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 Welcome to the website of the Highland District of the Scottish Bridge Union
Here you will find information for SBU members in the District, and visitors to the Highlands will be able to locate and contact affiliated clubs which would be more than happy to welcome them for a game of bridge.
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| Highland F2F League |
 Please click the link to indicate an interest in playing in the Highland Face to Face league for teams of 4.
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| Cafe Bridge in Cromarty |
1st Cafe Bridge day was in Cromarty on 19th September in aid of Alzheimers Scotland
Thanks to all those who took part & gave generously to Alzheimers Scotland.
The total money raised was £579.01
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| AVIEMORE CONGRESS - Colyumbridge |
 The Aviemore congress is at the Coylumbridge Hotel again this year from 1-3 November 2024.
Please click on the link to access the online entry form for the congress.
Congress rates are £50 per person for Coylumbridge hotel residents, £70 per person for non- residents
Pairs can play in one event, the rate is £14 per person per session. Please give details in comments.
Please get in touch if you require a hard copy entry form.
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| Aviemore congress hotel booking |
The congress rates for the Coylumbridge Hotel are :
The room rate is £120.00 per twin/double per night that includes dinner * x 3 nights & 3 x breakfasts.
Single occupancy rate would be £85.00 per night.
Click on the link to open the booking details that will be emailed direct to the hotel.
As the hotel has no lifts please confirm if a ground floor room would be appreciated.
* The dinners are a buffet meal. If there is sufficient interest the hotel can offer a 3-course dinner for extra. Please express an interest on the booking form.
* The hotel can also provide lunches. Please note in the comments if interested & Lily will reply.
* If a 2 nights stay is required please note in the comments & Lily will reply.
Please email any further queries to t_wickens@yahoo.com
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| Aviemore Congress Full Program |
Please click the link for the congress program
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| Scottish Cafe Bridge , Summer 24 |
The 6 Cafe Bridge dates in Scotland this summer are :
Prestwick (in aid of Ayrshire Hospice) Tuesday 11th June
Strathaven (in aid of Health Help International) on Wednesday 12th June
Perth’s big event is part of the Festival of Bridge, on Saturday 31st August
Cromarty ( part of the Festival of bridge) - in aid of Alzheimers Scotland - 19th September
Dunkeld and Birnam (in aid of Scottish Charity Air Ambulance) on Tuesday 22nd October
Plockton in aid of Rag Tag Textile on Thursday 24th October
Click the link to further information and the booking pages of events other than Cromarty
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| HIGHLAND ONLINE LEAGUE |
 The 23-24 season has finished.
Please click the link for final results.
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| HIGHLAND F2F LEAGUE |
Please click the link for results to date
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| HIGHLAND ONLINE CLUB NIGHT ENTRY LINKS |
Links to Highland Online Club nights have been set up through LINKS - ONLINE on the Menu ( Left hand side ). If you are not on the entry list follow the link
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| MEMPAD |
The SBU has launched MEMPAD (which stands for Membership and Master Point Administration Database), a major new initiative to facilitate the submission of Master Points and the administration of the Master Point system. This development involves a number of phases, but the following features are already in place:
Members can -
* update their personal contact details
* view their own Master Point status
Club secretaries can -
* view their members' contact details
* update details of their office bearers
* submit local Master Points electronically (if using a standard scoring program)
Club treasurers can -
* reconcile members' SBU subscriptions with payments made to the SBU
You will need a password to log on to the system - to receive this, please email masterpoints@sbu.org.uk quoting your Master Point number.
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| New Tricks |
For our online teaching in schools this year, we have been using New Tricks videos
New Tricks is a charity formed to promote bridge learning.
In addition to videos for schools they have created many fun videos for much more experienced players.
You can donate to the work of New Tricks which is a bridge charity working in bridge education in innovative ways eg battle of the partners.
Anyone considering teaching bridge in schools should als look at 5 Nations Education Resource
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| HIGHLAND DISTRICT REALBRIDGE |
Would you like to try RealBridge? You would be very welcome to join the Strathspey BC RealBridge on Mondays at 6.50 for 7pm.
Go to the Strathspey BC website and follow the links to join our session.
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