| Calendar 2025-26 |
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Events
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Wednesday
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Start Date
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1st Sept, 2025
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3rd Sept, 2025
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Autumn Pairs
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6th & 13th Oct
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8th & 15th Oct
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Charity night
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3rd Nov
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5th Nov
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Christmas Competition
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1st Dec
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3rd Dec
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Christmas Party
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10th Dec
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Closing for Christmas
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22nd Dec
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17th Dec
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Term 2 Starts
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5th Jan, 2026
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7th Jan, 2026
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Luke Fitzgerald Comp.
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11th Feb
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Sim Pairs
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2nd March
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4th March
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Easter Competition
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30th March
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1st April
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President’s Cup
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29th April & 6th May
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President’s Dinner
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13th May
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AGM
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20th May
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Monday session end of season competition
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25th May
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End of Season
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29th June
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24th June
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| Competition Winners 2025-26 |
Winners of Autumn Pairs
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Wednesday |
| Angela O’Neill & Clare Etherson |
Susan Lamb & Celaine Rath |
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| Monday Session Player of the Year |
 Congratulations to Bridie Leonard, Monday morning session Player of the Year Award, 2025.
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| President’s Prize 2025 |
 Congratulations to Eileen O’Dowd, winner of the 2025 President’s Prize, on being presented with the award by Rosarie O’Connell.
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| Player of the Year 2025 |
 Congratulations to Clare Etherson, Player of the Year 2025, being presented with her award by Rosarie O’Connell.
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| Congratulations |
 Congratulations and well done to Mary Noonan and Kevin McKevitt who came 2nd in the country in the 2025 Simultaneous Pairs. They are pictured being congratulated by our club President, Rosarie O’Connell.
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| Charity 2025 |
 Confey Castle Bridge Club are very pleased to present a cheque for €1,000 to Leixlip Meals on Wheels followed our recent charity night. Picture show Rosarie O’Connell presenting the cheque to Phillip Nassens. Kathleen Molloy and Martin Carley are also pictured with volunteers from Meals on Wheels in the kitchen at St Mary’s GAA Club.
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| Christmas Competition 2024 Wednesday evening |
Wednesday winners pictured at Christmas Dinner in Springfield.
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N/S
1. Helen Dredge & Kate Fitzsimons.
2. Margaret Doyle & Tony Gillick
3 Ann Hogan & Nora Mc Kevitt
4. Mary Noonan & Kevin McKevitt
E/W
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E/W
1. Clare Etherson & Angela O’Neill
2. Marie Murphy & Eilish Dooley
3. Bernie Kelly & Paula Mc Carthy
4. Bridie Flynn & Betty
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See Monday Morning Club Link for picture and results for Monday.
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| Up-coming Competitions |
♥ Remember to check out up-coming competitions and other information on the Mid-Leinster website.
Click on the link in main menu to left of page- 'Mid-Leinster Region'. We need entries from our club♣
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| Past Presidents |
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2024-25 Rosarie O'Connell
2023-24 Martin Carley
2022-23 Kate Fitzsimons
2021-22 Angela O'Neill
2019-2021 Margaret Kavanagh
2018-19 Frances Mullooly
2017-18 Tony Gillick
2016-17 Clare Etherson
2015-16 Celaine Rath
2014-15 Veronica Manley
2012-14 Kevin Dunne
Founding Member - Kevin Dunne
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| Past Prizewinners President's Prize |
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| Bridge Rules and Etiquette |
Protocols to be followed before, during, and after play.
Before Play
- On Club evenings (Wednesday) play begins at 7.30 p.m. sharp. Please be seated by 7.20 p.m.
- Monday Morning Club, please be seated by 9:50am.
- Mobile phones should be placed on 'silent' before play begins.
- Full names i.e. first name and surname are to be clearly written on the list of players every night.
- Inform your Opponents of your System & Conventions. i.e. 4 Card Major & Weak NT, etc.
During and After Play
- Players should, at all times, be courteous to their playing partner, their opponents and the Tournament Director/Acting T.D.
- Players should count cards before and after play & a quick shuffle before placing cards back into board.
- Bidding cards should be left on the table until the first card is played.
- The bidding process should be flat and unemphatic…NO talking/commenting/gesturing or pausing for an unduly long time.
- The player at North is in charge of the table and is responsible for ensuring,
- that wallets/boards are received from and passed to the correct tables,
- that players take the correct cards from the wallet or board at the start of play,
- that players return cards to the correct positions in the wallet or board at the end of play and DO NOT take them out again,
- that contracts are entered accurately on the tablet.
- count your tricks & agree score with opponents before gathering your cards.
- The players at E/W must ensure that the contract results are entered correctly by North on the tablet.
E/W must remember their Pair or Table Number depending on Competition.
- Slow play MUST be avoided. Games that are not completed within the time allotted will be 'averaged'.
- Dummy can only touch a card when requested by his/her partner.
- Dummy can warn partner of a possible renege during play by saying “Not holding partner”.
- During play, the lead player can only look back at the last card played.
- Always be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. Post mortems are to be avoided whilst play is going on at other tables.
- We must always be supportive and encouraging to new players and make them feel comfortable at the table.
- Any contravention of rules or disputes arising during the course of play should be referred to the Tournament Director / Acting T.D. for adjudication.
You may ask a question of your left-hand opponent when your right-hand opponent has made a bid and before you make your bid.
When your partner opens INT you must state the point range 12 to 14 etc.
Boards/Wallets MUST remain on table for T.D. to have easy access always.
CLUB RULE: A player is obliged to open with 12 points on the first round.
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