A couple of pieces of international news to report. An IBU Junior team came a very creditable fourth in the third PCU International University Bridge Trophy, held live recently in Antwerp. This is a free bridge event for universities worldwide. The main objective is...

We hope you are enjoying the IBU Simultaneous Pairs week for 2021, with games every day this week. Thanks to all those clubs that are participating. You are contributing very valuable funds to the IBU (a confederation of the CBAI and the NIBU which is responsible for...

The CBAI hosted its first live bridge event since February 2020 on 30 October, with the Duais an Uachtarain (President's Prize) being held in the Kingsley Hotel in Cork. A big thank you to our hosts, CBAI President Pat O'Mahony and his South Munster colleagues,...

Just a final checklist for those playing in the Duais an Uachtarain at the weekend. Entries still open via the CBAI online system. The venue is the Kingsley Hotel in Cork. Remember to bring your vaccination certificate with you as you will need to show it on entry....

Congratulations to Team Moran (Mark Moran, John Carroll, Tom Hanlon, Tommy Garvey, Nick FitzGibbon, and Adam Mesbur) on what turned out to be a comfortable win in the Camrose trials in Templeogue. The winners established an unassailable lead after nine of ten...

The Camrose trials will take place over the bank holiday weekend in the Templeogue Bridge Centre as six teams compete for the honour of representing Ireland in the Camrose Trophy, to be held over two weekends in England in early-January and Scotland in early-March. As...

Many congratulations to Ciaran Coyne, who has recently ascended to the rank of grandmaster, becoming the 29th member of that elite group within the CBAI. Ciaran started playing bridge a few months before his final university examinations in Galway. He is a multiple...

We already have quite a number of clubs back to live bridge, and the reports have been good. Numbers have been smaller than usual in places, although some clubs have been up to 13-15 tables, but the feedback is that everyone is glad to be back amongst their friends...