Malahide Congress was held on BBO over the weekend of 4-6 March. The top performers in each of the competitions were:
- Mixed Pairs: Ann & Stephen Cairns
- Friday Intermediate B Pairs: Helena Murphy & Michael Doyle
- Friday Novice Pairs: Josephine Faughnan & Angela McGreevey
- Gala Open Pairs: Davy Noonan & Terry O’Hara
- Fast Friday Pairs: Connell McLoone & John McGinley
- Congress Pairs: Agnes Kelly & Elaine Caulfield
- Intermediate A Pairs: Gerry McCague & James Ward
- Saturday Intermediate B & Novice Pairs (2:30): Ana Ghita & Maura King
- Saturday Intermediate B Pairs (7:30): Anne O’Riordan & Clancy Treacy
- Saturday Novice Pairs (7:30): Margot McGuinness & Emer Weston
- Saturday Open Pairs: Mary Kelly-Rogers & Joe Walsh
- Congress Teams: Tom Gilligan, Dave Terry, Noirin & Gilda Pender
- Sunday Intermediate B & Novice Pairs (2:30): Mary McDaid & Clodagh Sweeney
- Sunday Open Pairs: Una Flynn & Olive Kilbane
- Sunday Intermediate B & Novice Pairs (7:30): Bernie Price & Norma O’Dowd
- Gala Open Pairs: Kathleen & Frank Gibbons
Our thanks to Tournament Directors Diarmuid Reddan and Fearghal O’Boyle for making sure everything went smoothly over the weekend.
And the Irish team (Tom Hanlon & Tommy Garvey, Nick FitzGibbon & Adam Mesbur, Mark Moran & John Carroll, with NPC Grainne Barton) gave it their best shot in the second weekend of the Camrose Trophy on RealBridge, winning three of their first four matches, to close the gap that England had established on the first weekend of the competition, and set up a decisive final match against the leaders. An 18-2 win would have seen Ireland take the title, but the team couldn’t quite manage it, winning the match 15.24 to 4.76, to finish just behind England in second place.