Please note that the CBAI office will be closed on Friday 7 October due to an unfortunate combination of illness, covid-isolation, and holidays. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. We remain contactable by email.

A reminder that Drogheda Congress is on, face-to-face in the ABCD Centre in Drogheda, and that places may be limited. So get your entries in to Peter Byrne (086-8049531 or peterbyrne1entries@hotmail.com) as soon as you can. All entries will be acknowledged on receipt....

Last weekend saw the first running of the new Pre-Qualifier trials in the Templeogue Bridge Centre. These trials are a new innovation suggested by the International Committee, aimed at players who do not have quite enough Masterpoints to enter the standard trials, and...

The CBAI's 2022 annual newsletter is now available on our website by clicking here. In this season's edition you will find: A plea from CBAI President Pat O'Mahony for members to support live competitions and congresses this season Regional reports from all thirteen...

The Irish team suffered a agonising fate in the Crockfords Cup over the weekend. The Crockfords is England's premier teams competition, their national open team-of-four championship. It consists of knock-out matches in the early stages, played privately, qualifying...

Best of luck to the fourteen pairs competing in the new Pre-Qualifier trials being held in the Templeogue Bridge Centre on 24/25 September. These trials are a new innovation suggested by the International Committee, aimed at players who do not have quite enough...

Well done to Diarmuid Reddan, who at the weekend in Warsaw achieved an "A" grade in the EBL Tournament Directors' examination, and as a result has been promoted to the rank of International Tournament Director within the EBL. Another example of just how lucky we are...

The CBAI hosted its first event of the new season on 17 September, with the Duais an Uachtarain (President's Prize) being held in Cork Marts, Fermoy. A big thank you to our hosts, CBAI President Pat O'Mahony and his South Munster colleagues, especially Regional...