The penultimate congress of the season, the Yeats Country (Sligo) edition, was held over the weekend in the Clarion Hotel, Sligo. Thanks to the congress committee and TDs Fearghal O’Boyle, Mairead Basquille, and Diarmuid Reddan for an excellent weekend, as always, and best wishes to Congress President Frank Goodwin, who was taken ill over the weekend. The prizewinners were:
- Congress Pairs: Lucy & John Phelan
- Intermediate A Pairs: Mary P & John Bourke
- Intermediate B Pairs: Michelle Heery & Mary Tierney
- Novice Pairs: Siobhan O’Neill & Gerry Sheerin
- Beginners Pairs: Desmond Judge & Mary McMorrow
- Gala Pairs: John & Kelan O’Connor
- Mixed Pairs: Kathleen Vaughan & Huey Daly
- Congress Teams: Pat McDaid, Zrinka Kokot, Margaret Farren, Anna Carr
- Intermediate Teams: Pauric McKenna, Jonathan Williams, Dillon Murtagh, Kevin Woulfe
- Open Pairs: Tommy Banks & George Brennan; Willie Corby & Doreen McInerney; Mary O’Dowd & Mary B Gilvarry; Anne Walsh & Maura Kilcoyne; Assumpta Kelly & Máirín Ruanaí.
- Full results
It was great to see four members of the Irish Mixed Team for this summer’s European Championships in Riga feature on the winners’ podium, in Pat & Zrinka and Lucy & John.
Next weekend sees the final congress of the 2025/26 season, in Killarney at the Castlerosse Hotel. All welcome; entries to Marie Moloney 086-3049422.