We extend our best wishes to our NIBU members, Zrinka Kokot and Pat McDaid who
are representing Ireland in the above competition. We wish them and their team mates
every success in this event.
NIBU-CBAI merger
Both the NIBU and CBAI voted to agree to the merger at their respective AGMs. Further details to follow.
Egan Trophy results
Congratulations to Rex Anderson, David Greenwood, Wayne Somerville and CBAI Junior Matthew O’Farrell for winning the Egan Trophy which took place last weekend. You can find the full results on Fearghal’s website.
NIBU Senior League
The final round of this year’s Senior League took place this week
In a close finish with the lead changing 3 times over the last 6 boards the final result is:
1 Team Fitzpatrick
2 Team Anderson
3 Team Lindsay
Congratulations to all team members
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
President’s Cup
This event is being hosted by David Stevenson on behalf of Merseyside. Please see the following documents for more details.
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
161 + 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.
The agenda along with other relevant documents can be found in the NIBU Administration page.
Recent Successes
Congratulations to the following players on their recent successes:
Camrose Trophy – A Personal Thank You from Helen, Match Manager
Northern Ireland hosted the 1st weekend of the Camrose Trophy 2023.
At our dinner on the Sunday evening, I had the opportunity to thank many people for making this event a phenomenal success. My email account has been flooded today with so many ‘thank you/appreciative’ emails from Team Captains and players.
It is so, so important for me to relate my Thank You comments from the Sunday evening banquet:
Anne (Hassan) – for co-ordinating accommodation with all teams, banquet dinner – table flowers, personalised menus and country flags. Most importantly timing Tea/Coffee/Water for all players.
Liz (Scott) for organising ‘live’ broadcasting of all matches for the weekend, Her team included Heather Hill, Sandie Millership, Anne Fitzpatrick, Ken Hammond, Paul Porteous, Dermot O’Brien, Harold Curran, Brian Mullan and Joan Baird.
Ferghal – for being an amazing TD.
Alan Hill – for being Feaghal’s assistant for the weekend.
Shireen and Andy from RealBridge for providing assistance with the broadcasting of all matches.