EDDIE FITZGERALD (Comdt retired) RIP
We are deeply sorry to hear of the passing of one of the great ‘characters’ of Irish Bridge Eddie Fitzgerald – our very own version of an ‘Officer and a Gentleman’ and a former President of the CBAI (1994). Eddie was one of the very few ‘top’ players who made time to talk to us lesser mortals and more importantly knew how to speak ‘our’ language. We extend our deepest sympathies to his wife Helen. his daughter Clodagh and his sons Stuart and Ed. Click here to read Paul Scannell’s moving tribute from the Tribes Bridge Club (Galway).
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Sligo and Friends – Monday 23rd May 2022 (25 Tables)
Congratulations to Eileen and Anne-Marie Keaney (Sligo), 2nd N. Cahill and Niall Cahill (Kerry), 3rd Cass O’Donnell and James A. Gallagher, 4th Connell McLoone and John McGinley (Donegal), 5th Marian O’Connor and Cecelia Brennan (Sligo) and 6th Joan Donnellan and Georgio Magnifico (Longford and Rome). Leaderboard and Board Details Commentary on Boards 13-15 Link to BBO Data *********Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday – 20th May 2022 (26 Tables)
Congratulations to Anna Onishuk and Karel deRaeymaeker (Dublin), 2nd Fr. Gabriel Murphy and Martin Naughton (Sligo and Claremorris), 3rd John Sheahan and Kevin Coleman (Sligo), 4th Eileen Keaney and Jim O’Malley (Sligo) and 5th Roisín McHugh and Mairín UíRuanaí (Sligo). Leaderboard and Board Details Link to BBO Data ********* 118th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 19th May 2022 (26 Tables) Congratulations to Collette E. Maher and Emer Roberts (Wicklow), 2nd Breda Lavelle and Christine Gallagher (Drogheda), 3rd Martin Ward and Colm Gallagher (Clonmel and Sligo) and 4th Anne Hurley and Bridget Finnegan (Sligo) Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the Hands Link to BBO Data ********* Sligo and Friends – Wednesday – 18th May 2022 (28 Tables) – How was your Lebensohl? Congratulations to Caz O’Donnell and John Byrne (Donegal and Dublin), 2nd Mary Gilvarry and Mary O’Dowd (Ballina), 3rd Ann Cairns and Paul Waldron (Enniskillen and Chelsea). Leaderboard and Board Details Commentary on the Hands Link to BBO Data ********* Intermediate ‘A’ Pairs – Tuesday 17th May 2022 (19 Tables) Congratulations to Joelle Downes and Marjorie McNeill (Dublin), 2nd Camilla McLoughlin and Gillian Berwick (Skerries), 3rd (tie) Gaye Bresnan and Ann Burke (Limerick) with Maura Ryan and Florence Coffey (Tulla). Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the boards Link to BBO Data ********* Individual Championship – Tuesday 17th May 2022 (7 Tables) Congratulations to Cathy Flynn (Ballymote), 2nd Sean Keane (Navan), 3rd Teresa McBride (Letterkenny) Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the boards Link to BBO Data ********* Intermediate ‘B’ Pairs – Tuesday 17th May 2022 (17 Tables) Leaderboard and Board Details Link to BBO Data ********* Novice Pairs – Tuesday 17th May 2022 (3 Tables) Leaderboard and Board Details *********Master Swiss Teams – Tuesday 17th May 2022 (18 Teams)
Match by Match Board Details ********* Sligo and Friends – Monday – 16th May 2022 (31 Tables) Congratulations to Gladys Sheridan and Dolores Crummy (Sligo), 2nd Grace Gallagher and Shaun Coll (Donegal), 3rd Anne Llyod and Monti Beasley (Canada), 4th Mary Lyons and Margaret Dowd (Sligo). Leaderboard and Board Details Comments on boards 10-12 Link to BBO Data ********* Killarney (South of Ireland) Virtual Congress on BBO 8th to 15th May 2022 Congress Pairs Championship Rhona Goldenfield and Kath Nelson (Manchester)Intermediate A & B Pairs Championship Clare Burke and Kay Hayes (Galway) Mixed Teams Qualifier Result Rhona Goldenfield, Ted Reveley, Mike Pownall and Jeremy Dhondy (England and Wales) Mixed Teams Winners Catherine Draper, Michael Prior, Sue Willcox, Andrew Woodcock (England) Mixed Teams 3rd/4th playoff Master Swiss Teams Result Elva Gannon, Jim McAndrew, Mary Trench and Alan Johnson (Dublin) Tuesday Novice Pairs Nuala Moloney and Joe Henry (Sligo) Tuesday Inter B Pairs Result Claire McSweeney and Margaret Delaney (Cork)
