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Committee Members 2026-26

President: Tony Gillick

Vice President: Annette O'Toole

Secretary:  Margaret Doyle

Ass Secretary: Anne Ryan

Treasurer: Colette Kelly

Ass Treasurer: Bernie Coleman

Competitions: Kevin Mc Kevitt

Social Committee: Anne Ryan, Rosarie O'Connell, Anne Mannion.

Ex Officio: Rosarie O'Connell
Constitution and Protocols
Bridge Etiquette
Bridge Etiquette

Protocols to be followed before, during, and after play.

Before Play

  1. On Club evenings (Wednesday) play begins at 7.30 p.m. sharp. Please be seated by 7.20 p.m.
  2. Monday Morning Club, please be seated by 9:50am.
  3. Mobile phones should be placed on 'silent' before play begins.
  4. Full names i.e. first name and surname are to be clearly written on the list of players every night.
  5. Inform your Opponents of your System & Conventions. i.e. 4 Card Major & Weak NT, etc.

During and After Play

  1. Players should, at all times, be courteous to their playing partner, their opponents and the Tournament Director/Acting T.D.
  2. Players should count cards before and after play & a quick shuffle before placing cards back into board.
  3. Bidding cards should be left on the table until the first card is played.
  4. The bidding process should be flat and unemphatic…NO talking/commenting/gesturing or pausing for an unduly long time.
  5. The player at North is in charge of the table and is responsible for ensuring,
    1. that wallets/boards are received from and passed to the correct tables,
    2. that players take the correct cards from the wallet or board at the start of play,
    3. 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,
    4. that contracts are entered accurately on the tablet.
    5. count your tricks & agree score with opponents before gathering your cards.

  1. 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.

  1. Slow play MUST be avoided. Games that are not completed within the time allotted will be 'averaged'.
  2. Dummy can only touch a card when requested by his/her partner.
  3. Dummy can warn partner of a possible renege during play by saying “Not holding partner”.
  4. During play, the lead player can only look back at the last card played.
  5. Always be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. Post mortems are to be avoided whilst play is going on at other tables.
  6. We must always be supportive and encouraging to new players and make them feel comfortable at the table.
  7. 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.
Confey Castle Constitution
Confey Castle Constitution

 

Confey Castle Bridge Club Constitution

CONFEY CASTLE BRIDGE CLUB

CONSTITUTION & RULES 2018

1. NAME

The Club shall be known as Confey Castle Bridge Club.

2. OBJECTIVES

The objective of the club shall be the playing and promotion of Bridge under the rules, guidance and objectives of the C.B.A.I. and will be fully registered as a Club with the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland.

3. MEMBERSHIP

Membership shall be open to both ladies and gentlemen.  Each candidate for membership must be proposed and seconded by two members of the club and the nomination given in writing to the Hon. Secretary.  The Committee, after considering objections, if any, by any member of the committee, to such candidate, may proceed with the election which must be by majority vote of the committee.  Membership then becomes effective on payment of Annual Subscription. 

Members who have not paid their Annual Subscription by 1st December in any year will be deemed to have lapsed their membership and must re-apply for election.  Lapsed members will be allowed to play in the club provided they pay their table money but will not be eligible for any prize.

Lapsed members cannot play as guests within twelve months of lapsing their membership.

Members re-accepted between the 1st Dec. and the 31st March will enjoy full membership benefits from date of re-acceptance if their annual subscription is paid.

New or re-accepted members on or after 1st April will be eligible to play in all the Club Competitions but will be ineligible to win any prize in any competition listed on our Club Calendar.

The Club welcomes guests or visitors.  Table money must be paid, but they are not eligible for prizes on competition nights listed on our calendar.  Any person who is ineligible for prizes under these rules and forms a partnership in pairs or team events will automatically disqualify the full partnership or teams from the prizewinners.

In the event of any member acting in such a manner as to bring the club into disrepute or to disrupt the smooth running of the club or the enjoyment of other members, the committee shall have the right to reprimand such a member, and to warn them as to their future conduct.  This may be done verbally or in writing.  If the said member should continue to so act, the committee, shall cancel such person’s membership and refund their Annual Subscription for that year after following fair procedure.

(A) ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT

  1.  MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
  1. A Management Committee, elected each year at the Annual General Meeting, which shall be held in May, shall control the club.
  2. The Committee shall put into effect all Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting and shall make such Regulations as they shall from time to time see fit, provided that such Regulations shall not alter, amend or repeal any Regulations embodied in this Constitution.
  3. The committee shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Hon. Secretary, Assistant Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer,   Assistant Hon. Treasurer, P.R.O. and a minimum of 5 Committee Members.

