The WBF Women's Spring Festival is taking place on BBO, and all women players are welcome. This is an individual event, where you play with a robot partner. The competitions take place between 13 and 19 April, with 12 games daily throughout the day on BBO, and you can...

A reminder that our latest sponsor, Brian Bloomer of Travel Counsellors, will host a special webinar exclusively for CBAI members this Thursday 16 April, at 7.30 p.m. focusing on ocean and river cruising. Brian will be joined by guest speakers from Celebrity Cruises...

It was another busy weekend for bridge, with both CBAI's Novice & Intermediate Congress and the IBU's Moylan Cup taking place - the former in  the Tower Hotel, Waterford, and the latter in the Malahide Regional Bridge Centre. Our thanks to all who turned out to...

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...

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...

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 next instalment of the EBL’s Online Training Program for Women will take place on Monday April 13 at 19:30 CET (so 6:30 p.m. in Ireland). The guest coach this time will be Alfredo Versace, a stalwart of the celebrated Italian team for more than three decades, and...

Last year, the WBF ran the inaugural e-Bridge Cup, which was very successful, and turned out to be the largest online bridge event held to date. Lots of Irish players took part, with our highest finisher, Kelan O'Connor, finishing inside the top 100 in a field of more...

Thanks to all the clubs that participated in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs during the first week in March. This post contains a list of all the prizewinners, and the masterpoints awarded for each day. As last year, we have an increased number of prizewinners from the...

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...