Olympic Esports Week is being held in Singapore from 19 – 25 June.
The full Press Release with all the information can be found here.
You can find full details re events on BBO here and on FunBridge here.
NIBU – AGM 2023
The Annual General Meeting of the NIBU was held at Kelvin Malone Bridge Centre on Sunday 25th June at 2pm. . Papers and reports tabled at the AGM are available in the ‘Members Only Section/Council and AGM’ on the website. Draft Minutes to follow.
Presentation of Trophies:
Northern Ireland Teams
Mixed Provincial Pairs
Mr Monty Handicap Pairs
Scam Emails from NIBU officers and members
Email scamming is very common – if you get a strange or suspicious email from anyone always check the email address. If it is different from the sender’s normal email address it is probably a scam, even if the email addresses you personally.
A Tribute to Rosarie Heatherington (RIP)
Sad news on the death this week of Rosarie Heatherington. She was a well-known and much-loved player in the NIBU. Rosarie taught numerous bridge classes and managed to bring her teaching expertise and sense of humour to the task. Her classes were always popular and many local bridge players started to play in local clubs because of her.
Continue reading “A Tribute to Rosarie Heatherington (RIP)”Learning Bridge Online
For anyone interested, the following correspondence has recently been received from Bajir Cannon, at learnbridgeonline.com.
“I hope you’re doing well. I am the founder of learnbridgeonline.com and
just wanted to reach out to connect with you.
NIBU Senior League
Congratulations to Rex Anderson’s team on winning the Senior League:
Rex Anderson, David Greenwood, Paul Tranmer, Wayne Somerville
Harold Curran’s team finished second followed by Ian Lindsay’s team who had led the event until the last round
Full results can be viewed here
Teltscher Trophy 2023
The Teltscher Trophy takes place this coming weekend, 19-21 May 2023. This year the Welsh Bridge Union are hosts and the venue is The Coldra Newport, NP18 2YG.
Good luck to Team Northern Ireland, comprising:
Ian Hamilton & Hastings Campbell
Diane & David Greenwood
Clare Watson & Heather Hill
NPC: Sandie Millership
For more details on the timetable and ‘live’ results, click here.
Derry Donegal Teams Event (NIBU & CBAI)
This event will be held on Sunday 4 June 2023 at 2 pm in U3A Premises, Gransha Gounds, Derry. This is a one session event at £10 per head, inc. tea/coffee. Trophies will be awarded for the winning Senior and Intermediate teams. For more details, click here.
Northern Ireland Mixed Pairs
The Northern Ireland Mixed Pairs, (a red point event) was due to be held on Sunday 7 May 2023 on BBO. This event has now been CANCELLED due to lack of entries.
Lady Milne – Home Internationals, 21- 23 April 2023.
This event was recently held in the Mercure Hotel, Perth.
Final results can be found here.
Well done to our Northern Ireland team on their sterling effort.
