Cnucha Bridge Club normally meets on Wednesday evenings in Laurel Lodge Community Centre Castleknock.  Club activities in the centre been suspended temporarily as a result of Covid-19 concerns.  Cnucha is operating online bridge via BBO until bridge in the centre resumes.  Two competitions are held every Wednesday at 7.30pm.  One for Masters and A grades and one for A, B and Novice grades.  During the summer months non-club members are welcome to play in our online competitions.  See details below on how to enter online competitions.

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Visitors are welcome to play in Cnucha in June, July and August. You don't need to send your BBO username to the club before you can play during the summer. If you are located in Ireland you can register to play by clicking on the Cnucha competition in the ususal way.  If you have any difficulty registering to play contact our TD Diarmuid Reddan at 086 823 6618

Master points can now be awarded for Summer bridge.  If visitors want to qualify for master points they must email their BBO username, name and CBAI NBID number to cnuchabridge@gmail.com

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If you need a partner to play with you on BBO contact our matchmaker

Maura Colgan between 2pm and 6pm on Tuesday or Wednesday at 085 1213039

If you find you need a partner after 6pm on Wednesday, put your name on the Partnership Desk on BBO.

Click on the link below if you want to find out how to put your name on the Partnership Desk

Partnership Desk.pdf

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We would like to congratulate the Cnucha A2 team who were winners of the A2 section of the Cunningham League for 2020-21. 

The team, consisting of Mary T Brady, Maureen Reddy, Teresa Conlon and Olive Bradley, achieved their victory without losing a single match! 

We would also like to congratulate another Cnucha A2 league team who won the Rory Cunningham Shield competition during the year. 

The winning team was: Mary Flynn, Joan McAndrew, Rosaleen O'Loughlin and Marie O'Brien 

Congratulations and well done to you all!

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We would like to congratulate the winners of our the Silver Salver Competition for grades below A1:

First place: Mary Wehlan and Mary Mulvany

Second place: Frances Daly and Joan McAndrew

Third place: Mary Murray and Marian Daly

We would also like to thank all those who participated in the event and our TD Diarmuid Reddan who, as usual, made sure everything ran smoothly on the night!

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I would like to express my sincere appreciation and thanks to the members of Cnucha Bridge Club and visiting players from many other bridge clubs who supported our virtual bridge charity night in February and raised the fantastic sum of €2,000.  The donation has been made to the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA).  If you click on the link below you can see the letter of acknowledgement received from IMNDA.

Thank You - Cnucha Bridge Club.pdf

Frances Boyle, President Cnucha Bridge Club 2020/21

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Looking for a Partner (including for BBO)? 

Telephone Matchmaker: Maura Colgan at 085 1213039 between 2pm and 6pm on Tuesday or Wednesday

If you find you need a partner after 6pm on Wednesday, put your name on the Partnership Desk on BBO.

Click on the link below if you want to find out how to put your name on the Partnership Desk

Partnership Desk.pdf

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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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To play in a BBO online competition you must register to play in the competition on the evening of the competition.  Registration will open at 2 hours before the start of play.  You register to play by following these steps:

           1.      Logon to BBO (Your partner must also be logged in)

           2.      Click on "Competitive"

           3.      Click on "All Tournaments" 

           4.      Search for the competition ID 

                    For Cnucha the ID is: CBAI 125484  

           5.      Click on the competition.  You will be asked for

                   your  partner's BBO username.  Your partner should

                    also be in the competitive area*.

                       An invite is sent to your partner which they should

                      accept.

             6.     YOU MUST BE LOGGED INTO BBO AND IN THE

                      "COMPETITIVE"* AREA AT LEAST 2 MINUTES 

                   BEFORE PLAY BEGINS  OR YOU  WILL BE

                     DEREGISTERED

*BBO will not recognise you as logged in if you are in the "casual" club or playing solitaire

REMEMBER YOU CANNOT REGISTER TO PLAY IN THE CNUCHA COMPETITION UNLESS YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED YOUR BBO USERNAME TO THE COMPETITION TD BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO cnuchabrige@gmail.com OR BY TEXTING OUR TD DIARMUID REDDAN AT 086 823 6618 

The Committee and members of Cnucha Bridge Club offer Neil Burke our congratulations on his recent selection as National President of the CBAI. We wish him every success in his new role

For many years the members of this Club have enjoyed his company and have appreciated his enthusiasm in promoting bridge.

In recognition of his willingness to take on such a prestigious and challenging role we have offered him and he has accepted honorary membership of the Club for the 2019/20 bridge season.

(You can log on to Neil's website https://www.bridgewebs.com/nkbbridge/  to follow his activities as President during the year)