| Snaps from the BirnamArts day |
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Snaps from the Dunkeld and Birnam CaféBridge Day 2025!
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| Winners at the Dunkeld CaféBridge Day! |
Sarah and John Williams, from Montrose, holding the Hamish Smith Salver, winners at our CaféBridge day last week! They were delighted to be gifted a voucher for afternoon tea for 2 from Dunkeld House Hotel.
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| Spoons CafeBridge day in Dunkeld and Birnam |
We had a super day of walks, bridge and lunches in Dunkeld and Birnam. 112 participants played 28 boards throughout the day.
The rain stayed off!
Tournament Directors Victor Lesk and Caroline Bottoms kept everything running smoothly.
£1,900 was raised for SCAA from the day.
In 2025, £4,000 has been raised from the three days of bridge at BirnamArts, Strathmore Golf Club, Blairgowrie Golf Club and the CaféBridge day for Scottish Charity Air Ambulance.
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| Strathmore winners! |
Winners EW with a super 73.04%, Evelyn Mitchel and Margaret Mackie
Richard Benstead and Mark Lincoln were tops EW, presented by prizes from Dinah Scott.
TD Graham Bullock did a splendid job, being given a bottle by organiser/host Frances Morgan.
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| Some photos from the Strathmore BridgeDay! |
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| Great photos of our ‘24 Dunkeld CaféBridge day! |
Spoons players, Catherine Robertson and Francis Morgan enjoyed being transported by Cycling without Age. Tap here for a direct link to some great photos of the CaféBridge day! Add your own snaps to the album.
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| Dunkeld and Birnam CaféBridge Day winners |
Top pair Alison Young and David Shore received the Hamish Smith trophy from Spoons Catherine Robertson with the tournament director Victor Lesk behind.
They also were gifted afternoon tea for two at Dunkeld House Hotel.
Runners up Sarah Gunn and Marina Evans received medals and a voucher for a private sauna session at The Taybank
Third place went to Alan Roberts and James Paterson. They received afternoon tea for 2 at the Royal Hotel.
The Dunkeld and Birnam CaféBridge day on Tuesday 22nd October was in aid of Scottish Charity Air Ambulance.
With 5 venues and 6 transfers, the hundred players could walk over 12,000 paces, or cycle or drive or take a CWA trishaw!
The sun shone and
the path from Dunkeld to  the lovely Dunkeld House Hotel was particularly enjoyable! Plus our old favourites, the Taybank, BirnamArts and the Corbenic Cafe were all included.
The winning pair, from London, David Shore and Alison Young received the Hamish Smith Memorial Salver.
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| Spoons winners at Plockton CB event 2023 |
Shuna Colville and Bob Ross won the Martin Cup at the 2023 Plockton CaféBridge day. Well done! A fantastic performance, ahead of GrandMasters and other top players, they scored 66.16% over the 25 boards.
The results, photos and commentary are here. Just tap to open and go to Past Events.
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| Medals and vouchers and fresh vegetables! Dunkeld 2023 |
Well done Gill and George Roberts!
The eventual winners, George and Gill Roberts, did the Country route by bike.
The CaféBridge event and the raffle on Tuesday 24th in Dunkeld made over £2200 for Alzheimer Scotland. 108 keen bridge players played 24 games throughout Dunkeld and Birnam. They came from all over Scotland, and London, Dorset and Yorkshire.
Huge thanks to all hostelries and local businesses who supported the fundraising day so well.
Well done to the winners George and Gill Roberts from Findo Gask scoring 69.71%.
Runners up with 68.97% were Sam Punch and Steven Peterkin from Stirling .
And in third place with 65.67% were two Londoners Elaine Howard and Paul Singer.
Photos of players in the Scottish Deli, Dunkeld House Hotel, the Taybank, BirnamArts and the Corbenic Cafe.
Results and commentary are now up!
Tap here to go to a photo album.
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| A Day of Bridge at BirnamArts 23rd May 2022 |
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| Serious business at BridgeDays3 with Fizz, Medals and Carrots to win…. |
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| A few snaps from The Hairy Coo Swiss Teams ‘24 |
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| Bunting and the bunting creator both seen at the Perth Swiss 2024 |
 Karen’s bunting on the banisters at PerthBridge Club for the Spring Swiss.
 Karen and Kerr Noble with Bea MacDonald analyse results after round 4. 36 boards played. Good fun!
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| Hot Chocolate and Cheeses on the Dunkeld CaféBridge route |
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| Winners at BridgeDays3 on 26th September |
Frances Morgan, Bob Ross and Fiona Harris. Liz Duguid, partner to Frances, had to rush away before the prizegiving. But she did get her fizz and her medal.
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| Dunkeld CaféBridge 2022 winners |
Sheila and Ross Herd from Dundee won the Dunkeld CaféBridge Day with 64.08%
WELL DONE!
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| We have SPOONS as table numbers! |
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