It was another busy weekend of bridge. We had the CBAI's National Confined Pairs and Teams Championships (for the Lambert Cup and Cooper Cup respectively) and the National Novice Pairs Championship (for the JJ Murphy Trophy) in the Loughrea Hotel and Spa. Well done in...

This weekend sees the final home international competition for the season, the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) Trophy in Cambridge, England, with the EBU hosting, and hence supplying the additional sixth team. Our team is Peter Goodman, Terry Walsh, BJ O'Brien, Ranald...

Thanks to all the clubs taking part in the Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs competition. If you haven’t already uploaded your results, please do so as soon as possible. Don’t forget to remind your participants that they can check their ranking in the national...

The CBAI's International Committee has confirmed the dates and (provisional) formats of this season's trials. They are: Pre-Qualifier Trials, 12-13 September 2026, in the Templeogue Bridge Centre. Closing date for entries Friday 7 August 2026. Lady Milne Trials, 9-11...

Our thanks to those who took part in the two IBU Pairs Championship events on Saturday 9 May, in spite of the lovely weather. The winners were: Open Competition: 1st Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca; 2nd Breda O'Reilly & David Synnott; 3rd BJ O'Brien &...

UPDATE: Hard luck to Team Moran, who, despite having held the lead part way through the match, ended up losing the final of the Spring Fours. Very well done to the winners, Team Schnelwar (Susan Schnelwar, Vincent Demuy, Zach Grossack, Adam Kaplan, and Joe Grue, so...

This year's Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs week will take place from 11-15 May, with a different set of boards every night. All the funds raised by this week of Sims go directly to Irish junior bridge, so it is the best of causes. Aside from the fundraising...

Last weekend saw both the Tralee Congress and the Greystones Open week events. The prizewinners were: Tralee Congress: Congress Pairs: Donal Garvey & Pat Quinn  Intermediate Pairs: Ger Crowley & Kieron O'Connor Novice Pairs (Sat): Laetitia McMahon & Fiona...