☘️ An ONLINE Bridge Club for Novice & Intermediate Players ☘️ Ireland's 1st Virtual Bridge Lounge - OPEN to all players ☘️
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100% of past students that responded to a survey said they would recommend 'Declan Byrne' to anyone looking to learn the game of bridge!
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| National Team Championships 2024 |
Congratulations to DB Bridge Members & Team Mates
Intermediate 'A' Winners
Paul Dunne, Dara Voyles, Nicola O'Dowd & Maria Rusu
Intermediate 'B' 3rd place
Tony Faherty, Carmel Walsh, Triona & Frannie Byrne
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| DB BRIDGE WINNERS |
| Irish Bridge Union (IBU) Inter-County Intermediate Teams Championships |
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1st place:
Dara Voyles, Nicola O'Dowd, Peter O'Meara - IBU President, Linda Walsh & Sandra Peden
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| Regent Annual Beginner & Novice Pairs |
1st
Sandra Gilmartin & Mary Herlihy with Teresa Murphy (Regent Academy Committee) |
2nd - Virginia Pye (absent) & Maurice Quinn with Jan O'Connor & Teresa Murphy (Regent Academy Committee) |
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Malahide Congress Novice pairs
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2nd Friday
Virginia Pye & Maurice Quinn with Gordon Lessells - CBAI President & Donat O'Brien - Congress President |
2nd Saturday
Virginia Pye & Maurice Quinn with Gordon Lessells - CBAI President & Donat O'Brien - Congress President
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JJ Kiely Trophy
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2nd - Ena Souhan, Nicola O'Dowd, Gordon Lessells - CBAI President, Niamh Feeney & Joanne Macken |
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Laird Cup - National Inter A Pairs
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2nd - Paul Dunne & Dara Voyles with Gordon Lessells - CBAI President |
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Mid-Leinster Regional Teams Qualifier for National Teams
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Owen Cummins - President, Mid Leinster Region CBAI
1st - Dara Voyles, Nicola O'Dowd, Paul Dunne & Maria Rusu. |
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| LEARN BRIDGE ONLINE with Declan Byrne |
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All classes take place ONLINE
♦ Morning & Afternoon Only♦
Next Courses Commence
12th February 2024
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Beginners Term 2 (The Next Step)
Monday 10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitable for players that know the basics and those looking for a REFRESHER course.
Aimed at players that have an understanding of the mechanics of the game and basic knowledge of 1NT Opening & Responses. Term 2 continues on from Term 1 with more Suit Openings; Partner Responses; Opener & Responder Rebids; Opening with Strong hands & Weak Hands and card play techniques.
Improver (Level 1) Go further with better bidding
Monday 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Suitable for progressive novice and intermediate players that want to look beyond opening and responding bids and progress to better contracts with confidence.
A short revision of basic bidding followed by Reverse bidding, Slam bidding, Tournament Play, Card Play & more.
Improver (Level 2) Advanced
Tuesday 10:30am - 12:30pm
Suitable for experienced novice and intermediate players that want to learn about leads, signals & defence.
Also included are popular bidding conventions and methods (Weak 2's, Negative Doubles, Losing Trick Count, Cue Bids).
Beginners Term 1 - Please email Declan directly for details.
Suitable for complete beginners with no prior knowledge of bridge.
Introduction to the game of bridge; Introduction to the ACOL bidding system. Introduction to Club Bridge & Online Bridge; Mini-Bridge, Bridge Scoring; Beginners Bidding & Play; Bridge Hand Evaluation; Opening Bids; Partner's Responses, Basic Card Play and More.
Course = 10 weeks | 2 hour lessons | €150 per person
All classes are organised ONLINE using a combination of ZOOM & RealBridge
For further information contact:
Declan Byrne, email: learnbridgeonline@gmail.com
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| Irish Bridge Journal |
Issue 5 - Spring 2024
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| CBAI NEWSLETTER 2023-2024 |
CLICK HERE to read all about it
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| What is RealBridge? |
RealBridge takes online bridge to the next level, with built-in video and sound, bringing the true face-to-face experience online. See and speak to your opponents - just like face-to-face bridge. Read More>>>
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| What is BBO? |
BRIDGE BASE ONLINE (BBO) is an online bridge service and is the world largest online bridge community.
How to set-up a BBO account. Read more>>>
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Zoom is a video conferencing service used to virtually meet with others - either by video or audio-only or both, all while conducting live chat. You must have zoom downloaded and set-up on your computer in order to attend these classes.
Download from Zoom website here
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