OPEN PAIRS: TRAIN TIMES rd Fearghal O’Boyle, President CBAI MITCHELLS (9+ TABLES): SATURDAY 23 MAY CONGRESS PAIRS cordially invites you to the - 1st N/S & 1st E/W €30 per player A Depart Arrive 2nd N/S & 2nd E/W €20 per player Time: 1.30 pm & 7.15 pm FRIDAY 8.00 am 11.09 am 3rd N/S & 3rd E/W €15 per player Holders: Ciara Burns & Mary Finn

& 11.05 am 2.10 pm YEATS SATURDAY 13.05 am 4.10 pm HOWELLS/SCRAMBLED MITCHELLS (<9 TABLES): INTERMEDIATE PAIRS K A

3.05 pm 6.06 pm 1st Prize €30 per player Time: 1.30 pm & 7.15 pm K COUNTRY 4.00 pm 7.09 pm 2nd Prize €20 per player Holders ‘A’ Eilish and Eugene Gallagher 3rd Prize €15 per player Holders ‘B’: Connie Fahy & Patsy Smyth SLIGO - DUBLIN 53rd

D. M. HANLEY PERPETUAL TROPHY to be Depart Arrive awarded to the player with highest points in OPEN PAIRS SUNDAY 9.00 am 12.03 pm Afternoon: 2.00 pm ANNUAL

11.00 am 1.55 pm Open Pairs over all sessions, including 1.00 pm 4.06 pm Sunday afternoon (5-4-3-2-1). Evening: 7.30 pm 3.00 pm 6.00 pm Gala Pairs/Mixed Pairs % will be used as a BRIDGE 4.30 pm 7.32 pm tie-breaker. NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP

6.00 pm 9.09 pm Holder: Ann McGuckin & Connie McGoey Time: 7.30 pm CONGRESS

There is a regular Bus Service from the Train Station INNISFREE PERPETUAL SALVER Holders: Dave Flanagan & Anne-Marie Keaney to the Radisson Blu Hotel (Presented by the late Olivia Rowlette) PRIZES to be awarded to the Sligo Player with the Complimentary Supper RADISSON GALA OPEN PAIRS PERPETUAL SALVER highest points in Open Pairs over all PRESENTATION OF PRIZES

sessions, including Sunday afternoon (5-4-3- (Presented by the late Nan Hender) Time: 11.15 pm Prizes for the top 10 pairs plus Best Inter ‘B’ Pair. 2-1). Gala Pairs/Mixed Pairs % will be used BLU

MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP as a tie-breaker. (Dr. Michael Martin Cup) Holders: Fr. Thos Woods HOTEL 1st (€100 each), 2nd, 3rd, Best Intermediate, th Best Regional Pair, Best Sligo Pair. PROGRAMME SUNDAY 24 MAY SLIGO

FRIDAY 22ndMAY TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

CONGRESS PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP Time: 11.00 am - 5.15 pm 22nd - 24th (Summerville Cup) OFFICIAL OPENING (7x6 Board ‘live’ Barometer Swiss) 1st (€250 each), 2nd, 3rd plus Best MA, Time 7.30 pm Holders: Danny Liddy, Danny Dillon, MAY 2015 Regional, Sligo plus Sessional Prizes. Deirdre Walsh, George Hayes

by Fearghal O’Boyle President C.B.A.I INTERMEDIATE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP MIXED PAIRS Short Break: 2.15 pm - 3.00 pm (Dr. Heraughty Memorial Cup)

Time 7.45 pm 1st (€250 each), 2nd, 3rd plus Best "A2" Pair, Holders: Anna Carr & Jim O’Sullivan OPEN PAIRS Best Inter “B” Pair (trophy kindly donated by Mary Morning: 11.00 am Kelly-Rogers), Second Inter ‘B’, Best Regional

Pair, Best Sligo Pair plus Sessional Prizes. GALA OPEN PAIRS Afternoon: 2.30 pm TEAM OF FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Time 7.45 pm A Sligo Park Hotel Trophy will be awarded to

