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Congress report 2013
Ballina Bridge Congress, now in its 37th year, took place in the beautiful Hotel Ballina from July 12th - 14th. Mayor Johnny O'Malley welcomed the visitors to the town and Mr. Thomas MacCormac, President CBAI officially opened the congress. Our guests on the evening also included Mrs Jackie Bolster, President North West Region CBAI.
The Congress Committee would like to thank sincerely our Congress Patrons, Sponsors, Committee, Tournament Directors, CBAI, Hotel Manager Róisín and the hotel staff for making Congress 2013 a wonderful success. Special thanks to Fr. Joe Cahill who offered Mass for deceased Bridge players and all those present in the hotel on Sunday morning.
There were 24 tables in the Mixed Pairs on Friday night, 31 in the Congress pairs on Saturday and 20 in Intermediate Pairs on Saturday, and 32 Teams on Sunday. The Open Pairs attracted 19.5 tables on Friday night, 12.5 on Saturday afternoon and 14 later on in the evening. There were 3.5 tables for the Novice competition on Saturday afternoon. Sunday morning had 11 tables in Open Pairs and 10 tables for the afternoon.
In his closing speech, Mr. Thomas MacCormac, President CBAI, complimented the Congress Committee on their high standards and for an extremely well-organized and well-run Congress. Tournament Directors Fearghal O'Boyle and Mairéad Basquille as well as John and Breda Mulkearns received special mention also: they have set high standards for Tournament Directors in Ireland, and he congratulated Fearghal on his election as CBAI President 2014. Tomas' President's Prize will be held in Dublin in September and all present were invited to attend.
CONGRESS WINNERS 2013
| Friday July 13th Mixed Pairs Rank Names % 1 Maura Hand - Patsy Gibney 60.92 2 Margaret Holmes - Michael Holmes 59.43 3 Grace Gallagher - Shaun Coll 59.00 4 Mary Brennan - Vincent Brennan 58.03 5 Jackie Bolster - Sean Joyce (Best Intermediate) 57.16 6 Gillian Bennett - Arthur Bennett 57.14 7 Marian Croke - Connell McLoone 56.99 8 Sandra McGinley - Paschal Buckley 56.62 9 Anne Brodie-Allan - John McGinley 56.56 10 Marguerite Kilfeather - Fr. Tom Woods (Regional) 55.23 11 Maura Lawlor - Gerry Lawlor 55.21 12 Kitty O'Shea - Cyril Goode 55.19 13 Aileen Rafferty - John Godden 54.93 14 Helen Sheridan - Brendan Sheridan 54.62 15 Maria Whelan - Brian O'Farrell 53.58 16 Trish Stack - Nicky Fitzgibbon 52.87 17 Ann Cairns - Stephen Cairns 52.31 18 Frances Sproule - Jim Sproule 51.85 19 Margaret Mulcahy - John O'Keeffe 51.74 20 Maria Wallace - Robert Wallace 51.37 21 Frances Walkin - Tim Summerfield (Mayo) 51.04 22 Teresa McLaughlin - Michael McLaughlin 50.94 23 Heather Hill - Alan Hill 50.87 24 Phil Geoghegan - Jimmy Gallagher 49.90 25 Rose Pratt - Liam Gavin 49.75 26 Miriam Maloney - Danny McBrearty 49.68 27 Anne Gavigan - Ray Nally (I) 49.63 28 Flor Higgins - Fr Gabriel Murphy (I) 48.95 29 Gladys Sheridan - Tommy Banks 48.68 30 Kathleen Kelly - Bob Murphy 48.64 31 Ann Bradshaw - Eugene Gath 47.82 32 Nuala White - Richard White (I) 47.82 33 Mary McClenaghan - Jim O'Sullivan 47.19 34 Anne Keating - Alfie Sexton 47.19 35 Frances Kelly - Thomas MacCormac 47.18 36 Patricia A. Kelly - Domhnall Joyce 46.88 37 Clare Clarke - John Keane 45.83 38 Sheila Gallagher - Bernie Finan 45.65 39 Marion O'Connor - Paul Waldron 45.01 40 Deirdre Reid - Christy Tierney 44.41 41 Helena Moran - Gerard Moran (I) 44.06 42 Rosarie Heatherington - Vincent Heatherington 43.28 43 Hilda Cussen - Maurice Cussen 43.21 44 Bernie Wall - Jerome Tarpey (I) 41.95 45 Kathleen McCay - Jack McLaughlin 40.74 46 Eileen O'Connor - George Brennan 40.56 47 A N Other - Good Partner 38.70 48 Someone - Someone Else 35.36 |
