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November Winners

Overall Winner :- Ita Fahy	Area Master Winner :- Maurice O Leary

Our closest ever finish this month with only a half point between the top two places
Well done to John Kelly and Michael O Brien

This competition is presented to the most successful player during the month. Points are awarded to all members
who play on Tuesday and Thursday night and the player with the most points at the end of the month win €50

Fuerteventura 2014
A number of our players had a wonderful bridge holiday this year in Fuerteventura
to join in next years fun

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Thursday 5th Dec

Christmas Party

The Christmas party this year was a great success well done to all who organised and
attended it. We had fourteen and a half tables for fun bridge, wonderfully directed by
our MC Gerry Kelly. Everyone entered into the christmas spirit and an excellent night ensued

Winners North/South

Sean Moynihan & Kay Russell from
Rita Delaney & Donal Dunne second
Fionnuala O Hanlon & Justin Mulhall third

Winners East/West

Helen Carroll & Kieran Crowley from
Dave Mulhall & Liam Maher second
Ann Keating & Dave Ryan third

Winners North South :- Sean Moynihan Kay Russell	Winners North South :- Helen Carroll Kieran Crowley

Full Result

Tuesday 3rd Dec

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Helen Carroll & Mary Stanley from
Sheila Horkan & Grainne Dunne second
Pat Egan & Ita Fahy third

Winners East/West

Karel DeRaeymaker & Aisling Considine from
Sean Moynihan & Donal Dunne second
Bettina Stefanini & Noel Minogue third

Full Result

Noreen O Connor Teams

This week we had the final of the Noreen O Connor teams, no nerves from our leaders
who simply blitzed the field to win by a massive 38 Victory Points
Performance of the night must go to Gerry Lawlor's team who had a huge session to come
from last to third place.
As usual smooth running by Tournament director John Royds led to a very enjoyable event.

The Winners :-
Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Ita Fahy Liam Maher from
Helen Carroll Mary Lindopp John Kelly Noel Minogue second
Gerry Lawlor Maura Lawlor Sheila Kelly David Dunne third

Second Session
Martin Brady Mary Stanley Joe Walsh Peter Stewart

Area Master
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch Mairead Ni Oistin & John Cantwell


Winning Team:-
Christy Tierney Deirdre Reid Hilary Moran (President) Ita Fahy Liam Maher

2nd Place :- Mary Lindopp Helen Carroll Noel Minogue John Kelly	3rd Place :- Gerry Lawlor Maura Lawlor Sheila Kelly David Dunne

Final Results

2nd Session Results +Score Sheets

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Michael McAuliffe &Ann Keating from
Mairead Ni Oistin & Helen Carroll second
Ann O Hanlan & Sheila Flanagan third

Winners East/West

Kieran McGarry & Billy Ronan from
Bettina Stefanini & Joe Walsh second
John G Kennedy & Kay Murphy third

Full Result

Thursday 21st November

Noreen O Connor Teams

This week we had the first week of the Noreen O Connor teams,
An excellent entry of fifteen teams were in action well done to all involved
Some excellent hands and smooth running by Tournament director John Royds led to a very enjoyable event

The Leaders :-
Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Ita Fahy Liam Maher from
Helen Carroll Mary Lindopp John Kelly Noel Minogue second
Gilda Pender, Michael McAuliffe, Wojciech Gorcycza Slawomir Lubanski third

Leading Team:-
Ita Fahy Liam Maher Deirdre Reid Christy Tierney

Full Results

Tuesday 19th Nov

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Noel Minogue & Patricia Blaney from
Michael O Brien & Dave Berber second
Maurice O Leary & Krzysztof Sekula third

Winners East/West

Mary Lindopp & Helen Carroll from
Joe Dolan & Hilary Moran second
John Kelly & Ita Fahy third

Full Result

Thursday 14th Nov

Thursdays Game

Winners North/South
Slawomir Lubanski & Wojciech Gorczyca from
Mary Lindopp & Helen Carroll second
Maurice O Leary & Donal Dunne third

Winners East/West

Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid from
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch second
Barbara Walsh & Carol Hawkins third

