We've reached the business end of the Inaugural Irish Individual Knockout Championship on Funbridge, which has now arrived at the semi-final stage. The semi-final line up is: US expert Jade Barrett v Irish junior international Luca Crone; since he moved to the US...

We have now reached a capacity entry of 124 teams for the Holmes Wilson in Tullow - four teams have yet to be entered on the online system to add to the 120 already there. Entries have therefore been closed on the online entry system, and new entrants will only be...

A further update on the progress of the Inaugural Irish Individual Knockout Championship on Funbridge, which has now reached the quarter-final stage. Only one seed remains standing, after John Flavin had the remarkable achievement of knocking out both Tom Hanlon and...

The weekend saw Cork Congress in the lovely setting of the Maryborough Hotel. In keeping with trends this season the numbers were up on last year; particularly notable was an entry of 29 pairs in the Novice Pairs competition, a tribute to the teaching being done in...

Just a quick update on the progress of the Inaugural Irish Individual Knockout Championship on Funbridge. From an original entry of 113, we've reached the last 32 stage. Three of our seeds have survived, but Joan Kenny lost narrowly (6-0) to Thomas MacCormac in a...

The CBAI President's Merit Award every year recognises the unsung heroes and heroines of Irish bridge - the volunteers without whom clubs or regions could not function, but who never seek acclaim or put themselves forward for formal office. We probably all know people...

Thanks to all who played in the weekend's Men's and Women's National Pairs and Teams Championships in Clane. The prizewinners were: JACKSON CUP (Women's Pairs) 1st Place: Joan Kenny & Jeannie Fitzgerald 2nd Place: Kathy Monks & Nora Kelly 3rd Place: Lucy...

The weekend saw several important bridge events. Firstly, Ireland hosted the first of two weekends of the Camrose Trophy (Open Home International Series), in CityNorth Hotel in Gormanstown. The Irish team (Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland, Mark Moran, John Carroll, Adam...

You may have seen in another post that Conor Boland is one of the team representing Ireland in the Camrose Trophy this weekend. You've very welcome to come along and watch him and his team in person in the CityNorth Hotel, Gormanstown, or to follow their fortunes on...

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...