(The Peig Murray Perpetual Salver) Holders: Mary Doherty & Mary B McLaughlin CLOSING CEREMONY the Best Intermediate “B” Pair. A 1st (€200 each), 2nd, 3rd, plus Best MA, Best PRESENTATION OF PRIZES Time: 5:30 pm Intermediate, Best Regional and SligoTeams. Time: 11.30 pm PRIZEFUND IN EXCESS OF €10,000 CONGRESS SPONSORS: 53rd YEATS COUNTRY ENTRIES TO GENERAL INFORMATION A (on or before Thursday 21st please) A The Congress Committee reserves the right to BRIDGE CONGRESS Frank Goodwin refuse any entry without stating a reason, and to 087 749 8685 decide any question arising in the course of the

Radisson Blu Hotel Sligo Congress. No player can win more than one prize A PATRONS K or K A

Failte Ireland Fearghal O’Boyle (President C.B.A.I.) Fearghal O’Boyle in the same competition. Prizes will be awarded

K K in the order listed in the brochure. Only bona fide 086 2652 871 Tente Ltd regular members of a Co. Sligo Bridge Club will be Gillian Ballantyne (Pres. NW Region) [email protected] Gilroy Gannon Maree O’Dowd ( BC) eligible for a ‘Best Sligo’ prize. The Committee or reserve the right to modify the programme and

Mary Brennan (Carraroe BC) Embassy Rooms checkout our website fob.ie prize money if considered necessary and their Nuala McDermott (Innisfree BC) decision is final. All events are played under the

Opel McCormack Eileen Canning (Co. Sligo GCBC) International Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge Tommy Banks ( BC) ENTRY FEES 2007 as adopted by the C.B.A.I. Tournament E.S.B GALA PAIRS €10 per player

David Wright ( BC) Directors have the authority to seed players.

MIXED PAIRS €10 per player

Diageo-Guinness Group Sales It is not necessary to enter in advance for the CONGRESS PAIRS €20 per player Open Pairs Competitions. Events will commence

Easons CONGRESS SECRETARY INTER PAIRS €20 per player punctually. All players are required to take their

Frank Goodwin 087 749 8685 Quayside Shopping Centre TEAM OF FOUR €20 per player places at least ten minutes before the starting OPEN PAIRS €10 per player time shown on the programme. Entrants for Open

Sligo Credit Union CONGRESS TREASURER Pairs are requested to fill up one section at a time.

Declan Gallagher Donations from the Bridge clubs Radisson Blu Hotel HOTELS

in :- ASSISTANT CONGRESS TREASURER Phone: 071 9140008 YEATS COUNTRY HOTEL (071-91 77211) Assumpta Kelly email: [email protected] SOUTHERN HOTEL (071-9162101) Acol, Ballymote, Carraroe, GLASS HOUSE HOTEL (071-9194300) The Radisson Blu Hotel is a 4 Star Hotel Co. Sligo GC, Innisfree, Phoenix, SLIGO CITY HOTEL (071-9141000)

Strandhill, Tubbercurry. COMMITTEE situated one mile from Sligo on the CLARION HOTEL (071-9119000) Eileen Canning, Mary Kilfeather, Road. It is a modern hotel SLIGO PARK HOTEL (071-9190400)

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR Kathleen Maher, Claire Quirke, with132 deluxe bedrooms offering Gladys Sheridan, Tommy Banks, guests access to impressive on-site spa SPONSORS Tom Byrne, Dave Flanagan, and leisure facilities. LOCAL GUEST HOUSES

Do you need help finding Ronnie Kelly, Jim O’Malley, I. Connolly, “Iorrais”,

SPECIAL WEEKEND RATES accommodation? John Macdonald 2 Nights B&B and 1 Dinner (071-9144911)

Contact Mairéad Basquille €159 per person sharing I. Fullerton, “Seapark House”, Ballincar

3 Nights B&B and 1 Dinner 087 927 4448 Honorary Life Member (071-9145556) €189 per person sharing Eavan O’Hara, “Down Yonder”, Upper Rosses, Mr. Jim Sproule Friday B&B €130 per room Rosses Point (089-2103639)

M. Reynolds, “Walrey”, Ballincar

Saturday B&B €160 per room A A (071-9177327)

10 Q A TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS €30 single supplement per night M. Scanlon, “Philmar”, Ballincar

J K These Preferential Rates are Limited. A Gillian Ballantyne A (071-9145014)

Eileen O’Connor very early booking is advisable A

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J Fearghal O’Boyle 9 - 5 Monday Friday 071 9140008 Reference Code: SBC.