| Eggstravaganza Monday March 30th 2026 |
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HAPPY EASTER to ALL our members!
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| CBAI SIMS Pairs Monday 2nd March 2026 |
CBAI Simultaneous Pairs competition on Monday 2nd March 2026
The overall ECATs SIMS Pairs results are available here ECatsBridge - CBAI Pairs Monday (simpairs.com)
Congratulations to Peggy Kelly & Emer Roberts who lie 18th out of 1,367 pairs from 70 clubs - the final result won't be known until later
The commentary and analysis will also be available here - click CBAI SIMS Pair commentary to view and/or download
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| President's Prize 16th & 23rd February 2026 |
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Congratulations to Peter Markham & Bernadette Coggins who won the President's Prize competition by a narrow margin, fending off some redoutable pairs.
Well done to all the other winners, who are almost too many to mention
| Rank |
Pair |
% |
| 1st |
Peter Markham & Bernadette Coggins |
59.02 |
| 2nd |
Marie Kidney & Brid Kilfeather |
58.06 |
| 3rd |
Emer Roberts & Collette Maher |
56.78 |
| 4th |
Olive Hanly & Vivienne Adams |
55.50 |
| 5th |
Lucy Mulcahy & Bernie Nesbitt |
55.37 |
| 6th |
Beryl Dunne & Margot O'Shea |
55.31 |
| Session 1 |
Catherine Hooper & Breda Keeshan |
61.02 |
| Session 2 |
Kate Uí Gallachoír & Betsy Carvill |
59.36 |
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| Nano Henry Teams of 4 - Monday 26th January 2026 |
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The fourth Bridge Centre competition of the season is the Nano Henry Teams of 4 which was hosted by Coolagad Bridge Club on Monday 26th January 2026
Congratulations to the winning team - Barbara Donovan, Kay Grimes, Collette Maher and Mary Bannon
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Team |
VP |
| 1st |
Collette Maher, Kay Grimes, Mary Bannon, Barbara Donovan |
79.73 |
| 2nd |
Marie Kidney, Brid Kilfeather, Jane Smith, Catherine Ward |
70.71 |
| 3rd |
Margaret Waller, Peter Markham, John Yek, Roisin Moloney |
60.57 |
| 4th |
Ray Breen, Tish Balfe, Mags Smith, Ann Cafferky |
60.09 |
| 5th |
Marcella O'Suilleabhain, Emer Roberts, Miriam Carroll, Jo O'Farrell |
57.94 |
| Best A |
June Byrne, Lesley McMullan, Vivienne Adams, Olive Hanly |
56.94 |
| Best B |
Lucy Mulcahy, Bernie Nesbitt, Mary Devine, Ruth Keogh |
49.10 |
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| Birthday Celebrations! |
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Congratulations to Rose Moore on her 90th birthday celebrations!
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| New season starts Monday 1st September 2025 |
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The new bridge season started on Monday 1st September 2025 with a wine reception before bridge
We will have all our major usual competitions - Coolagad Cup in November, Nano Henry Team of 4 in January, President's Prize in February and Individual in March
September will include a Team of 4 competition - enter as a pair and there will be a draw for teams
Our Charity Night is in October
There will be plenty of festive evenings with our Birthday Party in November and our Turkey competition and Christmas party in December
President Tish wishes everyone a happy and successful season
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| Coolagad Cup 2025 |
Congratulations to Catherine Ward & Jane Smith who won the Coolagad Cup, our first major competition of the year
| 1st |
Catherine Ward & Jane Smith |
61.95% |
| 2nd |
Gerry McCarthy & Eleanor Callanan |
60.92% |
| 3rd |
Geraldine Cassidy & Mary Crowe |
60.58% |
The full results are available here -->Coolagad Cup Overall result 2025
The list of past winners is available here --> Coolagad Cup Winners 1981 to 2025
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| Seamus O'Gorman Memorial |
The second Bridge Centre competition of the season, The SEAMUS O'GORMAN MEMORIAL competition, will be on Friday 10th October 2025
This competition is open all Bridge Centre members and is hosted by Errigal Bridge Club
The competition starts at 7:15pm and refreshments will be available in the period after the end of the competition & before the results are announced
We strongly encourage our members to support all the Bridge Centre competitions
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| Charity Night - WICKLOW HOSPICE |
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Our Charity Night on Monday 20th October in aid of the The Wicklow Hospice was a great succes.
We raised € 2,500 for the Charity
Thanks you to everyone who helped in making the event a success
Thank you to our sponsors - SuperValu Greystones & Eternity Jewellers
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| Interview with CBAI Chief Executive on Newstalk |
CBAI Chief Executive Dermot O’Brien was interviewed on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live programme a few days ago. Click on the relevant link to listen to the interview – about eight minutes each, and Dermot’s is prefaced by a brief advert, so don’t be alarmed if it starts with nothing to do with bridge!
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| President's Prize 17th & 24th February 2025 |
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Congratulations to Roisin Moloney & John Yek who won the President's Prize competition in magnificent style with a very high and consistent performance by coming first in the first session and second in the second session.
Well done to all the other winners, who are almost too many to mention
| Rank |
Pair |
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| 1st |
Roisin Moloney & John Yek |
62.89 |
| 2nd |
Margaret Hawes & Mary Teehan |
59.10 |
| 3rd |
Annette McCarthy & Peggy Kelly |
58.40 |
| 4th |
Anne Benson & Noel Carthy |
56.67 |
| 5th |
Martin Colbert & Eleanor Callanan |
56.60 |
| 6th |
Joe Dempsey & Ray Breen |
56.36 |
| S1 1st |
Bernadette Coggins & Peter Markham |
60.42 (S1) |
| S1 2nd |
Lucy Mulcahy & Bernie Nesbitt |
60.23 (S1) |
| S2 1st |
Vivienne Adams & Olive Hanly |
65.00 (S2) |
| S2 2nd |
Barbara Donovan & Linda McGeehan |
58.83 (S2) |
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