WIFI code .. Malahide1352 .... capital M
This weekend we have the Moylan Cup returning to its regular base in Malahide after a brief trip
to Greystones last year when someone dropped the ball and failed to book the venue.
Normally 28 pairs from CBAI and 12 pairs from NIBU but 29 CBAI pairs are listed
A decent field to be sure but still missing Adam Mesbur Nick Fitzgibbon Mark Moran Rory Boland John Carroll Rory Timlin Thomas Roche Thomas MacCormac Ronan McMaugh Donal MacAonghusa Hilary Dowling Long as well as some who are capable but probably not as active in recent years as time moves on.....such as Pat & Maria Barry , Ray & Miriam McConville , some Scannells , Eddie Fitzerald Michael McDonagh, Michael McGloughlin and probably a few others I have forgotten.
The list of entrants from the CBAI side
1
|
Hugh
McGann
|
Fiona
Brown
|
2
|
Ciaran
Coyne
|
David
Walsh
|
3
|
Derek
O'Gorman
|
Terry
Walsh
|
4
|
Lucy
Phelan
|
Anna
Onishuk
|
5
|
Maureen
Pattinson
|
Bob
Pattinson
|
6
|
Jeannie
Fitzgerald
|
Emer
Joyce
|
7
|
John
Phelan
|
Liam
McKay
|
8
|
Joan
Kenny
|
Teresa
Rigney
|
9
|
Tom
McCarthy
|
John
Russell
|
10
|
Tommy
Garvey
|
Tom
Hanlon
|
11
|
Louise
Mitchell
|
Diarmuid
Reddan
|
12
|
Wojciech Gorczyca
|
Marcin
Rudzinski
|
13
|
Conor
Boland
|
Karel
de Raeymaeker
|
14
|
Ranald
Milne
|
James
Heneghan
|
15
|
Paul
Delaney
|
Sean O'Lubaigh
|
16
|
Conor
O'Hara
|
Dave
Terry
|
17
|
Gay
Keaveney
|
Enda
Glynn
|
18
|
Fred
Barry
|
Jim
McAndrew
|
19
|
Sheila
Kelly
|
David
Dunne
|
20
|
Richard
Elvin
|
Martin
Garvey
|
21
|
Jill
Kulchycky
|
Petra
O'Neill
|
22
|
Joe
Coyne
|
John
McNally
|
23
|
B J
O'Brien
|
David
Jackson
|
24
|
Tom Gilligan
|
Eileen
McCann
|
25
|
Pat McDaid
|
Connell
McLoone
|
26
|
Liam
Gaynor
|
David
Redmond
|
27
|
Cian
Holland
|
Dermot
Cotter
|
28
|
Donal
Garvey
|
Pat
Quinn
|
29
|
Michael
Donnelly
|
John
Connolly
|
For some reason I cannot find any information on Irelands Premier Pairs event on any Irish websites.
I looked on CBAI FOB and DReddan ....maybe I best check Joe Murray dot ie ... Nope nothing listed there except for a Moylan Test Page with nothing on it. Maybe a quick visit to the NIBU might get me something. Nope nothing there.
It seems to be the SECRET competition instead of the Premier Pairs event of all Ireland.
Now I know HIDDEN HEARING sponsor some bridge events but HIDDEN ENTRIES. seems
bizarre for the PREMIER PAIRS event of the year.
I know lots of intermediate bridge players who fancy themselves as bridge players and are busy collecting the B points to become Area Masters... I think you need 10 .....
Well 90% of this field are probably comfortably past 400 B points .. apart from a few ex-Gonzaga newcomers and a few chess players who dip into bridge and dip out as they feel the need.
I will attempt a Top 10 in no particular order except my version of experience..
1. Tommy Garvey Thomas Hanlon
2. Fiona Brown Hugh McGann
3. Derek O'Gorman Terry Walsh
4. Ciaran Coyne David Walsh
5. Gay Keavney Enda Glynn
6.James Heneghan Ranald Milne
7. Wociech G and Marcin Rudzinski
8. Conor Boland Karl Deraeymaker
9. Martin Garvey Richard Elvin ...........The Garve cannot ever be discounted
10 Donal Garvey Pat Quinn
The problem is most of the entered pairs are IMPS driven and pairs is a totally different game
No women in my top 10 ... well the most active pair of the moment Jeannie Fitzgerald and Emer Joyce are completely IMPS so unlikely to feature in pairs
Top 3 .... Pairs 1 2 and 4 of my top 10 with Pair 9 depending on which Elvin turns up.
................
OF the unknown NIBUs .. Greenwood Anderson and Murchan Burns could make a noise of
some sorts but with the SECRETS committee ruling the roost its hard to know.
...........................
Meanwhile out on the robot front of
http://bridge-now.com
Galligan posted a fine 72 board average of 72% this week ... Maybe I could win the Moylan.
Karl Cashen posted a fine 69.9% on 100 boards ..
and the biggest surprise of all is THE GREAT MULLALL who posts 63% plus every week
on 70 plus boards but one cannot figure out how .
Moylan competitiors BJ O'Brien and Tom Gilligan trail Galligan by 9% and 8% this week respectively but the weekly grind of pairs play may see them in the top 10 of Moylan.
..............
Meanwhile the in form pair of Dave Terry and Conor O'Hara posted a 70% session in the Malahide bumper on Thursday night but that is a far cry from the Grade 3 Moylan race.
All the above is written tongue in cheek so hopefully those not mentioned will not take offence.
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