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T.D Roster October Tue October 2nd Maurice O’Leary & Blathnaid Trayer Thurs Oct 4th Teresa Gavin Tue October 9th Fergus O Rafferty & Grainne Dunne Thurs Oct 11th Ronan McMaugh Thurs Oct 18th Fiona O GormanTue October 23rd Bernard Higgins Thurs Oct 25th Fergus O Rafferty Tue October 30th Bernard Higgins |
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Bankers Bridge Club and GDPR
Presidents Prize 2018
Next Week
Rose Gibson Pairs
Tuesday Tue 23rd October 2nd Session
N.B.
The club is now semi open on Thursday (member with guest)
Thursday 16th Oct |
Rose Gibson Pairs
This week we had the first session of the Rose Gibson pairs
An excellent entry of forty four pairs taking part.
Scoring is very good with five pairs exceeding 60%
Very well done to Martin Brady & Paul Delaney who lead the field with a whopping 68.56%
The Leaders :-
Martin Brady & Paul Delaney from
Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca second
Paul Kane & Mary Stanley third
B J O'Brien & Siobhán Part fourth
Thursday 11th October |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Ronan McMaugh & Marcin Rudzinski from
Kazimierz Noga & Paul Williams second
John Reilly & Seamus Bradley third
Winners East/West
Sean Moynihan & Kieran Crowley from
Mary Lindopp & Grainne Dunne second
Wojciech Gorczyca & Maciej Katek third
Tuesday 9th October |
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Peter Caplan & Marie James from
Grainne Dunne & Gerry Kelly second
Helen Friel & Jackie McBride third
Winners East/West
Dave Ryan & Gilda Pender from
Marcin Rudzinski & Michael McAuliffe second
Maura Lawlor & Deirdre Reid third
Next two weeks
Rose Gibson Pairs
Tuesday 16th & Tue 23rd October
Enter Here
Thursday 4th October |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Wojciech Gorczyca & David Dunne from
Patricia Blaney & Hilary Moran second
Paul Kane & Mary Stanley third
Winners East/West
Ronan McMaugh & Marcin Rudzinski from
Maire O Connor & Pat Egan second
Frances Gill & Denis Gill third
Tuesday 2nd October |
Tuesday's Game
IMP Pairs
Winners North/South
Evgenia Gladysheva & Joe Walsh from
Liam Maher & Paul Hanratty second
Christy Tierney & Maurice O Leary third
Winners East/West
Giles Murnin & David Connolly from
John Reilly & Michael McInerney second
Martha Mulcahy & Paula Heaphy third
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Winners North/South :- Joe Walsh &Evgenia Gladysheva |
Winners East West :- Giles Murnin & David Connolly |
Thursday 27th September |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Brendan Curran & Ann Fitzgerald from
Deirdre Reid & Maura Lawlor second
Paul Kane & Kate Daultrey third
Winners East/West
Krzysztof Sekula & Christy Tierney from
Evgenia Gladysheva & Joe Walsh second
David Dunne & Martin Brady third
Tuesday 25th Sept |
Mixed Pairs
The final night of the Mixed Pairs competition saw a lot of change on our
leaderboard proving once again the job is only half done after the first session.
Very well done to David Dunne and Sheila Kelly who took the honours.
Special thanks to our tournamenr director Bernard Higgins for another excellent job
The Winners :-
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly from
Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O'Donovan second
Siobhán Part & B J O'Brien third
Mamie & Thomas MacCormac fourth
First Session
Colette Stokes & Ronan Nolan
Second Session
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane
Area Master
Hilary Moran & Joe Dolan
Best Intermediate
Helen Friel & Séamus Bradley
Winning Pair:-
Sheila Kelly & David Dunne with Bankers President Deirdre Reid
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2nd Place :- Eileen O'Donovan & Wojciech Gorczyca |
Area Master :- Hilary Moran & Joe Dolan |
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1st Session :- Ronan Nolan & Colette Stokes |
2nd Session Paul Kane & Mary Stanley |
Thursday 20th September |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch from
Deirdre Reid & Barbara Walsh second
Frances Gill & Denis Gill third
Winners East/West
Niamh Harty & Helen Friel from
Blathnaid Trayer & Maurice O Leary second
Kazimierz Noga & Caroline Crowley third
Tuesday 18th Sept |
Mixed Pairs
The Mixed Pairs competition has an excellent entry of thirty eight pairs.