Winners North South :- Slawomir Lubanski & Wojciech Gorczyca	Winners East West:- Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid

Full Result

Tuesday 12th Nov

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Gerry Lawlor & Dave Berber from
Noel Minogue & Ann Fitzgerald second
Betty Murphy & Hilary Moran third

Winners East/West

Peeter Brennov & Michael McAuliffe from
Billy Ronan & Kieran McGarry second
John Kelly & John O Mara third

Full Result

Thursday 7th Nov

Butler IMPS
This week we had the return of the popular Butler IMP scoring competition.
An excellent entry of thirteen and a half tables
Some excellent hands made for a good nights entertainment

Winners North/South
Liam Maher & Paul Hanratty from
Frances Kelly & Ann Fitzgerald second
Tony O Gallagher & Brigid Shearman third

Winners East/West

Gerry Kelly & Ita Fahy from
Joe Walsh & Gerry Lawlor second
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly third

Winners North South :- Paul Hanratty & Liam Maher	Winners East West:- Ita Fahy & Gerry Kelly

Full Result

Tuesday 5th Nov

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Joe Walsh & Hilary Moran from
Barbara Walsh & Maurice O Leary second
Ronan McMaugh & Marcin Rudzinski third

Winners East/West

Krzysztof Sekula & Carol Hawkins from
Ruth O Dea & Kieran McGarry second
Paul Hanratty & Alfie Sexton third

Full Result

Thursday 31st Oct

Monthly Teams
This week we our popular monthly teams run very smoothly by Maurice O Leary
Twelve teams were in action and scoring was very close

The Winners :-
Steve Bearpark,Cathy Bearpark, Marie Slattery & Brendan Curran, from
Wojiech Gorczyca & Slawomir Lubanski Sandra Newell & Mary Stanley
Paul Delaney Sean O Lubaigh Michael McAuliffe & Ronan McMaugh joint second



Winning Team:-
Marie Slattery, Steve Bearpark, Cathy Bearpark, Brendan Curran,

Full Result

Tuesday 29th Oct

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Conor Moore & Mick Lynch from
Hilary Moran & Pat Blaney second
Bettina Stefanini & Joe Walsh third

Winners East/West

Kieran Crowley & Antony Maloney from
Maura Lawlor & Niamh Gormally second
Helen Carroll & Mary Lindopp third

Full Result

Thursday 24th Oct

Thursdays Game

Winners North/South
Ursula Devine & Michael Smyth and
Brigid Shearman &Tony O Gallagher Joint first
Carol Hawkins & Barbara Walsh third

Winners East/West

Wojiech Gorczyca & Slawomir Lubanski from
Maurice O Leary & Donal Dunne second
Sandra Newell & Ann Hannratty third

Full Result

Tuesday 22nd Oct

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

John G Kennedy & John Fagan from
Michael O Brien & Dave Berber second
Donal Dunne & Joe Walsh third

Winners East/West

Maura Lawlor & Gerry Lawlor from
Maurice O Leary & Ruth O Dea second
Bettina Stefanini & Sheila Horkan third

Full Result

Thursday 17th Oct

Rose Gibson Pairs

Sandra Newell & Brid Kemple are the winners of the Rose Gibson trophy this year,
afer a very close and exciting finish They finished joint first with John Kelly and Liam Maher
but won on a split tie
Performance of the night goes to Gerry and Mareeda Tracey who had a 66% second session score
winning the session and Best Area Master prize

The Winners :-
Sandra Newell & Brid Kemple from
John Kelly & Liam Maher second
Martin Brady & Michael McAuliffe third
Kieran McGarry & Rory Egan fourth
First Session Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid
Second Session Gerry Kelly & Patricia Kelly
Area Master Gerry and Mareeda Tracey
Best Inter Conor Moore & Mick Lynch


Winning Pair:-
Brid Kemple & Sandra Newell


2nd Place :-
John Kelly & Liam Maher

Final Results

2nd Session Results +Score Sheets

Tuesday 15th Oct

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Bettina Stefanini & Noel Minogue from
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly second
John Kelly & John O Mara third

