Thanks to all the clubs taking part in the Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs competition. If you haven’t already uploaded your results, please do so as soon as possible. Don’t forget to remind your participants that they can check their ranking in the national...

Our thanks to those who took part in the two IBU Pairs Championship events on Saturday 10 May, in spite of the lovely weather. The winners were: Open Competition: 1st Carol-Ann Cummins & John Noonan; 2nd John Phelan & Lucy Phelan; 3rd Tony Ward & John...

Many congratulations to Team Moran (Grainne Barton, Conor Boland, John Carroll, Nick FitzGibbon, Tom Hanlon, Adam Mesbur, Mark Moran) who won their second very prestigious English tournament of the year, the Spring Foursomes in Bristol. The team lost only a single...

This year's Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs week will take place from 12-16 May, with a different set of boards every night. Since we joined this tournament a few years ago, the feedback has been that the usual week (in December) was unsuitable for some clubs...

It was another busy weekend of bridge. We had the CBAI's National Confined Pairs and Teams Championships (for the Lambert Cup and Cooper Cup respectively) and the National Novice Pairs Championship (for the JJ Murphy Trophy) in the Loughrea Hotel and Spa. Well done in...

Members are hereby notified that the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland will take place in the Greenway Manor Hotel Waterford on Saturday 5 July, starting at 2 p.m. All members are entitled to attend, and there will be the...

We are also pleased to report that the annual IBU Seniors Congress in the Cavan Crystal Hotel during the week was a great success, with total playing numbers up more than 10% on the previous year. Many thanks to Aileen Timoney, for all her work on this congress over...

We have two further bridge outings to bring to the attention of our members. Roselawn Bridge Club is organising a bridge holiday to Alvor, Portugal, from 11-18 October, in conjunction with Midland Travel, and all bridge players are welcome. You'll find full details...

No joy for the Irish team in the Lady Milne Trophy, we are sorry to report. The team never really recovered from a slow start, and finished in fourth place. Congratulations to the winners, the EBU (the second English team, which is their honour as hosts of the event)...

The European Bridge League's Transnational Championships will be held at the Congress Centre in Poznan, Poland, from 21 June to 5 July. Registration is now open on the EBL microsite, and the EBL has also introduced a new initiative, a "partnership desk" which can be...