Don't forget the final two events of the CBAI's bridge season - the Yeats Country (Sligo) Congress this weekend, 5-7 June, in the Clayton Hotel, and Killarney Congress from 12-14 June in the Castlerosse Park Hotel. All members are welcome to both events. Entries for...

The final online session of the EBL Women's Committee's online training programme for this season will take place on Thursday June 11. The session will be at 18:30 Irish time on the RealBridge platform, and it's free of charge to all female members of the EBL's...

Many thanks to all the clubs who supported the Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs from May 11-15. As in previous seasons, all proceeds from this event will be donated to junior bridge - a very good cause. Our playing numbers were up by around 20% on the previous year,...

The weekend saw the final IBU and CBAI championships of the season, for the IBU the Egan Trophy (invitational All-Ireland teams) in Belfast, and for the CBAI the 4Fun Teams (a unique event with teams organised so that a Master plays with Novice and and Intermediate A...

As you may be aware, the issue of a potential amalgamation of the CBAI with our counterpart body in Northern Ireland, the NIBU, has been the subject of review over the last couple of years. We have now reached the stage at which it is anticipated that a formal...

Peter Pigot and the Junior Committee will hold another special fundraiser for Irish junior bridge in Templeogue on Sunday 31 May. There will be two sessions of bridge, one at 10:30, the second at 14:45, and players can enter one (€25) or both (€40) sessions. There...

Apologies for the late notice, but the EBL Women's Committee will run its next online training session tomorrow evening, 21 May. The session will be at 18:30 Irish time on the RealBridge platform, and it's free of charge to all female members of the EBL's federations....

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...

This weekend sees the final home international competition for the season, the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) Trophy in Cambridge, England, with the EBU hosting, and hence supplying the additional sixth team. Our team is Peter Goodman, Terry Walsh, BJ O'Brien, Ranald...

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...