These three virtual confined events were held online on BBO on 17-18 April. The "prizewinners" were: Lambert Cup (Confined Pairs): 1st Alice Kellett & Tony Hallifax 2nd Phyl Sherrard & Frank Browne 3rd Tony Ward & Bill O'Hanlon Full Results Cooper Cup...

Well done to the "prizewinners" in the virtual Moylan Cup, held online on 10-11 April. The father-son partnership of Donal Garvey & Tommy Garvey emerged victorious, after three extremely consistent sessions (no lower than fourth in any session). Second place went...

Well done to the following winners at the Galway Congress, held on BBO over the Easter weekend: Friday 2 April: Mixed Pairs - Brid Kemple & Terry Walsh Gala Open Pairs - Helen Carroll & Stuart Egnar Intermediate B Pairs - Evelyn Conran & Deirdre Lonergan...

The European Championships scheduled for Madeira, Portugal, from 12-22 June 2021 have been cancelled. It is hoped to hold the championships in 2022 instead. In the interim, should the World Bridge Federation decide to proceed with the scheduled World Championships...

The BBO videochat facility for virtual clubs has gone live, offering CBAI members playing under a virtual club licence the opportunity to see and talk to their partner and opponents while at the table. This is a welcome development, as it will bring some of the social...

George Ryan will hold three charity bridge competitions, under the South Midland Virtual Club licence, on 10 April in aid of Dawn Walk/Teach Dara in Kildare. This is a suicide counselling service within the region, and usually raises funds by way of a dawn walk. This...

Well done to the winners in the virtual Clonmel Bridge Congress held on BBO over the weekend of 26-28 March: Friday: Mixed Pairs - Bozena Budnik & Horst Rosler Open Pairs - Catherine Slattery & Eileen Kelleher Intermediate B Pairs - Deirdre Morris & Phil...

The second Bridge International Championship (BIC) will be held on the BBO and Funbridge platforms, in partnership with the World Bridge Federation, over the period 27 March to 4 April on Funbridge, and 29 March to 4 April on BBO. This represents another exciting...

The virtual national pairs championships were held online on BBO on 20-21 March, with qualification based as far as possible on the in-person qualifying events held in 2019. The leading pairs in each category were: Davidson Cup (Open): 1st Karel De Raeymaeker &...

Well done to those who featured in the placings for the Burke and O'Connor trophies, held as virtual events on BBO over the weekend of 13-14 March. The virtual Burke trophy (Open) was won by Marcin Rudzinski, Wojciech Gorczyca, Thomas MacCormac, Stephen Barr, and John...