Bankers Bridge Club

The club is now open to non members on
Tuesday and members only on Thursday nights
Come and check out our club
N.B
Spare player available every thursday night
Membership available
New Bankers Club

The Bankers club IBOA House
Stephen Street Upper Dublin 2
Congress Results

Upcoming Event
Bankers Golf Outing
Clontarf Golf Club
Friday June 13th @ 2.pm
Contact Liam Maher
for Time Sheet

Thursday, 8th May

Presidents Prize
Week two
Week two of the Presidents prize saw a very healthy entry of twelve tables and some great hands as well.
The winners North South:-
Karel De Raeymaeker, Anna Onishuk from Anne Murray and
Noel Minogue
The winners East West:-
Terry Walsh James Heneghan from Brian Sharkey Peter Clifford

Winners North South- Anna Onishuk Karel De Raeymaker	Winners East West- Terry Walsh James Heneghan

Results
Next Three Weeks
Presidents Prize
Come and support
your President
Rules and player list

Thursday, 1st May

Roll up Roll up
for our President
This week saw the first week of our Presidents Prize competition, the competition is played over five nights with the best four scores counting. Area Masters must play and include in their score with at least one other Area Master or Intermediate.
Regional Masters and above must have One of their four counting scores with an Intermediate or two counting scores with Area Masters.
Ten tables turned out to support their President
The winners North South:-
Cynthia and Ciaran Coyne from Sheila Horkan and Brendan Curran
The winners East West:-
Christy Tierney Michael OBrien from Rita ODonnell Ann Hanratty

Winners North South- Ciaran Coyne, Cynthia Coyne	Winners East West- Michael O Brien, Christy Tierney

Results

Thursday, 24th April

April
Monthly Teams
We had eight teams for this months teams competition.
The handicap system came to the rescue of the winners who had led all the way until the last round but were passed on the line until the handicap was added.
The winners :-
Billy Eccles Carol Hawkins Sheila Horkan Hilary Moran from
Anna Onishuk Peter Clifford, Karel De Raeymaeker, Dave Mulhall with
Rita O Donnell, Brian Sharkey Geoff Simpson, Walter McNichols 3rd

Winning Team-
Billy Eccles Sheila Horkan, Carol Hawkins Hilary Moran

Thursday, 17th April

Exciting finish in
Joe McHale Memorial Teams
Their was a close finish in the Joe McHale Memorial teams competition and heartbreak for Michael Smyth's team who lead all the way until the last set of matches, when they were swamped by the chasers.
The Winners :-
Peter Clifford, Gilda Pender, Anna Onishuk,Karel De Raeymaeker
from Liam Maher, Ita Fahy, Christy Tierney and Deirdre Reid on a split tie from
Terry Walsh Brid Kemple Dave Mulhall and Mary Lindopp
Second Session :-
also on a split tie
Joe Walsh Bettina Steffanini Rita O Donnell and Geoff Simpson

Winning Team-
Peter Clifford,Gilda Pender, Anna Onishuk,Karel De Raeymaeker

2nd Place :- Liam Maher,Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid Ita Fahy	3rd Place :- Mary Lindopp, Dave Mulhall, Brid Kemple, Terry Walsh

Results

Thursday, 10th April

Joe McHale Memorial Teams
A very nice entry of fourteen teams entered the Joe McHale Memorial teams competition
The Leaders :-
Sheila Horkan , Michael Smyth, Ann Murray, Walter McNichols
from Terry Walsh Brid Kemple Dave Mulhall and Mary Lindopp

Leading Team-
Walter McNichols Sheila Horkan , Michael Smyth,( Ann Murray not pictured)
Results

Thursday, 3rd April

Calling all Members
Only five and a half tables turned up for our thursday night game this week,Where was everybody?
Some very good hands kept everyone on their toes.
The winners:-
Rita O Donnell and Liam Maher from Maura Grehan and Gerry Lawlor

Winners :- Rita O Donnell, Liam Maher	2nd place :- Maura Grehan, Gerry Lawlor

Results

Thursday, 27th March

March
Monthly Teams
Only seven teams lined up for this months teams competition.
The handicap system made no difference to winners who romped to victory
The winners :-
Anna Onishuk Peter Clifford Brian Sharkey Marcin Rudzinski
from Martin Brady Peter Stewart Ann Murray Donal Dunne