At least 3 members will be from morning session and at least 3 members will be from evening session.

  1. The Vice-President of the previous year shall be installed as President and shall nominate the new Vice-President at the A.G.M. each year. The election of Officers remains unchanged. No member of the Committee may serve for a period of more than five consecutive years. All Committee members must be elected by ballot each year. The A.G.M. shall elect the officers and committee annually from 1st September 2012.
  2. Two nominated members of the club who shall be appointed by the committee shall carry out the Annual Audit of the Accounts. Annual accounts shall be kept and made available to the Revenue Commissioners on request.
  3. The President shall be an Honorary Member during his/her year of office.  The out-going President shall automatically become ex-officio a member of the incoming Committee if he/she so wishes.
  4. The committee have the right to co-opt any member
  5. For any valid meeting of the above committee, there shall be at least (five ) persons present.
  6. The committee shall have the power to appoint sub-committees where necessary.  The President shall ex-officio be a member of every committee.
  7. All decisions reached at meetings of the club shall be by simple majority and the Chair shall have a casting vote in the event of a deadlock.
  8. The committee shall decide location and time of meetings.

  1.  OFFICES.
  1. The President shall preside over all affairs of the club and shall at all times be afforded the courtesy that the office demands.  The President may preside over all or particular meetings of the club by expressing such a wish.

(b)  The Vice-President will substitute for the President.

 (d)The Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer shall administer the affairs of the club as laid down at the Annual General Meeting and shall furnish all reports to the Annual General Meeting.

(e) Tournament Directors shall be appointed by the committee and shall run

      Competitions as laid down by the C.B.A.I.

(f) the duties of officers are set down by the committee

(g) the committee will issue protocols as required

  1. INCOME AND PROPERTY

The income and property of the club shall be applied solely towards the promotion of its main objective as set forth in this Constitution. No portion of the club’s income and property shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit, to the members of the club. No Officer shall be appointed to any office of the club paid by salary or fees, or receive any remuneration or any other benefit in money or money’s worth from the club in respect of such office. However, nothing shall prevent any payment in good faith by the club of:

  1. Reasonable and proper remuneration to any member or Officer of the club for any services rendered to the club (other than as an Officer)
  2. Interest at a rate not exceeding 5% per annum on money lent by Officers or other members of the club to the club
  3. Reasonable and proper rent for premises demised and let by any member of the club (including any Officer) to the club
  4. Reasonable and proper out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Officer in connection with their attendance to any matter affecting the club
  5. Fees, remuneration or other benefit in money or money’s worth to any Company of which an Officer may be a member holding not more than one hundredth part of the issued capital of such Company

  1. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS

The committee may call an Extraordinary General Meeting at any time and must call one at the request, in writing, of one-third of the members of the club. 7 days notice will be given for an EGM and the motions published on the club website.

  1. CHANGE TO THE CONSTITUTION
  1. Alterations, amendments or changes to the Constitution shall be made only at a General Meeting of the members and shall require a two-third majority vote of the members present and voting at the meeting.
  2. No addition, alteration or amendment shall be made to the main objectives and/or the income and property clauses in this Constitution for the time being in force, unless the same shall have been previously approved in writing by the Revenue Commissioners.

  1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice of the date fixed for the meeting shall be displayed on the Club Notice Board for two weeks preceding the Annual General Meeting.  Nominations and proposals must be displayed on the Notice Board one week prior to the AGM by the committee. A quorum of at least 30% of members must be present at any AGM or EGM.

Competitions:

There shall be a minimum of (3) Major competitions held during the year in the Evening, and Morning Sessions. To be eligible to win a prize in any of the above Major competitions, members must have paid the relevant subscription fee.

Laws of Bridge:

The Laws of Duplicate Bridge as adapted by the C.B.A.I. shall apply in all cases.

Communications

Competitions and functions will be notified in the Club calendar.

Correspondence, minutes, results, notification of outside competitions and other items of interest will be listed on the Club website and available on the club File. This file is available for inspection during playing sessions.

Other methods of communication to be used by decision of the Secretary are Email, text or announcements.

  1. WINDING-UP

If upon the winding up or dissolution of the club there remains, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, it shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the club. Instead, such property shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions having main objectives similar to the main objects of the club. The institution or institutions to which the property is to be given or transferred shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its or their members to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the club under or by virtue of Clause 4 (D) above. Members of the club shall select the relevant institution or institutions at or before the time of dissolution, and if and so far as effect cannot be given to such provisions, then the property shall be given or transferred to some charitable object.

The clauses above shown in italics are required to be included in the Constitution of the Club if the Club is seeking a Tax Exemption as a Games/Sports Body under the Provisions of Section 235, Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997.
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