The CBAI’s Holmes Wilson Trophy (National Open Teams Championship) competition was held live for the first time since 2020 over the weekend of 11/12 February in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow. An excellent turnout of more than 96 teams from all over the country represented the largest Irish bridge gathering in three years. Our thanks to all who participated.
The prizewinners were:
- 1st Karel De Raeymaeker, Anna Onishuk, Kelan O’Connor, Conor Boland
- 2nd Joan Kenny, Jeannie Fitzgerald, Siobhan Part, Derek O’Gorman
- 3rd Martin Brady, David Dunne, Tomás Roche, Paul Delaney
- 4th Gay Keaveney, Enda Glynn, Ciarán Coyne, David Walsh
- 5th Wojciech Gorczyca, Isabel Burke, Luca Crone, Wayne Somerville
- 6th Tom Hanlon, Mark Moran, Tommy Garvey, Adam Mesbur
- Leading Men’s Team Peter Pigot, James Heneghan, John Flavin, Edward Spain
- Leading Women’s Team Louise Mitchell, Lucy Phelan, Ann O’Connell, Valarie Burke-Moran
- Leading Mixed Team Peter Stewart, Dolores Gilliland, Michael McAuliffe, Sandra Newell
- Leading Senior Team Terry Walsh, Bríd Kemple, Peter Goodman, Aoife MacHale
- Leading Regional Masters Ian Kilroy, Niall Kilroy, Bill O’Hanlon, Tony Ward
- Leading Area Masters Ronan Nolan, Paul Victory, Pawel Turczynowicz, Collette Maher
- Leading Intermediates Eileen Brennan, Margaret Barron, Joan McDonnell, Stephen Catterall
- First Session Prize Hilary McDonagh, Gilda Pender, John Carroll, Anne-Marie Horan-Carroll
- Second Session Prize Fred Barry, Paul Porteous, Margo English, Miriam McConville
- Third Session Prize Deirdre Leopold, Philip Robinson, Liz Jennings, Peter Ryan
Holmes Wilson Winners 2023
Full results with board records here. Masterpointed results here.
Many thanks to our TD crew of Fearghal O’Boyle, Mairead Basquille, Huey Daly, John Crimmins, John Phelan, Diarmuid Reddan, and Bernard Higgins for running the competition smoothly, and ensuring that everyone enjoyed their weekend.
We also took the opportunity to present their commemorative salvers to two recently elevated Grand Masters who were in attendance – Ciarán Coyne and Pat Quinn. Many congratulations again to both of them on achieving the highest rank in Irish bridge.
GM Ciaran Coyne
GM Pat Quinn