with Andrew & Jane Carnegie in third place.
The Philips’ score of 66.36% was 1.36% clear, and allowed them to repeat their success of two years ago. Full Flitch results table.
The 2012 Camrose was won by England, who held a comfortable lead throughout the second weekend and wrapped up the title with a match to spare. Scotland finished 3rd behind Wales, with SBU in fifth. Full Camrose details.
The Open Trial final was won by the team of Mike Ash, Miro Dragic, Bill Whyte & Irving Gordon and they plus Douglas Piper & Alex Wilkinson will be our Open team for the Europeans in Dublin.
The European Women’s Trial was won by the team of Liz McGowan, Sam Punch, Anne Symons & Sheila Adamson and with Fiona McQuaker & Yvonne Wiseman will be our team for Dublin. Sheila Macdonald and Maida Grant are named as reserves.
The Senior Trials will be held in Stirling BC the weekend of March 24/25.
Congratulations to David Liggat & Roy Bennett, winners of the Cowan Cup on Sunday. Second were John Mathieson & Liz McGowan with Brian Short and Dave Walker third.
Winners of the Bronze prize were Jane Carnegie & Bob Robertson.
Cowan Cup Final results, with frequency data and more.
Congratulations to Martin & Lucy Hammer (pictured above), who won the No Fear tournament with 65%, three ahead of Scott & Linda MacDonald (pictured below). No Fear results.
Congratulations also to William & Jean Johnston (pictured above with convener Anne Perkins), winners of the Next Step with 61.19%. Runners up were Willie MacGruer & Maggie Greer (56.66%, below right). Next Step results.
Congratulations to Scotland Junior Camrose team (Phil Morrison (playing captain) & Frazer Morgan, Krzyzstof Nguyen & Alex Wilkinson) who have won the event in Dublin on 17-19 February.
A strong performance too from our Peggy Bayer team (Stewart Pinkerton & Jun Nakamaru-Pinder, Yvonne & Ralph Wiseman. NPC David McCrossan), who ran favourites England close and finished runners up.
Junior Camrose:
Scotland 156
England 141
CBAI 122
NIBU 121
Peggy Bayer:
England 182
Scotland 167
NIBU 102
CBAI 77
The National Mixed Swiss Pairs and Teams events took place on 11/12 February at Hutcheson’s Grammer School. Congratulations to Liz MacGowan, David Liggat, Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin for winning the Mixed Swiss Teams, and also to Veronica Guy & George Plant, who won the Mixed Swiss Pairs.
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.
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 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.
Winners! Liz McGowan & Sam Punch, Anne Symons & Sheila Adamson, Fiona McQuaker & Yvonne Wiseman
Winners! Iain Sime & John Murdoch, Bill Whyte & Irving Gordon, John Matheson & Willie Coyle
Winners! Krzysztof Nguyen, Alex Wilkinson, Morrison and Morgan (Jake Corry (ED Committee) played for N Ireland).
Alan Goodman
Alan Goodman, Mike Ash, Brian Short, Dave Walker
Brian Short, Dave Walker, Les Steel, John Matheson
Liz McGowan, David Liggat, Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin
George Plant, Veronica Guy
Brian Short, Les Steel, John Matheson and David Walker
Mike Ash, Alan Goodman, Sam Punch (with Tim Rees)
Nicol Taylor was in the winning West District team
Claire Hargan & Julia Palmer
Liz McGowan, Sam Punch (with Maida Grant & Sheila MacDonald)
We note with sadness the passing of both Dr Jimmy Allan and Jimmy Power during the latter months of the season, both great characters who played with distinction in the East District.
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Andy & Jan Philip
Dave Walker, Les Steel, Anne Symons & Nigel Morecroft
Mike Ash, Miro Dragic, Harry Smith & Finlay Marshall
David Liggat & Roy Bennett
Iain Sime, Patrick Home, Alan Goodman, Mike Ash
Trina Rogerson
David Liggat & Liz McGowan
Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski, Finlay Marshall & Alex Adamson
Div 1: Nomads
Div 2: Linlithgow
Div 3: Penicuik
Div 4: Ratten
Div 5: Marmion A
Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin
Grosvenor Aces
Finlay Marshall, Alex Adamson, Harry Smith, Adrian Orlowski
William & Jean Johnston
Martin & Lucy Hammer
Malcolm Cuthbertson & Alec Adamson
Jane Stephenson & David Kaye
Iain Sime, Fiona McQuaker, John Matheson, Patrick Home
Liz McGowan, Sam Punch, Sheila Adamson, Anne Symons
Pairs: Brian Thomas & George Martin
Teams: Reg & Diana Drysdale, Ros French & Jean Mole
Pairs: Judy Pearson, Graham Hardman
Teams: Andy Jamieson, John Hamilton, Fiona Lawson, Eileen Carmichael
Pairs: John Hayton, Lee Leeson
Teams: Alison Ireland, Elinor Green, Catherine McConnachie, Marjorie McDonald
Pairs: Steven Male, Micele Gladstone
Teams: J Higgins, S Zoltie, C Hepburn, I MacAuley
Handicap Pairs: Ellen-Nora Leggate and Jean-Philippe Herzog (Non-Handicap winners: Tim McKay and Keith Youngs)
Teams: Sheila Adamson, Alan Goodman, Anne Symons, Andrew Symons tied with Ann Anderson, Graham Anderson, Helen Wood, Earl McGregor
Silver: Veronica Guy, Laura Middleton, Lucia Barrett, Robert Clow
Bronze: Rhona Collins, Lilian Flett, Margaret Anderson, Lyn Cronin
New players: Linda Greig, Walter Pearson, Edward Clutton, Ken Mackenzie
East District