Winning Team-
Marcin RudzinskiBrian Sharkey Peter Clifford Anna Onishuk
Results


The President of the Bankers Club Martin Brady presents Raphael Heffron with a cheque from the proceeds of our charity night for the diabetes foundation
for further info on diabetes visit
www.diabetesireland.ie

Thursday, 20th March

Easter Egg Night
This week we had eight and a half tables for the annual Easter egg night, We were joined on the night by welsh international Peter Goodman
The winners North South :-
Gerry Lawlor Maura Grehan from Sheila Horkan and Barbara Walsh
with Martin Brady and Brendan Curran third
The winners East West :-
Joint winners
Peter Goodman Aoife McHale with Ita Fahy and Liam Maher
with Stephen Bearpark and Noel Minogue third

Winners North South :-
Gerry Lawlor Maura Grehan
Joint Winners East West :-
Peter Goodman, Aoife McHale, Ita Fahy, Liam Maher
Results

Sunday, 16th March

C.B.A.I. President
brings Congress to a close

The President of the Bankers Club Martin Brady with C.B.A.I.President Phil Murphy

The President of the C.B.A.I. Phil Murphy was in attendance to bring another Bankers congress to a close

Thuesday, 11th March

Dublin South Regional President
opens Bankers Congress
The Bankers congress was opened in style by the President of the Dublin South Region Micheál O'Briain
who welcomed everybody to the congress and wished them well.
The club club has run a congress every year for as long as anyone can remember and it is now the only surviving congress in Dublin.
The congress kicked off with the Ladies and Mens pairs competitions and remarkably we had the exact same entry in each competition
The Bankers club held off all challengers to win both competitions
Winners Ladies Pairs:-
Anna Onishuk and Mary Lindopp from Hilary Moran and Betty Murphy
Winners Mens Pairs:-
Brian Sharkey and Marcin Rudzinski from Des Scannell
and Michael Fitzgibbon


Dublin South Region Micheál O'Briain with Bankers President Martin Brady
opening the Bankers Congress

Winners Ladies Pairs- Mary Lindopp, Anna Onishuk	Winners Mens Pairs- Marcin Rudzinski, Brian Sharkey

Congress Results

Thursday, 21 st February

Charity Night
The Bankers club this year chose Diabetes Ireland as the benefactor of our annual charity night.
Cynthia Coyne just back for her recent honeymoon gave a short talk on this ever increasing illness in Ireland today for further information visit www.diabetesireland.ie
Members again responded generously to this worthy cause, with everyone bringing a bottle and participating in the raffle.
It was a very enjoyable nights bridge with some fine hands.
The winners North South :-
Barbara Walsh Sheila Horkan from Anna Oishuk and Peter Clifford
The winners East West :-
Martin Brady Dave Mulhall, Noel Minogue and Mary Lindopp

Winners North South :-
Sheila Horkan Barbara Walsh

Joint Winners East West :-
Martin Brady Dave Mulhall, Noel Minogue and Mary Lindopp
Results

Thursday, 24th January

Final of Ladies and
Mens Pairs
This week we had the conclusion of the Ladies and Mens pairs and what a contrast we had.
The top two pairs in the ladies competition held their places while in the mens competition all top three pairs failed to shine which allowed the field back into the race.
The Winners:- Ladies Pairs
Ita Fahy and Ursula Devine from Ann Hanratty and Rita O Donnell
First Session ;- Helen Carroll and Sandra Newell
Second Session ;- Ruth O Dea and Mary Toale
Area Master prize :- Maura Grehan Anne Keating

The Winners :- Mens Pairs
Thomas McCormac and Ronan McMaugh
2nd Joe Walsh and Liam Maher with a 68% session
3rd place Michael Smyth and Richard Boyd
First Session ;- Christy Tierney Michael O Brien
Second Session ;- Dave Mulhall Aiden Hodgers
Area Master prize :- Gerry Lawlor Dave Berber

The Winners:- Ladies Pairs Ita Fahy and Ursula Devine

The Winners:- Mens Pairs Ronan McMaugh Thomas McCprmac

2nd Place Ladies Pairs-
Ann Hanratty, Rita O Donnell

2nd Place - Mens Pairs Liam Maher, Joe Walsh	3nd Place - Mens Pairs