The Regent Bridge Club (D04 AR25) is holding a special Open Pairs competition for Novices on Friday 13 March at 19:30. Sponsored by Gavin Burke Solicitors, this competition is open to all Novice players registered with the CBAI (so with an NBID number). Non-members of...

Thanks to all the clubs taking part in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs competition. If you haven’t already uploaded your results, please do so as soon as possible. Thanks also to tonight's expert commentator, Gay Keaveney. Don’t forget to remind your participants that...

Yet another busy weekend, with Malahide Congress at the Grand Hotel, and the deciding second weekend of the IBU Mixed Trials in Templeogue. In Malahide, special congratulations are due to Mary Kelly-Rogers and her organising team on a fantastic congress. There were...

We are saddened to report the death of Kay Downes, one of the great figures of Irish bridge. Kay was a fine player with a national title to her name, but it was as an administrator that she made her most significant mark on Irish bridge, serving with distinction in...

Peter Pigot and the Junior Committee will hold a special fundraiser for Irish junior bridge in Templeogue on Sunday 8 March. 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 will be...

Both the EBL and the WBF are continuing their efforts in support of women's bridge. First up we have the next instalment of the EBL's Online Training Program for Women, which will take place on Monday February 23 at 19:30 CET (so 6:30 p.m. in Ireland). The guest coach...

Due to a competing function at the hotel, unfortunately we do not have as much capacity as we had hoped for the Burke and O'Connor Trophies in Knightsbrook over the weekend of 21/22 March. It has therefore been necessary to limit entries to 24 teams in the Burke...

The CBAI President's Merit Award every year recognises the unsung heroes and heroines of Irish bridge - the volunteers without whom clubs or regions could not function, but who never seek acclaim or put themselves forward for formal office. We probably all know people...