Promoting Bridge in Northern Ireland
This event will take place ‘face to face’ over the weekend of the 20-22 May 2022 at La Mon Hotel and Country Club. As NIBU are hosting the event, two teams will be participating. Click here for more details.
To watch play, visit https://kibitz.realbridge.online
Instructions on how to kibitz are here: https://realbridge.online/for-spectators.html
Hotel porters are thin on the ground these days – had to rope in a few ‘Sharks’ to help set up the bridge tables for the Teltscher Trophy.
The Egan Trophy, the IBU All-Ireland Top Teams Championship, will be held ‘face to face’ in the Europa Hotel, Belfast over the weekend of 28-29 May 2022.
The 3 teams representing the NIBU are as follows:
– Brian McDowell & Alan Sharp; Michael McFaul & Michael O’Kane
– Pat McDaid & Zrinka Kokot; Carol-Ann Cummins & John Noonan
– Ian Lindsay & Ian Hamilton; Michael Coffey & Fergal O’Shea.
Reserve Pair: Anne Fitzpatrick and Harold Curran
Entry Fee £65 to include dinner on the Saturday evening.
Overnight parking in the adjacent multi-storey – £12 overnight. Tickets to be verified at hotel reception before leaving on the Sunday.
Sad to report the death of Kay Murphy – read tribute here
A note from Seamus Costello, Teaching Committee Convenor CBAI.
Read here for details of seminars.
The AGM for the NIBU will be held in Kelvin Malone Bridge Centre on Sunday 3 July 2022 at 2.30 pm.
The Celtic Congress will held on BBO on 28-29 May 2022.
For more details click here.
The IBU Seniors Congress will be held ‘Face to Face’ in the Cavan Crystal Hotel on April 26-28th (Tuesday – Thursday). For more details click here.
Congratulations to the following players on their recent successes:
Louis Herbert Handicap Pairs
Norman Lacey & Rae Seaton
Mid-Ulster Pairs
Ian Hamilton & Robin Burns
Senior/Intermediate Pairs
Kathleen Cassidy & Liz McArdle