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

International Activities

Senior Team for the World Championships
The Scottish Senior Team for Bali in September 2013 is announced as Derek Diamond, Victor Silverstone, John Murdoch, Iain Sime, Willie Coyle & Gerald Haase with NPC Harry Smith.  We hope everyone will join in supporting them – our first ever Scottish Team in the World Championships.
You can now follow the progress of the Seniors team as they prepare
for the World Championships in Bali on Twitter. There will be updates
on the Senior Moments Campaign, announcements of their live and BBO
practice matches and all the results as they happen.


Scotland win the Senior Camrose
Congratulations to the Scotland team of Alan Goodman & Brian Short, Irving Gordon & Danny Kane, Liz McGowan & David Liggat with NPC Anne Symons on winning the Senior Camrose.

WBU Camrose results site

Trials 2013-14

Dates have been published in the Calendar.


Ostend, Belgium
15th June – 29th June 2013
Booklet              Information

Senior Moments Campaign Update
Our Senior team did us proud at the European Championships in Dublin, winning a Bronze medal. This is Scotland’s first success at this level, and it means we have qualified for the World Championships in Indonesia in October 2013.
Our Seniors normally pay all their own expenses when competing abroad – the Scottish Bridge Union contributes no more than the entry fee. But it seems unfair to aks them all to pay the £3000 per head that travel and hotel bills will cost in Bali.
So we are asking our members to help with fundraising ... more

Members of the teams are running seminars at the GBC and the Carlton.
Master Point Rankings
Rankings with effect from 25th April have been published.
Master Point Secretary:
Janet Rixon
Strathside
Midmill, Kintore
Inverurie  AB51 0XA
Please do not send certificates by Recorded Delivery.
Junior Entry Fees
Entry fees for Juniors (i.e. under 25) are 50% of the standard rate.
SBU National (Red Point) Congresses 2013
at
Peebles Hotel Hydro
Summer Congress
Download brochure

Autumn Congress
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Improvers' Congress
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Winter Congress
12-15 July 2013


18-21 October 2013


18-21 October 2013

13-16 December 2013

For further information contact -
Peter Cohen, 4 Westbrae Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow G77 6EQ
0141-639 1724           e-mail ap.cohen@virgin.net

SBU Congress Convener
A real opportunity to lead the team running our most prestigious national and international events. Read more ...

Attention All Clubs Who Want New Members!
We are running a session to share ideas on how to help students who have completed teaching programmes to progress to be club members and tournament players.
We have been told that this is a major issue for many clubs.  There are several clubs who have been successful in recruiting significant numbers of new members from their classes.  Also we will be demonstrating the newest version of the SBU teaching materials.
The Workshop will take place on the afternoon before the AGM, which will be held at Stirling BC on 28 May. Refreshments will be available at the end for those wishing to stay for the AGM.
The sessions will be facilitated by Russell Frame and Ann Wickens.  While we'd like the discussions to be as wide-ranging as possible, our indicative agenda is as attached.   Everyone with an interest in promoting teaching and/or helping students progress to club tournament play is welcome to attend but please email Russell in advance at russell.frame45@gmail.com

Membership and Master Point Administration Database (MEMPAD)

Following feedback from Mike Ash's "Your SBU" initiative, as he visited several clubs over the length and breadth of the country, it was rapidly confirmed that processing of membership and master point records in an integrated manner was one of the key areas in which SBU required to demonstrate improvement. Read more ...
2012-13 Scottish Cup
The 2012-13 Scottish Cup is now complete. Paul Barton, Brian Spears, Alan Goodman and John Murdoch recorded a convincing win against Iain Sime, Alan Mould, Jim McGeorge and Jack Paterson.
The match was broadcast on BBO and had more than 600 viewers - sadly the day of the onsite spectator seems to have passed.
The 2013 competition is underway, and results have been updated
President's Report
Mike Ash, SBU President, reports here after each Council meeting. Click here to see his April report on the work of the entire Council.

Mike's Letter to all clubs

Mike Ash, SBU President, has now completed his tour of all 7 Districts. Many thanks to the members who copmpleted the Your SBU survey.  A working Group is now consulting more widely on what the SBU might look like in the future.


Scottish Cup
A major change to our oldest, most important event!
The Scottish Cup is a knockout event for teams of four, open to all members of the Scottish Bridge Union. Early rounds are matches of 32 boards played in two halves of 16 boards each. Scoring by International Match Points.
To ease congestion on the Calendar the SBU has moved the early rounds of the Scottish Cup to April and May.
The Final will be staged at the 2013 Winter Congress in Peebles.
Read more and entry form ...   doc     pdf
Rules 2012-13            Rules 2013

Scottish National League 2013-14
The SBU Council has agreed, in principle, to a number of significant changes to the Scottish National League and this paper describes the Selection Committee’s current proposals. Read more ...
Voting Form

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

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.
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. An article on the Bidding Box can be found here.
If you have any comments please send them to here.
Previously -  System Policy  Hesitations,, Revoke,  Mistaken Explanation   Minor Penalty Cards
Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship
Following on from successful tournaments in Manchester, Melbourne and New Delhi (where Scotland won the gold medal) the 4th running of this prestigious event is to take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow from 8th to 13th September 2014.
Planning is already well underway.  Following the qualifying rounds for the main event, we will also be running an open trans-national teams on 12th & 13th September for those who don't qualify for the semi-finals and supplemented by additional entries from top teams, from home and abroad.
Furthermore, all participants in the two main events will be given free entry to an open pairs tournament on Sunday 14th September to which entries are encouraged from all SBU members.  Don't miss this opportunity to play against top international players and put the date in your diaries now!
A dedicated website has been set up which contains a link to the event leaflet - this has been issued to all Commonwealth national bridge organisations, inviting them to enter a team.