Des O`Reilly Teams.   For Master and A Teams of 4.  Monday October 2^nd and Monday October 9^th.

Members who wish to play in this event MUST enter in advance, either by posting your names on the sheet in clubhouse, or by email to tournaments@mrbc.ie.

There is one pair looking for partners.  If you are available contact Tom -  tournaments@mrbc.ie.

It’s Kirwan League time again and MBRC Council is anxious to see as many Malahide teams participate as possible.

As usual, divisions will be run in Master, A, B and Novice grades. Reverting to pre COVID format, the Master division will be run on nominated Fridays, in Malahide RBC, while the other grades will be run on a home or away basis, fixture dates to be mutually agreed by Captains. Teams can expect to play 5/7 matches from Oct through April with finals to be held in May.

Interested individuals/pairs should contact Tournament Officer, Tom Gilligan, tournaments@mrbc.ie,

Members can, of course, also form teams of 6 themselves but will still need to advise Tom as entries are via MRBC.  

We are especially anxious to see members who have not previously played in open competition, dip their toe in the water

Cost is €60 per team.

Apologies for the short notice but we need to finalise teams by 7^th Oct.

Master Points

We have received Master points updates from CBAI. Congratulations to members below on their promotions.

Area Master to Regional Master.

Paul McDermott.

A1 to Area Master.

Helen Ahern, Sheena Duffy, Kitty Kelly, Michael Kelly, Lynda Miller, Rose Terry.

A2 to A1.

Catherine Carabine, Pauline Duddy, Audrey Hamilton, Noel Hughes, Pat Keane, Mary Keane and Rosaleen Moody.

B1 to A2.

Jane Brennan, Caitriona Butler, Margaret Cahalan, Declan Cahill, Josephine Cahill, Evelyn Conran, Bernie Coughlan, Francis Daly, Brona Moore, Pauline Moran & Marian Smyth.

B2 to B1.

Elizabeth Butler, Alison Farrell, Ann Gannon, Fintan Geraghty, Brian McMahon, Clare O’Neill, Paul O’Brien, Claire Russell, Margaret Treanor and Irene Tyrell.

Novice to B2.

Maeve Buckley, Pauline Buckley, Bernie Carleton, Frieda Cunningham, Karl Daly, Mary Dillon, Orla Duffy, Helen Fagan, Nuala Hand, Marese Hussey, Colette Kennedy, Sylvia Kennedy, Paul King, Anne Leonard, Rosemary Leonard, Deirdre McCarthy, Aidan McIlduff, Catherine McIlduff, Mary McStay, Loreto O’Byrne, Sile O’Chuinneagan, Brenda O’Doherty, Eamon O’Doherty, Gerard O’Gorman, Helena O’Riordan, Anne Pierce, Alex Reid, Elizabeth Reynolds.

N2 to N1.

Mary Chambers, Gay Connolly and Sheila Sugrue.

New Cards are available for collection in the main bridge hall.

Interest in our Autumn Bridge Courses is remaining very strong.

The B`s & Novice Course on Wednesday nights is now full. We have a cancellations list, in case anybody drops out which you can be listed on, or alternatively, there are still a small number of vacancies on the Thursday morning course.

The courses for A`s and experienced B`s are also filling up fast, but there are some spaces on both courses at the moment. Contact Tom tournaments@mrbc.ie.

We have finalised the Class Content for the B`s & Novices Course and this is in the following document - Autumn Course - details of content for Novice B Classes.pdf

The Class Content for the A`s & B`s course is in this document - Autumn Course - details of content for A Experienced B Classes.pdf