AGM Notice

Please note that the AGM this year will be held on Saturday June 27th 2026 at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Shaws Bridge, Belfast from 2PM. Refreshments will be provided at the meeting.

As the main item of business this year will centre on whether to proceed with an amalgamation of the NIBU and CBAI to form a new body – ‘Bridge Ireland’, it is important that as many members attend as possible.

All members of the Union may attend and speak at the AGM but only official delegates have a vote. The number of delegates a club may send is decided on the number of club members as follows:

1 – 40 members = 2 delegates

41-70 members = 3 delegates

71 – 100 members = 4 delegates

101 – 130 members = 5 delegates

131 – 160 members = 6 delegates

180 + members = 8 delegates.

We do not need to have full details of those intending to attend just yet but it would be helpful in planning for the day if you could give a rough estimate of how many members of your club are likely to attend, whether as official delegates or otherwise.

More details, papers etc. will follow in due course.

Sonya Britton Trophy 

The annual NIBU v CBAI for the Sonya Britton Trophy will be hosted by CBAI on August 15th & 16th at the Fairways Hotel Dundalk.

The NIBU Selection Committee are looking for Inter ‘A’ and Inter ‘B’ pairs who are interested in being considered for Selection. Expressions of Interest including your NIBU grading and membership number should be emailed to michael.b.coffey06@gmail.com before June 14th. 

Teltscher Trophy

The NIBU would like to wish our Teltscher team luck this weekend – 15th-17th May. You can get more information on the event from the EBU Website.

The Northern Ireland team selected for the Teltscher trophy is:

Ian Hamilton & Hastings Campbell

Michael Coffey (PC) & John Lavery

Harold Curran & Anne Fitzpatrick