Last year, the WBF ran the inaugural e-Bridge Cup, which was very successful, and turned out to be the largest online bridge event held to date. Lots of Irish players took part, with our highest finisher, Kelan O'Connor, finishing inside the top 100 in a field of more...

The Tralee International Bridge Congress 2026 was officially launched at The Rose Hotel, Tralee, on Tuesday afternoon, 24 March, ahead of the event which will take place over the weekend of 24/26 April 2026. The Congress will bring a full weekend of bridge to Tralee,...

Thanks to all the clubs that participated in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs during the first week in March. This post contains a list of all the prizewinners, and the masterpoints awarded for each day. As last year, we have an increased number of prizewinners from the...

The IBU's Inter-County Teams competitions, for the Burke (Open) and O'Connor (Intermediate) Trophies, took place in the new venue of Knightsbrook Hotel & Country Club over the weekend of 21/22 March, and our thanks to all who attended. The prizwewinners, pictured...

The next instalment of the EBL’s Online Training Program for Women will take place on Wednesday March 25 at 19:30 CET (so 6:30 p.m. in Ireland). The guest coach this time will be World and European champion Pierre Schmidt of France. Attendance is free, but you need to...

The company that produces Bridgemates (the popular bridge table scoring package) has introduced a new model, Bridgemate III, pictured opposite, which is advertised as a major enhancement of the previous Bridgemate II model. In particular, the Bridgemate III features a...

Many congratulations to the Irish team on winning the Camrose Trophy (home international championship) for the first time since 2017. Having established a good lead by winning all five of their matches in the first weekend in Dublin in January, Ireland maintained that...