This weekend sees Clonmel Congress, in the Talbot Hotel (the old Clonmel Park), and there's still time to enter for the usual full weekend of competitions. Enter by calling Ann Nolan (086-0366888) or using this link. Ireland is represented by four teams (Ganainm,...

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...

The Tralee International Bridge Congress 2026 was officially launched at The Rose Hotel, Tralee, on Tuesday afternoon, 24 March, ahead of the event which will take place over the weekend of 24/26 April 2026. The Congress will bring a full weekend of bridge to Tralee,...

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 IBU's Inter-County Teams competitions, for the Burke (Open) and O'Connor (Intermediate) Trophies, took place in the new venue of Knightsbrook Hotel & Country Club over the weekend of 21/22 March, and our thanks to all who attended. The prizwewinners, pictured...

Many congratulations to England, Team Nettleton (Diana Nettleton, David Gold, Abbey Smith, Tom Paske) who led from trap to line to win the second running of the British Isles Trophy (Mixed Team Championship) over the weekend on RealBridge. The three Irish teams...

Well done to Team Garvey (Donal Garvey, Pat Quinn, Michael McAuliffe, David Dunne, Paul Porteous, Fred Barry), who emerged victorious in this week's trials, and will represent Ireland in the European Seniors Championship in Riga in the summer. Thanks to John Phelan...

The next instalment of the EBL’s Online Training Program for Women will take place on Wednesday March 25 at 19:30 CET (so 6:30 p.m. in Ireland). The guest coach this time will be World and European champion Pierre Schmidt of France. Attendance is free, but you need to...

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...

Our thanks to all who attended the Junior Bridge Fundraiser, organised by the Junior Committee and Peter Pigot, in Templeogue on Sunday. The results of the two competitions are here: Morning Session Afternoon Session. Thanks to Peter Pigot for hosting and to Jason...