| 25/26 Tournaments |
Carlton tournament dates for 2025/26 season
Wendy Gray (Teams) – Tuesday 23rd September... 2nd round date Tuesday 2nd December.
Carlton Congress – Sunday19th October 2025
Club Cup (Pairs) - Tuesdays November 25th 2025, January 27th, February 24th and March 31st 2026
Harrower (Bronze 1/2 Teams) Mondays 2nd & 16th February
Sutherland Quaich (Teams, 3 Bronze-1 players with 1 more experienced player) Monday March 9th 2026
Min Thomas (Mixed Pairs) – Tuesdays 3rd & 17th March 2026
Hugh Kelsey Carlton Heat (SBU National Novice Pairs) Monday March 23rd 2026
Bill Brown (over 60's Pairs) – Thursday 16th April 2026
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| NEW Accumulator Competitions |
For the 2025-26 season the Carlton is introducing 3 new competitions. The MACKENZIE, Monday Afternoon Accumulator. The DENNIS WALLACE, Wednesday Afternoon Bronze Accumulator and the NOVICE Cup, Wednesday Afternoon Bronze-1 Accumulator.
The Monday accumulator will be an individual event run as the usual Monday afternoon pairs tournament 5th January - 23rd March. The cup (along with cash prize) will be awarded March 30th to the individual with the highest average percentage score over the 12 tournaments (8 highest scores counting) Eligibility: members must play on at least 8 of the 12 Mondays, a maximum of 4 of the 8 with the same partner.
The Wednesday accumulators will run as the usual Wednesday Afternoon Bronze tournament 7th January - 25th March. The cups (along with cash prizes) will be awarded April 1st to the member(s) with the highest average percentage score over the 12 tournaments (8 highest scores counting). Eligibility: bronze members must play on at least 8 of the 12 Wednesdays (there is no restriction on the number of times with the same partner) Additionally for the Novice Cup, members must be Bronze-1 on Jan 1st 2026.
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The Mackenzie Cup
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The Carlton Mackenzie cup was traditionally awarded to the member who won most master points on the Wednesday evening aggregate tournament from June to April each year.
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The Dennis Wallace Trophy
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The Carlton Dennis Wallace Trophy was traditionally awarded to the club member who won most master points on the first ten Thursdays of each calendar year.
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The Novice Cup
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This beautiful item of Carlton silverware has not been awarded since 1952. It has been re-purposed as the Wednesday Bronze-1 Accumulator Novice Cup.
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| Wendy Gray |
This season, the Wendy Gray Club Swiss Teams tournament was held Tuesday 23rd Sep. and 2nd Dec.
Congratulations to the winning team of: Kenny Hunter & Alistair Rae with Ian Barnes & Norman Stewart.
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| Halloween Bridge... |
Great evening. Thanks to Jane & Sally for the excellent catering, grim reaper Neil for tournament directing, Linda for dealing, Gerry for the fabulous decorations and Derek for the totally weird goulash hands that scared us all....
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| Carlton Congress 2025 |
The annual Carlton Congress was held Sunday October 19th. Congratulations to...Winners of the Pairs Tournament Amanda Douglas & Katharine Bailey with runners up Linda Delworth & Elizabeth Peckham and winners of the Teams Tournament Linda Delworth & Elizabeth Peckham with Robert Gatliff & Bettina Debon. Runners up were Bob McPaul & Edan Gardner with Matthew Robb & Michael Heubeck.
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| Dunbar Congress 2025 Winning Team |
Congratulations to the Carlton team who won the Dunbar Congress Teams Tournament Sunday September 28th.
L to R, Jim Wilkinson, Linda Delworth, Nicol Taylor and Elizabeth Peckham.
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| Personal Analysis on the Web Site |
You can get a graph of your scores at the club with different partners and over different periods in Personal Analysis. It is a sub-menu in Results Calendar, click here. Select your name to see your scores.
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