2023 PMPA Individual Trophy Competition Results

The overall winner of the PMPA Trophy for 2023 is:

Ita Newell

The runners up are as follows;

2^nd     John Hickey

3^rd      Betty Hardiman

4^th      Anthony Kerr

5^th      Terry Kavanagh

Results for the first thirty places can be found by clicking the following link;

PMPA Final Results 2023.docx

Dublin South Region Regional Pairs

Qualifiers for the National Pairs Finals April 2023

Templelogue Bridge Centre

Saturday 3^rd December 2022

Please click on link below for details

DSR Regional Pairs 2022.pdf

Regional Teams

Qualifiers for the National Teams Finals

Templelogue Bridge Centre

Saturday 28^th January 2023

Please click on link below for details

2023 Regional Teams.pdf

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of St. Jude’s Bridge Club will take place on

Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 7.00pm (sharp)

Please click on the links below for a copy of the notice and motions and nomination forms

AGM Notice 

AGM Motions Form 

AGM Nominations Form

The PMPA Trophy

The PMPA Trophy is an individual competition and is scheduled to be played on 5 April.

In the past, this competition has been played on one night and involved individuals circulating to play with many partners.

The Committee has decided to introduce a new format for the competition this year and to play it over two nights, 5 and 12 April.  However, members will not have multiple partners. Instead, to be eligible to win the PMPA trophy a member must play with a different partner on each of those nights. Apart from this, the competition will be our normal Wednesday competition.

Details are:

• It is not a pre-entry Competition.
• The usual competitions will take place and visitors are welcome.
• Table money is €5 per night.
• The usual prize money applies each night.
• To be eligible to win the PMPA trophy, a player:
  • must be a member of St Jude’s Bridge Club.
  • must play on both 5th April and 12th April but with a different partner on each of these nights.

To determine the overall winner, an average of the percentage obtained on 5 and 12 April will apply.

Bankers, Tralee and Malahide Bridge Congresses

Please click on links below for details

Bankers Congress 17-19 Feb 2023.pdf

Tralee International Bridge Congress 24-26 Feb 2023 Brochure.pdf

MALAHIDE CONGRESS 3-5 March 2023 .pdf

St. Jude’s Annual General Meeting and Special General Meeting, 25 May 2022

Please click on links below for details and forms

Bridge St Judes AGM and SGM Notice 2022.docx

Bridge St Judes AGM Nominations.docx

Bridge St Judes AGM 2022 Motion form.docx

To all our members 

Club Membership and CBAI Affiliation

All 2020/21 members will have their memberships renewed for 2021/2022

Members’ affiliations to the CBAI will also be paid ensuring eligibility to play in all competitions organised by the Club and the CBAI

St. Judes President 2022 - 2023

Kevin Lahart

New CBAI Play & Discuss Competitions

Please click on links below for details

Monday Mornings Intermediate A – Commencing May 9th – 9.30am to 12.30pm
Tuesday Mornings - Open – commencing May 10th– 9.30am to 12.30pm
 Friday Mornings - Intermediate B – commencing May 13th– 9.30am to 12.30pm

Click below for details of other online lessons offered by Grand master Bridge 

Online Lessons (grandmasterbridge.com)

Online bridge ending on May 18th

Now that St Jude’s Bridge Club is back playing bridge in the Centre, the Committee has decided that the Club should cease operating on BBO.  The final night for which St Jude's will provide bridge on BBO is Wednesday 18 May.  The Club would like to thank all who participated in our online bridge during the COVID crisis.  We would also like to thank our tournament director, Bernard Higgins, for the smooth running of the tournaments each night. 

John Comyn Trophy 2024 Results

Top Section

1st place Sheelagh 0’Dwyer,Doreen Doyle, Bernie Wall, Esther Stewart

2nd place Noreen Flynn, Bernadette McGillion, Niall O’Sullivan, Cyril Mahon

A/B Section

1st place Mary Drake, Mary Kneafsey, Sean Fletcher, Rhona Darcy

2nd place Anne Power, Eleanor Morrissey, Eugene Barrett, Catriona O’Leary

B/N Section

1st place Clare Magee, Katherine Maguire, Marie Hogan, Myra O’Regan

2nd place Eileen Mason, Susan Downes, Tadhg O’Connell, Jim Kelly

Overall winners

Clare Magee, Katherine Maguire, Marie Hogan, Myra O’Regan

A Date for Your Diary!

