Week 274 DENIS DILLON R.I.P It is with great sadness that the death of such a valued member of the bridge community has taken place. The passing of Denis Dillon, Past President of CBAI 1995-96, Trustee of the Association, and a National Tournament Director will create a huge void in the Bridge Community, especially in the South Munster Region, one that will be impossible to fill. He will be sadly missed by his many friends and colleagues. Denis had a long association with Cork and Collins Bridge Clubs both of which he was an honorary member. He was legend! We extend our heartfelt sympathy to his wife Anne and family members. Life brings tears, smiles and memories. The tears dry, the smile fades, but the memories live on forever. May Denis rest in Peace RESULTS FROM TORC CONGRESS NEXT WEEK CLONAKILTY 400 Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin, Mayor of Clonakilty presents Commerative Calendar to Club President, Bernadette O'Reilly Overall winners Nora Twomey& Rose O Donovan (Curraghcrowley) with Club President, Bernadette O Reilly Fernhill Hotel, Clonakilty was the venue for the event and it proved to be an excellent choice, it was most comfortable, the staff was extremely courteous and it provided the players with an excellent cold plate at the ending of the session.
Mayor, Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin, welcomed all to the event. He gave a short resume of the overall Clonakilty 400 event. He commended the club on being the first to come on board with an offer of running an event and the club certainly did themselves proud with the organisation of the event. 36 tables of eager players from all parts of the city and county took part and enjoyed it immensely Regional Tournament Director, Carmel Connolly ran the three sections with the greatest of ease, well done The Officers and members of the club are to be congratulated on their planning of the event - everything ran so smoothly a testament to good planning. Can we have another one next week?? Results: Overall Winners: 1 st Rosemary O Donovan/Nora Twomey (Curraghcrowley) 2 nd Lucia Murphy / Margaret Ryan (Curraghcrowley) Section A 1 st Mary Couglan / Mary Kenny (Wilton) 2 nd Eileen Cosgrove/Olive Rose (Dublin/Cork) 3 rd Masie Culbert / Peg Kearney (Dunmanway) Section B 1 st Bridie Dorgan/Joan Crowley (Fermoy) 2 nd Jim & Brenda Ryan (Malahide) 3 rd Rita O Herlihy/Mary Barrett (Wilton) Section C 1 st Mary Burler/Bernadette O Halloran (Knockavilla) 2 nd Jerry & Margaret O Flynn (Curraghcrowley) 3 rd Breda Hickey / Mary Callanan (Curraghcrowley) COBH BRIDGE CLUB SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS SPECSAVERS PAIRS Club Winners: Evelyn Gatford & Irene O Rourke Qualifiers for Final Mary Dorgan &Liz Leahy BURKE TROPHY 1 Katherine Lennon, Frank O'Farrell, Jim Doyle, Jim Sexton 2 Pat Liston, Pat Quinn, Louise Mitchell, Diarmuid Reddan 3 Eileen Vickers, John Noonan, Rita O'Neill, Carol-Ann Cummins 4 John Ferguson, Michael O'Kane, BJ O'Brien, Thomas MacCormac NOVICE TROPHY A REMINER FROM REGIONAL TOURNAMENT ORGANISER ELEANOR HIPWELL The Novice Trophy competition will take place on Sunday 24th March 2013 at Cork Bridge Club at 1.30pm. This is a single session event and is a great opportunity for Novices to "dip their toes" in their own Regional competition. I would ask each secretary to please encourage your Novices to take part in this year's competition - last year was a great success!!
