Congratulations to the following winners on the Presidents Prize Week.

Monday: Ray Ryan,Tuesday Bridie Kirwan,Wednesday Helena Browner ,Thursday Ann Kirwan,

Presentation by Joe Bissett (Club President)

A presentation was made today Tuesday 11 April by Joe Bissett (Club President) in the Club House to Fran Crowell (Chairperson) of Remember Us for €2000.00. 

Fran thanked Joe and the members of Balbriggan Bridge Club for their work in raising this amount for the local Charity.

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           71 Drogheda Street,

.Congratulations to Helen  and Brendan Sheridan in Winning the recent SABC John Lane event in Skerries this weekend. Presentation  was made by Aileen Lane and Simon Healy (Club President).

Well done also to :

Tim Carroll & Kay Goldsworthy : Winners of Best Club Pair 

Mary Mulholland & Vincent Bissett : Winners of Intermediate Pairs.

The NE REgional Teams event was held at the ABCD Club on Sunday29  January 2023. Club Success and congratulations to all were as follows:

Winners Masters. Joan Kieran Memorial Trophy : Deirdre Tuckey, Seamus Costello ,Pat Duff and Frank Davey.

Winners Area Masters  Rose Bowl trophy: Mary Healy ,Vivienne Donnelly ,Kay Goldsworthy, Tim Carroll

Intermediate  Winners : Vincent Bissett, Camilla McLoughlin ,Joe Bissett, Phyllis Carew

Presentations were made by Peter Byrne( Regional President)

Congratulatins to Peter Howard and Brian Carroll  in winning the Heron Trophy at Balbriggan B,C on Sunday 18n December . Other prize winners were;

2nd : Brenden and Helen Sheridan

3rd : Camilla McLoughlin and Lesley O'Shea

Intermediate Winners: Mary Shevlin and Rita McGoey.

Presentation was made by Joe Bissett (Club President)

The Drogheda Congress took place in the ABCD Venue over the recent weekend(Thursday 6 Oct-Sunday 9th Oct).Great success was achieved by Club members over this weekend. A summary can be seen below including Photos of the winners .Frances Newcomen was the Congress President . The CBAI President Pat O' Mahoney was also in attendance.

1. Open Pairs :Deirdre Tuckey and Seamus Costello: Winners

2, Congress Pairs: Deirdre Tuckey and Seamus Costello : Winners

3. Congress Pairs (Confined_ Area Masters ): Kay Goldsworthy & Tim Carroll - Winners 

4. Open Pairs : Peter Howard & Brian Carroll 2nd & Bernie Bissett and Carol Sheridan 3rd

5 Mixed Pairs : FRances and Sean Newcomen : 3rd

6 .Intermediate Pairs : Lesley O'shea + Partner  2nd , Veronica Buttimer & Helena Browner 3rd

7. Best Reginal Pairs : Mary Mulholland & Vincent Bissett

8 Congress Teams : Deirdre tuckey + Seamus Costello + partners - 2nd

9. Best Regional Team: Margaret Winters ,Maureen Walsh,Sean and Frances Newcomen

On Sunday 12 September the Pat Taffee trophy event was held at the ABCD venue in Drogheda.

Congratulations to : Tim Carroll and Kay Goldsworthy who were the Overall Winners.

Congratulations to Veronica Buttimer and Vincent Bissett in sharing the Intermediate  Prize.

Brian Carroll and Peter Howard were 3rd and Margaret Winters and Maureeen Walsh were 4th.

Presentation made by Peter Byrne North Eastern Regional President

Congratulations to Phyllis Carew ,Vincent Bissett ,Joe Bissett and Camilla Mcloughlin who at the Bray Congress this weekend(4/9/2022) won the Congress  Teams (Inter A Section).

Well done to all who took part.

On Sunday March 6 the N.E Regional Teams event took place in the ABCD Club for selection to the National Competition later in the year 

Congratulations to the following in their success ;

Masters : 1st : Seamus Costello ,Deirdre Tuckey,Pat Duff & Frank Davy.(Joan Kiernan Memorial Shield)

Area Masters : 2nd : Tim Carroll ,Kay Goldsworthy,Bernie bissett ,Viviennne Donnelly ( Rose Bowl Trophy)

Inter "A": Ist : Helena Browner ,Veronica Buttimer ,Martina Ward ,Marie Kenny

Congratulations to Peter Howard  abd Brian Carroll on winning the recent Regional Mens Pairs event at the ABCD club. Presentation was made by Peter Byrne Regional President

Congratulations to Bernie Bissett and Caroline Howard in winning the Regional Ladies Pairs event this weekend at the ABCD club.  Presentation by Perter Byrne Regional President.

Congratulations to Tim Carroll & Kay Goldsworthy Winners of the Star & Crescent Cup hels at the ABCD venue on Sunday 27 March .Presentation was made by Deirdre Reid Club President

Hi folks, today the CBAI issued a document regarding the following: because of the prevalence of unethical and dishonest behaviour by a small minority of online bridge players, the CBAI has asked all clubs to remind their members about the requirements for ethical behaviour at all times. There are daily reports of people perceived to be deliberately CHEATING when playing online. All members should be in no doubt that the CBAI is taking this issue extremely seriously and there will be consequences for anyone found to be cheating.

Club TDs or Online Managers should endeavour to ensure that all players are aware of what actions as acceptable and which are definitely not – e.g. providing explanations in the chat area for partner to see as well as opponents is NOT acceptable, the Alert area only should be used for this purpose. 

Whether we play online or at the table it is of the utmost importance that we play to the highest ethical standards so that all players will have an equal opportunity of success.

Please click anywhere on this article for the CBAI Document.

Kind regards, Seamus

Hi folks, please see the attached document Online Laws of Bridge which explains all you will ever want to know about playing online. Just click anywhere on the article. Seamus.