Northern Ireland Bridge Union

The Selection Committee is inviting entries for the Lady Milne Trials to be held at Kelvin Malone Bridge Club over the weekend of 10-12th November 2023.

Entries to Nuala Mooney at nualamooney37@hotmail.co.uk on or before Monday 16th October 2023.

Due to the lack of entries, the closing date for entry to the Millership Cup has now been extended to Saturday 14th October 2023.

All eligible players are encouraged to enter. Entry form and more details HERE
Eligibility criteria below:
‘The Millership Cup is a team competition open to all players who are members of the NIBU at the date of entry, and are ranked below Expert level, i.e. less than 100 red points on 1st September of the season in question.’

Please note that the draws have been made for both the Senior and Intermediate Leagues.

Full details of both draws can be found HERE.

RealBridge and BAMSA (Bridge: A MindSport for All) have arranged a short online conference on 7/8 October 2023 for bridge teachers, coaches and mentors.
Click here for more details.

The trials for the above event took place in Kelvin Malone Bridge Centre over the weekends of September 29th-1st October and October 13th-15th.

Final Results can be found here.

For more details on this prestigious teams event, click here.

NIBU President Harold Curran says:

“I’m delighted to announce that our International Match and Website Manager Helen Hall has qualified as a recognised teacher of Bridge.

Helen undertook a programme of training hosted by the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland (CBAI) which involved taking 2 exams and attending a weekend seminar in Dublin. The seminar involved delivering a presentation to CBAI members.”

For more information on the content and format of the course, Helen can be contacted at: hallhelen@hotmail.co.uk

The East Down Pairs will be run on BBO as a two session event at 7 pm on both Friday 1 Sepember and Friday 8 September.
The entry fee is $BB5 per player, per session. To win the event, a pair must play in both sessions. Entries from Intermediate pairs are particularly welcome.

Online entry forms are available here.

For the first time, entries are being invited from teams throughout Ireland. The League will be played on RealBridge as before The final format and dates will be confirmed when the final number of teams entered is known. Full details and entry form can be found HERE.

Closing date for entries is Sunday 24th September 2023.

For the first time, entries to the Intermediate League are being invited from teams throughout Ireland. The event will be played on BBO, with teams arranging their own matches with opponents. The format and dates will be confirmed when the final number of teams entered is known. Full details and the entry form can be found HERE.

All Intermediate Players are encouraged to put a team together and take part in this event.