January 2022 Results

Sligo, Ennis and Friends – Monday 31st January 2022 (32 Tables)

Congratulations to Connell McLoone and John McGinley (Donegal)

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Improve your game with some interesting hands from our Sligo games

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Sligo, Ennis and Friends – Fast Friday 28th January 2022 (26 Tables)

Congratulations to Finola Higgins and Tom McIntyre (Fermanagh) – this pair just keep getting better and better and better!

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Ennis International Bridge Congress (28th to 30th January 2022)

Congress Teams Result  Peter Pigot, Donal MacAonghusa, David Walsh and (Happy Birthday CIARAN COYNE)
Gala Open Pairs Result  Andrea Dalton and Jim Doran (Carlow)
Sunday Inter B & Novice Pairs Result  Alice and Ciaran McDonnell (Dun Laoghaire)

Congress Pairs Result  Marie O’Sullivan and Horst Rosler (Kenmare)
Area Master Pairs Result  Jean Sayers and Niall Kilroy (Cork and Ballina)
Inter A Pairs Result  Maureen Roche and Rhona Preston (Dublin)
Inter B Pairs Result  Aideen and Paul Costigan (Dublin)
Saturday – Open Pairs Result  Margaret Farren and Ita O’Sullivan (Donegal)

Mixed Pairs Result  Olive Kilbane and John Kiernan (Longford)
Friday Inter “B” Pairs Result  Anne O’Riordan and Clancy Treacy (Tralee)
Friday Gala Open Pairs Result  Kathleen Vaughan and Maria Whelan (Wicklow)
Fast Friday Open Pairs Result  Finola Higgins and Tom McIntyre (Fermanagh)

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102nd Intermediate Championship – Thursday 27th January 2022 (30 Tables)

Congratulations to Grace Corcoran and Rhona Preston (Sligo and Dublin), 2nd Ann deBruir and Margaret Gill (Kildare), 3rd Mary Crowley and Eamon Howley (Sligo), 4th Denise Cassidy and John Scanlon (Sligo), 5th Mary and Pat Naughton (Sligo), 6th Brigid Glynn and Patricia Hanney (Sligo), 7th Attracta McGettrick and Pat O’Sullivan (Sligo).

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Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 26th January 2022 (26 Tables)

Congratulations to Georgio Magnifico and John Macdonald (Rome and Sligo)

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Carraroe Bridge Club – Wednesday 26th January 2022 (8 Tables)

Congratulations to Ethna Munds and Mary Gilhawley

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Intermediate ‘A’ Pairs – Tuesday 25th January 2022 (21 Tables)
Congratulations to Kathleen Kennedy and Olwyn Bourne (Sligo)

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Individual Championship – Tuesday 25th January 2022 (8 Tables)

Congratulations to Atholl Stewart (Donegal), Runner-up Eileen Keaney (Sligo) and third Flor Higgins (Claremorris).

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Intermediate ‘B’ Pairs – Tuesday 25th January 2022 (35 Tables)

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Novice Pairs – Tuesday 25th January 2022 (5 Tables)

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Master Swiss Teams – Tuesday 25th January 2022 (26 Teams)

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Sligo and Friends – Monday 24th January 2022 (37 Tables)

Congratulations to Marie Heraughty and Catherine Johnson (Sligo)

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Improve Your Game with some interesting boards from our Sligo games

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Tom Hanlon (Champion of France – yet again)

Our own Tom Hanlon and his international team-mates (Zaleski, Lorenzini, Volcker, Cronier and Bessis) have just defended their French Premier League title by beating the powerful Zimmerman team in the final coming from behind to win by 38 imps.  The League involved 3 x weekend of live qualifiers in October and November followed by a 64 board semifinal and a 96 board final last weekend and all live (face to face) at french bridge federation headquarters – well done Tom.

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Cork International Bridge Congress – (Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd January)

CONGRESS TEAMS  (Diane Greenwood, Teresa Rigney, Sandra Newell and Carol-Ann Cummins – Belast and Dublin)

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CORK  INTERMEDIATE  TEAMS  (Helen McGrath, Anna Heffernan, Tom Brophy and Noel Manley – Cork)

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Inter “B” Pairs   Anne Foley and Adrienne O’Reilly (Dublin)

Mixed Pairs Championship   Anna Onishuk and Karel deRaemaeker (Diblin)

Gala Open Pairs   Margaret Gillan and Joan Donnellan (Longford)

Fast Friday Open Pairs   Angela and Con McCrossan (Monaghan)

Congress Pairs   Adrian Thomas and Pat Quinn (Wales and Ennis)

