Promoting Bridge in Northern Ireland
The Lady Milne Trophy competition will be held in the City North Hotel, Gormanstown over the weekend of 19-21 April 2024. We wish every success to our Northern Ireland team comprising of :
Anne Fitzpatrick & Mary Kelly-Rogers
Clare Watson & Heather Hill
Sandie Millership & Anne Hassan.
NPC: Helen Hall
Full details of the event programme and results can be found on the CBAI website using the the following link:
https://www.cbai.ie/lady-milne-trophy/
All members are reminded that the transmission of unauthorised information within a partnership while playing online, is illegal.
This includes sending phone messages and ‘WhatsApps ‘ chats as well as verbal exchanges or sharing of screens. Couples in the same household should ideally play in separate rooms.
Continue reading “Online Cheating – Warning!”The CBAI is promoting a New Teacher’s Seminar to take place in Donegal mid-to-late May 2024. This is the course which Helen Hall successfully attended in 2023. The aim of the Seminar is to produce much-needed bridge teachers before next September for the new bridge season. For more details click here or contact Helen at hallhelen@hotmail.co.uk .
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WBF Women’s Spring Festival BBO Online is taking place April 8-14
2024.
Courtesy of WBF President Jan Kamras, the winner will receive
free entry to the National Women’s Pairs Championship in Buenos
Aires with their partner of choice from the same nation. BBO and WBF
are sponsoring BB$ prizes.
This red pointed event took place on Sunday 7 April at Kelvin Malone Bridge Centre.
Full results here.
Prizes presented by Diane Greenwood, Vice Chairperson, NIBU.
The Manx Bridge Congress will take place in Douglas, Isle of Man, over the weekend 13-15 September 2024. Click here for more details.
The Mid Ulster Pairs Trophy took place on Sunday 24th March at Kelvin Malone Bridge Club. Congratulations to the following pairs:
Winners: Diane Greenwood & Brian Mullan
Runners Up: Helen Hall & Michael McFaul
This event was cancelled due to lack of entries – 5 entries.
We are very sorry to report the sudden death of Jeff Millership, a long standing active member of the union. Jeff was a former chairperson of both the NIBU and the IBU. Our deepest sympathy to his wife Sandie.
A tribute from Philip Dufton
Continue reading “Jeff Millership RIP”