Unfortunately, our plan to hold both the Duais an Uachtarain and the Spiro Cup as live multi-venue events at their normal time in the calendar has been thwarted by the fact that a lot of the venues we were hoping to use either will not be open at all on the dates we...

Today is a momentous day for the CBAI. We say (a reluctant) goodbye to Paul Porteous, who has been at the helm of the organisation for the best part of thirty years, and has played a very substantial role in its development and growth. Thanks to all the regions,...

The honour of hosting the first large-scale return to live face-to-face bridge falls to Drogheda Congress, which will be held in-person at the ABCD Bridge Centre in Drogheda. The events this season are: Thursday 30 Sept – Intermediate B/Novice Pairs Championship...

Our recent newsletter contains a quiz, with a wonderful prize of a weekend for two in the newly-refurbished Dromhall Hotel, Killarney, on offer for solving anagrams of the names of two well-known Irish international bridge players. We promised you some clues today, so...

Great to hear that clubs are returning successfully to live bridge, albeit with reduced numbers for the moment. Balbriggan BC re-opened last night, and RTE sent along a reporter, who chatted to the attendees, and was left in no doubt as to how much they had missed...

We have recently written to all club secretaries with details of the plans for season 2021/22, and felt it would be helpful to post a summary here too for the benefit of all our members. Return to Live Bridge First of all, it is great to see some clubs reopening for...

The weekend of 17/18 September saw four teams do battle for the honour of representing Ireland in the Lady Milne Trophy (women's home international championship), to be held in Wales on 22-24 April next. Incredibly, it was also the first live bridge event hosted by...

We are pleased to inform you that the CBAI Annual Newsletter is now available online - just open the link below. Member feedback from last year was that online was the way to go in the future with this publication. [button...