We are sad to report of the death of our former National Tournament Director, Joe Murray, after a long illness. Joe was the first of the modern Irish Tournament Directors, and had a great influence on the generations that followed him. Before computer scoring became...

The CBAI each season canvasses for nominations for the President’s Merit Award, with the President selecting the winner. This award is designed to recognise the unsung heroes and heroines of Irish bridge – the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes without...

Please be advised that, as is traditional, the European Bridge League will run championships for both women and seniors, to coincide with the European Teams Championships in Herning, Denmark this summer. The pairs events will take place immediately before the...

Many congratulations to England, who completed a clean sweep of the home international series this season by winning the Teltscher Trophy (Senior Camrose) over the weekend in Stirling, Scotland. The victorious team was Roger Bryant, Nick Smith, David Kendrick, Trevor...

A reminder to all our female players about the 1st Transnational European Online Women's Teams Championship, which will be held on 7-9 June 2024, on the RealBridge platform. Participants will be able to win masterpoints, medals, and monetary prizes, but equally...

This weekend sees the final home international competition for the season, the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) Trophy in Stirling, Scotland. Our team is Peter Goodman, Terry Walsh, Pat Barry, David Terry, Gay Keaveney, Enda Glynn, and NPC Derek O'Gorman, and they carry the...

The weekend saw the IBU Club Pairs finals for both Masters and Intermediates, the final major competition to return live after covid, having been held online in 2023. The turnout was satisfactory with 38 pairs in the Masters competition and 30 in the Intermediates....

We have had some email issues with both the info@cbai.ie and dermot@cbai.ie accounts for several days. We think we have now resolved them, but if you sent an email to either account since Monday, it MAY not have arrived; if it did not, you will probably have got a...

The weekend saw the finals of the National Confined Pairs and Teams Championships (for the Lambert Cup and Cooper Cup respectively) and the National Novice Pairs Championship (for the JJ Murphy Trophy) at the Templeogue Bridge Centre, with a fantastic turnout of 66...

We were very sorry to learn of the death of Drogheda bridge stalwart Paddy Brennan. Apart from being a well-known and well-loved player and teacher, Paddy was one of the driving forces behind the recent development of the fantastic ABCD Bridge Centre in Drogheda,...