Upcoming Dublin South Region Teams Competitions

The Carroll Cup & Paul O'Reilly Trophy 

Venue:  Regent Bridge Club

1st November 2024

Please click on links below for details

2024Carroll Cup.doc

2024Paul OReillytrophy.doc

Bridge Classes for Beginners

Templelogue Bridge Centre

Starting end September 2024

Please click on link below for details

Beginner Bridge Classes 2024

The Annual General Meeting of St Jude’s Bridge Club will be held on

Wednesday 22 May 2024 at 7.00pm (sharp)

Notice of Motions for the AGM duly proposed and seconded should be submitted by 12 May 2024

Nominations for the Committee should be submitted by 12 May 2024

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jim Kelly

                                                                                                                                 Hon Secretary

2024 PMPA Individual Trophy Competition Results

The overall winner of the PMPA Trophy for 2023 is:

Helen Redmond

The runners up are as follows;

2^nd     John Hickey

3^rd      Helen Rush

4^th      Sheila O'Dwyer

5^th      Helen Dawson

Full results can be found by clicking the following link;

PMPA Final Results 2024

Congratulations to all who took part in the AIB Trophy, the Inter "A" Trophy, the Club Trophy and the St. Jude's Novice Trophy 2024

All of our prize winners listed below received their awards on the 7th March.

Christmas and Anniversary Party

Saturday, 27 January 2024

Congratulations to all of those who played in the competitions.

The Results were as follows:

Top Section

Winners:                 Maura Curran and Maura Croke

2^nd                          Pat McGillion and Bernadette McGillion

3^rd                           Kevin Lahart and Phil Lahart

4^th                           Noreen Flynn and Trudy Chambers

AB Section North South

Winners:                  Patricia Bonner and Bridget Blake

2nd                          Fran Purcell and Barbara McMonagle

3^rd                           Mary Byrne and Cyril Boyd

4^th                           Lynne Reilly and Doreen Maher

AB Section East West

Winners:                 Pat Marron and Ita Marron

2^nd                          David Muldoon and Catriona Muldoon

3^rd                           Peter Heffernan and Frances Heffernan

4^th                           Marion McGuinness Ligue and Martina Wheatley

Christmas and Anniversary Party

Saturday, 27 January 2024

Location:       Grange Golf Club, D16 X330

Tickets:         available on Wednesdays 3 and 10 January

      in the foyer of the Bridge Centre

Cost:              €45

Bridge at 3 pm followed by dinner (complimentary tea or coffee will be available from 2.15 pm)

The AIB/Club/InterA/St Jude's Trophy competitions are being held over two sessions, on 22 February and 1 March.

Entry sheets were circulated last Wednesday, February 8th, and will be available again this week. 

Anyone who wishes to enter but who has not put their name on the entry sheet can enter by contacting Anne Howard [annehoward1@hotmail.com or phone 0861082157].

Please click on the link below for the rules regarding entry

www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwx/bw.cgi?club=stjudes&pid=display_page1

Galway and Cork Bridge Congresses

Please click on links below for details

53rd Cork Bridge Congress 20-22 Jan 2023.pdf

Galway 84th Annual Bridge Congress 3-5 Feb 2023.pdf

In the interest of the safety of our members a decision has been made by the TCCBC to enhance the air filtration system currently in place. 

Consequently the Centre and St Jude’s Bridge Club will not reopen on the dates previously advised.

Subject to parts arriving on time and being installed in a timely manner, it is anticipated the Centre will be ready to be opened in early November.

The exact date for reopening will be announced closer to the time.

We will update this section of our website as further information becomes available.

Thank you for your patience in the matter and rest assured this is being done in the best interest in all members.

St Jude’s Online Bridge On BBO

Wednesdays from 7.20pm

• To play in St. Jude’s online you must first register with our club.  All newcomers are welcome, and we hope you will have a very enjoyable bridge experience. To register please contact Anne Howard at 086 108 2157 any weekday but no later than 2pm on the day you wish to play with the following details:-

First Name and Surname

BBO Name

Phone number

CBAI and/or NBID number

• Those new to BBO must register with BBO (https://www.bridgebase.com/)  You will be asked to supply a username and you will have to buy BBO dollars. This process is easy to follow on the BBO website.

