W  e  s  t  D  i  s  t  r  i  c  t  of the Scottish Bridge Union

Welcome
This is the home page of the West District of the Scottish Bridge Union.
If you play in the West District then this is your site.
If you have any news, information on your club or comments on the website please use the Contact Us page.
West District Simultaneous Pairs 2011/12
The dates for this season's District Simultaneous Pairs are as follows

The remaining dates for this season's District Simultaneous Pairs are -
Thursday 16 February 2012
Monday 19 March 2012

Clubs which held heats last year will be notified automatically, others please contact the District Tournament Secretary and we will ensure you receive all material and instructions in good time!


Forthcoming events  - Competition news

District Pairs Semi-Final
Tuesday 14 February 7.00pm at the Buchanan: A list of qualifiers has been forwarded to all clubs which held qualifying heats. Players unable to play in the Semi-Final must contact the District Tournament Secretary as soon as possible.

National Pairs Round 2 (District Final)
Tuesday 24 January 7.00pm at the GBC: A list of qualifiers has been forwarded to all clubs which held qualifying heats. Players unable to play in Round 2 must contact the District Tournament Secretary as soon as possible.

West District Simultaneous Pairs II
Thursday 16 February: Participating clubs so far are: GBC, Maccabi, Hamilton, Helensburgh, Kilmun, Oban, Rothesay, Western. Other clubs wishing to hold heats should contact the District Tournament Secretary as soon as possible and no later than 9 February.

National Men's & Women's Pairs
The only heat held in the District will be on Saturday 18 February 1.00pm at the Buchanan. Players intending to take part should contact the club directly.


SBU Systems Policy
The latest "Systems Policy" replacing the 1999 "Handbook of Directives and Permitted Conventions" has been posted under Administration (Laws and Ethics; and Documentation)
It came into effect on 1st September 2010,
Please read the document - it should not affect what you are allowed to play, but you need to check your Colour Code!


West District Congress 2012
and No Fear Congress

Peebles
Hydro Hotel 
30th March - 1st April

Friday Open Pairs
Saturday
Swiss Pairs (48 boards)
Sunday
Swiss Teams (48 boards)
Friday - Sunday
No Fear Pairs (4 sessions)

The top 25% of the Swiss Pairs and Teams will receive national points. Matches won/drawn will receive local points.

Download the brochure and entry form here.

UNICEF Charity Pairs
The Buchanan is running a heat of this event. This is strictly a "fun" event - there are no national points, no booklets. Just a chance to play a set of hands and see how you did across the field, and hopefully to have an enjoyable evening while raising money for charity. This event was started in 2001, following the Tsunami in Asia, and has raised a great deal of money, for that, for the Pakistan Earthquake, where the money raised was used to build a new school, and more recently for UNICEF. In 2010 we directed the funds to the Haiti Earthquake appeal.

As things are at the moment, we expect the charity benefitting from this event will be UNICEF but if that changes will will put a notice here on the site.

Nibbles, Bridge and prizes.
Contact Mandy Simpson on 0141-570 1104 or the club to enter.
Entry:  £5.00 per player

JJ Draw
Congratulations
Congratulations to Charles and Violet Outred on being part of the winning team of the SBU Winter Fours.