Thanks to all the clubs that participated in the IBU Simultaneous Pairs during the first week in November. This post contains a list of all the prizewinners, and the masterpoints awarded for each day. Where we have bank details for the prizewinners' club, the prize...

Just a reminder that the CBAI Shop has a variety of bridge-themed gifts (mugs, coasters, ice-cube trays, pens, fancy playing cards, tote bags, mouse mats, napkins, tea-towels, etc) and greeting cards, along with our normal stock of bridge books and accessories. So we...

The IBU International Committee has published Notices in respect of the Mixed and Senior Trials. The dates, venues and closing dates are: Mixed Trials, 6-8 February and 27 February-1 March (if required), venues to be confirmed but likely to be the Templeogue Bridge...

Congratulations to the winners of the IBU Interprovincial Championships held over the weekend in the new venue of Knightsbrook Hotel & Country Club. Munster was the most successful province, retaining the Area Master title, and winning the Intermediate one, while...

The Irish bridge community welcomes another published author. Keen player Annette Bryan launches her first book, Ollie and Me, at Ballyroan Library on Wednesday next, 3 December, at 5 p.m. A fictional memoir inspired by real-life events, the book follows Ollie, a...

The CBAI office will be closed on Thursday and Friday 27 and 28 November due to refurbishment work on the Templeogue Bridge Centre carpark. The office will not be accessible on any of these days, and the phones will not be answered. We will be responding to emails,...

Well done to the Kilkenny Congress Committee on another very successful congress in the Kilkenny Bridge Centre over the weekend. The winners of the various competitions were: Congress Pairs: Trond Johnson & Oliver Reilly Mixed Pairs: Kay Cussen & Denis Sheehan...

Well done to the Kenmare Congress Committee on another very successful congress in the lovely Kenmare Bay Hotel over the weekend. Once again, numbers were well up on last year, continuing the trend established so far this season. The winners of the various...