Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Club
Website www.bridgewebs.com/tccbc
Email sec.tccbc@gmail.com
Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Centre (TCCBC) Newsletter
The Centre’s Newly Appointed Information Officer:
Marian Mc Guinness Logue.
An Introduction:
The commemorative plaque at the entrance to the hall, says it all !
‘The Bridge Centre was built in 1999, thanks to the generosity of the local bridge players, and the vision, commitment and dedication of its three founding Trustees,
Joe Moran, Briain Healy, and Martin Keane’
Previously, there were many individual bridge clubs in this area, playing in some very unsuitable venues, like school classrooms and parish halls. The Founding Members understood that what was needed for the clubs was to have ‘A home of our own’ This became their motto. They approached every bridge club in the area to secure the backing they needed in their quest for the acquisition of a bridge centre. They worked tirelessly and eventually the site beside Templeogue House became available.
Our purpose built Centre as we know it today, amid much fanfare, was built and completed in 1999. It is occupied by five clubs, playing five nights a week. Our Centre has a very well equipped, very comfortable Bridge hall. It has a fully stocked kitchen, and a very jolly bar with drinks of every variety, at greatly reduced prices. It boasts an expansive car parking area with security cameras which is also patrolled by a car-park attendant each night. The Centre is run on an entirely voluntary basis.
It is managed by the TCCBC committee, which is made up of Trustees, Officers and two representatives from each of the five clubs.
Trustees and Officers are as follows:
Chairman Joe Moran Trustee
Finance: Kieran Hone Trustee
Management: Martin Keane Trustee
Honorary Secretary: Mary Barry, Officer
Honorary Treasurer: Brenda Moran Officer
Health and Safety: Pat Mc Gillion Officer
TCCBC Competitions:
The Centre organises Morning Bridge from Monday to Thursday. Members and non-members of the Centre are welcome to play. The Centre runs the Marie Moran Pairs Competition and the Inter-Clubs Team of Four. It also hosts competitions on behalf of the national organisations, namely the IBU and the CBAI. These competitions are run at weekends.
The TCCBC also runs classes for Beginner and Improvers in all categories. These classes take place in the Teaching Room.
Our five Clubs play at 7.30pm on the following evenings:
Monday Knocklyon Bridge Club- www.bridgewebs.com/knocklyon
Tuesday Ballyroan Bridge Club- www.bridgewebs.com/ballyroan
Wednesday St.Jude’s Bridge Club- www.bridgewebs.com/stjudes
Thursday Cypress Bridge Club- www.bridgewebs.com/cypress
Friday Templeogue College Bridge Club www.bridgewebs.com/templeoguecollege
Joining the Centre currently costs €275 for ordinary members. Yearly membership costs €40 but increases to €50 if not paid by 20th June. A member of the Centre must also be a member of at least one of the five Bridge clubs in the centre. One cannot be a member of a club in the Centre without being a member of the Centre itself.
Membership subscriptions for the clubs are due in September and currently cost €15. The Centre supplies a calendar for each member with dates of competitions and events and the committee names and their contact numbers in all clubs, as well as events in the Centre itself.
All five clubs welcome new members and most have a ‘Joker’ system. This allows an individual member without a partner to come and be assured of a game.
The clubs conduct their own affairs independently of each other and have total autonomy in their own bridge club. Each club has a website where one can find information about the workings of the club, the committee members, competitions and results, news and details of events which are organised by the club, as well as photographs of prize-giving and all social events.
The Marie Moran Trophy:
This pairs competition is named in honour of Marie Moran, Joe’s late wife, who played a significant and very enthusiastic role in the early days. It is held on the first Saturday of November each year. It is the Centre’s Pairs Competition. It is a very enjoyable day, with two sessions, beginning at 12 noon, and ending around 7pm. Refreshments are served at the break and food is served with wine in the evening. Great fun continues in the bar afterwards with music, singing and dancing. It is open to all members of the Centre from all five clubs. This is an event not to be missed.
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