Looking South

Dear Bridge Players,

For the last while Ireland has been sending out bridge raiding parties across the globe. Well, maybe it’s time we took some rear guard action down south?
I’ve been checking out the results of last week’s Killarney congress and it seems to me that the Irish bridge community should be plugging the gaps by not letting Killarney silverware leave the island?
Perhaps the Kerry/Cork players are just super cute – protecting the tourist industry by chucking MP’s and IMP’s at tourists? Maybe, maybe not.

Either way, should someone co-ordinate the May, 2009 defence of Killarney?

This year’s Brian Boro (Home Defender) Award goes to Bernie Rafferty & Jeroen Lodewijks (one of the Galway Lodewijks) who won the Mixed Pairs (Dr E N M O’Sullivan Trophy)

Special mention goes to Cian Holland, Pat Quinn (Mixed teams) and Mamie MacCormac & Antoinette McGee (Ladies Teams) who won with foreign based players.

Have a good game,
Rueful Rabbit