We have only two entries for the Teltscher (Senior Camrose) trials, which will therefore be held as a single playoff match, over four 16-board stanzas, in Templeogue on Sunday 5 February. The playing schedule is Stanza 1 10:00-12:15; Stanza 2 12:30-14:45; Stanza 3...

Ennis Congress was held online on BBO over the weekend of 27-29 January. The winners of the various competitions were: Mixed Pairs - Rebecca Brown-O'Keeffe & Eoin MacNeill Friday Intermediate B Pairs - Mary Cox & Vicky Pigot Fast Friday Open Pairs - Margaret...

Foxrock Golf Bridge Club will hold a charity night on Friday 10 February at 7 p.m. in aid of the local St Vincent de Paul branch ands St Joseph's Dementia Care Centre, Shankill, and all are welcome. Pre-entry is required, by Monday 6 February. You'll find full details...

This coming weekend see the Ennis Congress online on BBO. There are single session events on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening, starting at 19:00 (the Congress Teams on Sunday), 20:30 (the Fast Friday Pairs on Friday), or 19:30 (all other events). Here is the full...

Well done to Cork Congress President Linda O'Riordan and her committee on an excellent congress at the weekend, held live in the lovely Maryborough Hotel. While the numbers attending were lower than pre-covid, they fully justified the committee's decision to go ahead...

Simultaneous Pairs Results Thanks to all the clubs who supported both the IBU Simultaneous Pairs in the first week of November and the new Celtic Nations Simultaneous Pairs in the first week of December. The former makes a substantial contribution every year to the...

CBAI President's Award 2022/23 The CBAI President's 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. I...

Our thanks to all who turned out for the Men's and Women's National Pairs and Teams Championships in Clane at the weekend, the first live running of these events since January 2020. The numbers were very satisfactory, and represent a further step back to normality...

The company that owns BBO also owns another bridge-playing platform, FunBridge. Some CBAI members already play on FunBridge, and the CBAI runs branded tournaments on it too, which raise a small amount of revenue for the Association. The number of CBAI members playing...

We are pleased to present the first edition of the new-format Irish Bridge Journal. Heretofore, the Journal was a printed publication run initially by the late Paddy Walsh, and latterly by his sister Una. Between them, Una and Paddy published the Journal privately for...