Thanks to all the clubs taking part in the IBU Simultaneous Pairs competition. If you haven’t already uploaded your results, please do so as soon as possible. Thanks also to tonight's expert commentator, Ranald Milne. Don’t forget to remind your participants that they...

Thanks very much to all those clubs who are supporting this event. You are contributing very valuable funds to the IBU, but even aside from the fundraising element, the consistent feedback is that our members enjoy these simultaneous pairs competitions, with the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...