December 2021 Results

November 2021 Results

Face-to-Face Bridge Congress – Yeats Country Congress 10th to 12th June next – book your rooms now (Radisson-Blu Hotel 071-9140008)

Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 3rd November 2021 (18 Tables)

Carraroe Bridge Club – Wednesday 3rd November 2021 (8 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 2nd November 2021 (19 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 1st November 2021 (32 Tables)

Duais an Uachtarain (Mr. Pat O’Mahony) Cork  –  30th October 2021

Final Result Congratulations to John and Kelan O’Connor (Tralee)

Session 1 Result

Session 2 Result

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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 29th October 2021 (29 Tables)

 

October 2021 Results

Duais an Uachtarain (Mr. Pat O’Mahony) Cork 30th October 2021

Final Result Congratulations to John and Kelan O’Connor (Tralee)

Session 1 Result

Session 2 Result

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CBAI Camrose Trials 22nd to 24th October (Dublin)

Congratulations to Mark Moran, John Carroll, Adam Mesbur, Nick FitzGibbon, Tommy Garvey, Tom Hanlon and Gráinne Barton on yet another Camrose Cap and we also congratulate them too on their other International Online successes of late.

Detailed Results

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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 29th October 2021 (29 Tables)

89th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 28th October 2021 (25 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 27th October 2021 (22 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 26th October 2021 (18 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 25th October 2021 (29 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 22nd October 2021 (26 Tables)

88th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 21st October 2021 (24 Tables)

87th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 14th October 2021 (25 Tables)
Sligo and Friends – Monday 11th October 2021 (28 Tables)

Limerick Charity Online Congress  (8th to 10th October 2021)

Congress Teams – Siobhán Part, B.J. O’Brien, Peter Goodman and Diarmuid Reddan (Kildare, Dublin & Limerick),  2nd Noreen Pender, Sandra Newell, Gordon Lessells and Jiang Chuan Wen (Dublin, Limerick & China) and 3rd Joan Kenny, Jeannie Fitzgerald, Enda Glynn and Paul Scannell (Galway & Clare).

Congress Pairs – Davy Noonan and Terry O’Hara (Wexford)

Area Master Pairs – Marie O’Sullivan and Horst Rosler (Kenmare)

Inter A  Pairs – Celine Smyth and Anne Kearney (Gorey)

Inter B & Novice Pairs – Martin Connell and Sean Keane (Navan)

Sligo Fast Friday  – Connell McLoone and John McGinley (Donegal)

Mixed Pairs – Zrinka Kokot and Pat McDaid (Croatia & Derry)

Gala Open Pairs – Maria Whelan and Kathleen Vaughan (Bray)

Inter B Pairs – Tie – Orla O’Carroll and Anne McGovern (Galway & Newport) with Blanaid Nally and Vivienne Cosgrave (Dublin)

Novices – John and Paul Woodlock (Tipperary)

Open Pairs Saturday 1pm  – Tie Mary Jo Kelly and Muriel Liddy (Ennis) with Tess O’Hara and Anne Kingston (Cork)

Open Pairs Saturday 8pm  – Mary O’Sullivan and Rita Cassidy (Ennis)

Open Pairs Sunday 2.30 pm  – Tie – Kay Tracy and Gerry Mackin (Dublin) with Josephine Brady and Joe Carroll (Cavan & Limerick)

Intermediate B and Novice Pairs Sunday 7.30 pm  – Eibhlin McCracken and Mary F. O’Regan (Donegal)

Open Pairs Sunday 7.30 p.m. – Donna Lombardini and Jade Barrett (USA)

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86th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 7th October 2021 (21 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 5th October 2021 (23 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 1st October 2021 (28 Tables)

Women’s International Swiss ‘Celtic Pairs’ event on Monday November 1st at 6.45 pm. on BBO

If anyone hasn’t played before they may need to register with Sarah Amos (Wales)

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September 2021 Results

After nearly 30 years as Chief Executive of the CBAI, the young Fermanagh lad, Paul Porteous is enjoying his first week of retirement.  A Master Bridge player, an incredible organiser, an efficient administrator, a great communicator, a patient caring listener and throw in a good sense of humour and an affable personality and you have the successful ingredients to help us understand how one man was able to steer the second biggest association in the country (after the GAA) along a unified and steady path.

