The bridge calendar remains extremely busy. This coming weekend (17-19 February) sees the Novice & Intermediate Congress in Cork (Clayton Silver Springs Hotel) and the Bankers Congress in Dublin (25 Waterloo Road); entries for both remain open on our website. And...

The CBAI’s Holmes Wilson Trophy (National Open Teams Championship) competition was held live for the first time since 2020 over the weekend of 11/12 February in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow. An excellent turnout of more than 96 teams from all over the country...

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Congratulations to Team PORTEOUS (Paul Porteous, Fred Barry, Joan Kenny, Teresa Rigney, David Dunne, and Michael McAuliffe) who emerged victorious from the two team playoff and will represent Ireland in the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) Trophy in Wales in May. Thanks to...

We have only two entries for the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) trials, which will therefore be held as a single playoff match, over four 16-board stanzas, in Templeogue on Sunday 5 February. The playing schedule is Stanza 1 10:00-12:15; Stanza 2 12:30-14:45; Stanza 3...

Ennis Congress was held online on BBO over the weekend of 27-29 January. The winners of the various competitions were: Mixed Pairs - Rebecca Brown-O'Keeffe & Eoin MacNeill Friday Intermediate B Pairs - Mary Cox & Vicky Pigot Fast Friday Open Pairs - Margaret...

Foxrock Golf Bridge Club will hold a charity night on Friday 10 February at 7 p.m. in aid of the local St Vincent de Paul branch ands St Joseph's Dementia Care Centre, Shankill, and all are welcome. Pre-entry is required, by Monday 6 February. You'll find full details...

This coming weekend see the Ennis Congress online on BBO. There are single session events on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening, starting at 19:00 (the Congress Teams on Sunday), 20:30 (the Fast Friday Pairs on Friday), or 19:30 (all other events). Here is the full...

Well done to Cork Congress President Linda O'Riordan and her committee on an excellent congress at the weekend, held live in the lovely Maryborough Hotel. While the numbers attending were lower than pre-covid, they fully justified the committee's decision to go ahead...

Simultaneous Pairs Results Thanks to all the clubs who supported both the IBU Simultaneous Pairs in the first week of November and the new Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs in the first week of December. The former makes a substantial contribution every year to the...