Pre-entry is essential and entries may be sent to me by phone at 021 4870884 / 087 2217508 or email to eleanorhipwell@hotmail.com Please note that all entries must be submitted by Thursday 21 st March RNLI CHARITY BRIDGE MORNING at the Royal Cork Yacht Club on Wednesday 13th March 2013 - Includes complimentary coffee from 10am - Bridge @10.30 Sharp. Table money 10. Soup & Sandwiches will be available in the Yacht Club All proceeds go to Crosshaven Lifeboats. For further Information please contact Janet Nairn on 087-9270517 THE WORLD BRIDGE FEDERATION AND BBO PRESENT THE 6TH WORLD BRIDGE WOMEN S FESTIVAL ONLINE TO BE HELD FROM 15TH 21ST APRIL 2013 A wonderful opportuntiy for women players of all ranks to make new Friends and enjoy an exciting bridge competition in a warm and inviting atmosphere Players from all the WBF Zones are invited to participate in Pairs and Individual Championships 15/21 April (from Monday to Sunday) Tournaments: 2 Individuals followed by 2 Pairs tournaments every day 10 boards for each tournament. Master Points: WBF Online Masterpoints, as specified at www.wbfmasterpoints.org/wolp.asp BBO Masterpoints Certificates of participation in the event, according to the classification to: the first three in the individual, the first three in the Pairs and the first three in the overall The European Bridge League has offered free entry to the European Women s Pairs Championship to be held in Ostend as part of the European Open Championships in June. The prize is for the winner of the overall classification and a partner of her choice. You can find more information on Website: www.wbfwomensbridgeclub.org where there are information letters about the event in different languages. AT YOUR SERVICE - SAVE TIME AND ERRORS To help all affiliated clubs running special competitions/two session events etc, Cork Bridge Club can provide the following services: Pre-Dealt Boards for Simultaneous Pairs 15 per set, Duplication of Boards 15 per set, Copy of hands 15c per copy, Pre-printed hands on curtain cards 5 per set. Collection and delivery of boards can be arranged. For further information contact Carmel Connolly at 021 4292207 Mobile 086 3873889 or email carmelconnollycork@gmail.com SPECSAVERS PAIRS RESULTS FROM QUALIFYING ROUNDS I ask that the outstanding results from Club Qualifying rounds be sent in within the next week or so to guarantee a place in the Final Further Results: MALLLOW GOLF 25.2.13 1 Nellie Crowley / Louis O Regan 2 Maureen CunninghamB2 /Joan O Keeffe 3 Margot Murphy/Marcella O Flynn COBH 12.2.12 1 Mary Dorgan / Liz Leahy 2 Marie Kavanagh /Anne O Connell 3 Ann Feeney / Mary Hennessy 4 Ester O Doherty /Mary Rasmussen CORK BRIDGE CLUB 25.02.13 Section 1 N/S 1Marie Whyte/Lillian Ahern 2 Michael Delaney/Patricia Carr 3Marie Sheehan/Marie Lavelle E/W1 Nellie White/Linda O'riordan 2 Deirdre O'Driscoll/Deirdre O'Leary 3 Eleanor Morgan/Ena Noonan Section 2 1 Alan Auchincloss/Tom Brophy 2 Charlie Gaffney/Catherine Kelly 3 Sean Wanglin/Paul Hogan CLONAKILTY 1 Julie Beckett / Pat Malone 2 James & Maureen 0'Keeffe 3 Ann 0'Driscoll / Betty Sexton Best Gross: David Daly / Otto Eisenring CLUB RESULTS AVONDALE 5.2.13 Gross: 1Mary Walshe / Paula McNamar 2 Carmel / Michael O'Leary 3 Breda Brosnan / Aine Ginnell 3 Christine O'Shea & Valerie Motherway Nett: 1 Christine O'Shea & Valerie Motherway 2 Ristard / Dorothy Craven 3 Mary Walshe / Paula McNamara 4 Enda Young / Kathleen Lynch BALLYCOTTON 13.2.13 N/S 1 Betty Murray/John Whelehan 2 Mary McGrath/Maureen