It has been said that he knows all 24000 of us by name and we can well believe it.  We say ‘Thank You Paul’ for your outstanding and generous service to Bridge in Ireland over the last 30 years and we can think of many players, tournament directors, club secretaries and regional secretaries that Paul has helped over the years with his encouragement and calmness when faced with ‘delicate’ situations.  Paul knew what we were thinking before the thought even entered our minds so he knew when to be ‘good cop’ and when to be ‘bad cop’.

Irish Bridge – North, South, East and West is certainly in a better place now than it was 30 years ago – we have a better standard of player, we have well trained tournament directors, we have a great Teaching and Youth program, we have a great communication structure – and without doubt Paul Porteous has been the driving force behind these and other progressive ideas – often involving untold hours of work above and beyond the call of duty.  His many talents have also been noticed by our European friends where he is currently the Secretary of the European Bridge League.

We wish Paul, Maureen and all the Porteous family many years of Happy Retirement – Well Deserved Sir – and we wish your successor Dermot O’Brien the best of luck – Dermot is fully aware that he has a hard act to follow.

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85th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 30th September 2021 (23 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Wednesday September 29th 2021 (18 Tables)

Carraroe Bridge Club – Wednesday September 29th 2021 (7 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 28th September 2021 (15 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 24th September 2021 (25 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 21st September 2021 (18 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 20th September 2021 (28 Tables)

 

CBAI Lady Milne Trials  (17th and 18th September)

Congratulations to the winners Lucy Phelan, Dolores Gilliland, Carol-Ann Cummins, Sandra Newell, Ann O’Connell and Valarie Burke-Moran.

Full Result

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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 17th September 2021 (27 Tables)

Danny Liddy from Ennis being presented with the President’s Award by President Elect Gordon Lessells – the President’s Award is presented to players who have given distinguished service to the Bridge Community over a number of years.  Well deserved Danny.

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83rd Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 16th September 2021 (24 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 15th September 2021 (21 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 14th September 2021 (16 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 13th September 2021 (28 Tables)

 

NIBU Autumn Congress  (10th – 12th September 2021)

Congress Teams (22 Teams) B.J. O’Brien, Dan McIntosh, Adrian Thomas and Mike Pownall (Dublin, Jersey and Wales)

Open Pairs (4 Tables) Matthew O’Farrell and Luca Crone (Dublin)

Mixed Pairs (13 Tables) Siobhán Part and B.J. O’Brien (Kildare & Dublin)

Congress Pairs (10 Tables) – Isobel and Jim Brown (Scotland)

Intermediate Pairs (6 Tables) – Diana Patterson and Geraldine Henry

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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 10th September 2021 (26 Tables)

82nd Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 9th September 2021 (20 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 8th September 2021 (25 Tables)

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 7th September 2021 (14 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 6th September 2021 (26 Tables)

North Kerry Congress  (3rd to 5th September)

Mixed Pairs (5 Tables)          Congress Pairs (4 tables)          Congress Teams (6 teams)

Fri Inter ‘B’ and Novice (8 Tables)          Sat afternoon Open Pairs (4 Tables)          Sat Night Open Pairs (6 Tables)

Sun Night Open Pairs (4 tables)          Sun Inter ‘B’ and Novice (7 tables)

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Sligo and Friends – Friday 3rd September 2021 (26 Tables)

81st Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 2nd September 2021 (25 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 1st September 2021 (23 Tables)

August 2021 Results

Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 31st August 2021 (17 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 30th August 2021 (26 Tables)

Congratulations to Mary and Tommy Banks (Sligo)
Full Leaderboard and Board Details
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Happy Birthday Ann Cairns (Enniskillen)

We are sorry to hear of the passing of two Enniskillen Legends – Lena Hardy and Pat Concannon

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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 20th August 2021 (27 Tables)

Congratulations to Graham Laird and Paschal Buckley (Ballyshannon), Mary and Tommy Banks (Sligo) and Georgio Magnifico and Nora McVeigh (Sligo and Tubbercurry)
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80th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 26th August 2021 (20 Tables)