Area Master Pairs   Carmel Connolly and Patricia Carr (Cork)

Inter A Pairs   Dorothy Authurs and Peter Wilson (Malahide)

Inter B & Novice Pairs   Helen Hawkes and Eddie Payne (England and Dublin)

Sat Open Pairs @ 1.00pm   Lourde Kenneally and Dympna Kiely Hinchion (Cork)

Saturday Open Pairs 5.00pm   Paula Finn and Breda Kinnane (Cork)

Saturday Open Pairs 8.00pm   Anna Carr and Margaret Farren (Donegal)

Sunday Open Pairs 2.30pm  Mary Delaney and Marie O’Meara (Kildare)

Sunday 23rd – Celebration Open Pairs   Marie Speiran and Mary Nelligan (Limerick)

Sunday 23rd – Inter ‘B’ & Novice Pairs  Helena Murphy and Michael Doyle (Waterford)

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Sligo, Cork and Friends – Fast Friday 21st January 2022 (27 Tables)

Congratulations to Angela and Con McCrossan (Monaghan), Runners-Up Maria Lynch and Maura McTernan (Leitrim and Sligo)

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101st Intermediate Championship – Thursday 20th January 2022 (32 Tables)

Congratulations to Mary and Matt McCabe (Kells)

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Commentary on tonight’s Hands (FOB)

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Sligo and Friends – Wednesday 19th January 2022 (26 Tables)

Congratulations to Nancy Burke and John Walsh (Ennis), 2nd Marie Beaney and Seamus Boyle (Donegal), 3rd Peg Kilcawley and Donal Cahill (Sligo and Dublin) and 4th Maria Lynch and Mary Gannon (Leitrim)

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Carraroe Bridge Club – Wednesday 19th January 2022 (7 Tables)

Congratulations to Pauline Smyth and Colm Gallagher

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Intermediate ‘A’ Pairs – Tuesday 18th January 2022 (21 Tables)
Congratulations to Brigid Glynn and Patricia Hanney (Sligo)

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Individual Championship – Tuesday 18th January 2022 (7 Tables)

Congratulations to Champion Gladys Sheridan (Sligo), 2nd Maria Murphy (Carlow) and third Flor Higgins (Claremorris)

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Intermediate ‘B’ & Novice Pairs – Tuesday 18th January 2022 (39 Tables)

Congratulations to Ann Cox and Margaret Clarke (Sligo)

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Master Swiss Teams – Tuesday 18th January 2022 (28 Tables)

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Sligo and Friends – Monday 17th January 2022 (33 Tables)

Congratulations to Anna Carr and Margaret Farren from Donegal (Current National Women’s Champions), runners-up Frank Goodwin and John Macdonald (Sligo) and third place to Mum and Daughter Caz and Hannah O’Donnell (Donegal and Australia)

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CBAI National Womens and Mens Weekend (15th & 16th January 2022)

TDs:  Mairéad Basquille, John Phelan, Diarmuid Reddan and Fearghal

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Womens Teams (McMenamin Bowl) Overall Result (40 Teams)

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Mens Teams (Geraldine Trophy) Overall Result  (26 Teams)

Mens Teams Leaderboard (Geraldine Trophy) Board Details  (26 Teams)

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Womens Pairs (Jackson Cup) Final Result (38 Tables)  Anna Carr and Margaret Farren (Donegal)

Womens Pairs (Jackson Cup) Session One Result

Womens Pairs (Jackson Cup) Session Two Result 

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Mens Pairs (Revington Cup) Final Result (21 Tables)  Dave Terry and Tom Gilligan (Malahide)

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Camrose Trophy Weekend one on RealBridge

Ireland will be represented by Adam Mesbur and Nick FitzGibbon, Tom Hanlon and Tommy Garvey, Mark Moran and John Carroll (NPC: Gráinne Barton).

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Mary Cleary RIP

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our nicest and greatest Sligo Players – Mary Cleary.  Mary was always a pleasure to meet at the Bridge table either as a partner or as an opponent and in her heyday Mary was unbeatable no matter who she played with.  Thankfully she handed the baton on by training her sister Eileen Keaney and her niece Anne-Marie Keaney.

We extend our deepest sympathies to her husband P.J. and her children Siobhán, Senan, Eimear and Fionnuala and her sister Eileen Keaney and her niece Anne-Marie Keaney and her brother Tom Gilligan, her daughter-in-law Rose, sons-in-law Maurice, Sean and David, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, grandchildren Muiris, Oisin, Ferdia, Naoise, Tadhg, Liam, Aoibh, Aifric, Caoimhe and Cillian, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends.

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