Some very good cards to test us all.
Many thanks to our tournament director Bernard Higgins for very well run event
The Leaders :-
Thomas MacCormac & Mamie MacCormac from
Colette Stokes & Ronan Nolan second
Sheila Kelly & David Dunne third
Ann Hanratty & Paul Hanratty fourth
Mamie MacCormac & Thomas MacCormac
Thursday 13th September |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Jim McAndrew & Mary Lindopp from
Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor second
Grainne Dunne & Sheila Horkan third
Winners East/West
David Dunne & Martin Brady from
Tomas Roche & Marcin Rudzinski second
Suzanne Hill & Maire O Connor third
Tuesday 11th September |
Tuesday's Game
Section A upstairs
Winners North/South
Mike Gowie & Pat Egan from
Caroline Crowley & Evgenia Gladysheva second
Erica Nasickyte & Kazimierz Noga third
Winners East/West
Paul Delaney & Martin Brady from
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly second
Mary Lindopp & Ita Fahy third
Section B Downstairs
Winners North/South
Grainne Dunne & Ruth O Dea from
Maire O Connor & Paul Hanratty second
Fergus O Rafferty & Joe Walsh third
Winners East/West
Blathnaid Trayer & Maurice O Leary from
Conor Moore & Sharon McDermott second
Donal Dunne & Kay Russell third
Full Result
Thursday 6th September |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Maire O Connor & Paul Hanratty from
John Reilly & Jackie McBride second
Deirdre Reid & Maura Lawlor third
Winners East/West
Sheila Williams & Helen Friel from
Richard Hartheimer & Pat Egan second
Mary Lindopp & Mike Gowie third
Tuesday 4th September |
Tuesday's Game
Section A upstairs
Winners North/South
Sean O Lubaigh & Paul Delaney from
Mary Lindopp & John Kelly second
Paul Kane & Mary Stanley third
Winners East/West
Aisling Considine & Kate Daultrey from
Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid second
Sue Power & Philip Robinison third
Section B Downstairs
Winners North/South
Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor from
David Connolly & Martin Purdy second
Pat Egan & MTeresa Gavin third
Winners East/West
Colette Stokes & Ronan Nolan from
Fionnuala O Hanlon & Kazimierz Noga second
Rosiland O Brien & Michele Purcell third
Full Result
Thursday 30th August |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Kevin O Dea & Breda Synnott from
Fionnuala O Hanlon & Mairead Ni Oistin second
Siobhan Part & Ita Fahy third
Winners East/West
Paul Delaney & Tomas Roche from
Kate Daultrey & Martin Brady second
Gerry Kelly & Sean Moynihan third
Tuesday 28th Aug |
Nolan Memorial Teams
The first major competition of the season the Nolan Memorial Teams
saw a number of changes on our leaderboard proving yet again its only half time after the first session.
