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 |
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International Activities
Camrose 2010
Congratulations to England on winning the Camrose Trophy and to BBO on an excellent presentation.
Information
and results here
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The
Scottish team was -
John
Matheson & Iain Sime
John Murdoch & Brian Spears
Brian Short & Dave Walker
Mike Ash (NPC)
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NI |
NIBU |
Ire |
Eng |
Sco |
W |
Total |
| N Ireland |
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19 |
17 |
4 |
15 |
2 |
114 |
| NIBU |
11 |
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10 |
5 |
8 |
9 |
83 |
| Ireland |
13 |
20 |
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15 |
23 |
11 |
182 |
| England |
25 |
25 |
15 |
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16 |
16 |
196 |
| Scotland |
15 |
22 |
14 |
14 |
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20 |
150 |
| Wales |
25 |
21 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
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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) |
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Commonwealth
Nations Bridge Championships
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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.
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A Selector's Life - update
Paul Gipson has written about the last six months as an SBU Selector.
Read the article here
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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.
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Junior
Entry Fees
Entry fees for Juniors (i.e. under 25) are 50%
of
the standard rate.
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Master Point Rankings
Rankings with effect from 28th February have been published.
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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.
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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 |
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Scottish
Cup Draw
Click here for the
draw.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.) |
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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.
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