The Glorney and Faber cup competitions got underway on 2nd August in the University of Swansea in Wales. This year just three nations took part due to the Czech republic "crying off" at the last minute. As a result the Irish teams had a “double header” against England, Wales and a local Welsh adults team over six rounds. Only the results of the two matches each against England and the Welsh Glorney and Faber teams counted towards the points earned during the competitions.

First up for the Irish were the holders of both trophies, England. The Irish Glorney team lost 4-1 with the only Irish win coming on Board 1 where David Fitzsimons defeated the 2137 rated Peter Constantinou. While the overall scoreline was disappointing, it did not reflect the closeness of some of the individual games and as such it understates the quality of the Irish play. The Faber team fared significantly better in round 1 by drawing with a strong English team with Emily Alfred drawing on board 1, Catherine Danaher just losing out on board 2 after a long 65 move struggle and Sarah Cormican winning against a 1536 rated opponent on board 3. In the afternoon, England's teams outplayed the Welsh adult teams with the Glorney team winning their match 5 – 0.

In round 2 the Irish Glorney team put the mornings disappointing result behind them by crushing Wales 4½-0½ with wins for David, John, Liam and Oisin plus a draw for Dara. The Faber team also beat the hosts by 2-1 with draws for Emily and Catherine and a second successive win for Sarah. Next up on day 2 was the Welsh adult team who lost and drew overall with the Glorney and Faber teams respectively. This was followed by another joust with England where the Glorney team again lost by 4–1 with draws for David and Dara. After their promising opening performances, the Faber team were unlucky to lose their crunch clash with England by 3–0.

On day three of the tournament, Ireland’s teams played the Welsh Glorney and Faber Teams with the boys drawing 2½-2½ with draws for David, Oisin and Dara and a win for John. The Faber team defeated Wales 2½–0½. In the final round, while Ireland played against the Welsh adults, the England Glorney team defeated Wales 3½–1½ for the second time while the Faber Team won their game 2–1.

Thus Ireland finished as runners-up to England in both the Glorney and Faber Cup competitions with Wales finishing third. Cross tables for both competitions are set out below and the games are here: Glorney, Faber. Ireland host the events in 2007 and it is anticipated that the Scots, Czechs and Belgians will participate along with England and Wales.

Overall there were encouraging performances from both Irish teams which had lower average ratings than their English and Welsh opponents. The experience of playing in these events will stand to the Irish players in the future.

Glorney Cup 2006

Players: 1. David Fitzsimons, 2. John McMorrow, 3. Liam Normoyle, 4. Dara Murphy, 5. Oisin Benson.

Faber Cup 2006

Players: 1. Emily Alfred, 2. Catherine Danaher, 3. Sarah Cormican.