Our thanks to all who played in the virtual men’s and women’s pairs and teams championships over the weekend of 15-16 January. The pairs events were held on BBO and the teams on RealBridge.
The leading places in each event were:
- Jackson Cup (Women’s Virtual Pairs Championship – full results)
- Anna Carr & Margaret Farren
- Lucy Phelan & Louise Mitchell
- Gilda Pender & Rebecca Brown
- Nan Murtagh & Mary Shannon
- Revington Cup (Men’s Virtual Pairs Championship – full results)
- Tom Gilligan & David Terry
- Hugh McDermott & Denis Mortell
- Micheál Ó Briain & Peter Goodman
- Dermot Cotter & Cian Holland
- McMenamin Bowl (Women’s Virtual Teams Championship – full results)
- Joan Kenny, Jeannie Fitzgerald, Diane Greenwood, Teresa Rigney
- Kathleen Vaughan, Bríd Kemple, Antoinette McGee, Aoife MacHale
- Kate Daultrey, Maeve Delaney, Trish Stack, Sonya Hillis
- Carol-Ann Cummins, Sandra Newell, Siobhan Part, Louise Mitchell
- Geraldine Trophy (Men’s Virtual Teams Championship – full results)
- Ranald Milne, BJ O’Brien, Gay Keaveney, Martin Jones
- Cian Holland, Dermot Cotter, Pat Quinn, Pat Liston
- Derek O’Gorman, Terry Walsh, Ciaran Coyne, David Walsh
- Pádraig Ó Briain, Micheál Ó Briain, Ronan McMaugh, Thomas MacCormac
Many thanks to our directing crew (Fearghal O’Boyle, Máiréad Basquille, Diarmuid Reddan, and John Phelan) who ensured that everything ran smoothly, including having to deal with an incident in which one participant announced to the entire tournament via the BBO chat that 6S would make on the board in play. It was in the men’s event, and the “shouter” knows who he is!
And finally, a plea to the participants, and to all our members. Please make sure that you tell us if you change your email address. In the current virtual world, email contact is more vital than ever. We had a few players in the RealBridge events who did not receive our emails with the playing link due to a change of email address, which resulted in some last-minute scrambling that could easily have been avoided.