Winners Mixed Pairs Kane Trophy 2013 Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Maura Hand and Patsy Gibney (Winners ) Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) and Úna Doyle, (Congress President)
Runners-up Mixed Pairs 2013 Michael Holmes (Winner), Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Margaret Holmes (Winner), Úna Doyle (Congress President) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI)
3rd Mixed Pairs 2013 Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Úna Doyle (Congress President), Grace Gallagher and Shaun Coll (Winners) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
4th Mixed Pairs 2013 Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Mary Brennan (Winner), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Úna Doyle (Congress President), Vincent Brennan (Winner) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
Best North West Region in Mixed Pairs
2013
Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer),Thomas MacCormac
(President CBAI), Marguerite Kilfeather (Winner with Fr. Tom Woods)
Úna Doyle (Congress President), and Jackie Bolster
(President North West Region CBAI) |
| Saturday July 13th, Congress Pairs Congress Pairs Rank Names % 1 Anna McKiernan - Mairin UiRuanai 61.80 2 David Jackson - B. J. O'Brien 60.41 3 Anna Carr - Margaret Farren 58.86 4 Cyril Goode - Kitty O'Shea 58.54 5 Thomas MacCormac - Ronan McMaugh 58.19 6 John McGinley - Jimmy Gallagher 57.60 7 Ena Cleary - Aidan Cleary 55.74 8 Marian Croke - Connell McLoone (Session 1) 55.66 9 Michael Morrison - Frances Sproule (Regional) 54.83 10 Michael Holmes - Margaret Holmes (Best Area Master) 54.40 11 Shaun Coll - Grace Gallagher (MA) 54.01 12 Mai Mooney - Maeve Drewson (MA) 54.00 13 Helen Sheridan - Brendan Sheridan 53.78 14 Cass O'Donnell - Chantal McCabe 53.47 15 Aileen Rafferty - E. V. Counihan 53.08 16 Paschal Buckley - Sandra McGinley 52.73 17 Frances Walkin - Huey Daly (Mayo) 52.73 18 Brian O'Farrell - Maria Whelan 52.39 19 Jim O'Sullivan - Mary McClenaghan 52.28 20 Nan Murtagh - Mary Shannon (Session 2) 52.23 21 Cathy Bearpark - Stephen Bearpark 51.95 22 Richard Hartheimer - Andy Clery 51.84 23 Tommy Banks - Gladys Sheridan (MA) 51.59 24 Eugene Gath - Ann Bradshaw 51.49 25 Tim Summerfield - Gerry Scanlon 51.43 26 Vincent Brennan - Mary Brennan 51.41 27 Arthur Bennett - Gillian Bennett 50.59 28 Clare Clarke - John Keane 50.53 29 Robert Murphy - Kathleen Kelly (MA) 50.51 30 Christy Tierney - Deirdre Reid 50.26 31 Charlie Higgins - Tom Gilligan 50.04 32 Mark Tiernan - Orla McEntee (MA) 50.03 33 Trish Stack - Nicky Fitzgibbon 49.94 34 Maura Hand - Patsy Gibney 49.87 35 John O'Connor - Kelan O'Connor 49.84 36 John Godden - Graham Laird 49.82 37 Dermot O'Brien - Gerry McKenna 49.68 38 Anne Keating - Frances Kelly 49.44 39 Mary Madden - Vincent McMahon 48.34 40 Sheila Gallagher - Carmel Higgins 48.08 41 Alan Hill - Heather Hill 48.03 42 Maria Wallace - Robert Wallace (MA) 47.92 43 Michael McLaughlin - Jack McLaughlin (MA) 47.66 44 Rosarie Heatherington - Vincent Heatherington 47.63 45 Danny McBrearty - Tom Curran 47.62 46 Patricia A. Kelly - Domhnall Joyce (MA) 47.55 47 Grainne Dunne - Gerry Kelly 47.50 48 Ken Hammond - Tom Young 46.90 49 Liam Gavin - Rose Pratt (MA) 46.29 50 Maurice Quinn - Mary Kelly Rogers 46.01 51 George Brennan - Eileen O'Connor (MA) 45.87 52 Stephen Cairns - Ann Cairns 45.82 53 Maura Lawlor - Gerry Lawlor 45.61 54 Frances Daly - Roisin Troy 45.15 55 Barbara Ferguson - Maureen Kearns (MA) 44.96 56 Jim Sproule - Fr. Tom Woods 44.71 57 Gerry Hegarty - Maura Hegarty 44.54 58 May O'Sullivan - Imelda Murphy (MA) 44.00 59 Esther Stewart - Brid O'Connor 43.38 60 Anne Brodie-Allan - Phil Geoghegan 42.92 61 Cameron Diaz - James Dean 38.74 62 Jane Fonda - Humphrey Bogart 38.04 |
