Yet another busy weekend, with Malahide Congress at the Grand Hotel, and the deciding second weekend of the IBU Mixed Trials in Templeogue. In Malahide, special congratulations are due to Mary Kelly-Rogers and her organising team on a fantastic congress. There were...

The four qualifying teams from the first round will do battle this weekend in the Templeogue Bridge Centre for the right to represent Ireland in the European Mixed Team Championships in Riga during the summer. Kibitzers are welcome all weekend. System cards for the...

We are saddened to report the death of Kay Downes, one of the great figures of Irish bridge. Kay was a fine player with a national title to her name, but it was as an administrator that she made her most significant mark on Irish bridge, serving with distinction in...

Thanks very much to all those clubs who are supporting this event. You are contributing very valuable funds to the CBAI, but even aside from the fundraising element, the consistent feedback is that our members enjoy these simultaneous pairs competitions, with the...

Conor Boland from our Irish Open Team recently volunteered to be the guinea pig for our first "Beat The Star" competition on Funbridge. We're delighted that Conor's partner on the Open Team, Tom Hanlon, has now agreed to be the second Irish star to put his head on the...

Yet another busy weekend, with Galway Congress at the Ardilaun Hotel, and the Junior Home Internationals, for the Junior Camrose (Under-26) and Peggy Bayer (Under-21) Trophies in Prestwick, Scotland. In Galway, where the numbers were once again well up on the previous...

Best of luck to the Irish teams that will represent us in the junior home internationals in Prestwick, Scotland, at the weekend. The are two competitions - the Junior Camrose (Under-26) and the Peggy Bayer Trophy (Under-21). England has dominated both competitions in...

The Holmes Wilson Cup, the biggest single event in the CBAI's calendar, took place over the weekend in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow, with a near-capacity turnout of 123 teams. Our thanks to our new sponsors, Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, for their sponsorship of...

Peter Pigot and the Junior Committee will hold a special fundraiser for Irish junior bridge in Templeogue on Sunday 8 March. 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 will be...

Both the EBL and the WBF are continuing their efforts in support of women's bridge. First up we have the next instalment of the EBL's Online Training Program for Women, which will take place on Monday February 23 at 19:30 CET (so 6:30 p.m. in Ireland). The guest coach...