St Andrew-based teams made a clean sweep at the weekend's West District Swiss competition at Hamilton - winning all four top places, plus the Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes.

Sheila Macdonald's team - Maida Grant, Maria Jackson and John Donaldson - won the title.

Second place went to Hugh McCash's team - Alistair Macdonald, Douglas Mitchell and David Weir.

Kevin Strathern, along with David Ritchie, Stu Thomson and Nicol Taylor finished third and won the Silver Award after heading the leader board for much of the tournament.

And Steve Bailey's team - John McIntyre, John Gorton and Hans Halstvedt - came in fourth, picking up the Bronze Award.

Well played, everyone! A great result.

Sheila MacDonald, Maida Grant, Hugh McCash and John Di Mambro won 3^rd prize in the National Final of the Rayne Teams on Saturday 4^th January.

Congratulations to Maida Grant and Sheila MacDonald who finished second in the recent trials.  They will play in the Lady Milne representing Scotland and we wish them well.

Well done to Duncan Rodger, Suresh Tyagi, Raymond McShane and Ian McClure on winning this event.

Well done to Sheila and Maida playing with Liz McGowan and Sam Punch winning the Ladies' Fours recently - nice one !

In the Stirling Pairs, held on Sunday 5^th January in Falkirk, several of our Members distinguished themselves.  Douglas Mitchell and David Weir were first overall with Suresh Tyagi and Duncan Rodger coming in second.  Steve Bailey and John MacIntyre lifted the Silver Prize (first) with David Ritchie (playing with Alistair Ross) lifting the second placed Silver Pair.  Well done to all!

Well done to Ina Atkins and Nicol Taylor who won the Duncan MacDonald Tournament on Monday 13 January 2014.

The recent "Scottish Bridge News" carried an article by Fiona Greenwood regarding the forthcoming Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship which is being hosted in Glasgow between 8^th and 4^th September 2014.  If you are interested in hearing more about this exciting event and/or would like to help, please contact Fiona who will be delighted to hear from you. 

fionagreewood@dial.pipex.com

Congratulations to Sheila and Maida who won this year's event.

This was held in the Buchanan Club on Satuday 15^th March and won by Hugh McCash and John Di Mambro.  They will be invited to play in the Inter-district Spence Cup on the 24^th May.

Well done to Ian McClure who was part of the winning team - nice one!

Some photos of our first event in the new St Andrew Bridge Club.  If you'd like copies of any of these, let me know.  John

Well done to Alasdair Forbes, Bill Durning, Suresh Tyagi and Duncan Rodger who won this event.

The St Andrew Club's hosted this event on Tuesday 25th March which attracted a very large entry of 14 teams.  Our Club fared well in the prize-winners.  The winners were David Shenkin, Norman Levitt, Martin Diamond and Colin Black.  Maria Jackson, Jill Arthur, Sheila MacDonald and Maida Grant and Jill Arthur were second.  Third prize was shared jointly between two teams: Jim McMenemy, Paul Maiolani, Helen and Danny Kane and Douglas Mitchell, David Weir, Hugh McCash and John Di Mambro.

Well done to Kevin Strathearn and Stewart McDonald who won the Silver Prize in the Ayrshire Congress on Saturday 12^th April.