However our leaders held firm to claim victory
Many thanks to our Tournament Director Bernard Higgins
The Winners :-
Brendan Curran, Marie Slattery, Betty Murphy,Sheila Howard from
Donal Dunne, Sheila Horkan, Kate Daultrey, Caroline Crowley
Patricia Kelly,
Colm O Driscoll, Pat Egan, Catherine Egan third
2nd Session :-
Mary Lindopp, Marcin Rudzinski, Niamh Harty, Seanmus Bradley
Winning Team:-
Betty Murphy, Marie Slattery, Brendan Curran Sheila Howard with Bankers President Deirdre Reid
2nd Place :-
Donal Dunne, Sheila Horkan, Kate Daultrey, Caroline Crowley
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3rd Place :- Colm O Driscoll, Pat Egan, Catherine Egan (Patricia Kelly) |
2nd Session :- Niamh Harty, Marcin Rudzinski Mary Lindopp (Seamus Bradley) |
Thursday 23rd August |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Paul Delaney & David Dunne from
John Kelly & Liam Maher second
Helen Friel & Paul Kane third
Winners East/West
Marcin Rudzinski & Maciej Katek from
Peter Clifford & Anna Onishuk second
Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O Donovan third
Tuesday 21st Aug |
Nolan Memorial Teams
The first major competition of the season the Nolan Memorial Teams
has a very good entry of nineteen teams
We had the usual excitement with the draw for teammates before play
The field is well spread after the first night, however no need to dispair as we are only halfway
Many thanks to our Tournament Director Bernard Higgins
The Leaders :-
Brendan Curran, Marie Slattery, Betty Murphy,Sheila Howard from
Patricia Kelly, Colm O Driscoll, Pat Egan, Catherine Egan second
Gilda Pender, Ann Fitzgerald, E V Counihan, Krzysztof Sekula third
Leading Team:-
Sheila Howard, Marie Slattery, Betty Murphy (Brendan Curran absent)
Full Result
Thursday 16th August |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Mary Lindopp & John Kelly from
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch second
Kate Daultrey & Dinah McNutt third
Winners East/West
Michael McInerney & Sean Moynihan from
Joe Walsh & Teresa Gavin second
Martin Brady & Sean O Lubaigh third
Tuesday 14th August |
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Mary Lindopp & Siobhan Part from
Kate Daultrey & Joe Walsh second
Mary Stanley & Paul Kane third
Winners East/West
Marie Morrissey & Daphne Morgan
Barbara Walsh & Sheila Horkan second
Teresa Gavin & Mike Gowie third
Thursday 9th August |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Ita Fahy & Mary Stanley from
Sean Moynihan & Grainne Dunne second
Philip Robinson & John Flavin third
Winners East/West
Paul Delaney & Tomas Roche from
Martin Brady & Siobhan Part second
Liam Maher & Paul Hanratty third
Tuesday 7th August |
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Michael McAuliffe & Ita Fahy from
Siobhan Part & BJ O Brien second
Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid third
Winners East/West
Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor from
Karel De Raeymaeker & Aisling Considine second
Michael McInerney & Keith MacDonald third
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Winners North/South :- Michael McAuliffe & Ita Fahy |
Winners East West :- Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor |
Thursday 2nd August |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Sean Moynihan & Tomas Roche from
Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O Donovan second
Barbara Walsh & Deirdre Reid third
Winners East/West
Christy Tierney & John Kelly from
Conor Moore & Mick Lynch second
Carol Hawkins & Hilary Moran third
Tuesday 31st July |
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Ronan McMaugh & Michael McAuliffe from
Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid second
Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O Donovan third
Winners East/West
Karel De Raeymaeker & Aisling Considine from
Caroline Crowley & Kate Daultrey second
Mary Lindopp & Ita Fahy third
Thursday 26th July |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Wojciech Gorczyca & Conor Boland from
Frances Gill & Denis Gill second
Donal Dunne & Betty Coady third
Winners East/West
Tomas Roche & Paul Delaney from
Siobhan Part & BJ O Brien second
Christy Tierney & John Kelly third
Thursday 19th July |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Daphne Morgan & Sheila Hillis from
Christy Tierney & Mike Gowie second
Sheila Kelly & Maura Lawlor third
Winners East/West
Pat Blaney & Kay Russell from
John Reilly & Seamus Bradley second
Marcin Rudzinski & David Dunne third
Tuesday 17th July |
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Karel De Raeymaeker & Aisling Considine from
Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O Donovan second
Betty Coady & Donal Dunne
Winners East/West
Marie Slattery & Brendan Curran from
Mary Lindopp & John Kelly second
Breda Synnott & Kevin O Dea third
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Winners North/South :- Karel De Raeymaeker & Aisling Considine |
Winners East West :- Brendan Curran & Marie Stattery |
Thursday 12th July |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Martin Brady & Sean O Lubaigh from
Mary Lindopp & Dave Ryan second
Kazimierz Noga & Angela O Neill third
Winners East/West
B J O Brien & Siobhan Part from
Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor and
Paul Delaney & Conor Boland joint second
Tuesday 10th July |
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O Donovan from
Niamh Harth & Seamus Bradley second
Jim Mullally & Christy Tierney third
Winners East/West
Paul Delaney & Martin Brady from
Pat Egan & Joe Walsh second
Siobhan Part & Michael McAuliffe third
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Winners North/South :- Wojciech Gorczyca & Eileen O Donovan |
Winners East West :- Martin Brady & Paul Delaney |
Thursdays Game
Winners North/South
Martin Brady & Siobhan Part from
Gilda Pender & Ann Fitzgerald second
Paul Delaney & Tomas Roche third
Winners East/West
Dayvid Dunne & Dave Ryan from
Sheila Horkan & Mary Lindopp second
Paul Kane & Niamh Harty third
A.G.M.