Tuesday Inter A Pairs Result Neesa Patten and Myra Carney (Castlebar)
Tuesday Individual Championship Result Gladys Sheridan (Sligo) Ladies Teams Result Cathy Ferguson, Joyce Benson, Ileen MacGregor and Catherine Gerrard (Scotland) Men’s Teams Result Bob McKinnon, Gwynn Davis, Ian Patrick and David Ritchie (Scotland) Wed Sligo, Killarney and Friends Result Ann and Stephen Cairns (Enniskillen) Mixed Pairs Result Michelle Moloney and Enda Glynn (Bray and Kinvara) Swiss Imp Pairs – Master Result Mary Trench and Miriam McConville (Dublin) Respect! Swiss Imp Pairs – Intermediate Result Michele Heaslip and James Ward (Galway) Fast Friday Open Pairs Result Eileen and Anne-Marie Keaney (Sligo) Lough Lein Team of 4 Qualifier Result Cian Holland, Paul Casselle, Derek O’Gorman and Tom McCarthy (Cork and England) Saturday May Gala Open Pairs Result Maria Whelan and Joe Walsh (Dublin) Lough Lein Team of 4 Result Aida Aris, Mark Roderick, Zrinka Kokot and Pat McDaid (Wales, Croatia and Derry) Sunday Novice & Inter B Pairs Result Marie Hutton and Teresa Murphy (Dublin and Leitrim) Sunday Gala Open Pairs Result Ursula Devine and John G. Kennedy (Dublin) *************** Sligo and Friends – Lucky Fast Friday – 13th May 2022 (26 Tables) Congratulations to Eileen and Anne-Marie Keaney (Sligo), 2nd Enda Glynn and Paul Scannell (Galway), 3rd Mary Frost and Shirley Mangan (Lahinch), 4th George Brennan and Tommy Banks (Sligo). Leaderboard and Board Details Comments on boards 7-9 Link to BBO Data ********* 117th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 12th May 2022 (23 Tables) Congratulations to Anna Goldsmith and Mary Heffernan (Drogheda), 2nd Mary Gannon and Patricia Hanney (Sligo), 3rd Bríd Groeger and Kate Hogan (Youghal), 4th Denise Cassidy and John Scanlon, 5th Julie Anderson and Ann Sheehy (Dublin), 6th Grace Corcoran and Anne Kinsella (Sligo). Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the Hands Link to BBO Data ********* Sligo, Killarney and Friends – Wednesday – 11th May 2022 (25 Tables) Congratulations to Ann and Stephen Cairns (Enniskillen), 2nd (tie) Rita Lundon and Angela Murphy (Claremorris) with Niall Kilroy and J.C. Boyle (Ballina and Ardara). Leaderboard and Board Details Interesting Boards (4 to 6) Link to BBO Data ********* Intermediate ‘A’ Pairs – Tuesday 10th May 2022 (19 Tables) Congratulations to Neesa Patten and Myra Carney (Castlebar), 2nd Brigid Glynn and Patricia Hanney (Sligo), 3rd Mary Guinan and Joseph O’Keeffe (Maynooth), 4th Kitty Whyte and Honor Benson (Castlebar), 5th, Tom Byrne and Dave Flanagan (Sligo) Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the boards Link to BBO Data ********* Individual Championship – Tuesday 10th May 2022 (7 Tables) Congratulations to Gladys Sheridan (Sligo), 2nd Gerard Daly (Warrenpoint), 3rd Kathleen Kennedy (Sligo), 4th Mary Gilhawley (Ballymote). Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the boards Link to BBO Data ********* Intermediate ‘B’ Pairs – Tuesday 10th May 2022 (20 Tables) Leaderboard and Board Details Link to BBO Data ********* Novice Pairs – Tuesday 10th May 2022 (3 Tables) Leaderboard and Board Details 1st Nuala Moloney and Joe Henry (Sligo) and 2nd Sandie McCanny and Breda Roche (Sligo). Link to BBO Data *********Master Swiss Teams – Tuesday 10th May 2022 (18 Teams)
