Promoting Bridge in Northern Ireland
Round 6 of the Senior League will be played on Real Bridge on Wednesday 25th January 2023 at 7pm.
The matches can be watched on Realbridge using the the following link;
Kibitz Realbridge. (For secuity purposes, there will be a 20 min delay for viewers.)
The SBU is running its Overseas Congress in Rhodes, Greece between 9-15 May 2023 and welcomes players from Northern Ireland to the Congress. Master points will be awarded. Players may enter either singly or as a pair or as a team of 4. Prices start at £569 half board/transfers but not flight which has to be booked and paid for separately. To date 60 players have already registered. For more information, please contact Matthew Pumphrey at matthewpumpfrey55@gmail.com.
Trials will be held for this event at La Mon Hotel from 31st January – 2nd February 2023.
Entries should be sent to Harold Curran, haroldcurran501@gmail.com, no later than midnight on January 15th 2023 .
An entry fee of £75 per person should be paid by electronic transfer at the time of entry.
Bank Details:
A/c : Name: Northern Ireland Bridge Union; A/c No: 15029055; Sortcode: 980140
Congratulations to Eric Lesage and Ken Hammond, winners of the NI Pairs, which was hosted at Kelvin Malone Bridge Centre on 4 December. Full results can be viewed here.
Following the completion of trials, the following team has been selected for the 2023 Camrose (Home Internationals):
Ian Lindsay and Ian Hamilton
David and Diane Greenwood
Michael Coffey and Fergal O’Shea
1st Reserve
Harold Curran and Anne Fitzpatrick
NPC
Michael McFaul
The IBU Inter-Provincials competition took place this weekend of 19th/20th November in Templeogue Bridge Centre, Dublin. Congratulations to the 9 Ulster Teams who finished in 2nd place overall.
A special tribute to our Intermediate Team for winning their section.
This event was held on BBO on Friday 18 November at 7pm. There was a great turn out with 32 pairs participating.
The overall winners were Helen Hall and Michaell McFaul with Stan Lowe and Bill Scott close runners up. The winners of the intermediate section were Antoinette Bradley and Elspeth Cummings. Full results can be found here.
The above event due to be held on BBO on 25 November 2022 has now been cancelled due to a lack of entries.
The Galway Bridge Congress will take place at the Ardilaun Hotel in Galway over the weekend of 3-5 February 2023. Click here for more details.