Bankers Bridge Club
3 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin D02RR50
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Ita Fahy 
President Bankers Bridge Club

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Presidents Prize 2025

Week 5 of Ita Fahy's Presidents prize,
This weeks winners were
North South
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane from Paul Hanratty & Rosalind O'Brien

East West

Patrick Egan & Willy Kearney from Lillian Swaine & Mark Ryan

Section B
North South

Siobhan Part & BJ O'Brien from Frances Kelly & Maire O'Connor
East West

Philip Robinson & Sean Moynihan from Adrienne Purdy & David Connolly

Overall Winners
Paul Hanratty 30
Joint Second Adrienne Purdy & Fiona O'Gorman
Best Lady Mary Stanley
Best Man Liam Maher
Best Reginal Master Suzanne Hill
Best Area Master Fiona McGoldrick
 Best Intermediate Austin Leahy
 

Paul Hanratty with Bankers President Ita Fahy Joint 2nd Place  Fiona O'Gorman & Adrienne Purdy 

 

Best Lady Mary Stanley Best Reginal Master Suzanne Hill Best Area Master Fiona McGoldrick

Player of the Year 2025

This years Player of the year is Liam Maher, making it four in a row.
Area Master Winner Rosalind O'Brien
Intermediate Winner Austin Leahy

Golf outing

This years golf outing was held in the Castle Golf Club, unfortunately the weather was not
as kind as usual but everyone enjoyed their day.
Winners :-

Liam Maher from Claire O'Donoghue second Sheila Williams third and Peter Ryan fourth
Winning team Paul Hanratty & Elizibeth Meagher from
Colette Allen & Philip Robinson

Liam Maher with Bankers President Ita Fahy and Ann Hanratty

May Player of the Month

Overall - Mary Lindopp

Best  Joint Area Master - Caroline Crowley and Seamus Bradley

Best  Intermediate Austin Leahy

Mixed Pairs

This week we have the final of the mixed pairs competition.
A very close finish between the top two pairs saw Siobhan Part and BJ O'Brien
win the session to pip the leaders Rick & Geraldine Crowe to win this years competition.
Thanks to our Tournament Director Martin Brady who kept everything moving 

Winners :-
Siobhan Part, BJ O'Brien from
Rick & Geraldine Crowe second
Fiona McGoldrick, Patrick Egan third
Sean Moynihan & Rachel Connellan fourth.
First Session
Mary & Tomas Roche
Second Session
Kevin O'Dea & Sheila Horkan
Area Master
Mary Seaver, Maeve Flanagan


Siobhan Part, BJ O'Brien with Bankers President Ita Fahy

Rick & Geraldine Crowe Fiona McGoldrick, Patrick Egan

 

 

 

Joe MacHale Mixed Teams

The Joe MacHale Mixed Teams competition this year was won by
Tomas Roche, Mary Roche, David Dunne & Sheila Kelly, who held off all challengers to win this years event
The dealer again gave us some excellent hands which made for a very exciting nights bridge.
Thanks to our Tournament Director Martin Brady who kept everything running smoothly
Winners :-
Tomas Roche, Mary Roche, David Dunne & Sheila Kelly from
Paul Delaney, Maeve Delaney, Austin Leahy & Kate Daultrey second
Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor third
Fiona O'Gorman, Fergus O'Rafferty, Niamh Harty & Kevin O'Dea fourth
Second Session
Elizabeth Meagher, Edward Spain, Fiona McGoldrick & Patrick Egan


David Dunne Sheila Kelly Mary Roche, Tomas Roche with Bankers President Ita Fahy

Ladies & Men's Pairs

Ladies  Pairs
This years Ladies Pairs was won by Ruth O'Dea and Marie Slattery who had a superb second session
to claim the title

Full Result :-
Ruth O'Dea and Marie Slattery from
Helen Friel & Evgenia Gladysheva second
Mary Stanley, Ann Fitzgerald third

