Halloween Workshop Tuesday 31st October @ 7:30pm

Dermot O'Brien will present our first continuing education workshop on Tuesday 31st October 7:30pm - 9:30 approx. The topic will be IMP scoring and Team Play. When playing IMPs, your score on a contract is compared with the score of the other team who played the same hands. Understanding the difference between Masterpoints or MPs and IMPs will help your bidding and play in competitive situations. All levels of player, including Novices, will find it useful, especially for team play. Participants will get to bid and play some hands on the night.

Dermot O'Brien is a National Master who taught the first cohorts of RUBC graduates in 2011-2012. He is currently Chief Executive of the CBAI and is an excellent teacher.

Advance registration is required. There will be a small charge for the workshop, probably €10 per person. Contact Mary Kane if you have any queries.

Turkey Competition Results

There was a great turnout for the Turkey Competition on Monday 27th November.

Bringing home the bacon (so to speak) in first place was Ciaran Scolard and taking first place in Section B was Brigid McManus.

Mary Kane presented prizes in the bar after play.

Congratulations to all our winners, many of whom are pictured below, and thanks to all our members for a fun evening.

Winners list:

1st Ciaran Scolard

2nd Bob Neilson

3rd Paddy Moran

4th Su Li

5th Graham Williams

6th Marion Moran

7th Anne Kelly

7th Ruth Maher

9th Carmel Dowdall

10th Cassandra Byrne

10th Catriona O’Leary

Section B

1st Brigid McManus

2nd Drew Fleming

2nd Maeve Brew

The summer party on 10 June was a fitting end to our competitive bridge season (though Bridge will continue on Monday evenings throughout the summer).

After a short bridge session, members adjourned to the bar for refreshments and presentation of end of year awards.

Spirit of Railway Union Award was won by Mary Seaver.

Player of the Year was awarded to Maeve Flanagan

Most Slams bid and made was taken by Anne Kelly.

Best Master was Mary Seaver

Best Intermediate A1 was Walter McNicholas (accepted on his behalf by his daughter, Fiona)

Best Intermediate A2 was Orla Staunton

Best Intermediate B1 was Eimer O'Rourke

Best Intermediate B2 was Ciaran Scolard

Novice of the Year was awarded to Charles Alken.

Congratulations to Maeve Flanagan, winner of the President's Prize 2024.

Caroline Crowley took second place and Anne Kelly was in third place.

Well done to all. Prizes were presented in the bar at the end of the third night's play. 

Click here to see the final leaderboard.

RUBC Presidents Prize 2024 Leaderboard Final.pdf

Congratulations to all our members who participated in the Fanagan League this season. A special call out to the Inter B teams who took first place in their respective divisions.

Inter B Division 1 team captained by Yvonne Flanagan, comprised Yvonne, Rita McAlinden, Sheila McDonald, Marion Moran, Margaret Moran and Paddy Moran.

Inter B Division 2 Team captained by Mary de Courcy, comprised Mary, Avril Barry, Cathie Hogan, Paula Kilbane, Owen O'Meara, Bernie Price, Norma O'Dowd and Ciaran Scolard.

Dublin Simon Community were delighted to receive our cheque for €5,055 following our very successful Charity Night in March.  A huge THANK YOU to our members, visitors and friends for your generosity on the night as well as donations of prizes.  

Our wonderful committee and our Tournament Director John Royds did tremendous work to ensure that everyone had an enjoyable night with great bridge.

Treasurer, Anne Cooke, Louise Phibbs from Dublin Simon Community and President, Mary Kane.

We had a fantastic turnout of 48 players for the John Burke Cup on Monday 8 April, with a draw for partners.  Prizes were presented in the Bar afterwards and Members had a good opportunity to mingle and discuss the hands.

Congratulations to the prize winners:

FIRST: Orla Staunton and Ciaran Scolard 68.53%

SECOND: Juliet Kelly and Caroline Digby 61.89%

THIRD: Anna Murphy and Vera Keating 58.57%

FOURTH: Paula Kilbane and Miriam Dumbleton 58.22%

Happy Easter to all our members and enjoy those hard won Easter eggs from the Easter Egg Competitions on 21st and 25th March.

A big thank you to each and every one of our members for your generous donations and support for our Charity night which took place on Monday 11 March. There was a great atmosphere in the Club, with everyone in good spirits and prizes galore! Together we have raised €5,000 for the Dublin Simon Community.

Congratulations to Anthony and Charles Alken, winners of the Novice Pairs Competition in the Regent on Friday 8 March.

Railway Union members fared very well at the Malahide Congress which took place 1st-3rd March. 

Margaret and Paddy Moran took 1st place in the Inter B section on Saturday afternoon.

Mary Kane, Anne Kelly, Juliet Kelly and Eamonn Kelly won the Inter Teams Competition at Malahide Congress.

Other recent successes for club members include:

Walter McNicholas and Su Li won the Joe Moran Cup in December 2023

.... with Mary Kane coming 2nd in the Joe Moran Cup

Carmel Dowdall, Teresa Murphy and partners won the Ruth Giddings Cup in December 2023.

Anthony and Charles Alken took joint 2nd place in the Duffy Cup in December 2023

Walter McNicholas and Su Li took 2nd place in the BJ O'Brien Cup Inter A Teams Competition in December 2023.

Congratulations to you all!

Advance Notice:

Workshop on Five Card Major and Strong No Trump will be facilitated by Dermot O'Brien in Railway Union Bridge Club on Tuesday 16 April at 7.30 p.m.

Cost €10

The Teams Competition 2024 concluded on 19 February.

A great turnout with 15 teams competing, and prizes were presented in the Clubhouse - there was a great buzz and lots of positive feedback on the event. Well done to all who participated.

First place went to Maeve Flanagan, Mary Seaver, Colette Stokes and Sue Power

In second place were Cassandra Byrne, Ruth Maher, Fiona O'Gorman and Paula Clancy

In third place: Arlene Hogan, Anne Kelly, Anna Murphy and Mary Kane.

Prizes were also awarded for best novice team, Inter A teams (1st & 2nd) and Inter B teams (1st & 2nd).

A fun evening was had by all at the 2023 Christmas Party. 

After a few games of bridge we repaired to the bar and ate, drank and were merry.

Lots of people turned up, and we had one very special guest who ably assisted the President, Mary Kane, with awarding the spot prizes and generating festive fun and merriment.

Happy Christmas to all our members!

Martin Cowley Cup Success

Congratulations to everyone who played in the Martin Cowley Cup, it was a closely fought competition with the lead fluctuating on several occasions during the last round. President Mary Kane presented prizes to the winners in the bar after play. Martin donated a special prize this year, for the pair with the best score who had not won a major competition in the last year.

Congratulations to Sue Power and Fiona O'Gorman who were the overall winners. Both of these loyal club members have achieved Regional Master grade and have played significant roles in the development of the club.

Here's the full list of prize winners, with some photos:

Overall 1. Sue Power & Fiona O'Gorman

Overall 2. Maeve Flanagan & Mary Seaver

Overall 3. Eimer O'Rourke & Eileen O'Regan

Best B   Norma O'Dowd & Bernie Price

Best Novice  Grainne Scolard & Vera Keating

Session 1 Su Li & Walter McNicholas

Session 2 Deirde Morris & Carol Horan

Martin Cowley Special Prize  Orla Staunton & Íde Gavin