Bankers President Ronan McMaugh

Committee President Ronan McMaugh Hon Secretary Collette Allen Hon Treasurer Angela O’Neill Vice President Mike Gowie Helen Friel Sheila Kelly Marie Morrissey Rachel Connellan BJ O Brien Philip Robinson Mick Lynch

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Tuesday 26th. October Limited Reopening

On that night we will run a small teams competition in conjunction
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Upgraded members
Congrats to the following members have been upgraded this year
Life Master
Brid Kemple
Marcin Rudzinski

National Master
Sheila Kelly
Kate Daultry
Peeter Brehov
Liam Maher

Regional Master
Pat Egan
Sonya Hillis
Maire O’ Connor
John Reilly
Suzanne Hill

Area Master
Sharon Mc Dermott
Michael Mc Inerney
Marie Morrissey
Hilery Murphy
Clare O’ Donoghue
Breda Scanlan
Mary Seaver
Anne Marie Feeney
John Flavin
FionnulaLynch
SeanMaguire
Edward Spain

Diary Date
19th Oct Rose Gibson pairs

Tuesday 26th. October Limited Reopening. It's coming home !!!

Bankers 2021/22 Calendar

Tuesday 12th Oct

Rose Gibson Pairs

The Rose Gibson pairs this week has a super entry of forty seven pairs
Some serious scoring from our leaders Conor and Mick with a superb 65% session
But we all know it's a long way to the finish line yet ,
so there is hope for us all
Roll on next week !!!

The Leaders :-
Conor Moore & Michael Lynch from
Martin Brady & David Dunne second
Rachel Connellan & Niamh Harty and
Peter Stewart & Joe Walsh joint third
Kate Daultrey & Peeter Brehhovfifth



Leading Pair:-
Mick Lynch & Conor Moore

Results

Tuesday 5th October

Bankers game I.M.P's

North South
Michael Gowie & Philip Robinson from
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane second
Conor Moore & Michael Lynch third

East West

Giles Murnin & David Connolly from
Michael McAuliffe & Ita Fahy second
Adrienne Purdy & Marie James third

Results

Thursday 30th September

Bankers game

North South
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane from
Giles & Carmel Murnin second
Frances A Kelly & Deirdre Leopold third

East West

Michael McInerney & Sheila Horkan from
Pascale & Frances Ronan second
Ita Fahy & Paul Hanratty third

Results

Tuesday 28th September

Monthly Teams

The Winners :-

Fionnuala McInerney, BJ O'Brien, Ronan McMaugh & Marcin Rudzinski from
Breda Scanlan, John Reilly, Michael McInerney & Denis Mortell second
Fergus O'Rafferty, Erika Nasickyte, David Connolly & Giles Murninthird
Evgenia Gladysheva, Helen Friel, Joe Walsh & Philip Robinson fourth


Results

Thursday 23rd September

Bankers game

Adrienne Purdy & Marie James

Ronan McMaugh & Ita Fahy

Keith MacDonald & Michael McInerney

Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca

 Results

Tuesday 21st September

Mixed Pairs
Week two of the Mixed Pairs competition saw Anna Onishuk & Karel De Raeymaeker
find their way to the top of the leader board as they have done before, in many club and
National competitions in the past.
A very well run and enjoyable competition, well done to all

Final Result

1	Anna Onishuk & Karel De Raeymaeker	61.18
2	Aidan Hodgers & Mairead Ni Oistin	59.77
3	Breda Synnott & Kevin O'Dea	58.00
4	Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O'Donovan	57.61
5	Sharon McDermott & David Connolly	56.04

First Session
Fionnuala & Michael McInerney
Second Session
Grainne Dunne & Martin Brady
Area Master
Peter Ryan & Liz Jennings

Winning Pair:-
Karel De Raeymaeker & Anna Onishuk

 Results

Thursday 16th September

Bankers game

North South
Peter Stewart & Joe Walsh from
Grainne Dunne & Mary Lindopp second
Conor Moore & Maria Whelan third

East West

Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca from
Paula Heaphy & Maire O'Connor second
Noel Minogue & Bettina Stefanini third

Results

Tuesday 14th September

Mixed Pairs
The Mixed Pairs competition has a superb entry of 43 pairs
with many interesting hands to test all levels
Some excellent scoring on the night, but no run away leader,
so still plenty of time for all to claim victory
Special thanks to our tournament director for another excellent job

