Pictured above Louise & Ann, with club President Joan

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Competition for the 'Michael McKenna Cup' was held on Tuesday 9th April

 All SABC members were eligible to compete in this competition, 22 pairs competed

The winners (pictured above) Ann Kelly & Louise Byrne were presented with the Michael McKenna Cup on Tuesday 23rd, by Joan Hynes the club President

In 2nd place: Marcella O'Donohoe & Marian Flood

and in 3rd place: Deirdre Ní Ghríofa & Teresa Nevin

Congratulations to the winners. A full list of all placings is available on the Website (results) and is also on the notice board.  

The official TD for the evening was Jacki Furey

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The 'Novice Cup' competition held on Wednesday 13th March
Presentation of Novice Cup took place on Wednesday 3rd April

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Pictured above: Vanessa Timon & Mary Byrne, following the presentation of the 'Novice Cup'

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 ♦ They had a very impressive win with a 68.33% score ♦ 

Congratulations to them both and best wishes from all members at SABC

Only Novice graded players could compete in this event 

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Pictured above: Ciara Finucane, Joan Hynes and Lorraine Maxwell 

Following the presentation of the 'Joyce Trophy'

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The 'Joyce Trophy' competition was held on Tuesday 12th March

Presentation of Joyce Trophy and full results were announced on Tuesday 19th March

Ciara & Lorraine were very successful in their bid for the trophy

with a very impressive result and a well deserved win

In the same event last year Ciara & Lorraine were in 4th place

Congratulations to them both and best wishes from all members at SABC

This event was primarily for Inter B players, Novices were also eligible to compete

This competition attracted 20 pairs

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Norma Madden Trophy (Pairs) Competition

Competition for Intermediate 'A2' Grade Players

This competition was held at Malahide Regional Bridge Club

on Saturday 23rd February 2019

This was a one session event and consisted of 10 tables with a 24 board Howell game

The pair combination of Betty Carew & Eileen Hickey from SABC secured 1st place with an impressive 65.95% result

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Pictured above Joan Hynes, Róna Booth and Eileen Hickey

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SABC had 28 pairs competing in the CBAI Simultaneous Pairs competition on Tuesday 5th February, along with over 1,725 other pairs, from 95 clubs, throughout the length and breadth of Ireland
Although this is a national competition members could participate from the comfort of their own club in Clontarf
This transpired to be the biggest competition in the Sim Pairs week

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SABC members competed for the 'Daisy MacDevitt Salver'

Congratulations to Eileen Hickey & Róna Booth who secured 9th place in this national competition

 
Congratulations to them both and best wishes from all members at SABC

SABC had two sections, namely A & B with 14 pairs in each

Please see link below to the results.

https://www.simpairs.com/clubs.asp?session=004125
 

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Tuesday 15th January 2018

11 teams participated in this competition
The Tournament Director was Jacki Furey

Presentation of prizes on Tuesday 22nd Jan 2019

Congratulations to the winners

1st Place: Eileen Hickey, Ann Caulfield, Colette Lombard & Sile Moore

Runners up

2nd Place: Lorraine Maxwell, Ciara Finucane, Tim Healy & Gladys Greene

Full results are posted on the noticeboard

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Christmas Party for 2018 was held on 10th December at Clontarf Castle

  Celebrations began with more than 70 members in attendance 

Following a delicious meal a short 'fun' game of bridge ensued and many prizes were awarded

Winners in the Red section:

1st N/S - Rita Canavan & Seán Canavan and 1st E/W - Deirdre Ní Ghríofa & Teresa Nevin

Winners in Yellow section:

1st N/S - Emily Rogers & Máirín MacDevitt and 1st E/W - Kathleen Sheridan & Peggy McMahon

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The presentation of the Jubilee Cup was made to the winners of the Simultaneous Pairs Competition, see news item below

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Ireland' biggest Bridge Congress was held on Friday 26th to Sunday 28th July 2019

Sponsored by Home Instead - Senior Care

This congress attracted players from all grades, Novice to Masters

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Well done to all SABC participants

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Congratulations and heartiest of best wishes to the Runners Up (pictured below) in the 'Inter A' team event, which attracted 21 teams

The team of four included:

Joanne Lyons & Anna O'Donnell from our nearby CRC club and Linda Gallagher & Róna Booth both members and regular players here at SABC

Pictured above Marian and Joan

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Presentation to Joan Hynes on the occasion of our new club President, Marian Flood, taking on the role of her presidency for season 2019/20

A presentation was made to Joan in grateful appreciation of all her hard work during her term of office in 2018/19

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Marian Flood (Pictured above)

elected as President - 2019/2020

(A clear vision for next year)

At the AGM on 21st May a new President and new Committee were elected

The new committee is as listed below:

Marian Flood (President), Therese Duff (Vice President), Peadar Buckley (Secretary), Gladys Greene (Asst. Secretary), Mary Hynes (Treasurer), John Hynes (Asst. Treasurer), Lorraine Maxwell (Competition Secretary) and the following very important Committee members.... Vincent McPherson, Maureen Tiernan, Marcella O'Donohoe and Vanessa Timons.

