by CBAI | May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Update May 9: All CBAI and IBU events scheduled for the 2019/20 season have now been cancelled, although several congresses are looking at holding their competitions as online virtual events. So far, those doing so are South of Ireland (Killarney) Congress (9-17 May),...
by CBAI | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the efforts of Diarmuid Reddan and Fearghal O’Boyle, we won’t have to do without our fix of congress bridge this summer after all … albeit we’ll be attending them from our own homes rather than experiencing the usual warm Killarney...
by CBAI | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
With all clubs closed, and all CBAI and IBU competitions cancelled or postponed until at least mid-July, if we want to get our bridge fix for the foreseeable future, we will have to do it online. This website already had a brief outline of the various platforms for...
by CBAI | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by CBAI | May 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
