Northern Ireland Bridge Union

This is taking place on 14th-16th August at the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk. The selection committee have selected the following teams to represent the NIBU:

Open Team:- David & Diane Greenwood, Michael Cofffey & Fergal O’Shea.
Masters Team:- Alan & Heather Hill, Nuala Mooney & Stan Lowe
Ladies Team:- Sandie Millership & Anne Hassen, Toni Sprule & Christine Stewart
Officials Team:- Michael McFaul & Helen Hall, Harold Curran & Anne Fitzpatrick
Inter A Team: Mary Flynn & Judy Young , John Forsythe & George Harper
Inter B Team: Helena McCambridge & Eleanor Jones, Jean White & Mary Johnston

The AGM took place on Saturday 29th June. You can find the draft minutes here.

The following prizes were presented during the meeting:

Inter A Player of the Year – Patricia McDowell

Senior Player of the Year – Harold Curran

Intermediate League Winners – Mary Flynn & Toni Bradley

Senior League Winners – Harold Curran & Anne Fitzpatrick

MacKinnon Cup – Rex Anderson & Ian Lindsay.

Kelvin Cup – Harold Curran & Anne Fitzpatrick

Both the NIBU and CBAI voted to agree to the merger at their respective AGMs. Further details to follow.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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 

This event is being hosted by David Stevenson on behalf of Merseyside. Please see the following documents for more details.

Invitation / Entry Form / Regulations

Please note that the AGM this year will be held on Saturday June 27^th 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:

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.