| Charity Night - Heart Children - Wed 9th April 2025 |
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The Committee thank everyone who helped to make our Charity Night on the 9th April a BIG Success.
We raised € 5,500 for the Heart Children charity.
The Heart Children charity is the national organisation providing support to people born with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) and their families.
More information is available on their website www.heartchildren.ie
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| Happy Birthday to Patricia & Valerie |
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| CBAI SIMS Pairs - 5th March 2025 |
The RDS Bridge Club will participate in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs competition on Wednesday 5th March 2025
The results will be published on the SIMs Pairs website which is available here
CBAI SIMS Pairs Wednesday 5th March 2025
Commentary
The commentary for tonight’s game is a series of videos prepared by Thomas MacCormac; these will also be available on both the CBAI and Ecats websites immediately after the evening game finishes.
Thomas McCormack's video commentaries can be found here Video commentary page
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| President's Prize February 2025 |
Congratulations to Phil Harnett & Michael Fitzgibbon on a consistently high-performance in both sessions which led to a deserving win in our President's Prize in February 2025
| Rank |
Pair |
Round 1 |
Round 2 |
Overall % |
| 1st |
Phil Harnett & Michael Fitzgibbon |
62.29 |
68.25 |
65.00 |
| 2nd |
Paula Kilbane & Sheila Hillis |
64.79 |
53.00 |
59.43 |
| 3rd |
Joan Hayes & Eilis Walsh |
50.00 |
64.09 |
57.05 |
| 4th |
Colette Lennox & Cecily O'Donovan |
55.23 |
57.05 |
56.14 |
| S1 |
Marcella Maugham & Pat Cowley |
61.46 |
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| S2 |
Moya Murphy & Mary MacAodha |
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61.36 |
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| Congratulations to Paul Twomey |
Congratulations to Paul Twomey who excelled in the Intermediate Congress held in Roganstown on 14th-15th February
Paul and SImon Burrell won the CBAI Gala Inter/Mixed on Friday night
Paul and Philomena Sweeney won the CBAI Intermediate A Championship on Saturday
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| RDS Perpetual Trophy January 2025 |
  The RDS Perpetual Trophy was held over two weeks on Wednesday 22nd and 29th of January 2025
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Pair |
R1
MP (%)
Max 528 |
R2
MP (%)
Max 484 |
Overall
MP (%)
Max 1012 |
| 1st |
Phil Harnet & Creeda Fitzgibbon |
322 (60.98%) |
301 (62.19%) |
623 (61.56%) |
| 2nd |
Mary McErlean & Eilis Walsh |
354 (67.05%) |
260 (53.72%) |
614 (60.67%) |
| 3rd |
Collette Lennox & Mary Masterton |
290 (54.92%) |
316 (65.29%) |
606 (59.88%) |
| S1 |
Ann Kenneally & Paul Twomey |
340 (64.39%) |
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| S2 |
Moya Murphy & Mary MacAodha |
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289 (59.71) |
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The maximum Match Points (MP) each round depends on the number boards played - 24 in round 1 and 22 in round 2
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| Handicap Competition Wednesday 15th January |
Handicap competitions create fairness by adjusting scores based on skills levels allowing members of varying ability to compete together on equal terms.
This encourages engagement and provides opportunities to distribute prizes more widely amongst the members.
The RDS Bridge Club has decided to trial a handicap competition on the 1t5h January.
The handicap for each member will be based on their average percentage score over the last six months.
The handicap will be 50% minus their average percentage multiplied by 1.5.
Each pair will be given a handicap which is the average of their two handicaps.
If the resulting handicap is negative, then this will be deducted from their score and if it is positive it will be added to calculate a net handicap score.
Each member’s average is available in the Competitions tab or Averages for Handicap Calculation
The calculated handicaps are available here RDS Handicaps January 2025
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| Maeve White Turkey Drive 27th November 2024 |
Congratulations to Collette Lennox & Creeda Fitzgibbon, winners of the Maeve White Tukey Drive on Wednesday 27th November 2024
Roger Jupp & Kathleen D O'Connor were runners up
Pat Cowley & Alan Lennox completed the podium in third place
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| Gwen Morgan Individual 13th Nov 2024 |
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Congratulations to Pat Cowley on winning the Gwen Morgan Individual competition on Wednesday 13th November 2024
| 1st |
Pat Cowley |
| 2nd |
Phil Harnett |
| 3rd |
Eamon Kelly |
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| IBU SIMS Pairs - 6 Nov 2024 |
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| Marie Owens October 2024 |
Congratulations to Pat Cowley & Anne-Marie Feeney who won the Marie Owens Pairs competition which was held on 16th and 23rd October 2024
This was a keenly contested competition with the top three pairs separated by the smallest of margins
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Pair |
MP
R1 |
MP
R2 |
MP
Total |
MP
Max |
% |
| 1 |
Anne-Marie Feeney & Pat Cowley |
193 |
234.5 |
427.5 |
720 |
59.38 |
| 2 |
Elsa Ranalow & Kathleen O'Connor |
189 |
238.2 |
427.2 |
720 |
59.33 |
| 3 |
Roger Jupp & Michael Fitzgibbon |
220 |
203.6 |
423.6 |
720 |
58.83 |
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| New Season starts Wednesday 4th September 2024 |
The RDS Bridge Club commenced the new bridge season on Wednesday 4th September in the RDS Library
Visitors can be invited on club nights, but not on major competition nights which are confined to club members only.
Members have volunteered to act as host or hostess for all club nights, so that everyone is assured of a game, even if they do not have a partner.
A Big Thank You to all those who have volunteered.
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| Committee 2024-2025 |
President Mary Whelan, Hon. Secretary Marina Fleeton, Hon. Treasurer Brigid Fitzpatrick, Past President Veronica Donoghue, Macrina Clancy, Marie Hutton and Mary Masterson
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| WhatsApp Group message |
The RDS Bridge Club has a private WhatsApp group for members.
This is used to communicate messages and reminders to members
It can also be used to ask for a partner if you need one for a Wednesday night competition.
You can contact the Hon Secretary to be added to or removed from the group.
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| News Archives |
News items from past seasons, including the 2023-2024 season, can be seen by selecting the News Archives tabs on the left of the screen
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