COURTESY OF WILLY CLINGAN Many warm tributes have been paid to leading player Seán O’Lubaigh, who died in Dublin on 26 July after a long illness. Bridge players have been remembering him fondly, not only for his considerable playing abilities, but also for the good...

The CBAI's International Committee (IC) has arranged a special new trial this season, which is aimed at players that are close to, but do not quite meet, the required masterpoint criteria for the general trials. These trials will be held on 24/25 September, in the...

We need your help! You should in the past few days have received an email survey (assuming we have an up-to-date email address for you) seeking your views on the balance you would like to see between live bridge and online bridge in the future, and to gauge your...

The bridge background is improving gradually, with more clubs re-opening for live bridge, and numbers increasing steadily. However, there is no doubt that the pandemic has had an adverse effect on our membership, which is now substantially lower than it was in...

The Northern Ireland Bridge Union will host the Ciara Burns Gala Pairs as a virtual competition on BBO on Friday 29 July at 7 p.m., and CBAI members are welcome to enter. Use this online form to enter, and we are reliably assured that your CBAI number will be...

Just a final reminder to clubs in relation to Masterpoints awarded for virtual and/or live games for the 2021/22 season. Your Masterpoint return should be sent to the CBAI before the closing date of 31 July to guarantee that it is included in the masterpoint run (and...

The South Eastern region of the CBAI recently took a stand at the annual Bannow & Rathangan Agricultural Show, which was held again after a two-year absence in Killag, Duncormick. A great day was had by all, the weather was good, and the regional representatives...

The 28th European Youth Teams Championships will be held in Veldhoven, Netherlands, from 19 to 26 July. We are pleased to announce that we will have two teams representing Ireland. The teams selected are as follows: Under-26 Category: Sheila Walsh & Isabel Burke,...

The weekend of 8-10 July saw the traditional season opener event, the Ballina Congress, unfortunately online on BBO again rather than in person this season. Our thanks to all who attended and made a contribution to the relevant charities, and to TDs Fearghal O'Boyle...

Peter Pigot has two seminars coming up that may be of interest - one aimed at advanced players, the other for intermediates. The advanced one is on Monday 18 July at 1:45 p.m. with the topic "Expert Bidding Agreements", covering the following issues: Openings in 1st,...