Scottish Bridge Union West District
 
This is the home page of the West District of the Scottish Bridge Union. If you play in the West District then this is your site.
If you have any news or information on your club or comments on the website please use the Contact Us page.
Bronze Challenge Pairs

Many thanks to all who played in this competition. Combined results of the West District Bronze Challenge 2016 can now be viewed on this website. After reviewing the results and eliminating some non-eligible players among participants, the prizewinners in the various categories are as follows -

Robin Heron and Robin Crouch (Buchanan) are overall winner and Local Master category winner

Ian Telford and Harry McDade (Hamilton) win the Club Master category

Derek Pendrey and Mary Stein (Hamilton) win the Master Category

Evie Park and Patricia Redmond (Buchanan) win the Novice category - and a huge congratulation to them for their overall result

Walter Gray and Ian MacGregor (Hamilton) win the District Master category

DAYTIME BRIDGE

Fancy a game of bridge during the day? There are plenty of opportunities throughout the District - for more information please click on the Daytime Bridge tab on the left. If your club can add to this list, please email the District Secretary.

WEST DISTRICT SWISS TEAMS 2016
WEST DISTRICT SWISS TEAMS 2016

We are inviting entries for this year's West District Swiss Teams on Sunday 27 November at Hamilton Bridge Club.

• Open event - all welcome

• An excellent opportunity to earn National (Red) Points

• 6 x 8 Board matches

• Prizes for ‘Silver’ and ‘Bronze’ teams

• Only £50 per team

Use Online Entry or download an entry form here.

Bronze Cordial Congress at Seamill Hydro Hotel

Pairs, Teams and much more.
Sunday 13th to Tuesday 15th November 2016
Download the brochure here.

Qualifying heats and arrangements for District and National competitions
For all clubs holding qualifying heats for one or more of the following competitions, arrangements are as follows (with changes from last year highlighted in bold). Please note in particular the changes to arrangements for the National Pairs introduced by the SBU.

District Pairs: Qualifying heats are held in clubs. For details of participating clubs see Calendar on the West District website. The top half of the field (rounded up) qualify for the Semi-Final which is on Tuesday 21 February 2017, 7.00pm at the Buchanan Club. Players who have failed to qualify in a club heat are entitled to try again and enter any other club heat(s) which are still to be held. Players who have already gained qualification should, however, not play in other heats even if only to make up numbers.
The West District entry fee is £3.00 per player. All results and entry fees should be sent to the District Secretary, cheques payable to “West District SBU”.  Please also forward to the District Secretary (by email) the event file for your heat (.dat file in ScoreBridge) - this will greatly help us with processing results for master pointing.

National Pairs
: All qualifying heats must be arranged through the West District. For details of District heats see Calendar on the West District website. The top half of the field (rounded up) qualify for the District Final which is on Tuesday 24 January 2017, 7.00pm at the Buchanan Club. Players who have failed to qualify in a club heat MUST NOT play in any other club heat(s) still to be held. Players who have already gained qualification should also not play in other heats even if only to make up numbers. There are no national Semi-Finals, and qualification from the District Final will be directly to the national Final.
The SBU entry fee is £3.00 per player.
All results and entry fees should be sent to the District Secretary, cheques payable to “Scottish Bridge Union”.  Please also forward to the District Secretary (by email) the event file for your heat (.dat file in ScoreBridge) - this will greatly help us with processing results for master pointing.

Men’s & Women’s Pairs
: Both competitions are now run by the SBU as one-day events, and there will be no qualifying heats held in clubs or districts.
Men's Pairs: Saturday 25 February 2017, Dundee BC
Women's Pairs: Saturday 25 March 2017, Highlander Hotel, Newtonmore
All entries for the Men's and Women's Pairs should be sent to the SBU convener.
Events calendar 2016/17

West District events for next season have now been added to the Calendar. Please note that some dates are still provisional. For a complete overview of SBU and West District events go to Menu item Calendar and select SBU & WD Calendar 2016/17. This document is updated regularly with new dates and amendments as they become available.

SBU Master Points

Any paper points, email queries, cheques, and all correspondence related to SBU Master Points should be routed as follows:- 

Post
SBU Member Services Dept #16
196 Rose Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AT
email
masterpoints@sbu.org.uk
Master Points

Details of the SBU Master Points Database MEMPAD can be found on the News page.

Calendar
6th November 2016
Jesner & Johnston
GBC
8th November 2016
Rayne Teams-of-Four District Q
Buchanan BC
9th November 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - Hamilton
Hamilton BC
13th November 2016
Bronze Cordial - Beginners' & Improvers' Congress
Seamill Hydro
14th November 2016
Bronze Cordial - Beginners' & Improvers' Congress
Seamill Hydro
Results
19th October 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - St Andrew
12th October 2016
National Pairs Qualifying - Hamilton
12th October 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - Stirling
29th September 2016
Bronze Challenge
28th September 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - Buchanan
Calendar
6th November 2016
Jesner & Johnston
GBC
8th November 2016
Rayne Teams-of-Four District Q
Buchanan BC
9th November 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - Hamilton
Hamilton BC
13th November 2016
Bronze Cordial - Beginners' & Improvers' Congress
Seamill Hydro
14th November 2016
Bronze Cordial - Beginners' & Improvers' Congress
Seamill Hydro
Results
19th October 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - St Andrew
12th October 2016
National Pairs Qualifying - Hamilton
12th October 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - Stirling
29th September 2016
Bronze Challenge
28th September 2016
District Pairs Qualifying (club heat) - Buchanan