The Dublin Summer Bridge Congress

Friday the 28th to Sunday the 30th of July

Following the unprecedented success of the last two year's Dublin Summer Bridge Congresses, we are delighted to be staging it again this year but at a different venue..

Sadly, are dealings with new management at CityWest were unsuccessful and, although they promised us the weekend we agreed last year, they demanded a 1500% increase in charges . This is the reason for the delay and confusion over dates.

I am now very happy to announce that our new venue will be Westmanstown Sport & Conference Centre, Westmanstown, Co Dublin. They have a first class venue, experience in holding large Bridge competitions and have agreed to provide excellent Buffet Meals for our breaks and  Coffee, Tea and a Full Bar are also available.

In our first two years we had more than 1,000 entries - a record for any Irish Bridge Congress. This year we are, once again, particularly interested in welcoming players from all over Ireland and overseas. Below, I have listed some of the best places to stay near our venue and provided phone numbers and links to their websites. Why not invite friends from abroad to come and join us? They would be most welcome.

Once again, we hope to encourage players at every level to participate in the fun that congresses usually generate on so many levels.

To this end, we are hosting separate Novice and Mixed Pairs on the Friday, Intermediate A, Intermediate B, Area Master and Congress Pairs on the Saturday and separate Novice, Intermediate A, Intermediate B, Area Master and Congress Teams on the Sunday.

The committee are delighted that our Tournament Director - Fearghal O'Boyle will, once again, be putting together the best TD team in the country.

We kick off the event on the Friday evening with a Mixed Pairs competition. We are also moving our Novice Pairs competition to Friday night this year to make it more welcoming to less experienced players.

For those of you who would prefer not to play in the formal competition, there will be an Open Pairs competition on the Friday night and on the Sunday also, where pre-booking is not necessary.


Entries should be made by email to - 

or by text to 087 677 9406 by Wednesday the 26th of July. For further information, check out the CBAI website at www.cbai.ie or feel free to call me, Rory Egan, with any queries at 086 819 2765.


Sponsorship and Patrons

Because of our move to a new venue we no longer qualify for the grant which Dublin South County Council so generously provided for the last two years.

With this in mind, we are asking for your help to fill our sponsorship allocation this year. If you know a company, friend or family member who would be generous enough to sponsor one of our competitions, please contact me at rory@roryegan.com.

Any person who is successful in getting us sponsorship for any of the competitions we are holding will receive a free entry for themselves and their partner for that competition.

The sponsorship categories are:

Main Competition Sponsor - €500
Prize Sponsor - €250

PATRONS

The Dublin Summer Bridge Congress has been a fantastic addition to the Irish Bridge Calendar and we hope to continue to provide fun and competitive Bridge around this time for many years to come. However, we do require sponsors and patrons to help us in our task.

If you feel that Bridge has given you something extra in your life and you are in a position to support us, we would be thrilled if you became a Patron of the Dublin Summer Bridge Congress.

The cost of being a patron is just €100 and all our patrons will be acknowledged in our literature and will be given free entry to all their competitions over the weekend as a thank you for their participation.

Cheques should be crossed and made payable to Dublin Summer Congress and sent C/o Rory Egan, Tús Nua, Ashtown Upper, Roundwood, Co Wicklow.

Or by Bank Transfer to:
Dublin Summer Congress
IBAN: IE57 AIBK 9335 7055 5060 85
BIK: AIBKIE2D

Many thanks for your support. We really appreciate the help and hope that you enjoy this next congress as much as the last two.

Kind regards,

Rory Egan

Chairperson of the Dublin Summer Bridge Congress