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...

The CBAI's International Committee has confirmed the dates and (provisional) formats of this season's trials. They are: Pre-Qualifier Trials, 12-13 September 2026, in the Templeogue Bridge Centre. Closing date for entries Friday 7 August 2026. Lady Milne Trials, 9-11...

Our thanks to those who took part in the two IBU Pairs Championship events on Saturday 9 May, in spite of the lovely weather. The winners were: Open Competition: 1st Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca; 2nd Breda O'Reilly & David Synnott; 3rd BJ O'Brien &...

UPDATE: Hard luck to Team Moran, who, despite having held the lead part way through the match, ended up losing the final of the Spring Fours. Very well done to the winners, Team Schnelwar (Susan Schnelwar, Vincent Demuy, Zach Grossack, Adam Kaplan, and Joe Grue, so...