by CBAI | Oct 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, Irish participation in the main events at the World Bridge Games came to an end last night, as the Open Team fell to an agonising 83-80 defeat to Poland in the round of 16. This was the tightest margin of any of the matches in the Open, Senior, or Mixed...
by CBAI | Oct 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many congratulations to the Irish Open team (Mark Moran, John Carroll, Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland, Adam Mesbur, Nick FitzGibbon, NPC Grainne Barton) who finished fifth in their pool, and have therefore qualified for the knockout phase of the World Bridge Games in Buenos...
by CBAI | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The World Bridge Games starts on Tuesday 22 October, and you will find all the details, including the ongoing results, here. Ireland will be represented by the following three teams: OPEN: Mark Moran, John Carroll, Tom Hanlon, Conor Boland, Adam Mesbur, Nick...
by CBAI | Oct 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
The second congress of the season was held over the weekend, in the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel in Limerick, a new venue for this congress, which worked well and was popular with the players. The winners of the various competitions were: Congress Teams: Dan McIntosh, Tim...
by CBAI | Oct 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to all the players who played in the fundraising daylong tournaments on both BBO and FunBridge last week, to raise funds to help send the three Irish teams (Open, Women, and Mixed) to the World Bridge Games in Argentina. The playing numbers did not quite...
by CBAI | Oct 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
The weekend of October 12/13 saw the mixed championships held in the Templeogue Bridge Centre – the Pairs for the Spiro Cup on Saturday and the Teams for the Coen Trophy on Sunday. Both competitions had an excellent entry, and the Centre was pretty much full to...