The new in-coming Committee thanked and congratulated the out-going Committee for all their hard work during the 2018/2019 season

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Some of the President's Dinner revellers

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President's Dinner 2019

Held on a sunny Monday evening, 13th May, at St. Anne's Golf Club

Attended by 55 members from SABC and two guests, Rita & Sean Canavan.

Following a beautiful meal, a short game of bridge was enjoyed and plenty of prizes were distributed

It was great to note that our visiting guests Rita & Sean Canavan, got 1st place, repeating their performance at last year's event

Heartiest of Congratulations to them both 

the winners of the President's Prize were announced

1st - Ann Caulfield & Áine Norton

(See detailed placings under President's Prize 'News item' and 'Results' panel

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Full results of all above competitions are available on the stanthonysbridgeclub website

Many thanks to Cristian, Aidan and staff at St. Anne's Golf Club for making our evening a very enjoyable one

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President's Prize competition 2019 was held on Tuesday 30th April, attracting an entry of 23 pairs

Presentation of awards were made at the President's Dinner on Monday 13th May

A big congratulations to the winners of the event, in 1st Place:   Ann Caulfield & Áine Norton

The runners up were: Marian Flood & Peadar Buckley

A full list of placings is available under the 'Results' panel

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Two great nights of Bridge were held on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th November

Tuesday night attracted 21 pairs and Wednesday night attracted 24 pairs between the Mixed & Novice sections

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Tuesday's winners were:

1st N/S - Ann Kelly & Maura Bird and 1st E/W - Maura Traynor &Tim Healy

Wednesday's winners were:

Mixed: 1st N/S - Marian McCarthy & Susan Moran; 1st E/W - Pat Fitzgibbon & Eithne Cullinane
Novice: 1st N/S - Áine Norton & Ann Harrington; 1st E/W - Una O'Byrne & Kathleen Briody

  Results were announced at the Christmas party 

Presentation of the Jubilee Cup was made at the Christmas Party

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Pictured on right is Joan Hynes with the winners Marian Flood and Marcella O'Donohoe

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The Irish Bridge Union (IBU) Simultaneous Pairs 2018 competition, was held on Tuesday 6th November, with all our club participants competing for the new 'Jubilee Cup'

♥  Yes the JUBILEE CUP got its inaugural outing  ♥ 

More than 1,310 pairs took part from more than 73 clubs in Ireland and in Northern Ireland, with 32 pairs taking part in SABC

Using pre-dealt boards they competed against other clubs throughout the length and breadth of Ireland, as well as some of our members who played as 'On-Tour' in Galway

Presentation of awards will be made at the Christmas Party

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CBAI rankings of SABC members can be checked at link below

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https://www.simpairs.com/localranking.asp?session=005294&ClubId=DDIFMHf6N06u10B5O4vqtrPy7oGIGELGEHGMH

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Presentation of the Hollybrook Cup took place on Tuesday 13th November
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Congratulations to a well deserved winner:

Ciara Finucane (pictured right)

Runners up were awarded as follows:

2nd Place: Gladys Greene & 3rd place: Mary O'Carroll

A full list of placings for all participants is available at link below

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Indiv.comp.18.pdf
 

The Individual Competition was open to all grades and was held over a series of two nights, (23rd & 30th Oct). 

The competition attracted a total of 44 participants with Jacki Furey acting as Tournament Director

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Above is the mission statement of the Capuchin Day Centre

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This year's Charity Night held on Tuesday 9th October attracted a full house
A record amount of €1,800 was collected on the night

Our President Joan was very proud to be involved with such a successful event and is delighted that all proceeds will be donated to her nominated charity: Br. Kevin Crowley's (ofm cap)

The Capuchin Day Centre

Joan wishes to express her gratitude to Áine McKee who spoke on behalf of the centre and briefly outlined the good work being carried out by Br. Kevin and his many volunteers.

A big thank you to all who brought gifts for the raffle and to those who provided and served up all the refreshments

A fun game of bridge was had by members and visitors alike

(Full results of the two games are listed under the results 'Tab')

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Click on the link below for an insight to the workings of Br. Kevin and his many volunteers

This extract was featured on the People of the Year Awards on RTE1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxVn8hDIl8

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50th Anniversary SABC

1968 - 2018

The Jubilee Celebration on Saturday 1st September 2018, was very well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all, at St. Anne's Golf Club, Bull Island

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A fun night was had by all with a buffet meal, wine, merriment and lots of craic thrown in for good measure
Entertainment was provided by the renowned Tommy Fox and was ably assisted by:

Marie O'Brien, Marian Flood, Rita Canavan, Tony Walley, Oliver Hynes, Tim Healy, Joan Hynes and James (the Barman)

A special memento, to mark the occasion, was presented to all attendees 

A big thank you goes out to the organisers:

Lorraine, Kay, Betty, Gladys, Róna, Colette & Paul

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Also many thanks to the staff at St. Anne's, especially Cristian and James, who helped make the night a great success.

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Clare Kelly on celebrating her 90th birthday entitled her to an honarary membership of SABC and as it happens Betty Bennett also celebrated a similar milestone birthday which also entitles her to an honarary membership.

Pictured above from left, Joan Hynes (President) presenting Clare Kelly with a bouquet of flowers celebrating the occasion. Betty Bennett successfully eluded the photographer on the occasion of the presentation but the paparazzi eventually captured her as she left the club the other evening.