Many congratulations to the Irish team on winning the Camrose Trophy (home international championship) for the first time since 2017.
Having established a good lead by winning all five of their matches in the first weekend in Dublin in January, Ireland maintained that lead throughout the second weekend in Wales, and led from start to finish, culminating in a convincing victory over the Welsh Bridge Union team, which meant that there were no last-minute jitters, and seeing off the challenge of another strong English side.
Our team was Mark Moran, John Carroll, Adam Mesbur, Nick FitzGibbon (both weekends), Anna Onishuk, Karel De Raeymaeker (second weekend), Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland (first weekend), with NPC Gráinne Barton.
Many congratulations to all, and we trust they enjoyed the celebrations. Peter Goodman’s commentary on the Irish matches over the weekend remains available on his YouTube channel, and thanks to Peter and his collaborators for a very informative and entertaining service, which is proving very popular with the bridge-watching public.