April news
(previous months news can be viewed in members area of this website)
Waterford Congress for Novices and Intermediates - weekend 10-12th April
The CBAI runs a special congress every year exclusively for Novices and Intermediates. It's always held in the home region of our National President, so this year with John Phelan as president it was held in the Tower Hotel in Waterford, over the weekend of 10-12th April, starting at 19:30 on the friday and finishing at 18:30 on the sunday. Only one pair attended from fermoy - Karen & Liam Magnier. Karen & Liam took part in the Intermediate A's pairs on the Saturday, and J.J Kiely teams trophy on the Sunday in which they came second. Full results are listed below:
Saturday 11th - Novice Pairs (21 pairs).
Saturday 11th - Intermediate A's (28 pairs)
Saturday 11th - Intermediate B's (17 pairs)
Saturday 11th - Afternoon teams event (just 2 teams entered)
Sunday 12th - J.J. Kiely teams trophy (14 teams entered)
Specsavers competition - Sunday 12th April
Every year, clubs are invited to put forward entrants to this competition. The competition is held in Cork Bridge Club. On Monday 30th March we will hold a competition to select members to put forward as Fermoy's entrants for the Specsavers competition. This year we were able to put forward two teams - a Masters-grade team, and a Novice-grade team. The successful members were Kathleen O'Connor and Mary Hayes (as our Masters team); and Anne and Henry Gallagher (as our Novice team). Full results are here.
Tournament directors course - Saturday 11th April
Carmel Connolly provided a tournament director's course in Cork Bridge Club starting at 10:30am. The course is to go over rules and etiquette. It will also explain when you would run a Howell movement or a Mitchell movement, if there is a half table putting in a roving pair. Also, for clubs with 2 sections on the same night, running these competitions and for competitions that are run over 2 weeks. Numbers were limited to approximately 15 and we managed to secure one place for Fermoy. It was scheduled to be finished by 1:00 -1:30.
Friday 10th April - one off social bridge night organised by our Trond Johnsen
Trond, ably aided by Yzabel Derbré, facilitated a social bridge night at which six tables attended. It was agreed by all that it was a most enjoyable and relaxed evening with the bridge enjoyed by all and a great mix of abilities and experience was present. One of the primary aims was for Trond to trial a new software programme he has devised and to gather feedback on its performance. It is fair to say all present were greatly impressed and found it a very useful and informative system. So watch this space :) ....
Cork County Council - We thank you!
The Committee of Fermoy Bridge Club, on behalf of its members, acknowledges with thanks the support of Cork County Council for providing the club with funds during the 2024/25 and the 2025/26 season.
These funds have been used for upgrading the clubhouse during the past year.
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