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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 District Ladies Pairs |
Highland District Ladies take place on 1st October 11.30 at Ness Bridge club, Inverness
This has always been a popular event in our calendar and an ideal introduction to District Bridge in the past.
Entry £6 per person including a light lunch
Please complete online form and enter by Wed 27th to allow time to order catering. Pay in advance to SBU Highland. Payment details will be sent on entering
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| HIGHLAND ONLINE LEAGUE |
The 23-24 season is about to begin in October . The captain from last season have been contacted.
Please click the link if you have a new team that would like to take part.
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| AVIEMORE CONGRESS 2023 |
The Aviemore congress is back at the Coylumbridge Hotel this year from 10-12 November 2023.
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 £100.00 per twin/double per night that includes dinner * x 3 nights & 3 x breakfasts.
Single occupancy rate would be £80.00 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 & Daisy will reply.
* If a 2 nights stay is required please note in the comments & Daisy 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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| 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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