Congratulations to Andrea and Jim Doran (Carlow) and also to local runners-up Anne Leonard and Colm Gallagher
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Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 25th August 2021 (14 Tables)

Congratulations to Angela Curran and Eugene McRoe (Enniskillen) and well done to local runners-up Anna McKiernan and Mairín UíRuanaí
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Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 24th August 2021 (14 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 23rd August 2021 (21 Tables)

Congratulations to Margaret Breen and Anna Glavin (Waterford)
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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday 20th August 2021 (30 Tables)

Congratulations to J.C. Boyle and John McGinley (Donegal)
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Pat Kilfeather RIP

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of Sligo’s most loved and accomplished Bridge players – Pat Kilfeather.  Pat was actively involved in bridge at all levels, as a player, an administrator, club captain and even President of the North West Region. Despite raising a family of 6 children, and the resulting 15 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren, she still found time for Bridge and even managed to attract some of her children and extended family to follow in her footsteps.  If there was ever a need for a great advertisement about the long term benefits of playing bridge then we need look no further than Pat Kilfeather.

Pat loved her Bridge and as a Master player she played in every corner of Ireland (North and South) as well as travelling abroad for a game or two. She had that rare mixture of personable qualities that showed us that you could be brilliant at the game while still having fun and more importantly making sure that your opponents enjoyed their game too – so even though we lost, we came away from her table feeling better than when we arrived.  She was always keen to share her knowledge and was especially encouraging and helpful to newer members.  It didn’t hurt her game, that she knew a thing or two about Poker.  Bridge in Sligo owes a great debt to the patronage of our Sligo Doyenne. Thank you Pat.

Pat Kilfeather was also the last surviving founding member of the very successful Yeats Country Bridge Congress back in 1960.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Bryan, Neal, Patricia (Henry), Andy, Roy and Gary and also to Marguerite, Mary, to her son-in-law, daughters-in-law, fourteen grandchildren, twenty five great-grandchildren, relatives, neighbours and many friends.

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79th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 19th August 2021 (25 Tables)

Congratulations to Gavin Doyle and Tom Flood (Templeogue)
Full Leaderboard and Board Details
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Women .v. Mixed Team Practice – Thursday 19th August 2021
Result and Board Details
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Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 18th August 2021 (19 Tables)

Congratulations to Cepta Healy and Claire Calliniclos (Meath and New Zealand)
Full Leaderboard and Board Details
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Mixed Team Practice – Wednesday 18th August 2021
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Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 17th August 2021 (17 Tables)

Sligo and Friends – Monday 16th August 2021 (25 Tables)

Congratulations to local champions Kevin Coleman and Robert Wallace, runners-up Una Carthy and Jim Clear (Letterkenny) and to local siblings Mary and Tommy Banks.
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Sligo and Friends – Lucky Fast Friday 13th August 2021 (28 Tables)

Congratulations to Sheila Rafter and Anne O’Reilly (Malahide)
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78th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 12th August 2021 (24 Tables)

Congratulations to Kathleen Sweeney and Oonagh Redmond (Castlebar)
Full Leaderboard and Board Details
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Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 11th August 2021 (23 Tables)

Congratulations to Tony Smyth and David Melody (Dublin)
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Mixed Team Practice – Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 10th August 2021 (12 Tables)

Women Team Practice – Ireland .v. Portugal – Tuesday 10th August 2021
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Sligo and Friends – Monday 9th August 2021 (23 Tables)

Congratulations to Martin Hewiston and John Wayne (London) and well done also to local sibling runners-up Mary and Tommy Banks. 
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Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday – 6th August 2021 (28 Tables)

Congratulations to Connell McLoone and John McGinley (Donegal) and well done to local runners-up Frank Goodwin and John Macdonald
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77th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 5th August 2021 (24 Tables)

Congratulations to Evelyn Doyle and Peter McGonigle (Malahide and Donegal)
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Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 2nd August 2021 (20 Tables)

Congratulations to Mary Crowley and Nancy Keevans (Sligo) and also to another local pair who finished as runners-up George Brennan and Tommy Banks.
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Mixed Team Practice – Wednesday 4th August 2021
Boards 1-12
Boards 1-24
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Inter ‘A’ Pairs Tuesday 3rd August 2021 (18 Tables)