The CBAI's International Committee has confirmed the dates and (provisional) formats of this season's trials. They are: Pre-Qualifier Trials, 12-13 September 2026, in the Templeogue Bridge Centre. Closing date for entries Friday 7 August 2026. Lady Milne Trials, 9-11...

This weekend sees the final home international competition for the season, the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) Trophy in Cambridge, England, with the EBU hosting, and hence supplying the additional sixth team. Our team is Peter Goodman, Terry Walsh, BJ O'Brien, Ranald...

Thanks to all the clubs taking part in the Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs competition. If you haven’t already uploaded your results, please do so as soon as possible. Don’t forget to remind your participants that they can check their ranking in the national...

Our thanks to those who took part in the two IBU Pairs Championship events on Saturday 9 May, in spite of the lovely weather. The winners were: Open Competition: 1st Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca; 2nd Breda O'Reilly & David Synnott; 3rd BJ O'Brien &...

This year's Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs week will take place from 11-15 May, with a different set of boards every night. All the funds raised by this week of Sims go directly to Irish junior bridge, so it is the best of causes. Aside from the fundraising...

Peter Pigot and the Junior Committee will hold another special fundraiser for Irish junior bridge in Templeogue on Sunday 31 May. There will be two sessions of bridge, one at 10:30, the second at 14:45, and players can enter one (€25) or both (€40) sessions. There...

Members are hereby notified that the 2026 Annual General Meeting of the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland will take place in the Castle Arms Hotel Durrow on Saturday 27 June, starting at 2 p.m. All members are entitled to attend, and there will be the traditional...

Our latest sponsor, Brian Bloomer/Travel Counsellors, offered a special webinar to CBAI members last week. The topic was cruises, and Brian's guest speakers Valerie Murphy of Celebrity Cruises and Brian Hynes of Uniworld River Cruises covered ocean cruising and river...

We regret to inform clubs and members that it will be necessary to increase the charge applied for deliveries by our courier. The firm has increased the charge to us, in light of the significant increase in fuel costs, and, while we have borne the additional cost...

We are pleased to present the Spring 2026 edition of the Irish Bridge Journal. You'll find it here. As ever, the Journal includes a variety of interesting and educational material. The highlights of this edition include: Profiles of our two new sponsors, Cantor...

The company that produces Bridgemates (the popular bridge table scoring package) has introduced a new model, Bridgemate III, pictured opposite, which is advertised as a major enhancement of the previous Bridgemate II model. In particular, the Bridgemate III features a...