Leading Pairs

1	Breda Synnott & Kevin O'Dea	66.35
2 Anna Onishuk & Karel De Raeymaeker	65.45
3 Fionnuala & Michael McInerney	63.54
4 Aidan Hodgers & Mairead Ni Oistin	60.26
5 Anne Keating & Dermot O'Brien	59.10

 Results

Thursday 9th September

Bankers game

North South
Suzanne Hill & Paula Heaphy from
Sean Maguire & Kate Daultrey second
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane third

East West

Joe Walsh & Sheila Horkan from
Ronan McMaugh & Marcin Rudzinski second
Seamas Bradley & Helen Friel third

Results

Tuesday 7th September

Bankers game I.M.P's

North South
Giles Murnin & David Connolly from
Michael McAuliffe & Ita Fahy second
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane third

East West

Kate Daultrey & Peeter Brehhov from
Paula Heaphy & Maire O'Connor second
Mary Flynn & Bernie Rountree third

Results

Friday 3rd September

Golf outing
The Bankers held their annual golf outing this year in Newlands golf club
Really wonderful to meet up with everyone again and very enjoyable day was had by all.
Twenty two players joined us this year.
Ronan Nolan was again the man to beat, holding on to his title for another year
Looking forward to when we will see each other again over the green baize of the card table

Overall winner Ronan Nolan from
Frank Kennedy second
Gerry Lawlor third
Winning team Thomas MacCormac & Giles Murnin


Overall winner :-
Ronan Nolan with our President Ronan McMaugh


2nd Place :-
Frank Kennedy with our President Ronan McMaugh

Thursday 2nd September

Bankers game

North South
Donal Dunne & Joe Walsh from
Fiona O'Gorman & Sue Power second
DonalMacAonghusa & Peter Pigot third

East West

Ita Fahy & Mary Lindopp from
Peter Ryan & Liz Jennings second
Maria Whelan & Conor Moore third

Results

Tuesday 31st Aug

Nolan Memorial Teams

The first major of the season the Nolan Memorial teams was another very well run competition
Very well done to all involved
The bookies favorites did not disappoint here, very well done to all our winners
and all who helped to make it a very enjoyable event.

The Winners :-

1	Thomas MacCormac, Wojciech Gorczyca,Giles Murnin and David Connolly	176.25
2	Paul and Maeve Delaney, Rick and Geraldine Crowe	170.30
3	Ronan Mc Maugh,  BJ O' Brien, Colette O'Callaghan and Breda Scanlan	167.59
4	Paul and Ann Hanratty, Sue Power and Anthony Moloney	163.09

 Results

Thursday 26th August

Bankers game

North South
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane from
Alan O'Sullivan & BJ O'Brien second
Gerry Kelly & Ita Fahy third

East West

Grainne Dunne & Deirdre Reid from
Fionnuala O'Hanlon & Mairead Ni Oistin second
Noel Minogue & Carol Hawkins third

Results

Tuesday 24th Aug

Nolan Memorial Teams
The first major competition of the season the Nolan Memorial Teams
this year has entry of eighteen teams
The lead at the top is very close with less than one victory point separating the top two sides
All to play for next week
Very well done to all who are organising and making it possible for us to
continue to enjoy our game.

The Leaders :-
Paul Delaney, Maeve Delaney, Rick Crowe, Geraldine Crowe from
Ann Hanratty, Paul Hanratty, Anthony Moloney, Sue Power second
 Thomas MacCormac, Wojciech Gorczyca, David Connolly, Giles Murnin third
 Evgenia Gladysheva, Philip Robinson, John Reilly, Seamus Bradley fourth


Full Result

 

Tuesday 6th July

A.G.M.

It's difficult to believe a year has passed and we have another Zoom A.G.M.
Our President Ronan McMaugh thanked all his outgoing committee, sub committees and the many people
who helped him during the past year.
Special thanks his fellow offices Hon Secretary Niamh Harty who is stepping down, after
a superb term in office during the past three years and
Hon Treasurer Angela O’Neill who has done an excellent job managing our finances over the past
year and has agreed to continue in office
Past President Deirdre Reid is retiring having served the club very well for many years
The current Covid crisis continues to severely hamper the bridge community with no date
yet in sight for a return to over the table play.

Committee
President Ronan McMaugh
Hon Secretary Collette Allen
Hon Treasurer Angela O’Neill
Vice President Mike Gowie

Helen Friel
Marie Morrissey
Rachel Connellan
BJ O Brien
Philip Robinson
Sheila Kelly
Mick Lynch

Tuesday 1st June

Our Presidents prize concluded after five nights excellent bridge, many thanks to all who supported
our President's event.
A number of people playing in this competition for the very first time.

