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Championship & Trophy Winners

The West District Pairs was won by Paul Maiolani and Jim McMenemy

McThe Arthur Trophy was won by Mike McGinley & David Wiseman

The Bowman Trophy was won by David Shenkin & Martin Diamond

The Lord Thomson Trophy was won by Kevin Strathearn and Nat Fell 

The Stirling Pairs was won by Paul Maiolani and Jim McMenemy

The Club Championship was won by Alan Brodie and Gerry Murray

The Bronze Championship was won by Roy Levine and Alyson Raworth

The Clarendon Trophy was won by Derek Diamond, Robert Clow Mike McGinley and Brian Spears

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This page has information and news of interest to the members. For a full list of forthcoming events, see "Calendar" on the menu and for a list of results see "Results".

Getting back to "Normal"

This year has seen a steady increase week by week on the numbers attending our tournaments.On average we are getting 16/17 tables every Wednesday afternoon - by far our most popular session.

Monday nights and Tuesday afternoons have between 4/6 tables; Play & Learn remains very popular on a Wednesday night and the Wednesday evening tournament generally attracts 4/6 tables. 

We'd really love it if more of you would support our Monday & Wednesday evenings and Tuesday afternoon events.

Despite going through a really hard time, Liz has continued to be a mainstay of our club, supported by her sister Nora and grandson Max. Thank you Liz!

It's great that we are now seeing members coming along, even when they don't have a partner, and being matched up either with another member or with our "standby". Please remember to contact Frances if you are able to volunteer for a standby date.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year 

 

 

Last updated : 20th Dec 2023 11:15 GMT
Great Year for the GBC - congratulations to all our winners!

Well the GBC has definitely excelled itself this year with all of our Trophy winners. 

The Clarendon Trophy was won by Derek Diamond, Robert Clow Mike McGinley and Brian Spears

The Bronze Championship was won by Alyson Raworth and Roy Levine

The Club Championship was won by Alan Brodie and Gerry Murray

The Stirling Pairs was won by Paul Maiolani and Jim McMenemy

The Arthur Trophy was won by Mike McGinley & David Wiseman

The Bowman Trophy was won by David Shenkin & Martin Diamond

The Lord Thomson Trophy was won by Kevin Strathearn and Nat Fell 

and finally the Play & Learn Trophy winners  are Dorothy Church and Eleanor McKinlay.

Well done everyone!

See below for the selections for the Senior Camrose and look how many are GBC members! Good luck in May .

Team Scotland

  • Brian Spears & Barnet Shenkin
  • Alan Goodman & Brian Short
  • Derek Diamond & Iain Sime 
  • npc Robert Ferrari 

Team SBU

  • Violet & Charles Outred
  • David Shenkin & Martin Diamond
  • Harry Smith & Roy Bennet
  • npc Tim McKay
Last updated : 20th Dec 2023 10:44 GMT
Advanced Tutorials on Squeeze Play Starting January 24

Danny Kane, Grand Master has played in the Scottish Open and  Senior teams, the Camrose,, European and Olympiad Teams to name but a few. He has offered to host a series of 10 tutorials at the GBC on "Squeeze Play". This will progress throughout the course from  simple squeezes to more and more advanced techniques. 

The course will run on Thursday nights from 7pm - 930pm. The first tutorial will take place on 25th January followed weekly (with a break on 21st March) .until April 4th  

This course is aimed at 1st division and aspiring 1st division players. The course cost is £100 for 10 sessions. However you can register for the first session and pay £10  and if you feel it is not suitable for you, you can then withdraw. Following the first session all participants would be expected to pay for the full course. 

The hands below are examples of the plays Danny will be discussing. Although both hands contain the same cards the play/stategy is different. To play the hand for yourself Click on the hand below , then  Click Play then select the cards. To get back to the beginning click Exit. If you want to see how the hand should be played  click Play then keeping clicking Nextand the hand will play out. Click Rewind to get back to the start.
1. Hand 1
This hand demonstrates a  “simple positional squeeze” 
2.Hand 2 
This 2nd hand uses a “Strip Squeeze”. 

To find out more or register please email Danny

 

Last updated : 20th Dec 2023 10:33 GMT
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Last updated : 31st Jul 2023 15:48 BST
2023 AGM

The 2023 AGM took place on June 21st.

The DRAFT minutes can be found under the AGM tag 

Last updated : 3rd Jul 2023 15:54 BST