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
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the first weekend (Edinburgh) of this two-stage event,
the team selected for the second leg in Belfast on 5-7th March is - |
John
Matheson & Iain Sime
John Murdoch & Brian Spears
Brian Short & Dave Walker
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The reserve pair will be Douglas Piper & Alex
Wilkinson. Mike Ash will continue as non-playing captain.
First weekend information and results here.
| Republic
of Ireland |
100 |
| England
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99 |
| Wales
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78 |
| Scotland
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72 |
| N
Ireland |
57 |
| NIBU
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40 |
Lady
Milne Team Selection
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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.
European
Women’s Team Selection
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Selection Committee is
pleased
to announce that last year’s winning Lady Milne team has been
selected ‘en-bloc’ to represent Scotland at Ostend
in 2010. |
Sheila
Adamson & Anne Martin
Veronica Guy & Sam Punch
Maida Grant & Sheila Macdonald |
A reserve pair may be named following the Lady Milne trial weekend.
We will announce a captain after the European trials have run their
course.
European
Open Team Selection
| Following
completion of the European Open trials the following players were
selected for the European Open Teams event in Ostend in June 2010. |
Michael
Ash & Alan Goodman
Jim Hay & Frazer Morgan
Douglas Piper & Alex Wilkinson |
John Murdoch and Brian Spears are named reserves, the captain will be
appointed when the remaining European trials have run their course.
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.
My thanks to Fiona Abbott, Anne Perkins, Ian Ross, Horst Kopleck and
Paul Gipson for their support and hard work during the various trial
weekends that the Selection Committee have run over the past few months.
William
Whyte
Chairman,
Selection Committee
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Scottish Cup Draw
Click here for the
draw.
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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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SBU National (Red Point)
Congresses 2010
at
Peebles
Hotel
Hydro
| Summer Congress |
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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Gold Cup Plate Entry Date
The closing date has been changed to the end of February 2010 and
applies to first or second round exits before this date.
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Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer
The
Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer international events are being held from
February 20th to 21st at the Rest Porthcawl under the management of the
WBU .
Spectators are welcome at all times.
Junior
Camrose Team
Alex Wilkinson, Phillip Stevenson, Giles Ellison and Frazer Morgan
Jim Power npc
Peggy
Bayer 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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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 first case can be found here.
If you have any comments please send them to here.
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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
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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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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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Master Point Rankings
Rankings with effect from 31st December have been published.
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Limitation
of Penalties
Clubs may make their own rules regarding limitation of penalties in
aggregate tournaments however the SBU recommend that the rules
laid down in the 1951 edition of Farrington's "Duplicate Bridge
Movements" is adopted, including the recommendation that "no
score shall be limited to less than the score made by any other pair
playing the hand in the same direction whose score is not subject to
limitation".
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