Anne Keating, Frances Kelly First Session
Colette Allen & Elizabeth Meagher 2nd session
Sharon McDermott & Clare O'Donoghue Area Master

Men's Pairs
Liam Maher & Kevin O'Dea won the session to complete a three in a row for the pair in this competition.
Full Result :-
Liam Maher & Kevin O'Dea from
Joseph  Dolan & Gerard Tracey  second

Christy Tierney & John Kelly 1st Session
Michael Gowie & Fergus O'Rafferty 2nd Session
Paul Williams & Willy Kearney Area Master
Thanks to Thomas Roche our tournament director for a very well run event

Marie Slattery, Ruth O'Dea with Bankers President Ita Fahy Liam Maher, Kevin O'Dea with Bankers President Ita Fahy

 

Noreen O'Connor Teams

The Noreen O'Connor teams produced new names to add to the winners list
Congrats to Fiona O'Gorman, Sue Power, Anthony Moloney & Marie James 
Thanks to all who supported this competition and Mike Gowie our Tournament Director

Winners :-
Fiona O'Gorman, Sue Power, Anthony Moloney & Marie James from
Terry Walsh Teresa Rigney, Peter Goodman Aoife MacHale second
Paul Delaney, Maeve Delaney, Tomas Roche & Mary Roche third

New air purifier

The club has now installed two new air purifiers for the members health and welfare
but would ask any member suffering from a cold, flu, Covid etc, to please refrain from attending as a courtesy  a to all other members

Visiting players welcome

Overseas players and anyone visiting from the country are always welcome to join us for our Thursday nights game
Tuesday game by appointment only

Nolan Teams

The first major of the season the Nolan Memorial Teams was a great success with a full entry of 20 teams
taking part Thanks to all who supported this event and great to see everyone back enjoying their game.

Winners :-
Mary Stanley, Paul Kane, Colette Allen & Seamus Bradley from
Ita Fahy & Liam Maher Carmel Murnin & Lean McMahon second
Bernie Lynch & Michael McAuliffe Jackie McBride & Kay Russell third
Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid Colette O'Callaghan & John Flavin fourth
Second Session
Fran Ronan & Dermot O'Brien Brendan Ruddy & Brian McCann


 

Player of the Year 2023/2024

This years player of the year is Liam Maher
Area Master Winner Deirdre Leopold
 

Overall winner 
Liam Maher
Area Master Winner
Deirdre Leopold

 

Presidents Prize 2024

The winner of this years Presidents prize is Adrienne Purdy from Sean Moynihan


Full Result

1st - Adrienne Purdy,  2nd - Sean Moynihan    3rd - Deirdre Leopold 
    Best Regional Master - Niamh Harty 
   Best Area Master - Brendan Rushe 
 Best Intermediate - Mary Kane   
Best Man - Liam Maher 
  Best Woman - Teresa Rigney

 

Joe MacHale Teams

Winners

Paul Hanratty, Ann Hanratty, Paul Kane, Mary Stanley, with Aoife MacHale from

 Luca Crone, Teresa Rigney, BJ O'Brien, Siobhan Part, second, with Bankers President Mike Gowie
Christopher Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Maura Lawlor, Gerry Lawlor third

Noreen O'Connor Teams


Winners :-
Ita Fahy, John Kellyl, Mary Lindopp & Liam Maher
with Bankers President Mike Gowie

 

Rose Gibson 23


  Winners :-
        Suzanne Hill & Máire O’Connor
    with Bankers President Mike Gowie

Calendar
17th June 2025
Club Pairs
19:30
Director: Tomas Roche
19th June 2025
Semi-open pairs
19:30
Director: Grainne Dunne
24th June 2025
June Teams
19:30
Director: Ann Marie Heavey
Results
Club Pairs
Director: Tomas Roche
Semi-open pairs
Director: Paul Williams
President's Prize (Week 5) Pre-Entry
Director: Tomas Roche