This weekend sees the second weekend of the IBU Mixed Teams Trials, after what may well be the longest mid-session break in bridge history ... the first weekend was more than two years ago, at the end of February 2020. Seven teams will do battle in the Templeogue...

Please note that the CBAI's online entry system is temporarily closed for maintenance. There are no competitions currently open for online entry anyway.

The coming weekend sees the final open-entry major national event of the 2021/22 season, the IBU Club Pairs, with one competition restricted to Master grades only, and the another open to all Intermediates and Novices. Both competitions will take place virtually on...

A big thank you to Aileen Timoney and her team for successfully reviving the IBU Seniors Congress live in Cavan on 26-28 April. They said it couldn't be done ... but Aileen proved them all wrong. The prizewinners were: Senior Pairs (Pat McDevitt Trophy): Teresa Rigney...

A weekend off bridge domestically, but Irish players will be in action across the water in the Spring Fours, one of the EBU's most prestigious, and demanding, events. Five of the current Irish Open Team, supplemented by rising star Conor Boland and their usual NPC...

The National Teams Championships were held live over the weekend of 23/24 April, with the Kelburne Cup (Masters) in Malahide, and the Bankers (Intermediate A) and Tierney (Intermediate B) Trophies in Templeogue. Two of the three events went down to the final few...

Many congratulations to Carol-Ann Cummins and Pat Quinn, who recently joined the other thirty-two living players in achieving the highest ranking within Irish bridge, that of grand master. Carol-Ann, from Bray Bridge Club, becomes only the sixth woman in this...

Well done to Team Moran (comprising Irish internationals Grainne Barton, John Carroll, Nick FitzGibbon, Tommy Garvey, Tom Hanlon, Hugh McGann, and Adam Mesbur, plus honorary Irishman Leslie Amoils) on their success in a top-class field in the recent online World...