The 2026 Malahide Bridge Club Annual General Meeting, will take place  at 7.30p.m. on Thursday May 21st 2026, in M.R.B.C. Clubhouse, Broomfield, Malahide.

Members wishing to submit motions to the AGM will need to submit such motions no later than Thursday April 30th.

Such motions …shall be in writing and shall bear the signature of the member proposing and the member seconding the motion and shall be delivered to the Secretary at least twenty-one clear days before the Annual General Meeting, Rule 21.

Motions can be submitted by post to the Secretary, M.R.B.C. PO Box 1990 Broomfield Malahide Co. Dublin K36 K728.

Motions can also be submitted by email to secretary@mrbc.ie

N.B. Please note that motions sent by email should be by attachment, showing signatures of the proposer and the seconder.

Motions and Agenda will be posted on the Club notice Board no later than Thursday May 7th.

I had a text on Friday afternoon March 27, from Eilish Timoney, asking me how I would bid Hand 13 from the previous evening. It was imprinted in my memory as Anthony and I had come out the wrong side of it, playing against Dave Terry and Billy Ronan. (funny, this happens fairly frequently!)

North (Dave) picks up a beautifully distributional hand 6 spades, 6 hearts, 1 club, a void in diamonds, and 12 points. East (Anthony) passes. Billy, sitting south, has 15 points….5 diamonds, 5 clubs, the singleton Ace of hearts, 2 small spades and 15 points. He bids 2 diamonds. I pass. Dave now bids 3 hearts. He jumps to 3 based on shape.

Now Billy is thinking slam. He knows Dave has a lot of points OR an unusual distribution. He bids 4 clubs…..in this instance as NT has not been mentioned, 4 clubs is not gerber but a cue bid, telling partner ‘I have 1st round control in clubs’. But I think the main purpose here is to ensure Dave bids again. (Billy himself has told me since it also genuinely described his shape as well)

Now Dave could bid 4 diamonds showing 1st round control in diamonds (the void) However, I think he chooses not to, in case Billy takes it as support for his initial diamond bid. Instead he bids 4 hearts, which shows the distributional nature of his hand. Billy is rightfully wary of NT as he realizes there may be no up and down (communication)between the hands and so he bids 6 spades. Game over.

The guys make their slam (plus 1). A duck for myself and Anthony, despite us doing nothing wrong Nobody else in the room bid 6 spades……

Following the AGM on 22nd May and subsequent Council meeting the following are the council members for 2025/6.

President - Anthony McMackin,

Bar Manager - Patricia Brennan.

Social Secretary - Mary Chambers 

Secretary - Catherine Deegan.

Treasurer - Niall Duffy.

Facilities Officer - Kathy Murphy.

Technology Officer - Eilish Timoney.

Tournaments Officer - Nora Weafer.

The following is one of the items on the Smart Card Information Tab.

How do I check my balance.

If you make any purchase at the bar using your Smart Card you will get a receipt with your balance on it.

You can also go to the Bar with your Smart Card and ask the Bar Person for the balance or for a list of recent transactions. 

You can also get it online through the Smart Club Cloud App (which you can download to your phone) - Click on Smart Card - then on the page which appears click on the three rectangles on the top right of the screen.  These will then allow you to view your Transaction History.

You can logon to SmartClubCloud | Login Page - Go to the Top Up Icon - Scroll down through that and you will see a Transaction History Tab. Fill in the details and this will show your transaction History.

To login online your username will be in the form firstname.surname.number - e.g. joe.soap.567 and you should have set up your own password.