We are pleased to present the fifth issue of the Irish Bridge Journal. Thanks again to our editor Enda Murphy, our designer Sue Power, all our contributors, and of course our advertisers. You'll find lots of interesting and informative articles, and reports from...

Thanks very much to all those clubs who are supporting this event. You are contributing very valuable funds to the CBAI, but even aside from the fundraising element, the consistent feedback is that our members enjoy these simultaneous pairs competitions, with the...

Best of luck to the Irish team (Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland, Mark Moran, John Carroll, David Walsh, and Ciarán Coyne, with NPC Gráinne Barton) in the second weekend of the Camrose Trophy this weekend in Altrincham, England. The team lies third after the first weekend,...

The National Pairs Championships were held over the weekend in the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, with a full turnout for the Open and Intermediate A events and a near-full entry for the Intermediate Bs. The prizewinners were: Davidson Trophy (Open Pairs): 1st Joan Kenny...

There was a LOT of bridge over the weekend, so we have plenty to report. Firstly, many congratulations to the North Munster Committee, particularly Willie Corby, Tom Hardiman, and of course CBAI President Gordon Lessells, on running an excellent, and well-attended,...

We have seven entries for the IBU Mixed trials, which will require two weekends of play. The first weekend will be held in Templeogue Bridge Centre on 17-18 February, and the top four teams will qualify for the second weekend to determine the winners. You'll find the...

This weekend twelve junior teams from Britain and Ireland compete in the junior home internationals in the La Mon Hotel in Belfast. The Under-26s are competing for the Junior Camrose Trophy, and the Under-21s for the Peggy Bayer Trophy. Ireland will be represented...

The CBAI’s Holmes Wilson Trophy (National Open Teams Championship) competition was held over the weekend of 10/11 February in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow. An excellent turnout of more than 109 teams from all over the country represented the largest Irish bridge...