Handicap competitions create fairness by adjusting scores based on skills levels allowing members of varying ability to compete together on equal terms.

This encourages engagement and provides opportunities to distribute prizes more widely amongst the members.

The RDS Bridge Club has decided to trial a handicap competition on the 1t5h January.

The handicap for each member will be based on their average percentage score over the last six months.
The handicap will be 50% minus their average percentage multiplied by 1.5.
Each pair will be given a handicap which is the average of their two handicaps.
If the resulting handicap is negative, then this will be deducted from their score and if it is positive it will be added to calculate a net handicap score.

Each member’s average is available in the Competitions tab or Averages for Handicap Calculation

The calculated handicaps are available here RDS Handicaps January 2025

Congratulations to Collette Lennox & Creeda Fitzgibbon, winners of the Maeve White Tukey Drive on Wednesday 27th November 2024

Roger Jupp & Kathleen D O'Connor were runners up

Pat Cowley & Alan Lennox completed the podium in third place

Congratulations to Pat Cowley on winning the Gwen Morgan Individual competition on Wednesday 13th November 2024

You can access the overall results here on the SIMs website

IBU SIMs Pair result Wed 6th November 2024

The commentary booklet is available here

IBU SIM Pairs Wednesday 6 Nov 2024 Wednesday Commentary

and also on the SIMS Pairs results page

The final results will not be known for a day or so until all the participating clubs have uploaded their results

Congratulations to Pat Cowley & Anne-Marie Feeney who won the Marie Owens Pairs competition which was held on 16th and 23rd October 2024

This was a keenly contested competition with the top three pairs separated by the smallest of margins

The RDS Bridge Club commenced the new bridge season on Wednesday 4th September in the RDS Library

Visitors can be invited on club nights, but not on major competition nights which are confined to club members only.

Members have volunteered to act as host or hostess for all club nights, so that everyone is assured of a game, even if they do not have a partner.
A Big Thank You to all those who have volunteered.

President Mary Whelan, Hon. Secretary Marina Fleeton, Hon. Treasurer Brigid Fitzpatrick, Past President Veronica Donoghue, Macrina Clancy, Marie Hutton and Mary Masterson

The RDS Bridge Club has a private WhatsApp group for members.

This is used to communicate messages and reminders to members

It can also be used to ask for a partner if you need one for a Wednesday night competition.

You can contact the Hon Secretary to be added to or removed from the group.

News items from past seasons, including the 2023-2024 season, can be seen by selecting the News Archives tabs on the left of the screen