Many congratulations to Ranald Milne, who has recently ascended to the rank of grandmaster, becoming the 27th member of that elite group within the CBAI. Originally from England, Ranald moved to Dublin for work reasons in the 1980s, and quickly established himself on...

We are pleased to present the CBAI Annual Newsletter for 2020. In keeping with the theme of the year, it is in digital rather than physical format, but we hope that you will enjoy it none the less for that; indeed it may be that this format, being more...

Congratulations to the winners of the two virtual Duais An Uachtarain competitions held on BBO over the weekend of 26/27 September. The Master & Intermediate A event was won by Thomas MacCormac & Marcin Rudzinski, with Mary Kelly-Rogers & Danny Liddy...

We are pleased to report that the Drogheda ABCD Centre was the first club to return to live bridge since the cessation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, with an open night on Tuesday 22 September. Well done to all those involved who put in all the hard work to make...

In normal times, we would all be getting together around now to welcome in the new bridge season after the summer break. Obviously, these are not normal times, and getting together in any numbers is not possible. However, we would like to outline the plans for the...

Many thanks to our top national TDs, Diarmuid Reddan and Fearghal O'Boyle, for running an excellent Zoom session recently on how to organise and run tournaments on BBO. Thanks also to Martin Brady for managing the Zoom meeting so efficiently, which with well over a...

The Northern Ireland Bridge Union will hold its autumn congress virtually on BBO from 11-13 September, and all CBAI members are welcome to participate. Pre-entry is required. You'll find all the details details here or at https://www.bridgewebs.com/nibucongress/. The...

Courtesy of Eamon Galligan and Peter Pigot, a special fundraising tournament in support of the Dublin and Limerick Civic Trusts will take place online on BBO at 11 a.m. on Thursday 23 July. This is a mixed-level fun tournament with prizes for the first three places as...