Scottish Bridge Union — East District

National Simultaneous match pointed Senior Pairs - you must have been 62 on the 1st January 2020 to be eligible to play.

Players are expected to play in the heat of their home district. Partnerships with players from 2 districts should agree with one of these districts which heat they will play in.

Results from heats in districts will be merged to give a final ranking.  Approximately 45 boards to be played in each heat

BBO$15 per player payable on the day.   Players are encouraged to register here to provide an indication of numbers.

10 National points for the winners with bonus points to the top half

The Thea Teale Pairs is the SBU National Pairs tournament for Bronze ranked players.  You must be a bronze ranked player on the 1st September ranking list on the SBU website to be eligible to play.

Heats will be held in districts and then the results from all districts merged to produce a single winner.  3 National Points to the winners with awards to the top third.

The ED heat will be held on BBO on Saturday 6th November - a single session of approximatey 24 boards starting at 11am

Cost  BBO$ 7.50 per person.  

Multiple teams of four for the Edward Rayne Trophy - open to all SBU members.   This was the 4th National Competition to be instigated by the SBU (after the Scottish Cup, Women's teams and National Pairs) and is played for our most valuable silver trophy. The trophy was donated by Edward Rayne after he won the teams at both Scottish Congresses in 1948 

The East District has 3 places in the Rayne Final and for the qualifier, each member of the team must belong to a club in the District.

Heats will be held using a multiple teams format using RealBridge 

The final will be played on Real Bridge and will consist of up to 16 teams – 2 from Ayrshire, Central, Highland, North and South and 3 from East and West - playing around 45 boards.

Entry Fee

£16 per team - this will be payable to the East District - payment details will be provided to teams entering

The entry fee for the Final will be £20 per team .  7  National Points will be awarded to the winners of the Final with awards to the top 1/2 of the field.

This annual ED event will be run on BBO and is open to ALL SBU members.  There will be RED POINTS for matches won or drawn as well as to the top 1/4

Start time - 11:00am    Estimated finish time  7:00 pm   (There will be a 60 minute break at half time)

Entry fee  BBO$12 per person

McGregor Cup  - ED tournament for mixed pairs

ED Bronze Pairs