Bankers have a new PresidentGerry Kelly signed off his Presidency with a fine speech where he tanked all of
his outgoing committee, sub committees and the many people who helped him during
his two year term
Special thanks to a number of people stepping down from committee
our secretary Paul Williams, Mary Lindopp, Jackie McBride and Michael McInerney
Our new President Deirdre Reid thanked Gerry for his nomination and for his stewardship of the club for the last two years and promised to work hard with her committee to ensure continued success and enjoyment for all the members
Committee
President Deirdre Reid
Hon Secretary Niamh Harty
Hon Treasurer David Dunne
Fergus O Rafferty
Ronan McMaugh
Angela O Neill
Marie Slattery
Marie Morrissey
Mike Gowie
Krzysztof Sekula
Tuesday's Game
Winners North/South
Mike Gowie & Pat Egan from
Liam Maher & Wojciech Gorczyca second
Martin Brady & Sean O Lubaigh third
Winners East/West
Carol Hawkins & Joe Walsh from
Peter Caplan & Roisin Troy second
Angela O Neill & Krzysztof Sekula third
Mike Gowie & Pat Egan
Carol Hawkins & Joe Walsh (hiding)
Monthly teams
The Winners :-
Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Marie Slattery,Brendan Curran from
Paul Delaney, Martin Brady, Stefan Ekman, Marcin Rudzinski second
Breda Synnott, Kevin O Dea, Ann Hanratty, Frances Kelly third.
Winning Team:-
Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Marie Slattery, Brendan Curran,
Bankers Golf Outing
A most enjoyable day in the Castle golf club
Scoring was very good with first and second only separated on count back
Winners:-
1st Kieran Crowley
2nd Betty Murphy
3rd Liam Maher
Best Lady Sheila Williams
Best Gent Fergus O Rafferty
Winning Team Betty Murphy Fred Daly
Overall Winner Kieran Crowley
Winning Team Betty Murphy Fred Daly
Presidents Prize Week 5
The Presidents prize this year proved to be a tremendous success
We again had a full house of twenty four tables
Congratulations to all the winners :-
Marcin Rudzinski - 1st prize Mary Lindopp - 2nd prize Kevin O'Dea - 3rd prize Bettina Stefanini* - Best Area Master Gráinne Dunne - Best Woman Mike Gowie** - Best Intermediate Seán Moynihan† - Best Regional Master Michael McInerney** - Best Man Player of the Year
Mary Lindopp
Area Master Winner Kate Daultrey
Intermediate Winner Michael McInerney
Joe MacHale Memorial
Mixed teamsThe final of the Joe MacHale Memorial mixed teams saw a very exciting finish
and heartbreak for our leaders who lead all the way to the end only to be pipped
by the narrowest of margins at the end when the winners picked up a maximum
in the last round to claim the title
Our Tournament director Brian Lawlor again did so proud Thank you Brian
The Winners :-
Siobhán Part,Stefan Ekman,Kate Daultrey,Martin Brady from
Sheila Williams,Paul Williams,Caroline Crowley,Frank Kennedy second
Deirdre Reid,Christy Tierney,Marie Slattery,Brendan Curran third.
