The government has announced a new set of public health restrictions, which take effect from Monday, 20 December. The new regulations state that indoor activities of a cultural or community nature must cease at 20:00. As a result, live bridge can only take place...

An early Christmas present from Funbridge ... FREE Funbridge CBAI tournaments every day from 20-26 December. You'll find full details here. The events will consist of a single daily tournament each day (12 boards), over a 24-hour duration, scored in IMPs on Tuesday...

The Tralee International Congress will held virtually on BBO over the weekend of 17-19 December - your last chance of congress action this side of Christmas. There is a full schedule of events, set out in the brochure below, and pre-entry is required, to various...

Thanks to all who took part in the Master Pairs on RealBridge on 11-12 December. The leading pairs were: 1st Karel De Raeymaeker & Conor Boland, 2nd Paul Delaney & Tomas Roche, 3rd Liam Gaynor & David Redmond, and 4th Zrinka Kokot & Pat McDaid. Full...

The Master Pairs will take place this weekend on RealBridge. Links for each of the three sessions will be sent by email to all the registered participants on Friday no later than 15:00; if you haven't received this email by then, please check initially with your...

We are pleased to present the most recent EBL Women's Newsletter, produced by our own Mary Kelly-Rogers. This edition covers the recent qualification tournament for the upcoming Venice Cup (world championships) to be held in Italy next March/April, with features on...

Many congratulations to John Comyn, who published his first bridge column fifty years ago this Sunday, and has written them continuously ever since. John was honest enough to confide in us that this is not in fact a world record, but it is a very significant...

It does not seem advisable to organise a large live event in current conditions, so we have (with regret) decided to hold the 2021 Master Pairs online. The competition will be on RealBridge, over three sessions on the weekend of 11-12 December, with two sessions on...

Our Chief Executive, Dermot O'Brien, recently sent an update letter to all club secretaries. The important points for members to note are: given the recent deterioration in the public health conditions, the CBAI has decided to move all its competitions back online for...

Kilkenny Congress was held virtually on BBO from 26-28 November. The winners were: Friday 26: Mixed Pairs - Ita Fahy & Liam Maher Intermediate B & Novice Pairs - Bernie Price & Norma O'Dowd Gala Open Pairs - Muriel Liddy & Margaret Cooney Fast Friday...