The D·n Laoghaire bridge congress will take place in the Royal Marine Hotel from November 1st to 4th, while the Kenmare congress will be in the Kenmare Bay Hotel from November 2nd to 4th.
D·n Laoghaire - Thursday: wine, and cheese reception (7.15 p.m.), women's and men's pairs (7.30 p.m.); Friday (7.30 p.m.): mixed, and novice pairs; Saturday (1.30 p.m.), major, A, and B, two-session pairs; likewise the teams on Sunday (noon).
Open pairs - Thursday: 7.30 p.m.; Friday: 10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 2.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m. Barry Hogsett (01-2857853), will accept entries and supply accommodation details.
Kenmare - Friday: mixed pairs (7.45 p.m.); Saturday: two-session major pairs (2 p.m.), novice pairs (7.45 p.m.); Sunday: teams (1 p.m.). Entries: Tom Healy (064-41045).
Congress, Limerick Inn Hotel - pairs - Major: 1) S. ╙ Lubaigh, G. Lessells; 2) T. and B. McCarthy; 3) D. Houlihan, C. McInerney.
Masters: L. Ahern, M. Whyte. Clare: B. Vaughan, T. Skerritt.
Limerick: E. Cleary, M. Hanrahan. Sess: G. Connolly, P. Liston; C. Coyne, D. Walsh.
Inter: 1) G. McSweeney, S. Murphy; 2) H. O'Halloran, M. Hinchy; 3) R. Langford, M. Walsh. B prizes: 1) W. McNamara, A. Lough; 2) John and Josephine Cotter. Sess: B. Hassett, J. Corby; M. Fitzpatrick, M.Carroll.
Mixed: 1) A. O'Shaughnessy, E. Neville; 2) C. McInerney, K. O'Neill; 3) M. Hanrahan, D. Houlihan. Limerick: M. Donegan, P. J O'Dea. Married: Malachy and May Skelly. Inter: A. Galligan, J. Brigdale.
Novice: 1) M. Lynch, G. Murphy; 2) N. Gardiner, M. McMahon; 3) C. Moloney, S. Tuttle; 4) P. Moloney, M. Kennedy; 5) M. and P. Enright. Schools: 1) L. Keyes, A. Keane; 2) S. and A. Walsh; 3) E. Liddy, A. Considine; 4) E. O'Keeffe, E. Murray; 5) J. Feeney, A. MacMahon. Teams: 1) E. and A. Cleary, A. and S. Glynn; 2) D. Houlihan, C. McInerney, J. Fitzgerald, D. Liddy; 3) M. Hanrahan, M. Donegan, D. O'Sullivan, P. J. O'Dea. Inter: E. Gath, A. Bradshaw, G. Culhane, M. Malone.