Second Session
Aoife MacHale,Peter Goodman,Sandra Newell,Seán Ó Lúbaigh
Area Master
Rosalind O'Brien,Michael McInerney,Catherine Egan,Pat Egan
Winning Team:-
Bankers President Gerry Kelly with
Stefan Ekman, Siobhán Part, Kate Daultrey,Martin Brady
Club treasurer David Dunne and Aoife MacHale
Paul Williams Caroline Crowley
Sheila Williams Frank Kennedy
,Pat Egan Rosalind O'Brien,
,Catherine Egan, Michael McInerney
2nd Session Result plus personal records
Ladies and Mens PairsThe final week of the Ladies and Men's pairs was a very good night for the leading
Ladies pair Ita and Mary who held their place to win this years competition.
Not so in the mens where Martin and Stefan had a night to forget which allowed
the field to overtake them.
Very well done to David Dunne and Dave Ryan who are this years winners
Many thanks again to our Tournament Director Bernard Higgins
The Winners Ladies Pairs :-
Ita Fahy & Mary Lindopp from
Ann Marie Heavey & Betty Coady second
Sheila Howard & Betty Murphy third
1st Session Collette Allen & Sheila Williams
2nd Session Mary Stanley & Ann Fitzgerald
Area Master Caroline Crowley & Erica NasickyteIntertermediate Caroline Crowley & Erica Nasickyte
Winners:-
Ita Fahy & Mary Lindopp
,Betty Cody Ann Marie Heavey
Collette Allen, Sheila Williams
The Winners Mens Pairs :-
David Dunne Dave Ryan from
Marcin Rudzinski & Wojciech Gorczyca second
1st Session Martin Brady & Stefan Ekman
2nd Session John Kelly & Noel Minogue
Area Master Michael McInerney & Pat Egan
Intermediate Prize Paul Williams & Philip Robinson
Winners:-
Dave Ryan & David Dunne
Wojciech Gorczyca & Marcin Rudzinski
Pat Egan Michael McInerney
Noreen O Connor TeamsThis week we had the Noreen O Connor teams.
Due to unfortunate circumstances this year the competition was run as a
one session swiss event.
This was an excellent event with everyone playing the same boards each round
Many thanks to our excellent Tournament director John Royds
Ita Fahy continued her great run of form, fresh from her recent wins in Kilkenny
she led her team to victory
The Winners :-
Liam Maher, Ita Fahy, John Kelly, Mary Lindopp from
Steve Bearpark, Brendan Curran, Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid second
Gráinne Dunne, Gerry Kelly, Rita O'Neill, Seán Moynihan third
Michelle Moloney, Ruth O'Dea, Mick Lynch, Conor Moore fourth
Area Master
Paul Williams, Sheila Williams, Philip Robinson, Colette Allen
Winning Team:-
Liam Maher Ita Fahy Gerry Kelly(President) Mary Lindopp,John Kelly
Winners Area Master :-
Colette Allen, Philip Robinson, Sheila Williams, Paul Williams,
Rose Gibson PairsThe second session of the Rose gibson pairs had some excellent hands which
made life very difficult for many players
Very well done to Martin Brady and Stefan Ekman who are this years worthy winners
As usual smooth running by Tournament director John Roydsr led to a very enjoyable event.
The Winners :-
Martin Brady & Stefan Ekman from
Ronan McMaugh & Thomas MacCormac second
Liam Maher & John Kelly third
Bettina Stefanini & Joe Walsh fourth
First Session Ann Fitzgerald & Mary Stanley
Second Session Mairead Ni Oistin & Aidan Hodgers
Area Master John O'Mara & Fionnuala O'Hanlon
Best Intermediate Michelle Purcell & Rosalind O'Brien
Winning Pair:-
Stefan Ekman & Martin Brady
Ronan McMaugh Thomas MacCormac
John Kelly Liam Maher
Fionnuala O Hanlon John O Mara
Michelle Purcell Rosalind O Brien
Second Session
Mairead Ni Oistin & Aidan Hodgers
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