| Christmas Party/ President's Dinner 30th November 2022 |
After a three year hiatus of parties and celebrations, St Anthony's decided to have a double celebration this year - the President's Dinner and the Christmas Party.
We were intent on showing Marian, our president since 2019, how much we appreciated all she did for us through a very difficult time of the Pandemic and Lockdown. Her cheerful nature and positivity helped us enormously.
So it was guna nuas for the ladies and smart suits for the men and of we went to St Anne's Golf Club. A free coach was provided for those not wishing to drive.
We ate good food accompanied by some very nice wine and sang, danced or joined in with the singing. There was even a spot prize for everyone attending.
Carol and her team in St Anne's looked after us really well and Tommy Fox provided the music.
A great night was had by all and we look forward to many more.
A special thank you to our photographers Oliver Hynes and Therese Duff and a big welcome to our new President Mary Hynes
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| AGM 2023 |
The AGM took place on Wednesday 25th October 2023 at 6.45pm in St. Anthony's Church Hall, Clontarf.
There was a good turnout for the occasion and the Committee wishes to thank all those who attended.
The Motion to Amalgamate the 5 local bridge clubs (St. Gabriel's, Vernon, Raheny, Clontarf and St. Anthony's) was rejected by a large majority.
Three of our members have agreed to come onto our Committee for the coming year: Pauline Connolly, Frances Ryan and Rena Horgan. We welcome them and thank them for coming forward.
We celebrated Halloween with finger food, snacks, wine and soft drinks afterwards and played a game of Bridge. Peadar did TD and organised the raffle of spot prizes of Halloween bracks, boxes of chocolates and bottles of wine.
A good night was had by all.
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| Kirwan League |
 Well done to the team who took part in this years Kirwan League 2022/2023 and were Runners Up in the B/Novice section
Inter B Team
Vanesa Timon, Mary Byrne, Peadar Buckley, Jim Stokes, Gerry Gallagher and Una O'Byrne
Well done to all the teams who took part in the Kirwan League 2021/22
Inter A's
Marian Flood, Marcella O'Donohue, Gladys Greene, Maria Callinan. Subs Andrew Smith and Lorraine Maxwell
Inter Bs
Mary Hynes, Peadar Buckley, Deirdre Diamond, Francis Ryan. Subs Orla Murnane and Ray Wall.
Vanessa Timon, Mary Byrne, Kathleen Briody, Una O'Byrne. Subs Derry Peacock and Jim Stokes
Congratulations to last year's Novice Team who won the Kirwan League Novice Section on Saturday 29th May 2021 🏆
The team members were: Gerry Creighton, John Hynes, Orla Murnane and Ray Wall
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| Summer Party - 21-Jun-2023 |
A wonderful night was had at the Royal Dublin Golf Club for St Anthony's members.
Although numbers were low, all agreed a beautiful meal, great chats and laughs were enjoyed in beautiful surroundings.
Here's a few photos of the night!
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| Kirwan's League Awards - 20th May 2023 |
 Huge congratulations to St Anthony's members who were awarded at the Kirwan's League on 20th May 2023 in Sutton Golf Club
Novice Cup 2021 presented to Gerry Creighton and John Hynes (with Orla Murnane and Ray Wall absent)
B Cup 2022 presented to Mary Hynes, Peadar Buckley, Deirdre Diamond and Frances Ryan (with subs Orla Murnane and Ray Wall absent)
And last but not least, WELL DONE to this year's runners up in the Novice/B section:
Vanessa Timon, Mary Byrne, Peadar Buckley, Jim Stokes, Gerry Gallagher and Una O'Byrne
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| CBAI Updated Guidance For Live Bridge - published Jan 24th 2022 |
As you will doubtless know, the government over the weekend eliminated many of the COVID-19 public health restrictions, so we need to update our guidance for bridge clubs in relation to holding live bridge events.
All restrictions on room capacity, closing times, and social distancing have been removed for indoor activities with immediate effect. That means that bridge games, and bridge classes, can now take place live once more in any venue. The restriction on face-masks remains in place in specified indoor settings for at least another month; the government has indicated that it will be reviewed by end-February. So our guidance remains that either protective perspex screens should be used on tables (with masks worn when moving around, but not necessary when at the table) or that face-masks should be worn throughout. We have a small number of perspex screens still in stock at the original price of €35 per table if any club wishes to buy some. Please contact us urgently, as supplies are limited. In addition, your playing room should be as well ventilated as possible, and players should be encouraged to make frequent use of hand sanitiser. And if you are planning to re-open, be sure to check that you have any necessary insurance cover in place.
The requirement for vaccination certificates to enter indoor venues has also been eliminated, and the legal position now is not entirely clear. Certainly there is no requirement any longer for a club to seek evidence of immunity (either full vaccination or recent recovery from COVID). If a club wishes to continue to seek evidence of immunity, then it is entitled to do so, but it may not be entitled to exclude an otherwise fully compliant and fully paid-up member who does not wish to provide evidence of vaccination, as this may be regarded as discriminatory. If a committee wishes to continue to limit attendance to vaccinated members, then the best course of action is probably that it should formally decide on that stance, and ask unvaccinated members to exercise their personal responsibility in the interests of the club and not attend for the moment. As ever, it goes without saying that anyone infected with COVID-19, or concerned that they might be, should NOT attend live bridge under any circumstances.
It is important to stress that the virus has not been eliminated, and that there is still some risk in meeting other people indoors, at bridge or anywhere else. The difference is that this risk is in future to be managed by a combination of vaccination and personal responsibility, rather than by government regulation. So we all still need to exercise caution, and some people will remain anxious about returning to live bridge. Indeed, there may not be a clear consensus within your club on whether or not it should re-open just yet. If that’s the case, we would ask you to respect the differing opinions: additionally, wherever it is practicable, it makes sense for a club to provide members with a choice of both live and online options, at least for the moment.
CBAI events have been arranged online until the end of February and it is not feasible to reinstate live venues for any of those events at this stage. So everything up until then will be held online as advertised. Thereafter, our fundamental preference would be to revert to live competitions assuming our intended venues can accommodate us. However, that all depends on members in sufficient numbers wishing to play live at that time (and in some cases travel to do so) to make the competitions viable. So we will be trying to gauge the appetite for a return to live CBAI competitions before making definite decisions, and would welcome hearing your views. Again, it is likely that there will not be a clear consensus on which approach to take, so apologies in advance if the one we ultimately choose is not your own preferred option.
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