S c o t t i s h B r i d g e U n i o n

SBU 2nd Overseas Congress
A National Red Point Event
4 May 2010, 7 nights
4 star Iberostar Jardin del Sol Suites Hotel
Bay of Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Download the brochure here
In partnership with Bridge Overseas
International Activities

Camrose 2010

Congratulations to England on winning the Camrose Trophy and to BBO on an excellent presentation.
Information and results here
The Scottish team was -
John Matheson & Iain Sime
John Murdoch & Brian Spears
Brian Short & Dave Walker
Mike Ash (NPC)

NI NIBU Ire Eng Sco W Total
N Ireland 19 17 4 15 2 114
NIBU 11 10 5 8 9 83
Ireland 13 20 15 23 11 182
England 25 25 15 16 16 196
Scotland 15 22 14 14 20 150
Wales 25 21 14 13 10 167


Lady Milne Team Selection
Following completion of the Lady Milne Trial the following pairs were selected for Lady Milne event in Manchester, April 2010. Veronica Guy & Sam Punch

Sheila Adamson & Anne Martin

Maida Grant & Sheila Macdonald
Lucia Barrett and Laura Middleton are named reserves.   The non-playing captain is Brian Short.

Senior Camrose Team
Following completion of the Senior Camrose trials the following players were selected for the Senior Camrose event in Scotland in May 2010. David Gerrard & Ken Rae

Finlay Marshall & Harry Smith

Jack Paterson & Brian Short
John Dick & Stuart McCreadie are named reserves. The non-playing captain is Sam Malkani.

50th European Team Championships
Ostend, 22 June - 3 July 2010
Open Series
Mike Ash & Alan Goodman
Jim Hay & Frazer Morgan
Douglas Piper & Alex Wilkinson
Sandy Duncan (NPC)
Women Series
Sheila Adamson & Anne Martin
Maida Grant & Sheila Macdonald
Veronica Guy & Sam Punch
William Whyte (NPC)
Senior Series
Derek Diamond & Irving Gordon
Willie Coyle & John Matheson
Jack Paterson & Brian Short
Brian Short (PC)

Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships
The Selection Committee is pleased to announce that Scotland will enter the following team for the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships, to be held in New Delhi in October 2010, immediately following the Commonwealth Games. Brian Spears & John Murdoch
 
Derek Diamond & Derek Sanders

Irving Gordon & Sandy Duncan

Captain: Brian Spears.
The follow-on Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow in July 2014.


A Selector's Life - update
Paul Gipson has written about the last six months as an SBU Selector. Read the article here ...


VuGraph Operations Manual
At the recent BBO seminar held at the October Congress we used a manual produced by the Australian Bridge Federation that was extremely useful to help train future BBO operators. This is now available for download on the Resources page.

Junior Entry Fees
Entry fees for Juniors (i.e. under 25) are 50% of the standard rate.



Master Point Rankings

Rankings with effect from 28th February have been published.


VP Scales
Convenors should ensure that the correct scales are used.  They should also check the default scales on their computer scoring programs to ensure that the SBU scales are being used for Scotttish events.

SBU National (Red Point) Congresses 2010
at
Peebles Hotel Hydro

Summer Congress
Download the brochure here.
9-11 July 
Autumn Congress 15-17 October
Gold Cup Congress 10-12 December
For further information contact -
Peter Cohen
4 Westbrae Road
Newton Mearns
Glasgow G77 6EQ
0141-639 1724
e-mail ap.cohen@virgin.net


Scottish Cup Draw
Click here for the draw.

Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer
The Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer international events was held from February 20th to 21st at the Rest Porthcawl under the management of the WBU .
The winning teams

Junior Camrose
Scotland 146
Republic of Ireland 145
England 125
Northern Ireland 104
Wales 73
The team - Alex Wilkinson, Phillip Stephens, Gyles Ellison and Frazer Morgan
Jim Power npc
 
Peggy Bayer
Scotland 171
England 158
Wales 124
Northern Ireland 85
Republic of Ireland 51
The team - Yvonne Wiseman, Ralph Wiseman, Jun Pinder, Abigail Wilson, Stuart Bradnam and Stephen Rose
David McCrossan npc
Click here for information and results.


Club Directors' Course

An SBU Club Directors' Course will be held in the Buchanan Club on the weekend of 20-21st March.  The program runs from 11am-5pm each day and will cost £25 inclusive of buffet snacks and handouts.
 
Interested parties should contact John Wilson at jt.wilsontd@btinternet.com or phone 01324 851853.


Bridgemate Update
Have you ever started a new event using bridgemates with the wrong preferences and once you had sent the movement data to the server there was of way of altering the preferences?
Now you can!
Click here


The 2010 Women's Bridge Festival
Organised by the World Bridge Federation and Bridge Base Online 12th to 18th  April 2010. Click here for details.
 

Laws and Ethics - Ruling Examples
In an effort to achieve consistency in rulings by Tournament Directors and Appeals Committees, the Laws and Ethics Committee has launched a
discussion forum. Their second case on the Revoke can be found here.
If you have any comments please send them to here.
Previously - Hesitations

An Official History of the Scottish Bridge Union
printed to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

The book is quite an achievement and must have been an enormous amount of work.  It does the SBU proud. A job very well done!
Harry Smith

Copies on sale at £10 at all national events.
Contact your District Secretary for distribution points in your area.
Liz McGowan (0131-667 2432) will post a copy for £12.50 (includes postage and packing.)


Learn Bridge
Contact the Education Officer in your District for information on classes in your area.

Bridge for Students in Further Education
A fast-track course in the basics of bridge, aimed at University students,
has been produced by the European Bridge League, and a translation is now available on our website.
See the Education page.