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| Saturday July 13th, Intermediate Pairs
Rank Names % 1 Patsy O'Kane - Margaret O'Kane 65.76 2 Anne Gavigan - Ray Nally 62.36 3 Margaret Dowd - Mary Lyons 59.79 4 Rosemary Isdell - Rita Molloy 57.23 5 Mary O'Dowd - Mary Mongan (Regional) 55.86 6 Robert Kicior - Marcin Majcherczyk 55.76 7 Michael McIlroy - John Cameron 55.35 8 Jackie Bolster - Sean Joyce (Session 2) 54.79 9 Mary O'Sullivan - Brid Kenny (Mayo) 54.27 10 Eileen Keaney - Marie Hogge 53.88 11 Betty Gormley - Rosaleen Keohane 53.70 12 Cathy Kilcoyne - Ian Pielow 53.39 13 Lily Diamond - Deirdre Flavin (Session 1) 53.02 14 Hugh McTigue - Pat Keary 52.73 15 Chris McGrath - Celia Ansbro 52.70 16 Larry Shine - Kitty Murray 52.63 17 Helena Moran - Gerard Moran 52.61 18 Michael O'Gara - Billy Cunniffe 52.36 19 Justin Morahan - Anne Morahan 52.31 20 Bridie Sexton - Maureen Maher 51.56 21 Jo Moran - Anne Fleming 51.53 22 Denise Cassidy - Tom Byrne (Best Inter 'B') 51.51 23 Niall Kilroy - Ian Kilroy 50.48 24 John Sheahan - Neil Hunt 49.31 25 Rose Higgins - Nancy McKnight 49.02 26 Noreen Flynn - Bernie Wall 48.37 27 George Daly - Anne Daly 48.23 28 Marion McCoy - Deirdre McCoy 47.76 29 Gabrielle O'Hanlon - Gloria Good (B) 46.14 30 Marian Newman - Judith Holmes (B) 45.32 31 Joan Finnegan - Olive Gillmor 43.80 32 Paddi Doran - PatriciaO'Sullivan 43.71 33 Richard White - Nuala White (B) 43.58 34 Kathleen Costello - Maureen Nicholson (B) 43.40 35 Mary Gilmartin - Mary Banks (B) 43.28 36 Anne Kinsella - Kathleen Foley (B) 42.57 37 Phelim O'Doherty - Jack Healy (B) 41.19 38 Beatrice DiLucia - Marian Flynn (B) 40.88 39 Helen Mirren - Hugh Grant 36.78 40 Angelina Jolie - John Wayne 33.75 |
Winners Intermediate Pairs 2013 Úna Doyle (Congress President), Margaret O'Kane (Wnr), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) and Patsy O'Kane (Wnr)
Runners-up Intermediate Pairs 2013 Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer) , Ray Nally (Wnr), Úna Doyle (Congress President), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) and Anne Gavigan (Wnr) |
3rd Intermediate Pairs 2013 Úna Doyle (Congress President), Mary Lyons (Wnr), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Margaret Dowd (Wnr) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
Best Regional Intermediate Pairs 2013 Mary O'Dowd (Wnr), Úna Doyle (Congress President), Thomas MacCormac (President CBAI), Mary Mongan (Wnr) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
Ballina Open Pairs Friday 12/07/2013 |
Ballina Open Pairs Saturday Afternoon 13/07/2013 Ballina Novice Pairs Saturday Afternoon (3.5 tables) Rank % 1 Una Sheridan - Kathleen Sweeney 63.89 2 Mary Bourke - John Bourke 55.56 3 James Morley - Andy Kavanagh 54.17 4 Ita Mongan - Frances Price 52.78 5 Dave Flanagan - Anne-Marie Keaney 45.83 6 Betty Fallon - Frank Fallon 43.06 7 Mary McKeon - Catherine McCarthy 34.72 |
Ballina Open Pairs Sunday Morning 14/07/2013 |
| Sunday July 14th, Ballina Bridge Congress
