Courtesy of Fearghal O'Boyle and Diarmuid Reddan, we had a very high-quality invitational Swiss Teams challenge featuring the top Irish players and an overseas guest or two on BBO on Sunday 3 May. The quality of the field is demonstrated by the fact that it boasted...

Many congratulations to Thomas MacCormac, who has become the most recent addition to the ranks of Irish grandmasters. Usually, this achievement is celebrated by a personal presentation of the CBAI Grandmaster's salver, and Thomas had planned a gala charity evening for...

We are saddened to report the death of the well-known journalist, author, and former Irish Times bridge correspondent, George Ryan. George will be best remembered in bridge circles for his incredibly popular pocket-sized primer on the game, "The Bones of Bridge". This...

Given the current lack of real-life bridge, bridge bodies are finding all kinds of ways to enable us to get our bridge fix. If you'd like to watch some top-level bridge involving two well-known Irish participants, the US Spring Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, which was...

In the midst of all the negative news, we're delighted to have something positive to report. Many congratulations to bridge player Paddy McMahon of Tipperary, who celebrates his hundredth birthday today. Best wishes from all at the CBAI for a great day, Paddy, and...

At the end of March, we will be sending out the club Masterpoint Summary Forms to every club. You should use these forms to record your members' Masterpoint awards for the year, and return them to us for inclusion in their end-of-season records. If you would prefer...

We regret to announce the recent death of Martin Hayes of Cappawhite, Co Tipperary, who served as CBAI National President in 2008, representing North Munster. Martin had only recently gone into a nursing home, and did not have much time to enjoy his new surroundings....

We have been approached by a number of clubs and members wondering whether they can run bridge tournaments online while real-life bridge may be curtailed by health concerns. The good news is that it is, provided that the organiser has some facility in using the main...

Congratulations to the victorious English team (Janet De Botton, Artur Malinowski, David Bakhshi, Tom Townsend, Glyn Liggins, Alex Hydes, Cameron Small, Jon Cooke, Peter Taylor, John Cox, Ben Norton, Mike Bell, and NPC Peter Hasenson) in the 2020 Camrose Trophy. The...

Best of luck to the Irish team in the second weekend of the Camrose (home international) Trophy being hosted by the Northern Ireland Bridge Union over the weekend of 6-8 March in Belfast. We are represented by Tom Hanlon, Hugh McGann, Grainne Barton, John Carroll,...