Very well done to :-
Overall winner :-
Paul Delaney
Runner up :-
Maeve Delaney
3rd place :-
Marie James
Regional Master :-
Sean Moynihan
Area Master :-
Pat Egan
Intermediate :-
Sean Maguire
Best Lady :-
Helen Friel
Best Man :-
Michael McAuliffe



Presidents Prize
Overall winners :-


Overall winner :-
Paul Delaney

2nd Place :- Maeve Delaney	Regional Master:- Sean Moynihan

Area Master :- Pat Egan	Best Lady :- Helen Friel

Sunday 2nd May

Bankers Mini Congress
Congress Teams

Thomas MacCormac, Donna Wood, Jade Barrett & Paul D from
Paul Kane, Mary Stanley, Dermot O'Brien & Anne Keating second
Jeroen Lodewijks, Norbert van Woerkom, Justin Corfield & Mairead Haugh third
John Flavin, Edward Spain, Deirdre Leopold & Elizabeth Meagher fourth

Full Results

Intermediate Teams

Margaret McConville, Maureen Nolan, Bernadette Murray, Blanaid Nally & Viv Cosgrave from
Rachel Connellan, Fionnuala Lynch, Maeve Flanagan & Mary Seaver second
Fiona McGoldrick, Mary Kane, Léan McMahon & Jim Manning third
Breda O'Mahony, Liz Sherlock, Donal O'Keeffe & Aindrias O'Caoimh fourth

Full Results

Saturday 1st May

Bankers Mini Congress
Congress Pairs

Paul Kane & Mary Stanley from
Thomas MacCormac & Stephen Barr second
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly third
Michelle Moloney & Enda Glynn fourth

Results

Intermediate Pairs

Vincent Hannon & John Lysaght from
Brendan Rushe & Aindrias O'Caoimh second
Max & Marjorie McNeill third
Noel Murphy & Catherine Carabine fourth

Results

 

Tuesday 23rd March

Joe MacHale Memorial
Mixed teams

An exciting end to this years Joe MacHale tournament with the lead changing
during the final session, and the winners coming from behind in the last round to take the title.
Very well done to :-
Sean Maguire, Betty Cody, Ann Marie Heavey & Claudiu Dima who are
this years champions.

Winning Teams are :-

Pos	Team	Pts
1 Sean Maguire, Betty Cody, Claudiu Dima, Ann Marie Heavey	110.30
2 Aoife MacHale, Peter Goodman, Brid Kemple & Terry Walsh	110.20
3 Mary Lindopp, Michael McAuliffe, Liam Maher & Ita Fahy	99.03
4 Michael McInerney, Rosalind O'Brien, Pat Egan & Catherine Egan	97.84

Result

Tuesday 16th March

Joe MacHale Memorial
Mixed teams

Its difficult to believe this is our second virtual Joe MacHale Memorial mixed teams which this year
has a super entry of twenty eight teams.
the competition is running as a swiss movement.

Leading Teams are :-

Pos	Team	Pts
1 Aoife MacHale, Peter Goodman, Brid Kemple & Terry Walsh	65.26
2 Wojciech Gorczyca, Eileen O'Donovan, Maria Whelan & Conor Moore	60.89
3 Mary Lindopp, Michael McAuliffe, Liam Maher & Ita Fahy	57.86
4 Sean Maguire, Betty Cody, Claudiu Dima, Ann Marie Heavey	52.30

Result

Tuesday 16th February

Bankers charity night

This week we held our annual charity night, which this year was in aid of the
Capuchin day centre and the wonderful work Brother Kevin and his team do every day
to feed the homeless in our city
For more information about the Capuchin centre and to donate check out
https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie

Winners
Joop Mevius & Willem Mevius from
Ronan McMaugh & Marcin Rudzinski second
Conor Moore & Michael Lynch third
Eileen O Donovan & Maria Whelan fourth
Michael McAuliffe & Liam Maher fifth
Joseph Dolan & John McCurdy sixth


Brother Kevin

Results

Tuesday 19th January

Ladies and Mens Pairs
The final week of the Ladies and Men's pairs.
There were no big surprises this year with both leaders in each event
holding their lead to win.
Very well done to Mareeda Tracey & Kay Russell who win their first major in the club
by winning this years Ladies pairs competition

The men's pairs, Martin and Paul closed out the event in style
by winning the second session thereby ensuring their would be no nasty surprises
Thanks to all who supported both events and made them very enjoyable competitions

