The Contract Bridge Association of Ireland's national mixed pairs championships for the president's, Mrs Marie Cummins', prizes, the Spiro Cup, and the Jim Fitzgerald Trophy will be decided over three sessions on September 20th-21st in the Regency Hotel, on the Swords Road, Dublin. The Spiro is open to masters upwards, and the Fitzgerald is confined to intermediates. Accommodation lists are available from regional secretaries, and Central Office. Entries: Paul Porteous (01-2697275).
The Scottish Bridge Union will play a friendly international against the CBAI in the Central Hotel, Donegal, on September 13th-14th.
The championship for the Harry Devine Memorial Trophy, in which all the players on a team must be members of the same club, will take place over two sessions in the Blackrock College RFC, Stradbrook Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin, on September 28th, starting at 2 p.m. Among the prizes the winners will receive £120, and the best intermediates £80 plus the Maeve Devine Trophy. Entries: Kathleen Meade (012881614).
CBAI championship dates - women's (Jackson Cup), and men's (Revington Cup) pairs championships, women's (McMenamin Bowl), and men's (Geraldine Trophy) team championships, October 25th-27th; regional pairs, November 29th30th; both intermediate A open pairs (New Ireland Trophy), and novice pairs (Waterford Crystal Trophy), December 6th or 7th; master pairs, December 6th; Lambert Cup pairs, January 24th; intermediate B pairs (Kervick Trophy), January 24th or 25th; three national pairs finals - A (Laird Cup), B (Civil Service Cup), and novice (JJ Murphy Trophy), February 14th-15th; Zanussi open national teams (Holmes Wilson Trophy), February 28thMarch 1st; three national team finals - major (Kelburne Cup), A (Bankers' Trophy), and B (Tierney Trophy), April 25th-26th.
Congress dates - Cork, September 26th-28th; Drogheda, October 3rd-5th; Dun Laoghaire, October 10th-17th; both Bantry, and Limerick, October 17th-19th; Mullingar Grand Prix, October 31st-November 2nd; both Donegal, and Kenmare, November 7th9th; Kilkenny, November 21st23rd; Tralee, January 2nd-4th; Waterford, January 9th-11th; Dublin North Festival, January 16th-18th; Ennis, January 30thFebruary 1st; Wexford, February 6th-8th; Killarney Torc, February 20th-22nd.
Bankers' Dublin, March 14th22nd; both Fermanagh, and Fermoy, March 27th-29th; West of Ireland, Galway, April 10th13th; Clonmel, April 17th-19th; Northern Ireland Bridge Union, Portrush, May 2nd-4th; Tramore, May 2nd-5th; South of Ireland, Killarney, May 9th-17th; both Yeats Country, Sligo, and Youghal Bay, May 22nd-24th; East of Ireland, Dundalk, May 30th-June 1st; Ballina, June 19th21st; Tralee Festival, June 26th28th; Bangor, July 17th-19th.
Recognised bridge teachers should submit details of their proposed class schedules for this season to the Central Office of the CBAI, 41 Gledswood Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14.