We are delighted to publish the ninth edition of the CBAI-produced Irish Bridge Journal (Winter/Spring 2025): [Irish Bridge Journal #9
In this edition, alongside the usual selection of articles and quizzes, results and upcoming fixtures, we have some very interesting once-off articles, including:
- An interview with singing superstar Daniel O’Donnell about his passion for bridge – Daniel has made himself available several times to help us promote bridge, and is a great ambassador for the game;
- An article by Anna & Mark Newton of Ecats Bridge, who run our Simultaneous Pairs for us (and lots of other Sims all around the world) on the origins and development of Ecats – perfect timing given that the annual CBAI Sims will be played in clubs all over the country next week;
- An article by Shireen Mohandes of RealBridge on the origins and development of their online platform, which has been used widely in Ireland and all over the world – the RealBridge team recently won the International Bridge Press Association’s “Bridge Personality of the Year” Award for their services;
- In my own notes, a plea for ideas and assistance on a project to reposition or rebrand bridge to make it more modern and exciting, and to appeal more to younger people – if we can’t attract younger people to play the game then bridge faces a future of certain decline.
We hope that you will enjoy these and all the other articles in the Journal. Thanks as always to our editor, Enda Murphy, our designer, Sue Power, all our contributors, and of course our advertisers – please support them whenever you can.