UPDATE 16 MARCH: The IBU's Moylan Cup will be held live in Malahide Bridge Centre on 2/3 April, and that the IBU Club Pairs will remain online for this season - the Masters event on Saturday 7 May and the Intermediate & Novice event on Sunday 8 May. At a recent...

Thanks to all the clubs that took part in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs week 2022, from 7-11 February. Hopefully this will be the last of the "virtual" Simultaneous Pairs events, and we will be able to award prizes again in all the usual categories next season. Here are...

Reminder about the IBU Burke (Masters) and O'Connor (Intermediates) Teams competition virtually on RealBridge this weekend. Now two sessions on Saturday, with an 11 a.m. start. The link for players is here (please do not click if not a player) The table money has been...

Malahide Congress was held on BBO over the weekend of 4-6 March. The top performers in each of the competitions were: Mixed Pairs: Ann & Stephen Cairns Friday Intermediate B Pairs: Helena Murphy & Michael Doyle Friday Novice Pairs: Josephine Faughnan &...

The European Bridge League has published this statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Jan Kamras, whilst recognising that the actions of the bridge world are unlikely to have any major impact on the conflict, notes nonetheless that the bridge community...

With effect from Monday 28 February, the government has removed the regulatory requirement for face masks to be worn in indoor settings, including bridge games and classes. As with many decisions taken during this pandemic, there will be mixed opinions on this change....

Our thanks to those who participated in the virtual Mixed Pairs (Spiro Cup) and Teams (Coen Trophy) events online over the weekend of 26-27 February. The leading places went to: Pairs: 1. Kate Daultrey & Martin Brady; 2. Anna Onishuk & Karel De Raeymaeker; 3....

UPDATE (24/2): Here is the playing link for participants in the virtual Coen Trophy (players only please):  https://play.realbridge.online/dg.html?p=220227126050&q=CBAICoenMixed2022 This weekend sees the virtual mixed championships competitions online. Please note...

Best of luck to Team Moran (Mark Moran, John Carroll, Tom Hanlon, Tommy Garvey, Adam Mesbur, and Nick FitzGibbon) who will be competing in the prestigious Lederer Trophy in London on 26/27 February. They'll be trying to go one better than their second-placed finish on...

We had hoped to get back to live bridge at some stage in March, but unfortunately the feedback is that not enough players are ready for that step just yet to make our national events viable. We have therefore decided to hold the National Pairs finals online on 19-20...