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Sunday 26th April

and Sunday 3rd May

Slam bidding seminars with

Mark Lincoln at Aberdeen BC

Saturday 2nd May

Charity Pairs with raffle 

At Dundee Bridge Club

Wednesday 6th May

Aberdeen CafeBridge Day

Monday September 14th

Day of Bridge

Blairgowrie Golf Club

Thursday 29th October

Dunkeld CaféBridge Day
Welcome to BridgeDays

Well done to Charlie Smith and Liz Stark winning N/S and to  Evelyn Mitchel and Margaret Mackie winning E/W! At the 'Day of Bridge' at Blairgowrie Golf Club. Results, hands and analysis now up.

Mary Cunningham represented the charity The Scottish Huntington’s Association and Charlie Smith hosted the successful event.
All year on Monday mornings at Wetherspoon’s.


Join us every Monday at 10.30 in Wetherspoons Blairgowrie for coffee and about 12 hands of bridge. 
Free, open and welcoming.

Contract bridge is more than a game. It's a community, a mental gymnasium, and a lifelong obsession. Welcome to the table.


One hundred and thirty five individual players have joined in our Monday morning sessions since we began 4 years ago! Not all at once…
Read the “Show your Hand”  page, in the menu on the left, to get to know some of our Spoons players better! 
 
The Stirling Congress 2026


 

If you have every fancied playing in a National Tournament but been put off by having to play against Grandmasters in every round, then this event is for you.  It is open only to players ranked as Bronze and Silver.  There will be 7 rounds of Swiss Pairs on the Saturday and 7 rounds of Swiss Teams on the Sunday.  Red points will be awarded for every win with bonus points to the top of the field in each event.  You can play just in one of the days or in both.  The event will also include a seminar on Saturday morning from Julia Palmer, bridge teacher and Scottish international and a talk on interesting hands at the end of play on Saturday evening (in the bar). 

The full schedule  of the event https://www.sbu.org.uk/images/content/bronze-silver-congress-2026.pdf; 

 

Pairs Registration Form….

https://www.sbu.org.uk/competitions/calendar/congresses/bronze-silver-congress-swiss-pairs.

The Teams Registration

https://www.sbu.org.uk/competitions/calendar/congresses/silver-bronze-congress

The event will held in the Stirling Court Hotel on Stirling University's lovely campus.  For those who want it, the Stirling Court Hotel offers Bed & Breakfast at £118 per room (single or twin/double).  To book, visit their website at www.stirlingcourthotel.co.uk & quote the SBU code:321296.

 
From Mark Lincoln

“On Sunday 26th April and Sunday 3rd May, I will be running two seminars on Slam Bidding at Aberdeen Bridge Club. These seminars are pitched at an advanced level, and an foundation level of understanding of slam bidding is required. It is aimed at SBU Bronze 3+ players. A one line description is "How to use tools, conventions and analysis to bid slams confidently"   Each seminar starts at 1pm and will finish at 5pm, with presentation folllowed by practice hand.  Tea/Coffee and cake provided.   20 pounds per person.”

Contact Mark if you want to go for further details. 
Upcoming Congresses in Scotland

21st June Kelso Congress

4-5th July. Stirling Congress

14th 16th August Montrose, Central District Congress

24-26th October Newtonmore Congress

13-16th November Kelvin Congress

6-9th November Scottish National Congress Aviemore 

 
 

♥ ♥ ♥  SBU Central District - Charity Pairs ♥ ♥ ♥ 

Saturday 2nd May at 1pm - Dundee Bridge Club

All Proceeds will be given to the RIO Community Centre, Newport

COST - £12 per player    Includes Afternoon Tea

GRAND RAFFLE with £100 Cash Prize, and Many Other Prizes

 Raffle tickets can be bought on the day. 

Raffle Prize donations will be greatly appreciated.

Contact Howard Greenwell  –  hgrnwll@gmail.com

or Alice Cowieson – alicecowieson@gmail.com 

 
Playing sessions at the Perth Bridge Club

Perth Bridge club  runs a popular ‘Relaxed Pairs’ session at the club on Wednesdays, all year. Play starts at 6:45pm. This session always has a Host. Single players are equally welcome. You’ll always get a partner.
The Wednesday evening’s play  is slower, chattier, and less competitive than the club’s Tuesday Pairs sessions.
Give it a try! 

 
Social bridge at Dundee Bridge Club

Interested in playing bridge in a non-competitive environment and enjoying a chat with others, then come along and play at Dundee Bridge Club on Tuesday mornings.
Play starts at 11:00am. No partner needed. Just turn up.
Table money is £4.00 per person and includes coffee/tea and biscuits.
 

Want to analyse your hands?

When the boards for a bridge session are pre dealt on a dealing machine, after the playtime is over, you can look at and even analyse the results. You can replay the hands! This is a clear short video made by Largs Bridge Club which explains how to do just that. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eB1kGgniCM
EIGHT CaféBridge 2026 Dates!

More bridge clubs, groups and individuals are organising an annual cafe bridge style tournament. 

This format definitely gets bridge playing out into the local community and hopefully also gets the local community into bridge. 

Here’s the 8 ‘Save the Dates’ information that we know of…….

2026 Scottish CaféBridge Dates with contacts for pre registration details.

 

Aberdeen Wednesday 6th May 

Now open for bookings. https://brianbridge.net/adeen2026/

In aid of Archway, a local charity who support children and adults with special needs 

 

Bothwell Friday 15th May.

In aid of the Susan Aitchison Scholarship Fund which supports children to access education in Northern Ethiopia.

contact: Susan Aitchison

susan_aitchison@mac.com

 

Prestwick Tuesday 9th June 

In aid of Ayrshire Hospice

contact: Maureen Rennie

Bridge@troonwarren.me.uk

Margaret MacCallum

mmc2@icloud.com

 

Strathhaven Wednesday 10th June

Strathaven charity is HHI supporting disadvantaged communities in India and Zambia.

Contact: Kath Russell 

kmr4@hotmail.co.uk

 

Elgin Thursday 27th August

Contact: cafebridgeelgin@gmail.com

In aid of local CLAN charity. 

 

Perth Saturday 29th August 

In aid of local charities TBC

Contact perthbridgeclub@gmail.com

 

Plockton Tuesday 27th October in aid of Plockton Village Hall

Contact: miriamDrysdale@icloud.com

 

Dunkeld&Birnam Thursday 29th October

In aid of TBC

Contact: spoonsbridge@gmail.com

Possibly there might be other similar events coming in Dundee and Montrose.

 
SBU standard system

Do you play ‘weak NT(12-14), 4 card Majors and 3 weak two’s’ ? 
The standard Scottish Bridge Union system? 
Have a browse of (Scotland’s only World and European Grand Master) Liz McGowan’s 32 page document. 
All is clearly explained. 
Tap HERE to open. 
Calendar
27th April 2026
‘spoons MindSport
10.30
4th May 2026
‘spoons MindSport
10.30
11th May 2026
‘spoons MindSport
10.30
Results
20th April 2026
‘spoons MindSport
Director: Miriam Drysdale
Scorer: Miriam Drysdale
13th April 2026
BGD BridgeDay
Director: Shuna Colville
Scorer: Frances Morgan
Dealer: Bill Boyd
6th April 2026
‘spoons MindSport
Director: Miriam Drysdale
Scorer: Miriam Drysdale
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