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Congress 2014 Report

March Winners

Overall Winner :- Michael McAuliffe	Area Master Winner :- Mairead Ni Oistin

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


Bankers Success

A great win last weekend for Conor Moore and Mick Lynch who who the Lambert Cup

Calling all golfers

Our annual golf outing this year will take place on Friday 6th June
@ Edmondstown Golf Club
All members interested in playing please contact Liam Maher
at maherliam27@gmail.com to get on the timesheet

Tuesday 22nd April

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Bettina Stefanini & Noel Minogue from
Joe Walsh & Carol Hawkins second
Marcin Rudzinski & Conor Boland third

Winners East/West
Ruth O Dea & Fran Ronan from
Ronan McMaugh & Sarah Gilmartin second
John Reilly & Kate Daultrey third

Full Result

Thursday 17th April

Joe McHale Memorial
Mixed teams

The final of the Joe McHale Memorial mixed teams turned out to be a stress free night for our
leaders who were never caught and won with a round to spare despite suffering a heavy
loss three round from home.

The Winners :-
Helen Carroll, Liam Maher, Ann Hanratty, Paul Hanratty Ann Fitzgerald from
Cathy Bearpark, Steve Bearpark, Bridget Shearman, Tony O'Gallagher second
Marie Slattery, Brendan Curran, Breda Synnott, Joe Walsh third.

Second Session
Sheila Horkan, Donal Dunne, Carol Hawkins, Faheem Ahmed
Area Master
Pat Blaney, Joe Dolan, Hilary Moran, Mike Gowie

Best Intermediate
Brideen Downes,Conor Moore,Michael Lynch,Mary Kavanagh


Winning Team:-
Helen Carroll Liam Maher, Ann Fitzgerald, Paul Hanratty &
Bankers President Hilary Moran (missing Ann Hanratty)

2nd Place :- Bridget Shearman, Tony O Gallagher Steve Bearpark, Cathy Bearpark	Area Master:- Joe Dolan, Patricia Blaney, Mike Gowie, Hilary Moran

Full Results

Tuesday 15th April

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Donal Dunne & Hilary Moran from
Michael Smyth & Maurice O Leary second
Robert Kicior & Krzysztof Sekula third

Winners East/West
Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor from
Pat Blaney & Betty Murphy second
Grainne Dunne & Ruth O Dea third

Full Result

Thursday 10th April

Joe McHale Memorial
Mixed teams

The final major team competition of the season the Joe McHale Memorial mixed teams had a
very good entry of fifteen teams

The Leaders :-
Helen Carroll, Liam Maher, Ann Hanratty, Paul Hanratty from
Marie Slattery, Brendan Curran, Breda Synnott, Joe Walsh  second
Bettina Stefanini, Noel Minogue, Mary Lindopp, John Kelly third.



Leading Team:-
Helen Carroll Liam Maher Paul Hanratty & Ann Hanratty

Full Result

Tuesday 8th April

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Grainne Dunne & Noel Minogue from
Joe Walsh & Sean Moynihan second
Ann Hannratty & Paul Hanratty third

Winners East/West
Sarah Gilmartin & Fionnuala McInerney from
Sheila Horkan & Bettina Stefanini second
Jackie McBride & Kate Daultrey third

Full Result

Thursday 4th April

Butler IMPS
This week we had the our popular Butler IMP scoring competition.
nine tables were in play run smoothly by Maurice O Leary

Winners North/South
Sean Moynihan & Mary Stanley from
Liam Maher & Paul Hanratty second
John Cantwell & Mairead Ni Oistin third

Winners East/West

Karel DeRaeymaker & Aisling Considine from
Ruth O Dea & E.V. Counihan second
Kay Russell & Pat Egan third

Winners North South :- Mary Stanley & Sean Moynihan	Winners East West :- Karel DeRaeymaker & Aisling Considine

Full Result

Next Week

Joe McHale mixed Teams

Tuesday 1st April

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Mary Stanley & Helen Carroll from
Martin Brady and Ita Fahy second
Edythe Jacobs & Maura Lawlor third

Winners East/West
Sarah Gilmartin and Fionnuala McInerney from
Jackie McBride & Fionnuala O Hanlon second
Rory Egan & Sheila Kelly

Full Result

Thursday 27th March

Monthly Teams
This week our monthly teams this month had entry of eleven teams
ran smoothly by Martin Brady

The Winners :-
Slawomir Lubanski Wojciech Gorczyca Sandra Newell & Mary Stanley from
Christy Tierney Deirdre Reid Mary Lindopp Noel Minogue second
Richard Hartheimer Paul Hanratty Kieran McGarry Mike Gowie third



Winning Team:-
Sandra Newell, Sawomir Lubanski Wojciech Gorczyca, & Mary Stanley,

Full Result

Tuesday 25th March

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Mary Stanley & Ann Fitzgerald from
Ray Ryan & Joan Ryan second
Grainne Dunne & Ita Fahy third

Winners East/West

Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor from
Joe Gleeson & Donal Joyce second
Bettina Stefanini & Freda McKittrick third

Full Result

Thursday 20th March

I.B.U. Qualifier

Winners North/South
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly from
Aisling Considine & Karel DeRaeymaker second
Slawomir Lubanski & Wojciech Gorczyca third

Winners East/West

Mary Stanley & Sandra Newell from
John Reilly & Jackie McBride second
Philina Dowd & Maura Lawlor

Winners :-
Mary Stanley,David Dunne,Sheila Kelly and Sandra Newell

Full Result

Next Week

Monthly Teams

Tuesday 18th March

Tuesdays Game

Winners

Slawomir Lubanski & Hugh Gormally from
Pascale Wolfe & Francoise McBrien second
Wojciech Gorczyca & Michael McAuliffe third

Full Result

Thursday 13th March

Thursday's Game

After the excitement of the congress last week it was back to our regular
thursday game this week.
A number of our members have gone on a trip to Fuerteventura so we were
down to eight tables.

