Herman Rossiter and Eileen O'Doherty Trophies

This year's Novice pairs competition for the Herman Rossiter trophy and Intermediate B paors competition for the Eileen O'Dohery trophy took place in Wicklow on Wednesday April 10th.

Bernie Rowntree, TD, and Gary Dowling, competition organiser, did a terrific job to get the 13 novice pairs and 12 Inter B pairs through their competitions. The reports are that everybody enjoyed the evening and plan to return, with their bridge friends, in 20120.

Congratuations to all the pairs who took part and a big cheer to the winning pairs:

Herman Rossiter Trophy

Receiving the trophy from Gary Dowling are the 2019 winners of the Herman Rossiter Trophy Noeleen O'Keefe and Ann Lynn
In second place Michael Egleston & Tom Molyneux	In third position were Anita Prunty & Geraldine Carty

Eileen O'Doherty Trophy

Receiving the trophy from Gary Dowling are the 2019 winners of the Eileen O'Doherty Trophy Robert Doyle & Tony DeCourcey
In second place Liz Hurley & Sari Winckworth	In third position were Kathryn Ryan & Frances Donnelly

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Teams 4 Fun

This year's Teams 4 Fun was back to the original format with the Novice and Masters playing in pairs against the Intermediate pairs. Everyone seemed to be very happy to be back with this format.

John Royds, TD, and Gary Dowling, competition organiser, did a terrific job to get the 13 teams through 24 boards - that was a tough night for those poor novices.

And lets give a big cheer to the winning teams:

The winning team - Cyril Goode & Michael Egleston Collette Maher & Pawel Turczynowicz

2nd place - Michael Kenny & Miriam Watchorn Gary Dowling & Nicky Clark 3rd place - Paschal Doyle & Emer O'Sullivan Isa Saurin & Michael Ryan

 

All the results are posted here

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ER Team Qualifiers Results

The 2018/19 Regional Qualifiers for the National Teams was held in Greystones Bridge Centre on Sunday, January 27th 2019. 3 Inter B teams, 4 Inter A teams and 8 Masters teams took part in te competitions. The winners of each competition are:

Intermediate B Pairs

Rosemary Sweetman, Helen Stephenson, Dee Flynn & Caroline Temperley

Intermediate A Team.

Ann O'Kane, Nicola Power, Mary Patchell and her son-in-law Gary Dowling

Milo Broderick Cup

Stephen Barr, John Connolly, Michael Donnelly and Nathan Doyle 

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ER Pair Qualifiers Results

The 2018/19 Regional Qualifiers for the National Pairs took place in Greystones Bridge Centre on Sunday, December 2nd 2018. The room was filled to the rafters and John Royds did a fantastic job to directing three competitions simultaneously. The highlights of the competion are:

Intermediate B Pairs

With a fantastic entry of 16 pairs the prizes went to:

 

Intermediate A Pairs.

 With a slightly smaller turnout of 15 pairs, the player were just as eager and the winners were:

In first place Mary Patchell and her son-in-law Gary Dowling

In second Joanne Gordon and Kay Hamilton

In third Freda Griffin & Anna Sherry

The first session winners were Helga and John Hautz

The second session was won by Gerry Ryan and Cathal P Drohan

Cleary Cup

Finally an amazing 29 master pairs competed for the Cleary Cuup and a big cheer to the winners:

 

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Intermediate Bs

And there was also a spectacular entry for the Inter Bs. 17.5 pair competed in what was reported to be a lovely competition. It's good to see so many have caught the bridge bug and let's congratulate the winners:

1. Phyllis Carew & Marie Kenny
2. ClaireTallon & Marian Tubritt
3. Giles & Carmel Murnin.

Bray Congress Results

Swiss Pairs

With a whopping turnout of. 62 pairs the prizes I believe went to:

1. Adam Mesbur & Nicholas K FitzGibbon
2. John Noonan & Carol-Ann Cummins
3. Jack Goody & Siobhán Part

LOC: Michael McAuliffe & Sandra Newell

AM: Ultan & Eileen McCabe

I think you can see what I mean with Beauty and the Beast

Intermediate Pairs.

 With an even bigger turnout of 64 pairs, the winners on the night were:

1. Raymond Lally & Margaret Waller
2. Patsy Donoghue & Jim Wilson
3. Willie & Roisin O'Gorman

 

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The congress committee of Bray Bridge Club, under the masterful direction of Anne Daly, has arranged another fantastic weekend for bridge players from near and far.

