The  Caprani teams competition that was originally scheduled for this Thursday, 12 November, is now postponed until further notice.

The regular Thursday evening bridge will continue, as normal, this week.
 

Update

Quick link to the games on BBO 

https://www.bridgebase.com/v3/app/lv/tournaments-lobby?cmd=tourneyList&style=h:women_fest

Hi everyone,

WBF Women's Festival on BBO starts tomorrow 9 to 15  November

 Last three winners of Festival Grand prize were Deirdre O'Halloran (Ireland) Deborah Smith (New Zealand) Esra Onan (Turkey)
 
You can play up to 12 games per day. Your top 10 scores counts for the Grand Prize.

All the information is here 
https://news.bridgebase.com/womens-online-festival-join/

Kind wishes,

Mary

Celebrate the New Year by participating in the 4th WBF Online Women's Teams on RealBridge or let women know about it!

The Women's Newsletter aims to keep you updated on the latest news and successes for women along with Bridge analysis, and articles of interest. Hope you enjoy!

https://www.worldbridge.org/2026/10/wbf-womens-bridge-newsletter-october/

Kind wishes,
Mary Kelly Rogers
WBF Women's Committee

The next Bernard Magee video on will be shown in the club on Saturday 21 November at 10.00am.
This video will be on End Play.

Congratulations to the following members who moved up a level, this year, in the CBAI grades.

National Master to Life Master

Mary Kelly Rogers & Dave Terry
 

Area Master to Regional Master

Mary Deane, Catherine Deegan, Lilian Foley, Declan Murray &

Patricia Quigley

A1 to Area Master

Noel Hughes, Rosaleen Moody, Noel Murphy & Anna Murray 

A2 to A1

Jean Carberry, Annette Duffy, Leslie Geraghty, Marian Keane, Louise Kelly, Majella McDonald, Deirdre Murphy, Bernadette Murray, Breda O’Mahony, Mary Thackaberry & Peter Tierney

B1 to A2

Eileen Allman, Deirdre Byrne, Martin Byrne, Helen Fagan, Liz Maguire, Rita McNally, & Helen Waugh 

B2 to B1

Brendan Blacklock, Mary N Cahill, Catherine Cavanagh, Michael Cavanagh, Mary Chambers, Gay Connolly, Mary Delahunty, Mary Doyle, Deirdre Dunphy, Trish Gale, Angela Kane, Aidan McIlduff, Catherine McIlduff, Anne McNicholas, Kathy Murphy, Gerard O’Gorman & Tom Ryan

Novice to B2

Maeve Byrne, Anne Dempsey, Philip Dempsey, Hazel Garrett, Mairtín O’Ceallaigh, Lorraine O’Connor, Eileen O’Connor, Bernadette Rooney & Denis Rooney

Following the AGM on 21st May and subsequent Council meeting the following are the council members for 2026/7.

Details of the AGM are available on AGM 2026 Page.

President - Anthony McMackin,

Bar Manager - Patricia Brennan.

Social Secretary - Mary Chambers 

Secretary - Clodagh Gallagher.

Treasurer - Niall Duffy.

Facilities Officer - Kathy Murphy.

Technology Officer - Eilish Timoney.

Tournaments Officer - Mary Deane

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.