Flemming 3 Deirdre O`Herlihy/Mary Dorgan 4 Patricia Morrison/Mary O`Mahony E/W 1 George&Kate Cuffe 2 Ide O`Riordan/Elizabeth Moore 3 Kathleen Byrne/Bridget Abernethy 4 Diarmuid Cashman/Ita Lynch 20.2.13 N/S 1 Rose Mulcahy/John Whelehan 2 Rita Fitzpatrick/Mary McGrath 3 Nuala Cashman/Sylvia E/W 1 Betty Hanley/Collette Long 2 Kathleen Byrne/Grace Murphy 3 Pat Melvin/Margaret Holland Daley BANDON 19.2.13 Captain s Prize (Helen Ryan) Best Nett: 1Nora Twomey/Vera Flynn Best Gross: Áine Lynch /Rose O Donovan 2 nd Nett Elma Buckley/Páraic Gallagher 3 rd Nett Eleanor Gallagher/Myra O Dowd 26.2.13 Nett: 1 Norma Deasy /Elma O Brien 2 Margaret O Brien/Mary O Brien 3 Gerardine O Driscoll/Teresa Collins Gross:1 Norma Deasy / Elma O Brien 2 Mary Callanan/John O Donoghue 3 Vera Chambers/Kathleen Kingston BANTRY 16.2.13 1 Martin Anderson / Jerry O'Mahony 2 Ursula Norris / Ann Vaughan 3 Mary Warner / Pat Fegan 4 Lucy Anderson / Lill Moberger
BLARNEY 18.2.13 Club Championship 1 T MacGrath & E Coleman 2 E Hennessy / David Laughton 3 N Philpott / K Larkin 25.2.13 1 A Henehan /Eileen McMahon 2 D Quinlan/F O'Riordan 3 Mary Russell /B Dwyer CASTLE, Blarney 21.2.13 Club Championship 1 Margaret Kelly / Marian Nugent2 Tom MacGrath & E Hennessy 3 Eileen Coleman / Joan Cleary 28.2.13 1 Tom MacGrath /E Hennessy 2 Jane Sayers / N Philpott 3 A McGarry / F O'Riordan CLONAKILTY 28.2.13 1Rosarie Kingston / Patricia O'Sullivan 2 Bernadette 0'Reilly /Siobhan McCarthy, 3rd, Brigid Guest /Gretta Nyhan Best Gross: Rosarie Kingston / Patricia O'Sullivan Gross Prize Patty Mullaney / Ann 0'Donovan. Lucky 13th Peggy Templer / Helen Lovell COLLINS Session one of our Ronayne-Sorensen Cups Championship results next week COBH 12.2.12 1 Mary Dorgan / Liz Leahy 2 Marie Kavanagh /Anne O Connell 3 Ann Feeney / Mary Hennessy 4 Ester O Doherty /Mary Rasmussen 5.2.13 Simultaneous Pairs 1 Evelyn Gatford / Irene O Rourke 2 Shiela O Shea /Joan O Connell 3 Mary Hennessy and Ann Feeney 4 Paddy Whitty / Robert Kennedy 19.2.13 Ambrose Walsh Cup 1 Millie O Donovan / Brendan O Reilly 2 Mary Hennessy / Ann Feeney 3 Mary Forrest / Mary Rasmussen 4 Christine Hegarty /Paddy Whitty CORK BRIDGE CLUB 25.02.13 Section 1 N/S 1Marie Whyte/Lillian Ahern 2 Michael Delaney/Patricia Carr 3Marie Sheehan/Marie Lavelle E/W 1 Nellie White/Linda O'Riordan 2 Deirdre O'Driscoll/Deirdre O'Leary 3 Eleanor Morgan/Ena Noonan Section 2 1 Alan Auchincloss/Tom Brophy 2 Charlie Gaffney/Catherine Kelly 3 Sean Wanglin/Paul Hogan CURRAGHCROWLEY 27. 2.13 Team of Four Sponsored by Carbery Milk Products Ballineen (18 Teams) 1 Patty Mullaney, Ann O Donovan, Mary Hennessy & Jacinta Kiehly 2 Norah O Neill, Liz Mc McCarthy, Helen Twomey & Joan O Donovan 3 Andy Rockett, Marie Walsh, Theresa Barrett & Mary Callanan 4 Eleanor Gallagher, Eileen O Donovan, Peg Kearney & Eileen Deasy DOUGLAS BIRDGE CENTRE (The Mills) 25.2.13pm 1 P Ahern/E O'Connel 2 B Donovan/M Delaney 26.2.13am Section 1 1 B Gallagher/M Crimmins 2 E Godsil/J Moloney Section 2 1 A Horgan/P McCarthy 26.2.13pm Section 1 1 G Murphy/T Brophy 2 S Wanglin/P Hogan Section 2 1 T Archer/ Sheila 27.2.13am Section 1 1 H O'donovan/P Higgins 2 A Brosnan/M Healy Section 2 1 A Dunlea/N Scully 27.2.13pm Section 1 1 N Trihy/B Murphy 2 T Heavey/A Mulcahy Section 2 1 P O'Sullivan/C O'Callaghan 28.2.13am Section 1 1 C O'Flynn/A Walsh Section 2 1 B Muldoon/N Harding 28.2.13pm Section 1 1 A Conroy/D O'Connor 2 J/I Mcdonald Section 2 1 N Scully/A Dunlea 1.3.13pm 1 C O'Donovan/C O'Leary DUNMANWAY Teams of Four 1 Margaret