Cnucha Bridge Club  is a members only club which meets on Wednesday in Laurel Lodge Community Centre Castleknock. 

Play starts promptly at 7.30p.m.

We ask that Players be seated by 7.15p.m. to facilitate the set up of the Bridgemates.

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Looking for a Partner  

Text Matchmaker: Rosemary Kennedy at 086 083 4330 between 2pm and 6pm on Wednesday

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Don’t miss out on email notifications.  Notify the Club Secretary of any changes to your email/phone numbers or send an email to cnuchabridge@gmail.com.

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The Club has a WhatsApp Group which is used to send brief messages and reminders to members.

Only certain committee members can send messages to the group.

If you are not in the WhatsApp group and would like to join it contact any committee member or send a text to  085 736 0927

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With effect from 9 September, numbers permitting, there will be a third competition for Novices and B grade players.

There will be three sections as follows:

(1) The A Section (Red tablecloths) for A1 (see note below) and Master players

(2) The B Section (Blue tablecloths) for A2 players and A1 (see note below) players 

(3) The C Section (Green tablecloths) for B and Novice players

Players can choose to play in a section above their grade but generally not below their grade 

e.g. B and Novice players can play in the B or A section, they do not have to play in the C section;

A2 players can play in the B or A section but cannot play in the C section unless playing with a B or Novice player

To faciliate the setting up of the third (C) competition, we ask players not to sit at the tables

with the green tablecloths unless they are a Novice or B player or all the blue tables have been filled.

A separate competition for Novices and B players will only be run if there are at least 4 full tables in this section 

Note re A1 players:  While A1 pairs (i.e. A1 playing with an A1) are encouraged to play in the A section,

they can choose to play in the A or B section. However A1 pairs may be asked to play in the A section

if there is a half table in both the A and B sections or

if they consistently feature in the prize winners in the B section.

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We would like to congratulate the Winners of our 2026/27 Club Competitions as follows:

Winners of the Autumn Pairs Competition:

1st Place:  Barbara and Neill Burke

2nd Place: Róisín and Willie O'Gorman

3rd Place: James McCarthy and Miriam Thynne

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Congratulation to Mary Greene, Ger Maher, Ger Murphy and Mary Lyons who won the Area Master prize in Boyne Bridge Bash Congress Teams on 24 August.

Anne McGettigan & Manus Cannon were also among the prizes, coming second in the Novice Pairs.

A special mention too for the team of Helena McIntyre, Ronnie Carroll and Maureen Reddy, who with Deirdre Daly, came

seventh in a large field in the Intermediate A Teams competition.

The 2026 Silver Salver Competition, for A2s, Bs and Novices,

was held on 29 April. Congratulations to Una McKenna & Anne Shaw

who won narrowly from Therese Dowling & Teresa Muldoon.

Frances Boyle & Mary Doyle were third,

while Fintan & Marina Reddy won the prize for best B / Novice.

The President's Charity Night was held on Wednesday 15 April

in aid of Hub 21, which provides support to children and young people

with Downs Syndrome. Emer is very grateful to all those who played

on the night as well as the members who donated cash.

A total of € 1,500 was raised for Hub 21. Click on the link below to see

the letter received from Hub 21 in response to our donation

Hub 21 letter

Congratulations to Peter Rooney on winning the 2026 President's Prize. To access the results, please click HERE (there was a Bridgemate glitch that meant some names were missing and so the usual results format could not be used).

Congratulations to all the prizewinners, a nice combination of the usual suspects and some new faces.

Many thanks to Deirdre Murphy, who with a little encouragement, took all the photos on the night and captured the occasion beautifully.