• Please register for the competition you want to play in between 5.30 and 7pm each Wednesday. To do so, log into BBO, Go to Competitive/All Tournaments and locate the St. Jude’s competitions by entering ‘judes’ or ‘CBAI125585’ in the Search field on the top RHS. Available competitions and start times are as follows:

N/B2                7.20pm

B1/A2             7.25pm

A1/M               7.30pm

If you fail to register or get picked up at start time, please contact our TD Bernard immediately at 089 208 9499 to see if he can fix the problem.    Please be aware that he will only respond to WhatsApp messages or WhatsApp phone calls.  

•  To play, please log back into BBO well before the start time

Payment of Annual TCCBC Subscription

For 1st April 2023 until March 31st, 2024

See instructions by clicking on the following link

www.bridgewebs.com/stjudes/TCCBC Annual Sub

See also TCCBC website:

Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Club, Dublin (bridgewebs.com)

The Fanagan League 2023-2024

This is a great opportunity to play team bridge and to socialise with teams from other clubs

For more information click on link below

letter Fanagan 2023.pdf

Interested in playing for St. Jude's?

  If so, please click on and complete the online form below

www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwx/bw.cgi?club=stjudes&pid=display_page13

St. Jude’s Bridge Club Reopening

Deferral Notice

Monday, November 8, 2021

With the recent alarming increase in the number of COVID cases and NPHET strongly advising against any increase in socialising, the committee has decided to defer the reopening of live bridge for the moment.

The committee has worked along with the TCCBC putting in place what is necessary to reopen.

The committee will keep the matter under review and hopefully this delay will be short.

Members have been informed of this decision by email.  Some members may have changed email address recently and as a result did not receive this email.   If this is the case, please advise the secretary at stjudes@bridgewebsemail.com of your new email address.

Congratulations to all who took part in the President’s Prize 2024

All of our prize winners received their awards on the 15th of May. 

The Annual General Meeting of the CBAI will take place in the

Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick,

on Saturday 1 July, at 2 p.m.

The list of nominations for the various officer and honorary positions within the CBAI and the one resolution to be put to the AGM are on the CBAI website - https://www.cbai.ie/cbai-agm-saturday-1-july/

The Annual General Meeting of Dublin South Region CBAI will be held on:

Friday 26th May 2023 at 8:00 PM

at:

The Annex, Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Centre

All members of St. Jude’s Bridge Club are entitled to attend at and speak at the AGM.

The Notice for the AGM can be found by clicking the following link;

Notice of Dublin South Region CBAI Annual General Meeting 2023

The agenda for the AGM can be found by clicking the following link

Dublin South Region CBAI AGM Agenda

Payment of Annual TCCBC Subscription

For 1st April 2022 until March 31^st, 2023

New SmartClub System for payment

See instructions by clicking on the following link

www.bridgewebs.com/stjudes/SmartClub%20Instructions.pdf

See  also TCCBC website:

Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Club, Dublin (bridgewebs.com)

It is proposed that St Jude’s Bridge Club will reopen in the Templeogue Bridge Centre on Wednesday 27 October 2021. 

To be eligible to play a person must be both a member of St Jude’s Bridge Club and of the Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Centre.

In addition persons attending will be required to show they are fully vaccinated against COVID or have equivalent immunity. 

Protocols surrounding the reopening will issue closer to the time.

The CBAI have informed us that master points may continue to be awarded from the 1st of June 2022

Master points will be awarded by St. Judes over the summer with the season going from

beginning of June 2022 to the end of May 2023

Dun Laoghaire Bridge Club is returning to live bridge for two annual open events and welcome new and returning players there. The events are:

Sunday 15th May Muldoon Cup Open Pairs

Sunday 29th May O’Kennedy Cup Open Teams

Both events start at 1:30pm for two sessions. Entry fee for each event is €20 per player.

Entries please to finola.bridge@gmail.com or Text/WhatsApp 353872414929

Click on  Dun Laoghaire Bridge Club, Dun Laoghaire , CO DUBLIN, IRELAND (bridgewebs.com) for Covid protocol information

Dear Members.

I wish to inform you that I will be stepping down as President of St Jude’s Bridge Club. Our VIce President Tadhg O’Connell will take over this role from Wednesday, 26th May 2021.
Due to Covid, I have served a two-year stint rather than the usual duration of one-year.  It certainly was ‘The best of times and the worst of times’ My first 10 months as President was so enjoyable. Our Wednesday nights ran like clock-work, thanks to our incredibly organised and hard working committee.

