Unfortunately, Irish participation in the main events at the World Bridge Games came to an end last night, as the Open Team fell to an agonising 83-80 defeat to Poland in the round of 16. This was the tightest margin of any of the matches in the Open, Senior, or Mixed...

Many congratulations to the Irish Open team (Mark Moran, John Carroll, Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland, Adam Mesbur, Nick FitzGibbon, NPC Grainne Barton) who finished fifth in their pool, and have therefore qualified for the knockout phase of the World Bridge Games in Buenos...

The World Bridge Games starts on Tuesday 22 October, and you will find all the details, including the ongoing results, here. Ireland will be represented by the following three teams: OPEN: Mark Moran, John Carroll, Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland, Adam Mesbur, Nick...

The second congress of the season was held over the weekend, in the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel in Limerick, a new venue for this congress, which worked well and was popular with the players. The winners of the various competitions were: Congress Teams: Dan McIntosh, Tim...

Many thanks to all the players who played in the fundraising daylong tournaments on both BBO and FunBridge last week, to raise funds to help send the three Irish teams (Open, Women, and Mixed) to the World Bridge Games in Argentina. The playing numbers did not quite...

The weekend of October 12/13 saw the mixed championships held in the Templeogue Bridge Centre - the Pairs for the Spiro Cup on Saturday and the Teams for the Coen Trophy on Sunday. Both competitions had an excellent entry, and the Centre was pretty much full to...

The 2nd WBF Online Women's Teams will be played on RealBridge January 3-5, 2025, and all female players are welcome to play. This second running has been scheduled due to the great success of the inaugural event in February when 64 teams took part. Seabass (USA)...

The first congress of the season was held over the weekend, in the ABCD Bridge Centre in Drogheda, with strong attendances across the board. The winners of the various competitions were: Congress Teams: Peter Stewart, Michael McAuliffe, Claudio Del Conte, Alice...

The Irish Bridge Union is sending three teams to the World Bridge Games in Buenos Aires, from 22 October to 3 November. As this is the second major international event this year, funds are stretched and the IBU has not been able to offer as much financial support as...

So shortly after the sorrowful news about Mamie MacCormac, we are very sad to report the death of another of the great female stalwarts of Irish bridge, Una Walsh of Galway. Una was a former President of both the CBAI and the IBU, former Honorary Secretary and Trustee...