Match by Match Board Details *********Sligo and Friends – Monday 9th May 2022 (30 Tables)
Congratulations to Sophie and Paul Cunningham (Cardiff), 2nd Attracta McGettrick and Mary Naughton (Sligo), 3rd A. Sheehy and Ann Sheehy (Dublin) and 4th Margaret Kilfeather and Catherine Frazer (Sligo). Leaderboard and Board Details Commentary on the Hands (Various World Champions) Link to BBO Data ********* IBU Club Pairs Championship Saturday (7th May) on BBO IBU Master Club Pairs Championship (19 Tables) – Winners: Kelan and John O’Connor (Tralee), 2nd David Dunne and Martin Brady (Dublin) and 3rd Karel deRaeymaeker and Conor Boland (Dublin) IBU Intermediate Club Pairs Championship (18.5 Tables) – Winners: Michelle and Suzie Berkery (Dublin), 2nd Patricia Bonner and Bridget Blake (Dublin) and 3rd Phil Cretch and AnneMaria MacSweeney (Cork) ********* IBU Mixed Team Trials (face to face in Dublin) Congratulations to Carol-Ann Cummins, John Noonan, Sandra Newell and Michael McAuliffe and also to Louise Mitchell and David Walsh who have been selected as the third pair with Lucy and John Phelan as the reserve pair. Final Result ******** Sligo and Friends – Fast Friday – 6th May 2022 (26 Tables) Congratulations to Connell McLoone and John McGinley (Donegal), 2nd Rita Lundon and Angela Murphy (Claremorris), 3rd Liam and Jess Thiersen (Denmark). Leaderboard and Board Details Interesting Boards (1 to 3) Link to BBO Data ********* 116th Irish Intermediate Pairs Championship – Thursday 5th May 2022 (23 Tables) Congratulations to Iain Walker and Gavin Doyle (Dublin), 2nd Mary Lyons and Margaret Dowd (Sligo), 3rd Brigid Glynn and Patricia Hanney (Sligo), 4th Kitty Whyte and Neesa Patten (Castlebar) and 5th John Scanlon and Denise Cassidy (Sligo) Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the Boards Link to BBO Data *********Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 4th May 2022 (24 Tables)
Congratulations to Ray Norton and Tom McNicholas (Mayo), 2nd Sean Whelan and Brendan Rushe (Malahide), 3rd Marie Beaney and Seamus Boyle (Donegal). Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the Boards Link to BBO Data ********* EBU Spring Fours Congratulations once again to Team Moran (Ireland) who made it to the quarter finals of this star studded prestigious team championships. This was a brilliant performance by our Irish stars and this great result heralded even better news in that this the debut of a rising star of the future Conor Boland. If you can impress Tom Hanlon then you must be ‘Championship’ material. Speaking about Conor, Tom said he was impressed with his technique, composure and skill. ************* Intermediate ‘A’ Pairs – Tuesday 3rd May 2022 (16 Tables) Congratulations to Connie Fahy and Patsy Smyth (Clare), 2nd Neesa Patten and Myra Carney (Castlebar), 3rd Valerie Van Hof and Marjorie Hegarty (Derry) and 4th Nancy Keevans and Mary Crowley (Sligo) Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the boards Link to BBO Data ********* Individual Championship – Tuesday 3rd May 2022 (5 Tables) Congratulations to Eileen Keaney (Sligo) Leaderboard and Board Details Summary of the boards Link to BBO Data ********* Intermediate ‘B’ Pairs – Tuesday 3rd May 2022 (27 Tables) Leaderboard and Board DetailsLink to BBO Data ********* Master Swiss Teams – Tuesday 3rd Mayl 2022 (18 Teams) Match by Match Board Details ********* Sligo and Friends – Monday 2nd May 2022 (28 Tables) Congratulations to Jean and Ed Lyons (New Jersey), 2nd Maura McTernan and Patricia Hanney (Sligo), 3rd Kitty and Michael Kelly (Howth). Leaderboard and Board Details Commentary on the Hands (FOB) Link to BBO Data *********