Winners East/West

Mary Stanley & Slawomir Lubanski from
Kieran McGarry & Ann Fitzgerald second
Sheila Horkan & Donal Dunne third

Full Result

Thursday 10th Oct

Rose Gibson Pairs

A superb entry of seventeen tablea have entered this years Rose Gibson competition
Very well done to all involved, run smoothly as usual by John Royds.
Some really good hands made for a lively game

The Leaders :-
Sandra Newell & Brid Kemple from
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch second
Martin Brady & Michael McAuliffe third



Leading Pair:-
Sandra Newell & Brid Kemple

Full Result

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Joe Walsh & Donal Dunne from
Dave Berber & Michael O Brien second
Robert Kicior & Krzysztof Sekula third

Winners East/West

Mairead Ni Oistin & Fionnuala O Hanlon from
Peter Stewart & Mary Kelly Rodgers second
Michael McAuliffe & Peeter Brennov third

Full Result

Thursday 3rd Oct

Butler IMPS
This week we had the return of the popular Butler IMP scoring competition.
A super entry of fourteen tables

Winners North/South
John Kelly & Paul Hanratty from
Martin Brady & Stefan Ekman second
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch third

Winners East/West

Joanne Weingold & Jack Weingold from
Daphne Kaye & Maureen Killeavey second
Gerry Kelly & Patricia Kelly third

Winners North South :- Joanne & Jack Weingold	Winners East West:- Paul Hanratty & John Kelly

Full Result

Tuesday 1st Oct

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Ann Hanratty & Helen Carroll from
Betty Murphy & Maurice O Leary second
John Kelly & Ita Fahy third

Winners East/West

Dave Ryan & Paul Hanratty from
Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor second
Merryn Kehoe & Mary Hodkinson third

Full Result

Thursday 26th Sept

Monthly Teams
This week we had the first monthly teams of the season with a suberb entry of fourteen teams
in action some excellent hands made for a lively game with Matchpoints flowing in all directions

The Winners :-
Steve Bearpark, Brendan Curran, Wojiech Gorczyca Eileen O Donovan from
Paul Delaney Marcin Rudzinski Dave Ryan Sean O Lubaigh second
John Kelly, Noel Minogue, Mary Lindopp, Paul Hanratty &
 Frances Kelly, Alfie Sexton, Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid joint third



Winning Team:-
Steve Bearpark, Wojciech Gorczyca, Brendan Curran, Eileen O Donovan

Full Result

Mixed Pairs

The final night of the Mixed Pairs competition saw some remarkable scoring
with four pairs scoring above 60 % and one pair topping 70%

The Winners :-
Sheila Horkan and John Kelly from
Carol Hawkins & Faheem Ahmed second
Mary Lindopp & Dave Mulhall third

First Session
Michael McAuliffe & Sandra Newell
Second Session
Bettina Stefanini & Noel Minogue
Area Master
Maurice O Leary & Barbara Walsh


Winning Pair:-
Sheila Horkan & John Kelly with Bankers President Hilary Moran

2nd Place :- Carol Hawkins Faheem Ahmed	2nd Session :- Bettina Stefanini Noel Minogue

Full Results

2nd Session Result

Thursday 12th Sept

Mixed Pairs

The second major of the new season the Mixed Pairs competition is always an exciting affair with
many tried and tested and some new partnerships vying for the title.

The Leaders :-
Maurice O Leary & Barbara Walsh from
Mary Lindopp & Dave Mulhall second
Michael McAuliffe & Sandra Newell third



Leading Pair:-
Barbara Walsh & Maurice O Leary

Full Result

Nolan Memorial Teams
The first major competition of the season the Nolan Memorial Teams
was an excellent one with the lead changing a number of times during the last session.
Thanks to tournament director John Royds for a very well run event

The Winners :-
 Pat Egan Carol Hawkins , Ita Fahy, Liam Maher from
 Barbara Walsh Sheila Horkan, Rory Egan, Peter Pigot second
Jim Mullally Noel Minogue Paul Hanratty Faheem Ahmed third
2nd Session :-
John Kelly Mary Lindopp Alfie Sexton Michael Smyth



