Northern Ireland Bridge Union

The East Down Pairs will be run on Sunday 11 September 2022 at Kelvin Malone Bridge Club. The competition will be run over 2 sessions with play starting at 11 am. There will be a one hour break with session 2 commencing at 2:45pm approximately. Prizes will be awarded for both Intermediate A and B sections – if there are sufficient entries.
The cost to enter is £10 per player. Online entry forms are available here.

Intermediate players are encouraged to enter this competition. Red points are awarded to winners in the overall event. A red point is worth 100MP.

Soup, sandwiches, cake and tea/coffee will be available at the interval at a very reasonable cost.

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Please Note: Any pair wishing to be considered only for the Inter-Provincials may enter the trials providing they state this clearly at the time of entry.

Thanks to Norman Lacey, the Tournament Committee and other helpers for organising and attracting entries for this very successful event. The Tournament Directing team, headed by Sandie Millership, also did a sterling job in running the competition.

There was a record entry of 76 pairs to the three sections of the competition. This included participants from CBAI and SBU. Results can be viewed below:
Intermediate A
Intermediate B
Novice

Alan Hill is running a refresher course on the rules of bridge on Sunday 28th August at 2.30pm. The venue is Kelvin Malone Bridge Centre. The course is open to everyone at all levels but maybe of particular help to both current and those who would like to be tournament directors.

As we return to face to face bridge many of us have forgotten about leads out of turn & revokes etc while playing online. Alan intends going over all the basic situations and will be happy to answer questions. If you are hoping to attend please let Alan know at clubanddiamond@yahoo.co.uk.

Here is a book for players who like a relaxing approach to playing bridge at home. The book is available on Amazon or directly from the author at jstreeten@clara.co.uk.

Rex Anderson has written a history of the NIBU’s involvement in the Camrose Trophy matches from 1937 to 2021.

‘A Worm’s Eye View’ is now available from Amazon at £4.99 for an e-book and £15.99 as a softback.

The Annual General Meeting of the NIBU was held on Sunday July 3rd at 2.30 pm at Kelvin and Malone Bridge Centre.
AGM Documentation

Presentation of Trophies

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.