Well done to Team Garvey (Donal Garvey, Pat Quinn, Michael McAuliffe, David Dunne, Paul Porteous, Fred Barry), who emerged victorious in this week's trials, and will represent Ireland in the European Seniors Championship in Riga in the summer. Thanks to John Phelan...

The next instalment of the EBL’s Online Training Program for Women will take place on Wednesday March 25 at 19:30 CET (so 6:30 p.m. in Ireland). The guest coach this time will be World and European champion Pierre Schmidt of France. Attendance is free, but you need to...

The company that produces Bridgemates (the popular bridge table scoring package) has introduced a new model, Bridgemate III, pictured opposite, which is advertised as a major enhancement of the previous Bridgemate II model. In particular, the Bridgemate III features a...

Our thanks to all who attended the Junior Bridge Fundraiser, organised by the Junior Committee and Peter Pigot, in Templeogue on Sunday. The results of the two competitions are here: Morning Session Afternoon Session. Thanks to Peter Pigot for hosting and to Jason...

The National Pairs Championships were held over the weekend in the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, with a full turnout for the Open and Intermediate A events and a near-full entry for the Intermediate Bs. The prizewinners were: Davidson Trophy (Open Pairs): 1st Cian Holland...

We are pleased to announce that the Holmes Wilson Cup 2027 will be held in the Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow, over the weekend 20/21 February. Many thanks to the Galway Congress Committee, and their venue, the Ardilaun Hotel, for facilitating this switch of dates.

Many congratulations to the Irish team on winning the Camrose Trophy (home international championship) for the first time since 2017. Having established a good lead by winning all five of their matches in the first weekend in Dublin in January, Ireland maintained that...

Thanks to all the clubs taking part in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs competition. If you haven’t already uploaded your results, please do so as soon as possible. Thanks also to tonight's expert commentator, our latest Grand Master Hilary (Dowling-Long) McDonagh. Don’t...

The Regent Bridge Club (D04 AR25) is holding a special Open Pairs competition for Novices on Friday 13 March at 19:30. Sponsored by Gavin Burke Solicitors, this competition is open to all Novice players registered with the CBAI (so with an NBID number). Non-members of...

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...