Winners North/South
Hilary Moran & Mairead Ni Oistin from
Paul Hanratty & Gerry Kelly and
Alfie Sexton & Ursula Devine joint second

Winners East/West

Liam Maher & Ann Hanratty from
Pat Egan & Donal Dunne second
Michael McAuliffe & Faheem Ahmed third

Full Result

Tuesday 11th March

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Michael McAuliffe and Hilary Moran from
Bettina Stefanini and Noel Minogue second


Winners East/West

Mairead Ni Oistin and Niamh Gormally from
Ita Fahy and Mary Lindopp second

Full Result

Thursday 27th Feb

Monthly Teams
This week our monthly teams this month had entry of thirteen teams
ran smoothly by Maurice O Leary

The Winners :-
Martin Brady & Richard Hartheimer Sandra Newell & Mary Stanley from
David Dunne & Sheila Kelly Ruth O Dea & John G Kennedy second
Michael McAuliffe & Peeter Brehhov Gilda Pender & Ann-Marie Carroll third



Winning Team:-
Richard Hartheimer, Mary Stanley, Martin Brady, Sandra Newell

Full Result

Tuesday 25th Feb

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

John Kelly & Ita Fahy from
Michael McAuliffe & Mary Stanley second
Siobhan Part & Partner third

Winners East/West

Joe Walsh & Helen Carroll from
Sheila Horkan & Barbara Walsh second
Marie Slattery & Ruth O Dea third

Full Result

Thursday 20th Feb

Charity night

This week we had our annual charity night
This years chosen charity was the Marie Keating foundation
The event was superbly supported with nineteen tables taking part and all money
collected on the night going direct to the charity (no admin fees here)

Winners North/South
Maurice O Leary & Donal Dunne from
Hugh Gormally & Dermot Downes second
Terry Walsh & Peter Goodman third
Virginia McGreal & Anne Ross fourth

Winners East/West

Sheila Howard & Betty Murphy from
Christy Tierney & Deirdre Reid second
Noel Minogue & Mary Lindopp third
Nathan Doyle & John Connolly fourth

Winners North South :- Donal Dunne & Maurice O Leary	Winners East West:- Sheila Howard & Betty Murphy

Full Result

Tuesday 18th Feb

Tuesdays Game

Winners North/South

Bettina Stefanini & Noel Minogue from
Pat Egan & Helen Carroll second
Maurice O Leary & Michael Smyth third

Winners East/West

Gerry Lawlor & Maura Lawlor from
Michael O Brien & Dave Mulhall second
Sheila Howard & Pat Blaney third

Full Result

Thursday 13th Feb

Thomas MacCormac night

This week the club took time out to thank Thomas McCormac president of
the C.B.A.I. for his services to bridge, the club, and the bridge community at large.
An excellent attendance of seventeen and a half tables took part in the game

Winners North/South
Liz Ann O Reilly & Cathy Bearpark from
Ann Hanratty & Betty Murphy second
Alfie Sexton & Maurice O Leary third
Bronagh Considine & Hilary Moran fourth

Winners East/West

Liam Maher & Dave Mulhall from
Mary Lindopp & Helen Carroll second
Patricia Kelly & Colm O Driscoll third
Fionnuala O Hanlon & John O Mara fourth

Full Result


C.B.A.I President Thomas McCormac with Bankers President Hilary Moran

Winners North South :- Liz-Ann O Reilly & Cathy Bearpark	Winners East West:- Dave Mulhall & Liam Maher

Thursday 23rd January

Ladies and Mens Pairs

The final week of the Ladies and Men's pairs held no fear for our leaders as both
held on to win.
Very well done to Bettina Stefanini & Sheila Horkan who also won the second session
to leave the final result in no doubt

The Winners Ladies Pairs :-
Bettina Stefanini & Sheila Horkan from
Brid Kemple & Sheila Kelly second

1st Session Sandra Newell & Aoife MacHale
2nd Session Philina Dowd & Deirdre Reid

Area Master Carol Hawkins & Barbara Walsh
Intermediate Prize Pascale Wolfe & Francoise McBrien



Winners:-
Sheila Horkan & Bettina Stefanini

2nd Session Result Ladies plus personal records

Full Result

The Winners Mens Pairs :-
Slawomir Lubanski & Wojciech Gorczyca from
Terry Walsh & Dave Ryan second

1st Session Gerry Lawlor & Michael O'Brien
2nd Session Dave Mulhall & Kieran McGarry

Area Master Denis Gill & Gerry Tracey
Intermediate Prize Conor Moore & Mick Lynch


Winners:-
Sawomir Lubanski & Wojciech Gorczyca

2nd Session Result Men plus personal records


Full Result

Thursday 28th November

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

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

Thursday 19th Sept

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

Thursday 29th Aug

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

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