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Our AGM is on Thursday 25th May 2023
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| Novice Pairs competition |
St Crispin's will continue to run a Novice Pairs competitions over the summer.
An assistant will be on hand to offer advice and guidance if needed.
This is open to all novices, so why not practise your bidding & play in the company of other novices?
Table money will be € 5 and play commences at 7:30pm
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| Martin Rahill Individual 20th April 2023 |
 Congratulations to prize winners in the Martin Rahill Individual competiton which was held on Thursday 20th April 2023 after a lapse of 4 years!
| 1st |
Kevin Clark |
63.33 % |
| 2nd |
Peter Markham |
60.83 % |
| 3rd |
Cynthia Ó Dúnlaing |
59.58 % |
| 4th |
George Murray |
57.50 % |
| 5th |
Ada Bradbury |
56.35 % |
| 6th |
Noel Carthy |
55.42 % |
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| Charity Night Thursday 23rd March 2023 |
Our Charity Night on Thursday 23rd March 2023 was a great success with over 80 in attendance.
President Pat presented a cheque for € 2,000 to Karen Purcell, St Vincent de Paul, who spoke of the work to help families in difficulties.
A big thank you to everyone who helped to make it a successful night, including Supervalu Greystones who sponsored the bottles of wine for the bridge prizes
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| President's Prize Feb 23rd & Mar 2nd 2023 |
Our President's Prize was held on Thursday 23rd February & Thursday 2nd March.
This was one of the most closely contested President's Prize competitions of recent years, with less than 1% between the top five places!
| 1st |
Kevin & Nicky Clark |
55.72 % |
| 2nd |
Emer Roberts & Pauline Barry |
55.68 % |
| 3rd |
Ray Breen & Margaret McMahon |
55.46 % |
| 4th |
Deirdre O'Connor & Frank Devlin |
55.24 % |
| 5th |
Gerry McCarthy & Eleanor Callanan |
54.91 % |
| 6th |
Mona Driscoll & Yvonne O'Doherty |
52.75 % |
| !st Session |
Peter Markham & Betsy Carvill |
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| 2nd Session |
Ann Lynn & Sheila Harvey |
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| CBAI SIMS Pairs 9th Feb 2023 |
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| Bill Moloney Trophy 19th Jan 2023 |
The 29th edition of the Bill Moloney Memorial Trophy was held on Thursday 19th January 2023
Congratulations to the winners (pictures to follow)
| 1st |
Anne Benson & Noel Carthy |
65.15% |
| 2nd |
Peter Markham & Betsy Carvill |
63.64% |
| 3rd |
Beryl Dunne & Collette Maher |
60.35% |
| 4th |
Kevin & Nicky Clark |
56.82% |
| 5th |
Cynthia Ó Dúnlaing & Mona Driscoll |
55.05% |
| 6th |
Annette Kelly & Kate Ó Gallachóir |
53.28% |
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| Christmas Party - Thursday 15th December 2022 |
Our first Christmas Party since 2019 was held on Thursday 15th December 2022
We had 7 full tables, including two novice pairs - Veronica Kidd & Joan Stones - who braved their entry into club bridge, along with Preident Pat Levin & Penny Pennefather who more than ably manned the kitchen.
A great time was had by all - with mulled wine before play, some lovely bridge hands, a great supper and a fiendishly difficult quiz set by Ray Breen rounded off by Kevin Clarke's rendition of a christmas carol
We wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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| Turkey Competition 30th Nov 2022 |
Congratulations to the winners of the Turkey competion - we await our invitation to dinner with much anticipation
| 1st |
Anne Condren & Peter Markham |
| 2nd |
Anne Benson & Vivienne Adams |
| 3rd |
Patricia O'Regan & Margaret McMahon |
| 4th |
Joe Dempsey & Ann Cafferky |
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| Eileen O'Doherty Memorial Trophy |
Congratulations to Sheila Harvey & Annette Kelly who won the Eileen O'Doherty Memorial Trophy on Thursday 17th November 2022
Eileen O'Doherty was a Master bridge player who played in the Regent Bridge Club and her family donated the trophy after her death in 1992.
It is awarded to the winners of the Eastern Region Pairs (Inter B's) competition every year and is a qualifying competition for the National Finals. For many years, the competition was run in Greystones on account of the family link - Yvonne is Eileen's daughter-in-law.
On a similar note, congratulations to our new member, Karen Tyrell, who claimed seond place in the Patricia Rossiter Novice Trophy on the same night
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| Century Cup 2022 |
St Crispin's hosted the Century Cup on Thursday 10th November 2022
Congratulations to the winners in what was a tightly fought contest
| 1st |
Nuala Gunning & Ada Bradbury |
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Margartet McMahon & Ray Breen |
| 2nd |
Ann Crotty & Rhona Woods |
| 3rd |
Deirdre O'Connor & Frank Devlin |
| 4th |
Ann Cafferky & Mags Smith |
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| Running Lamb competition |
 The Running Lamb competition runs from 15th September through to 6th October
Congratulations to the winners
1st Betsy Carvill
2nd Martin Colbert
3rd Collette Maher
4th Peter Markham
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| Bridge Lessons |
2-DAY REFRESHER COURSE
“Bridge In a Nutshell”
Greystones Bridge Centre, Sat 24 Sept & Oct 1
4 sessions over 2 days for those whose bridge would benefit from a spring clean!
€40 for 2-day course
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Sept 24, 10AM – 12.30PM
Bidding - Opening Bids / Responses / Rebids – weak vs strong
Sept 24, 2.30PM – 5PM
Declarer Play in No Trump & Trump contracts – when to delay drawing trumps, where/when to finesse, counting losers / winners
Oct 1, 10AM – 12.30PM
Defence – Opening leads, Using Info from Bidding, Using Info from Dummy, Different approach to Trump & No Trump contracts, Communicating with Partner
Oct 1, 2.30PM – 5.00PM
Mixed Grill – Overcalls, Take Out Doubles, 4th Suit Forcing, Balancing in the Bidding, Transfers over No Trump
No partner necessary
Email board.greystonesbridgecentre@gmail.com
or Call/ Text 087 631 4250
- BEGINNERS CLASSES
- Starting Thursday 15th September at 10.00 a.m.
€120 for 10-lesson term
- YEAR 2 / IMPROVERS CLASSES
- Starting Monday 12th September at 10.00 a.m.
€120 for 10-lesson term
We will also have BEGINNERS CLASSES on Saturday mornings.
These classes will start on 5th November at 9.30 a.m.
For further information about any of these classes
please email board.greystonesbridgecentre@gmail.com
or call 087 631 4250
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| CBAI SIMS Pairs 10th Feb 2022 |
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| President's Prize 2022 |
Our President's Prize was held on Thursday 31st March & 7th April 2022
Everyone was a winner as President Pat had baked yummy biscuits for all !
Oh, almost forgot - there were bridge competition winners as well
Congratulations to the prize winners
| 1st |
Joan Doherty & Cynthia Ó Dúnlaing |
62.06 % |
| 2nd |
Anne Benson & Noel Carthy |
57.71 % |
| 3rd |
Ronan Nolan & Paul Victory |
57.04 % |
| 1st Session |
Rose & Vincent Wallace |
67.17 % S1 |
| 2nd Session |
Rosemary Lee & Vivienne Adams |
58.64 % S2 |
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| New Laws of Bridge |
The World Bridge Federation have revised the Laws of Duplicate Bridge (they usually revise the laws every 10 years, the last revision was 2007, so...)
The major changes in the laws are described in this document / click to view and or print (courtesy of Fearghal O'Boyle, National TD)
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