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Lady Milne Trials

Trials for the Lady Milne Trophy 2026 will be held at Kelvin Malone Bridge Club over the weekend of 22/23rd November 2025. Northern Ireland are hosting the event at La Mon over the weekend of 17th-19th April 2026.
Closing date for entries: 3rd November 2025
Entry fee is £50 per person, to be paid by the closing date.
Bank Details
A/c Name: Northern Ireland Bridge Union; A/c No: 15029055; Sortcode: 980140

The entry form can be found here.

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Inter-provincial teams

The selection committee have selected the following pairs for the inter-provincial teams.

Open:

Ulster 1

David & Diane Greenwood 

Ian Hamilton & Ian Lindsey

Ulster  2

Rex Anderson & Wayne Somerville 

Anna Carr & Margaret Farren

Ulster 3

Harold Curran & Anne Fitzpatrick 

John Lavery  & Michael O’Kane 

Masters:

Ulster 1

Martin and Adrienne Purdy
Ciaran and Paul McAlister

Ulster 2

Melissa Brady and Anne Shalvey
Josephine Brady and Frances Daly

Ulster 3

Anne Cairns and Una Carthy
Michael McIlroy and Kathleen Cassidy

Intermediates:

Ulster 1

Simon Ridley and Nora Scanlon
Gerry Henry and Calvin Jones

Ulster 2

John Forsythe and George Harper
Mary Flynn and Judy Young

Ulster 3

Michael and Geraldine McNamee
Lesley Agar and Liz Thomas

Reserve
Myles Hannigan and Frank Houston

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Knockout Cups

Due to the low numbers of teams entered for the cup competitions, the deadline for entry has been extended until 14th October. Intermediates are encouraged to enter. You can register for the competitions here.

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East Down Pairs Results

Congratulations to John Baker Ian Hamilton BJ O’Brian and Harold Curran who tied for 2nd place overall in the East Down Pairs

Congratulations to Toni Bradley and Brian Mullan who won the Intermediate Section of the the East Down Pairs

Congratulations to Christine Stewart and Toni. Sproule who got 1st place overall and the Cohen Trophy in the East Down Pairs

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Intermediate League

By popular demand, the Intermediate League has now been re-scheduled to be played on a Thursday evening.  Closing date for entries has been extended to 28th September.  

Details, including links to entry form and league formats, can be viewed on the League page.

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BGB Online Junior Pairs

Letter from the EBU:

We would like to invite your youth members to enter the upcoming Bridge Great Britain Online Junior Pairs, the annual online pairs event for juniors, hosted this year by the EBU on behalf of Bridge Great Britain.

The home nations event will take place on Saturday 29th November, starting at 11am on RealBridge. Entry to the event is free.

It is hoped there will be sufficient entries for all three categories: Under-26 (playing for the Paul Porteous trophy), Under-21 (playing for the Liz McGowan trophy) and Under-16 (playing for the Andrew Robson trophy).

The competition is free to enter, but pre-entry is required. To enter, please email comps@ebu.co.uk by 10th November.

The EBU and BGB would like to extend our thanks to sponsors Andrew Robson, Liz McGowan and Paul Porteous for donating the trophies and support for these youth events. Young people are the future of our game and we are keen to support them in every way. 

Competition Webpage: https://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/bridge-great-britain-online-junior-pairs