Winning Team:-
Liam Maher Ita Fahy Pat Egan Carol Hawkins with Bankers President Hilary Moran


Full Result

2nd Session Result

Thursday 22nd Aug

Nolan Memorial Teams
The first major competition of the season the Nolan Memorial Teams
Although it's a team-of-4 competition, you enter as a pair, and then a draw is made on the first night
to match the pairs into teams.
Twenty six pairs entered this year and it is still all to play for after the first week with two
teams in joint first place and many more still in contention

The Leaders :-
 Barbara Walsh Sheila Horkan, Rory Egan, Peter Pigot and
Michael McAuliffe Martin Brady, Mairead Ni Oistin, John Cantwell joint first
Patricia Kelly, Colm O Driscoll, Donal Dunne, Maurice O Leary third



Leading Teams:-
Peter Pigot Rory Egan Sheila Horkan Barbara Walsh Martin Brady Michael McAuliffe & Mairead Ni Oistin

Full Result

Thursday 30th May

Presidents Prize
Week Five
The final week of our Presidents prize had
fourteen tables in play run smoothly by Martin Brady
Another excellent week for our leader David Dunne this time finishing second to easily claim this years prize
David also wins this months Grand prix prize
Well done David.

Second overall was Marcin Rudzinski
Third overall Brendan Curran
Best Intermediate Sheila Kelly

The Winners North South :-
Mary Kavanagh & Martin Brady from
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly second
Sheila Horkan & Michael Smyth third


The Winners East West:-
Slawomir Lubanski & Marcin Rudzinski from
Maurice O'Leary & Roisin Troy second
John Kelly & Mary Lindopp third


Overall Winner:-
David Dunne receives his prize from Bankers President Hilary Moran

Thursday 25th April

Joe McHale Memorial
Mixed teams

The final of the Joe McHale Memorial produced a superb result for our winners who had a second session average of over 21 victory points per round.
Very well done to Aoife MacHale & Peter Goodman, Michael McAuliffe & Sandra Newell for a
super session which swept them past everyone.

The Winners :-
Aoife MacHale & Peter Goodman, Michael McAuliffe & Sandra Newell from
Martin Brady & Ita Fahy, Mary Stanley & Peter Stewart  second
Steve Bearpark, Cathy Bearpark, Frances Kelly & Alfie Sexton third.

Second Session
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly ,Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor
Area Master
John O'Mara & Carmel Armstrong, Brideen Downes & Joe Dolan


Winning Team:-
Sandra Newell Michael McAuliffe Aoife McHale & Peter Goodman

2nd Place :- Mary Stanley, Peter Stewart Ita Fahy Martin Brady	2nd Session:- Gerry Lawlor Sheila Kelly David Dunne Maura Lawlor

Full Results

Thursday 24th January

Ladies and Mens Pairs

The final week of the Ladies and Men's pairs proved a very interesting affair
The ladies pairs was very close with only two matchpoints separating the top two pairs.
An excellent result in the Men's pairs for Dave Mulhall & Kieran McGarry who extended
their lead at the top to win the event

The Winners Ladies Pairs :-
Ursula Devine & Mary Stanley from
Ann Hanratty & Helen Carroll second

1st Session Ann Fitzgerald & Frances Kelly
2nd Session Ita Fahy & Mary Lindopp

Area Master Barbara Walsh & Sheila Horkan
Intermediate Prize Pascale Wolfe & Francoise McBrien

The Winners Mens Pairs :-
Dave Mulhall & Kieran McGarry from
Ronan McMaugh Thomas McCormac second

1st Session Noel Minogue & John Kelly
2nd Session Paul Delaney & Dave Ryan
Intermediate Prize Gerry & Malone Gerry Tracey

Winners:-
Dave Mulhall Mary Stanley Ursula Devine Kieran McGarry

2nd Session Result Ladies plus personal records

2nd Session Result Men plus personal records


Full Result

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