A warm welcome to the Ayrshire District website.
Ayrshire has 17 affiliated clubs and over 500 members. 3 afternoon clubs, a Junior club, & 4 evening clubs are based at the Centre. There are also clubs in Largs, West Kilbride, Kilwinning, Troon, Kilmarnock, Ayr and Newton Stewart.
A Monday morning practice group, a Wednesday evening Summer competition, a Friday afternoon Winter competition, league matches, a monthly Play & Learn group, Winter beginners and improvers classes are held at the Centre. Leaving time for the weekend events!
Classes:
Contact Maureen Rennie for details of September classes & new class in Troon on Tuesday evenings;
or try:
Kilwinning Tuesdays 13h45-16h00 More Details
See Education / Classes for more information and Kilwinning, Kilmarnock details.
Club & District
Congratulations:
Fiona Braid and Gordon Cunningham: Munro Cup
(After head-to-head tie-break with Anne Murdoch & Kate Bain).
Jack Cree and Gerry McGee, Kilmarnock: Kenny Mackay Trophy (Hospice Pairs)
Ian Burn & Stoian Kableshkov: Winter Competition
Sandra Wiseman: Silver
Agnes Lamont & Margaret Little: Bronze3
Rodger Brown: Bronze2
Anne Murdoch: Bronze1
Eddie McGeough & Angela Knox, Pauline Phillips & Fiona Abbott: Congress Teams
Sandra Wiseman, Thomson Kerr, David Wiseman, Pat Smith: Silver
David Sands & Hazel Rutherford, Anne Murdoch & Iain Prentice: Bronze
Pauline Phillips & Eddie McGeough: Congress Pairs
John McIntyre & Steve Bailey: Silver
Ann Boyd & Margaret Little: Bronze
Michael McGee & Alec Clark: Ann Galt Trophy
Teams of 8 winners:
Troon South Beach: League 1; Savoy: League 2
Sue Fraser & Maureen Rennie, Fiona Braid & Gordon Cunningham (following their success in the National Bronze Teams): Ronnie Alexander Teams
Sandy Anderson & Stewart Duguid, Sam & Kate Malkani: Tourney Cup
Jim & Alison Tudor, Anne Braid & Sam McNair: Ayrshire Cup
Mike McGinley & Robert Clow: District Swiss Pairs.
John Salter & Alison Carmichael: Silver
Anne Murdoch & Iain Prentice: Bronze
Fiona Abbott & Eddie McGeough: Ayrshire Pairs
Ira Clement: Ayrshire Individual
(after Head-to-Head (tie), then Point a Board tie-break with Thomson Kerr.)
Kate & Sam Malkani: 300 Club
Peter Thomson & Stewart Martindale: RA Pairs
After tie-break, Kate & Sam Malkani: Adamson Cup
In a very tight contest, Jim & Alison Tudor, Stoian Kableshkov & Andy Raeburn successfully defend the Viking Teams
Sam & Kate Malkani: Viking Pairs
National
Congratulations: Jim Tudor & John Bryson WIN National Pairs, with Kate & Sam Malkani 4th, Fiona Abbott & Eddie McGeough 6th, Margaret Brown & Sandy Martin with 50%; in the other room, in the Kennedy, Peggy Lawson & Lisa MacDonald 2nd, Ian Short & Anne Murdoch 3rd. Great day at the office for your Ayrshire representatives.
Wed 5-Apr: Fiona Abbott & Pauline Phillips
Thu 6-Apr: Stoian Kableschkov & Andy Raeburn
The Hugh Kelsey results have been finalised. Congratulations to best placed Ayrshire pair Colin Gunn and Linda Parry playing in the Kilwinning heat.
Also congratulations to the best placed Ayrshire, and Scottish, Junior Kristie Dunlop playing in the ABC heat with ex junior, Gordon Smith! FULL RESULTS
Angela Knox & Frances Murphy best from Ayrshire in Women's Pairs and with Fiona Abbott & Pauline Phillips 6th in the Women's Teams.
Stuart Morley & David Wilbraham win Kennedy Qualifier
Following their success in the Charity Challenge, Stuart McCreadie & Pat Smith WIN the Easter Pairs Finalised
Maureen Rennie & Sue Fraser, Gordon Cunningham & Fiona Braid 3rd in Bronze National Teams
Alison & Jim Tudor: 3rd in Mixed Swiss Pairs
Angela Knox & Eddie McGeough 3rd in Mixed Swiss Teams (with pair from East District)
Jim & Alison Tudor 25th/216 Bobby Allan Mixed Sims
Norvite Aggregate: Overall Scores
Mon 5th - Fri 9th Dec
Mon Anne Braid & Margaret Brown
Wed Pauline Phillips & Fiona Abbott
Thu/Fri Stoian Kableschkov & Andy Raeburn
Congratulations:
Mary Thomson & Jean Parker win the 1st Bronze National Pairs
Fiona Abbott & Findlay MacDonald, Eddie McGeough & Pauline Philips 3rd in Rayne
Stewart Duguid & Ian Burn 6th in Autumn Pairs
The Scottish Bridge Union is seeking to fill various posts. Click the links below for details.
Scottish Bridge Union Magazine Editor
General
Ayrshire Post Bridge articles
For followers of the Bridge articles in the Ayrshire Post, please note that they have moved from the Sports pages to 'Club News', normally located about pages 30 - 40. Starting from the 7 July edition, the articles will contain authorised extracts from books published by Stephen Cashmore and Andrew Robson and are well worth attention. Each weekly article forms part of a series of three and can be seen together on the ABU website under Education/Improve Your Bridge. The weekly articles are also printed in the Kilmarnock Standard and the Irvine Herald. Comments and questions raised by these articles are welcomed and should be addressed to Jim Tudor. Happy bridging.
Centre Reservations. contact Alison to arrange bookings.