O'Donovan, Maeve O'Regan, Peggy Kearney & Joan O'Sullivan (Best Gross) 2 Harry Bailey, Mary Dineen, Ella Walshe & Maisie Culbert 3 Caroline & Hugh Rothwell, Jerry O'Flynn & David O'Brien 4 Deirdre Maloney, Alma Murphy, Kath. Daly & Eileen Deasy FERMOY 25.2.13 1 Mary Lysaght/Bertnadetter Moakley 2 Nora Greene/Joan Irwin 3 Elizabeth Wales/Pierce Whelan Gross: Joan Crowley/Margaret Clement 26.2.13 Eleanor Condon/Mary Leonard 2 Phil Murphy/Mary Horgan 28.2.13 Phil Murphy/Mary Noel O Connor 2 Kathleen O Connor/Mary Hayes 3 Bridie Dorgan/Ted Long KINSALE Teams of Four: Overall Winners: 1 Mary Horgan, Brian O'Neill, Colette & Tony Bolland 2 John O Connell, Mary Lawerence, Shelia McCarthy & Norma Cronin 3 Fran McCarthy Carmel Murphy, Clare Greene & Margaret McCarthy 1 st Session Winners 19.2.13 Triona Buckley, Ann Keating, Katarina Fabritius & Margaret Fitzgerald 2 nd Session Winners 26.2.13 Anna Sliney, Cal Duggan, May & Robert Maxwell LEE 27.2.13 l Brid Long / Elizabeth O'Neill MACROOM -26.2.13 1 Margaret Lehane / Fr Donal O'Brien 2 Eileen Moynihan / Maura Kiely 3 Oscar Grant / Monica Casey 4 Betty O'Donovan /Maonna Lorrigan 5 Carmel McSweeney / Mary O'Brien MALLLOW GOLF 25.2.13 1 Nellie Crowley / Louis O Regan 2 Maureen Cunningham /Joan O Keeffe 3 Margot Murphy/Marcella O Flynn MAYFIELD 14.2.13 1 Deirdre Cronin/Nancy O'Mullane 2 Marian Berkeley/Mary McDonnell 3 Marcella Bradfield/Maura OLD SCHOOL, Midleton 27.2.13 Gross: 1 Adrienne Sheehan / Valerie Motherway 2 Avril Hitchmough / Anne Marie O'Dwyer 3 Mary McHale / Margaret O'Connor 4 Liz Charlesworth / Yvonne Madigan Nett: 1 Adrienne Sheehan / Valerie Motherway 2 Avril Hitchmough / Anne Marie O'Dwyer 3 Mary McHale / Margaret O'Connor4 Tony O'Shea /Mary McCarthy OWENAUE 27.2.13 1 Riona Dunlea / Sheila Drinan 2 Imelda Buttimer / Breda Deane 3 Pam Walsh / Ann Deegan 4 Liz Quinlan / Kathleen O'Driscoll SCHULL 21.2.13 Gross: 1 Ursula Norris/Margaret Burke 2 Noel Walsh/Eileen Twomey 2 Lill Moberger/Frank Krawczyk Best Gross: Brian Vaughan/Ian Thompson Nett: 1 Ursula Norris/Margaret Burke 2 Noel Walsh/Eileen Twomey 2 Lill Moberger/Frank Krawczyk Best Gross: Brian Vaughan/Ian Thompson 28.2.13 Gross: 1 Lill Moberger/Frank Krawczyk 2 Eileen Hurley/Anita Sheehan 3 Nick Addey/Martin Anderson Nett: 1 Eileen Hurley/Anita Sheehan 2 Lill Moberger/Frank Krawczyk 3 Margaret McAllister/Mary Warner SKIBBEREEN 21.2.13 Yellow Section Gross: 1 Eileen Hurley / Carmel Barnes 2 Linda Shannon / John McCarthy 3 Bob Whooley / Dermot O'Donovan Nett: 1 Bob Whooley / Dermot O'Donovan 2 Phil O'Donovan / Margaret Kelly 3 Eileen Hurley / Carmel Barnes Blue Section Gross: 1 Margaret Carr / Jimmy O'Sullivan 2 Moyra Collins /Tommy Barry 3 Mary Cotter & Noel Cotter Nett: 1 Margaret Carr / Jimmy O'Sullivan 2 Frances Barry / Bernie McCullagh 3 Stan Rispin / Jerry O'Donovan ST LUKES 19.2.13 1 Maura O'Driscoll / Eileen Sherlock 2 Peg Barry /Theresa Black 3 Teresa Clarke / Ursula Horgan 4 Mary Kelleher/Frances Kennedy DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
MARCH 13 RNLI Charity Bridge Morning at the Royal Cork Yacht Club on Wednesday 13th March 2013 - Includes complimentary coffee from 10am - Bridge @10.30am Sharp. Table money 10. Soup & Sandwiches will be available in the Yacht Club All proceeds go to Crosshaven Lifeboats For further Information please contact Janet Nairn on 087-9270517 24 Novice Competition, Cork Bridge Club 1 Session - Entries Eleanor Hipwell 021-4870884 or Email: eleanorhipwell@hotmail.com 29-31 Galway Congress, Galway Bay Hotel