Novice Pairs

42 brave novices played in Bray and I hope you all join me in congratulating them all for going out to such a big event. It's a big step from a club night to a room with more than 250 bridge players, the rules, the Bridgewater's, the whole razamataz. Give yourselves a good pat on the and a big cheer to the winners:

1. Tor Torma & Liz Hoctor
2. Fiona McGoldrick & Ray Victory
3. Eilis Martin & Kate O'Gallachoir 

Intermediate Bs

And there was also a spectacular entry for the Inter Bs. 17.5 pair competed in what was reported to be a lovely competition. It's good to see so many have caught the bridge bug and let's congratulate the winners:

1. Phyllis Carew & Marie Kenny
2. ClaireTallon & Marian Tubritt
3. Giles & Carmel Murnin.

Mixed Pairs

And for the big match, 59 pairs from not only Ireland but a number of European countries have a super game of bridge with some surprising winners. Let's congratulate them all:

1. Marie O'Sullivan & Horst Rosier
2. MichaelMcAuliffe & Sandra Newell
3. David Ryan & Valerie Hand

LOC  - Dolores Gilliland & Peter Stewart

MA - Mary & Eoin Hodkinson

Inter A - Ursual Pattinson & Fred Duffy

Gala Pairs

36 brave souls fought it out in the gala pairs. The competition was very tough this year. The winners were:

1. Stephen Barr & Michael Donnelly
2. Alan O'Sullivan & Alan Scott
3. Chantal McCabe & Ruth O'Dea

Well done all. For the full results go the the results link on the navigation bar on the left. And come back to the site tomorrow for the report on the pairs competition and the correction of any mistakes posted in this report

 

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CBAI AGM ER Victory

John Noonan and Brendan Martin, winners of the bridge game in aid of Pieta House at CBAI AGM in Athlone. Congratulations to the winners.

Muldoon Cup

Sunday June 10th 2018

It looks like the summer weather keep the crowds away this year. Only 29 dedicated pairs turned up this year. Congratulations to the winners.

 

1st - Pat Egan & Sean Mulvaney

2nd - Mairéad Haugh & John Noonan

3rd - Mary Trench & Jim McAndrews

Best Intermediate -  Creeda Fitzgibbon & Colette O'Callaghan Best Dún Laoghaire - Patrick Belton & Nollaig O'Ceallaigh 1st Session -  Conor & Rory Moore 2nd Session -  Joan Ryan & Hugh McDermott

 

The CBAI Eastern Region Annual General Meeting will take place in Dún Laoghaire Bridge Club on Friday 25th May 2018 at 8 pm. All members/clubs are urged to attend.

Massey Bros League

The Massey Bros League 2017/18 has now concluded.  It was a great competiton, enjoyed by all and a special thanks must go to Fedelma Martin for her tireless work in organising the event. The winners this year are:

•  Confined Masters Greystones (Daly)
• Seniors: St Therese’s
• Inter A: Blackrock College (Power)
• Inter B: Blackrock College (Rye)

Do go to the  Massey Bros. League page forl the full event report, the many well deservered thank yous and of course the photos of the winner (when they arrive!)

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Corn Cairdis 2018 in the Eastern Region!

The Corn Cairdis match is an annual competition between England and Ireland - or more specifically teams representing the English Bridge Union (EBU) and Contract Bridge Association of Ireland (CBAI). It alternates between England and Ireland. The Eastern Region acted as host of the competition on April 28th & 29th 2018.

In brief, it was a great weekend with one small exception - England won by 3 VPs.

Follow this link for the full report with photos 

EASTERN REGION TEAMS COMPETITION

The Eastern Region held the teams qualifying competition on Sunday January 28th in Greystones Bridge Centre. John Royds did a fantastic job running all three competitions with the assistance of the committee of the Sugarloaf Bridge Club, who were hosting the event.

Intermediate B Teams

Four teams took part in the Intermediate B competition, the winning teams  were

1st - Oliver Rye & Connie Collins, Sarann Doyle & Kay Faulkner Sheridan

2nd -Philip O'Dwyer & Ciáran Ó Huiginn, Nell McDowell & Anne Murphy Leahy

Intermediate A Teams

There were seven teams competing for the A prize. The cup went to:

Fiona Nolan & Vincent Wallace,Noel Carthy & Linda McGeehan

1st - Oliver Rye & Connie Collins, Sarann Doyle & Kay Faulkner Sheridan
2nd - Margaret Waller & Maeve Magee, Cathal & Tim Creedon	3rd -Gary Dowling & Alex Silva, Jack Murphy & Ray Lally

Milo Broderick

Eight master teams competed in the Milo Broderick. The winners were:

Fiona Nolan & Vincent Wallace,Noel Carthy & Linda McGeehan

1st - Richard Elvin & John Noonan, Jill Kulchycky & BJ O'Brien
2nd - Mairéad Haugh & Róisín de Jong, Justin Corfield & Norbert van Woerkom	3rd - John Comyn & Brendan Martin, Clare Pippet & Catherine McCann

 

Congratulations to all. You can view the results of all three team competitions.