The Winners Ladies Pairs :-

Pos	Name	Match Points	Percentage
1 Mareeda Tracey & Kay Russell 840.50	57.73
2 Mary Stanley & Ann Fitzgerald 828.75	56.92
3 Rita O'Neill & Grainne Dunne 817	56.11
4 Brid Kemple & Paula Heaphy 815	55.98

Winners:-
Mareeda Tracey & Kay Russell

The Winners Men's Pairs :-

Pos	Name	Match Points	Percentage
1 Paul Delaney & Martin Brady 793.33	66.11
2 Ronan McMaugh & BJ O'Brien 734.75	61.23
3 Terry Walsh & Peter Goodman 701	58.42
4	Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca	676.40	57.37

Winners:-
Paul Delaney & Martin Brady

Results

 

Tuesday 12th January

Ladies and Mens Pairs
This week we have the Ladies and Men's pairs.
Thanks to technology another excellent run competitions with many fine hands
to keep us all alert.
In the Ladies Pairs where there is an excellent entry of thirty pairs it is
all very close at the top, with only a small margin between the top pairs,
with plenty of time for the chasing pack to pounce.

The men's pairs has a very good entry of twenty six pairs
Leading with a super score of almost 66% is Paul Delaney and Marin Brady,
so a lot of work for the rest of us to catch up.
However its only half time !!!!!

The Leaders Ladies Pairs :-

Pos	Name	Match Points	Percentage
1 Mareeda Tracey & Kay Russell 440	60.44
= 2 Brid Kemple & Paula Heaphy 436	59.89
= 2 Marie Slattery & Ruth O Dea 436	59.89
4 Mary Stanley & Ann Fitzgerald 426	58.52

The Leaders Men's Pairs :-

Pos	Name	Match Points	Percentage
1 Paul Delaney & Martin Brady 411.33	65.92
2 Terry Walsh & Peter Goodman 381	61.06
3 Ronan McMaugh & BJ O'Brien 379.75	60.86
4 Willem Mevius & Jeroen Lodewijks 370,08	59.31

Results

Tuesday 17th November

Noreen O Connor Teams
This week we had the second half of the Noreen O Connor teams.
Some very distributional hands and two thin slams in the last set to make for an
exciting finish and a lot of changes to our leaderboard with our overall
winner not in the top five last week.

Very well done to : -
Conor Moore, Michael Lynch, Frances Kelly & Alfie Sexton who are this years winners
Many thanks to our Tournament director Bernard Higgins for another well run competition

The Winners :-
Conor Moore, Michael Lynch, Frances Kelly & Alfie Sexton from
Paul Delaney, Martin Brady, Kate Daultrey & Maeve Delaney second
Thomas MacCormac, Ronan McMaugh, BJ O’Brien, Siobhán Part third
Billy Ronan, Tom Gilligan, Pat Cassidy & Fran Ronan fourth
Sheila Horkan, Donal Dunne, Ann Marie Heavey & Betty Cody fifth


Area Master :-

Suzanne Hill, Maire O'Connor, Denis Mortell & Paula Heaphy

2nd Session :-
Paul Hanratty, Ann Hanratty, Grainne Dunne & Gerry Kelly

Full Result

Tuesday 20th Oct

Rose Gibson Pairs

The second session of the Rose Gibson saw our President Ronan McMaugh and
his partner Thomas MacCormac charge through the field, to win the second
session, however there was no stopping our leaders Martin Brady and Paul Delaney
who had an excellent 2nd place session finish to win this years competition

The Winners :-
Martin Brady & Paul Delaney from
Conor Moore & Michael Lynch second
BJ O'Brien & Siobhan Part third
Edward Spain & John Flavin fourth
Anne Keating & Dermot O Brien fifth

First Session Ann Marie Heavey & Betty Cody
Second Session Ronan McMaugh & Thomas MacCormac
Area Master Evgenia Gladysheva and Helen Friel



Winning Pair:-
Paul Delaney & Martin Brady

 

Tuesday 13th Oct

Rose Gibson Pairs

The Rose Gibson pairs this year has a super entry of 53 pairs.
Some excellent scoring with the top two pairs scoring over 66%
Very well done again to our Tournament Director who makes the magic happen
on our screens in a fast and efficient manner

The Leaders :-

Martin Brady & Paul Delaney 867.20
Conor Moore & Michael Lynch 793.24
Anne Keating & Dermot O'Brien 775.88
Ann Marie Heavey & Betty Cody 763.32
Evgenia Gladysheva & Helen Friel 760.20

Results