The World Championships in Marrakech concluded over the weekend, and the medalists were: Bermuda Bowl (Open): Gold Switzerland; Silver Norway; Bronze Italy Venice Cup (Women): Gold Israel; Silver Turkiye; Bronze China D'Orsi Bowl (Senior): Gold Denmark; Silver USA1;...

The European Bridge League (EBL) has established a dedicated Women's Bridge Committee, which has been tasked with the following goals: To strive to increase the number of female players in EBL tournaments; To "bridge the gap" between men and women in the top-level...

We are sorry to report the death of Rose O'Farrell, a stalwart of bridge in the Eastern Region, who also represented Ireland, in a formidable partnership with Patsy Meehan, and enjoyed great success in domestic competitions, including winning Greystones Player of the...

For the first time, the NIBU online leagues are open to entries from teams throughout Ireland. The Open (referred to as "Senior" although there are no age restrictions) League will be played on RealBridge, and the Intermediate League on BBO. The exact format will be...

27/8 The round-robin phase of the championships ended today, and Ireland won both their final matches, to finish in thirteenth place with a record of ten wins, one draw, and twelve defeats. It was always a big challenge to make the playoffs, in a field crowded with...

Congratulations to the CBAI's Sonya Britton team, which emerged victorious in the annual match against the NIBU, which took place in the La Mon Hotel, Belfast, over the weekend after a three-year covid-inflicted gap. The stars of the show were our Officials Team, who...

A special edition of the WBF Women's Newsletter has been published, to mark the upcoming World Championships in Marrakech, for the Venice Cup. We had hoped that there would be Irish participation at that event, as our Women's Team were first reserves following the...

Firstly, this press release was sent to our media contacts last week (when the opening reference to the girls in green was more relevant, unfortunately). It has not generated any great interest to date, but we remain hopeful that we will be able to create some...