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...

A reminder about the second WBF e-Bridge Cup. This time, while the qualifiers will be online as before, the finals will be held face-to-face, in Katowice, Poland, in August, before the World Bridge Series event there. The closing date for entry is 1 May, and you can...

We are pleased to report that the annual IBU Seniors Congress in the Cavan Crystal Hotel during the week was a great success, with excellent feedback from the participants. Many thanks to the TDs Fearghal O'Boyle, Mairead Basquille, and Peter Byrne, who did their...

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...

Unfortunately, the wait for Ireland's first Lady Milne victory will go on for at least another year. In a repeat of the outcome from both 2023 and 2024, our team won four of their five matches, two of them by the maximum margin. But a defeat in their first match to...

The National Teams Championships were held over the weekend in the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise. We had a full turnout for the Open competition, but, although numbers were up in the other competitions, there were still some gaps for the Intermediate As and Bs,...

Many congratulations to Deirdre O’Halloran of Galway, playing under the BBO username Madra1, who won the 32nd WBF Women’s Online Bridge Festival over the weekend. A strong final sprint saw Deirdre surge to the top of the table, seeing off more than 1,000 competitors...

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...

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...