The annual Novice & Intermediate Congress was held over the weekend in Roganstown Golf & Country Club, with an excellent turnout for all the competitions. Our thanks to CBAI National President Catherine Byrne and her Dublin North team, especially Mary Breen,...

It was a case of déjà vu all over again for the Irish teams in the junior home internationals in Newport over the weekend. As has been the case in recent years, both our Junior Camrose (Under-26) and Peggy Bayer (Under-21) teams performed well, winning the majority of...

Best of luck to the Irish teams that will represent us in the junior home internationals in Newport, Wales, 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...

We have now reached a capacity entry for the Saturday events in the Novice & Intermediate Congress in Roganstown at the weekend, so entries have therefore been closed on the online entry system, and new entrants will only be accepted in the case of dropouts. If...

The CBAI’s Holmes Wilson Trophy (National Open Teams Championship) competition was held over the weekend of 8/9 February in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Tullow. There was a capacity entry of 123 teams, which would appear to be a record, certainly in the recent past....

We are sad to report the recent death of Brid Kirby of Limerick. Brid was a teacher in Crescent Comprehensive College who took up bridge in the 1970s with her friend Marie Hanrahan, and later joined several of the major Limerick clubs. Brid's game quickly flourished,...

The Confined Regional Master Pairs and Teams competitions were held in Templeogue over the weekend, the second running of this new set of competitions. Entry levels were well up on the previous year in both pairs and teams, and both competitions were ably directed by...

We have five entries for the Teltscher Trophy trials, to be held in Templeogue Bridge Centre on 31 Jan- 2 Feb. You'll find the Conditions of Contest here. It includes the playing schedule, and kibitzers are welcome. As hosts of the Teltscher Trophy itself, Ireland...

Cork Congress was held over the weekend, with a great turnout in spite of the adverse weather conditions last Friday. The winners of the main events were: Congress Pairs: Peter Goodman & Aoife MacHale Intermediate Pairs: Anne Burkley & Margaret Murray Novice...

We have now reached a capacity entry of 124 teams for the Holmes Wilson in Tullow - one team has yet to be entered on the online system to add to the 123 already there. Entries have therefore been closed on the online entry system, and new entrants will only be...