Promoting Bridge in Northern Ireland
Two heats of the NIBU Interclub Duplicate Pairs were held during the week beginning 20 September. The winners of each heat are as follows:
Heat 1A (130 pairs) : Paul and Helen Tranmer, 72.41%
Heat 1B (60 pairs; Beatrice Lowry and Tom McKeever, 64.79%
As usual, we are very grateful to Ian Hamilton for his efforts over many years in organising the Interclub Duplicate Pairs.
Click here to see the full results.
The NIBU Autumn Congress was held online from 11th-13th September
A very big thanks to Ian Hamilton for his efforts over many weeks in setting up and administering our first online Congress. The event was an outstanding success with entries from all over the UK and Ireland. Total entries were as follows:
Mixed Pairs – 90 pairs
Congress Pairs – 60 pairs
Congress Teams – 48 teams
Intermediate Pairs – 50 pairs
Open Pairs(2 events) – 32/26 pairs.
Click here for Congress website where full details and results are available
The AGM took place at La Mon on Sunday 23rd August from 2:30pm.
Attendees were appropriately socially distanced !!
Draft Minutes of the AGM can be viewed here
Minutes of meeting of Bridge Great Britain can be viewed here
It has been agreed that outstanding league and knockout cup matches from the 2019-20 season will not be played online. They will be played ‘live’ prior to the start of the next season fixtures – though it is impossible to say when ‘normal’ bridge will resume
Report can be viewed here
Professor Samantha (Sam) Punch has produced a video to promote playing of bridge
Why Play Bridge? What makes bridge brilliant: view video here
This issue of the newsletter has a lot of content of interest to NIBU members, there are a number of contributions from NIBU and CBAI members as well as a report from the EBL Tournament Director course which was held in Belfast.
Click here to read this issue
Professor Samantha (Sam) Punch is researching the beneficial effects of bridge as part of her research project ‘Keep Bridge Alive’. Click here to see details of their response to Covid 19.