As normal practice after a Home International match, the following reports have been submitted to BGB:
Match Manager’s Report
Tournament Director’s Report
Camrose Trophy 2023 – Weekend 1
This event was held over the weekend of the 6-8th January 2023 at La Mon Hotel and Country Club. To see final results click here.
Broadcasting of the event was via RealBridge. To review play of hands for all matches, click here. After login, select horizontal tab 2023/01 and search for ‘Camrose Trophy’ in list of previous events.
Senior League 2022-23
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.)
Scottish Bridge Union Overseas Congress
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.
Teltscher Trophy 2023
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
Chairman Brian meeting Peggy Bayer Players
Northern Ireland Pairs
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.
Camrose 2023 Team
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
Inter-Provincials – Ulster Finishes in 2nd Place
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.
Mr Monty Handicap Pairs
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.