Ballina Congress Teams (F.O'B) Rank Names Average Total 1 Thomas MacCormac, B. J. O'Brien, David Jackson, Ronan McMaugh 13.6 95.27 2 Liz Taaffe, Michael MacDonagh, Ena Cleary, Aidan Cleary 13.2 92.62 3 John Keane, Clare Clarke, Andy Clery, Richard Hartheimer 12.9 90.60 4 Mary Kelly Rogers, Maurice Quinn, Charlie Higgins, Tom Gilligan 12.4 86.87 5 Maureen Pattinson, Bob Pattinson, John O'Connor, Kelan O'Connor 12.2 85.31 6 Alan Hill, Heather Hill, Mary Madden, Vincent McMahon 12.1 84.45 7 Anne Keating, Frances Kelly, Dermot O'Brien, Gerry McKenna 12.0 84.12 8 Marian Croke, Connell McLoone, Anna Carr, Margaret Farren 11.8 82.73 9 John Godden, Graham Laird, Vincent Brennan, Mary Brennan 11.7 82.14 10 Sheila Gallagher, Carmel Higgins, Carmel Gleeson, Chris Desmond 11.5 80.82 11 Paschal Buckley, Sandra McGinley, John McGinley, Jimmy Gallagher 10.9 76.47 12 Liam Gavin, Rose Pratt, Margaret Mulcahy, John O'Keeffe 10.7 75.09 13 Grainne Dunne, Gerry Kelly, Brendan Sheridan, Helen Sheridan 10.5 73.17 14 Brian O'Farrell, Maria Whelan, Bob Murphy, Kathleen Kelly 10.4 73.04 15 Anne Brodie-Allan, Phil Geoghegan, Tom Young, Ken Hammond 10.2 71.08 16 Tommy Banks, Gladys Sheridan, Assumpta Kelly, Roisin Kilcoyne - R 10.1 70.83 17 Frances Daly, Roisin Troy, Kitty O'Shea, Cyril Goode 10.0 69.97 18 Eugene Gath, Ann Bradshaw, Michael Holmes, Margaret Holmes 9.9 68.95 19 Maura Hand, Patsy Gibney, Marlene O'Connor, Michael O'Connor 9.8 68.64 20 Jim O'Sullivan, Mary McClenaghan, Shaun Coll, Grace Gallagher 9.8 68.31 21 George Brennan, Eileen O'Connor, Robert Wallace, Maria Wallace 9.6 67.40 22 Ann Cairns, Stephen Cairns, Arthur Bennett, Gillian Bennett 9.5 66.63 23 Jim Sproule, May Hickey, Frances Sproule, Michael Morrison 9.2 64.69 24 Tim Summerfield, Frances Walkin, Gerry Scanlon, Huey Daly 9.2 64.25 25 Eva Mullooly, Michael Mullooly, Patricia A. Kelly, Domhnall Joyce 8.7 61.24 26 Christy Tierney, Deirdre Reid, Gerry Lawlor, Maura Lawlor 8.6 60.50 27 Anne Fleming, Jo Moran, Gerard Moran, Helena Moran - Inter 8.5 59.65 28 Danny McBrearty, Tom Curran, Paddy Carr, Alice Carr 7.8 54.66 29 Eileen Keaney, Marie Hogge, Delia Meehan, Mary Naughton 7.1 49.36 30 Paddy Doran, Patricia O'Sullivan, Bridie Sexton, Maureen Maher 6.4 44.77 31 John Cameron, Michael McIlroy, Bernie Wall, Noreen Flynn 5.4 37.64 32 Eva Giblin, Mary Banks, Denise Cassidy, Anne Kinsella 4.1 28.73 |
Winners Coca Cola Teams 2013 B. J. O'Brien (Wnr), Úna Doyle (President), Ronan McMaugh (Wnr), Thomas MacCormack (Wnr), Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), David Jackson (Wnr) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI)
Runners-up Coca Cola Teams 2013 Úna Doyle (President), Aidan and Ena Cleary (Wnrs), Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Thomas MacCormack (President CBAI), Liz Taffe and Michael McDonagh (Wnrs) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
Third Prize Winners Coca Cola Teams 2013 John Keane (Wnr), Úna Doyle (President), Andy Clery (Wnr), Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer),Thomas MacCormack (President CBAI), Clare Clarke (Wnr) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
Best Regional Winners Coca Cola Teams 2013 Úna Doyle (President), Gladys Sheriday, Tommy Banks and Assumpta Kelly (Wnrs), Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Thomas MacCormack (President CBAI), Róisín Kilcoyne (Wnr) and Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI) |
Best Intermediate Winners Coca Cola Teams 2013 Úna Doyle (President), Anne Fleming (Wnr), Mary Gilvarry (Treasurer), Helena Moran (Wnr), Thomas MacCormack (President CBAI), Jackie Bolster (President North West Region CBAI), Jo Moran and Gerard Moran (Wnrs) |