Along with the many competitions, we enjoyed a great Christmas party and a wonderful bridge week-end away in Kilkenny.
Then Covid struck and bridge and life as we knew it came to an end. A new acronym entered our vocabulary...BBO... We began immersing ourselves very cautiously into this new method of playing bridge. We were all novices! Eventually, with many trials and tribulations, we got the hang of it!
Nothing can match our physical club but St Jude’s has also a very successful BBO presence.

I feel a sense of pride that our online numbers have swelled to 348 members to date, and with on average, 210 playing every Wednesday, it has gone from strength to strength. For those members who do not play online, we are looking forward to meeting you again in our club, whenever we get the green light!
Our club is one of the largest Bridge clubs in Ireland with 360 members to date, and a continuous flow of requests to register.
We look forward to welcoming you formally and physically when we eventually get back together again.

We are saying farewell to four of our committee members. Our Honorary Secretary Dympna Smyth, our Ex Officio and Partner-Coordinator Frances Heffernan, our Refreshments Manager Joan Daly and our Website Manager Peter Heffernan.

Along with their specific roles, they have helped in so many other areas and worked tirelessly for the smooth running and enjoyment of our club.
The remainder of the committee will stay and continue in their roles and will as always display the utmost dedication and commitment to our members: Anne Howard, Marie Lyons, Margaret Keavey, Kevin Lahart, Marie Kennedy, Patricia Bonner, Aileen Redmond and Connie Keogh.

We warmly welcome a new committee member, Jim Kelly, who will take on the role of Honorary Secretary.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support of our club. Thank you too for the steadfast support you have shown me and our committee.
It has been a privilege and pleasure to serve as President of St Jude’s.

Sláinte agus sonas agus gach dea-ghuí daoibh go léir.

Best regards,
Marian Mc Guinness Logue.

Resumption of bridge in the Bridge Centre

St Jude’s Bridge Club has resumed live Bridge in the Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Centre on Wednesday nights.

Safety issues

For the safety of members:

• the Committee requests that members should not come to the Bridge Centre unless they have been fully vaccinated against Covid (or have recently recovered from Covid);
• Members must not attend if they have any Covid symptoms:
• In line with Government guidelines, face masks are not mandatory, although members are free to wear them if they wish;
• Members are asked not to congregate in order to maintain social distance;
• The fee to play bridge will be €5.  The exact amount is required, 2 and 1 euro coins are acceptable

All players should be in place at 7.15pm

♠ ♥ To all our members ♦ ♣ 

Those on the membership list for 2019/2020 will have their memberships renewed for 2020/2021.

Their Affiliation to the CBAI will be paid and they are eligible to play in all competitions organised by the Club and the CBAI.

If anyone wants their masterpoints record,

they are now available from Kevin Lahart (Masterpoints Secretary).

Kevin has the masterpoints only for those who nominated St. Jude's as their Home Club.

COVID 19 CORONAVIRUS PRECAUTIONS

UPDATE 31^ST MARCH

Congratulations to all who took part in the AIB, Inter "A", Club Trophy, & ST. Jude's Trophy 2019

All of our prize winners listed below will receive their awards on the 20^th March.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!

CBAI Novice & Intermediate Congress,
14-16 February
Roganstown Hotel & Country Club in Swords

Schedule
Friday 14 February: Mixed Pairs* and Gala Pairs
Saturday 15 February: Intermediate A Pairs*, Intermediate B Pairs*
Sunday 16 February: Intermediate & Novice Teams*
(* for the Jim Fitzgerald, New Ireland, Kervick, Waterford Crystal, and JJ Kiely Trophies respectively) 

Entry
You'll need to pre-enter using CBAI online system - http://competitions.cbai.ie/
For more details, please contact CBAI  in the office on (01) 4929666.
 

New Procedure for Members who need a partner

Please be at the Club no later than 7.00pm and contact Marian or a member of the committee on arrival.  You will be shown a table to sit at until you have been allocated a partner. 

Please do not ring or text Marian if you require a partner, please follow the above procedure.

While awaiting allocation of a partner you are not permitted to hold a place in any section unless authorised by Marian or Anne Howard.

It is important for Members to be seated by 7.15 pm to facilitate the set up of competitions.

Visitors are welcome on Non-major competition Nights

Visitors who are not Members of Templeogue Castle Community Bridge Centre (TCCBC) can play at the Bridge Centre on 4 nights in any given year. This includes all Clubs of the Centre.