The Keep Bridge Alive project being run by Professor of Sociology at the University of Stirling in Scotland (and Scottish international bridge player) Samantha Punch has been rebranded as "Bridge: A Mindsport for All" (BAMSA). The key goals of the project are to work...

Feargal O'Boyle and his team will be running this year's Yeats Country (Sligo) Bridge Congress as an online event on BBO, with all proceeds from the congress being donated to the following three charities:  North West Hospice (Sligo), Milford Hospice (Limerick) and...

Well-known (and much-loved) bridge teacher Thomas MacCormac will run his first ever online beginners bridge class starting on Sunday 7 June 2020 between 19:00 and 20:30. The sessions will be held on BBO using Zoom, so students will need basic computer knowledge, and...

Many congratulations to Diarmuid Reddan on making such a success of the first foray into running an Irish bridge congress online. The South of Ireland (Killarney) Congress was held on BBO over the last week, and was a great success. The numbers participating exceeded...

Update May 9: All CBAI and IBU events scheduled for the 2019/20 season have now been cancelled, although several congresses are looking at holding their competitions as online virtual events. So far, those doing so are South of Ireland (Killarney) Congress (9-17 May),...

Thanks to the efforts of Diarmuid Reddan and Fearghal O'Boyle, we won't have to do without our fix of congress bridge this summer after all ... albeit we'll be attending them from our own homes rather than experiencing the usual warm Killarney and Sligo hospitality in...

With all clubs closed, and all CBAI and IBU competitions cancelled or postponed until at least mid-July, if we want to get our bridge fix for the foreseeable future, we will have to do it online. This website already had a brief outline of the various platforms for...