The weekend of 9-11 January sees the first weekend of the Camrose Trophy (Open Home International Championship) being hosted by Ireland and held in the CityNorth Hotel in Gormanstown. Kibitzers are welcome all weekend, and all the matches will be broadcast, with a...

Well done to Team Pender (Gilda Pender, Rebecca Brown, Hilary D-L McDonagh, and Ann-Marie Horan-Carroll) who emerged victorious from the trials over the weekend, and will represent Ireland in the Lady Milne Trophy in Northern Ireland in April. The competition was...

We are pleased to present the Winter 2025 edition of the Irish Bridge Journal. You'll find it here. The Journal features a new double-quiz on this occasion, with cash prizes. To be in with a chance of winning, you need to answer some historical bridge questions posed...

We have nine entries for the Lady Milne trials, to be held in the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght, on 2-4 January. You'll find the playing schedule here. System cards for the nine teams are: KENNY: Joan Kenny/Jeannie Fitzgerald, Teresa Rigney/Siobhan Part BRADY: Melissa...

A reminder that you have seventeen days left to sign up for the 3rd Online European Women's Teams Championships, to be played on the RealBridge platform over the weekend of 9-11 January. You'll find full details here. 🏆 This is an official EBL Championship 📆 Dates: 9...

The Master Pairs, sponsored by AL Homecare, was held in the new venue of the O'Reilly Hall in UCD over the weekend, having moved from the usual Templeogue venue due to capacity constraints. Even with some last-minute withdrawals for flu-related reasons, there was a...

A very happy Christmas from all at the CBAI, and best wishes for 2026. Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for bridge. Our offices will be closed from 13:00 on Friday 19 December until 09:30 on Monday 5 January. In line with the general trend, we have...

A reminder to all participants that the venue for the Master Pairs on Saturday will be the O'Reilly Hall in UCD, not the Templeogue Bridge Centre as originally advertised. We had to move to a bigger venue to accommodate the numbers as it became clear that the entry...

Congratulations to Kelan O'Connor, who was the highest-placed Irish finisher in the recent inaugural BBO/FunBridge e-Bridge Cup. Kelan was the only Irish entrant to reach the final phase, and finished in a very creditable 90th place in a field of well-known names....

Thanks to all the clubs that participated in the IBU Simultaneous Pairs during the first week in November. This post contains a list of all the prizewinners, and the masterpoints awarded for each day. Where we have bank details for the prizewinners' club, the prize...