Bridge Winners Profile for Alex Adamson
Basic Information
- Member Since
- April 22, 2011
- Last Seen
- May 18
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- about me
Author, with Harry Smith, of "Scotland's Senior Moment", Master Point Press, 2014
Author, with Harry Smith, of "If I Only Had a Heart", Master Point Press, 2016
Historian and project manager. Author of a number of books on Scottish history and heritage.
- Country
- United Kingdom
Bridge Information
- Bridge Accomplishments
- Playing captain of the Scottish Open Team at the World Bridge Games, 2016. Played for Scotland in two Camrose weekends. Winner of various national events in Scotland.
- Regular Bridge Partners
- Mike McGinley
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Melville (Edinburgh)
- ACBL Ranking
- None
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- Congratulations Richard Fleet
- Possibly three times? It was a while ago. I am much closer to being a senior than a junior now.
- Congratulations Richard Fleet
- Richard was also a supporter of junior players, which was also much appreciated. Congratulations.
- Did anyone ask for their money back?
- I remember an aggregate (yes really) tournament over 24 boards where a couple of E/W pairs scored over +10,000, with the average score that way being about +6,000. The winning score N/S was about -2,500.
- A definition of the good player (defender)
- Since I am, on my better days, an okay player, I tend to think of a good player(bidder, defender, declarer) as one of the many people that I know is better than me. Some are very good.
- Trivia - thanks to Barry for the idea
- Yes. Thanks for the fun, Richard. The library in Dumfries is called the Ewart, but sadly there is no connection.
- Trivia - thanks to Barry for the idea
- As someone from Dumfries, I am very intrigued. I think I know the answer but will not spoil the fun for others (or show my ignorance)!
- Selection Committee or National Title? Gimme One Good Reason....
- Richard, they were told that it was Kaplan-Sheinwold, but no-one would recognise it as such. What was good was that Inverness produced a number of keen players at that time. One of them, Andrew McIntosh, has gone to great things. I remain grateful for having been one of the people ...
- Running The Gauntlet In Poland
- Sabine, thanks for writing this. I left early in the second week, while pairs qualifying was underway. I am glad to see what you wrote about the event. My own experience, as a player and a captain, was that the atmosphere was good and that the teams competitions were pretty ...
- World Bridge Games Winners
- They must have realised that they had to do better! Nice team to play against, though.
- World Bridge Games Winners
- Hi, Richard. Funding was the main issue. Also, with the Europeans in Budapest and the Chairman's Cup in Sweden, Scottish Open Team players (all amateurs) have had a lot of calls on their time this summer. A team of six would have made a big difference to us as ...
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