Abingdon Duplicate Bridge Club meets every Tuesday evening. We start at 7.20pm, so please arrive between 7.00pm and 7.15pm. We have about 140 members and average 15 tables each night. We aim to be a friendly, welcoming club with a good standard of play. We are affiliated to the EBU.

We are pleased to welcome visitors. Our venue has room for 20 tables, but please note that in the very unlikely event that the hall is full we will give priority to members.

We also run a relaxed duplicate on Wednesday morning suitable for less experienced players, though anybody is welcome. For more details, see below.  However our club is not suitable for complete beginners. We recommend that you contact Oxford, Wallingford or Wantage Bridge Clubs if you are just starting, as they offer courses and sessions for beginners.

We now have our own duplimating machine! The club has received a 50% grant towards the cost of the machine from the EBU.

In addition, we are most grateful to Richardsons, Chartered Accountants of Thame, who have donated 400 packs of cards.

We held our second cafe bridge event on Thursday 29th September. The event was a huge success; 50 pairs turned up from far and wide, everything went smoothly and the food at each of the five venues was delicious. Best of all, the event raised £932 for MyelomaUK. The winners were:

NS:  1st Lorraine Jones and Peter Owen-Smith
        2nd Gaye Kyle and Colin Jones
        3rd Liz Madeley and Eileen Barratt

EW:  1st Jackie Taylor and Sue Webb
        2nd Michael Allen and Richard Brodie
        3rd Alan Grunwald and Andy King

Best Improvers:  Avis Roberts and Kryn Park.

Thanks to everyone who came and, most of all, many thanks to Kevin and Ruth for all their hard work and good cheer which made the event so excellent.

Congratulations to Betty Yearling and Joe Fox who have won the Malcolm Simpson Cup in this, the first year of the competition. They won with a combined score of 124.86 across the two matches on 7 June and 5 July 2016.

We run a relaxed pairs session every Wednesday morning. ALL are welcome, improvers and those wanting to play some gentle duplicate in particular. We ask players to be seated by 9.50am - please arrive at 9.45am. The sessions will be held at our normal venue - the Abingdon Health and Wellbeing Centre off Audlett Drive. We will be playing about 20 boards.  We use duplimated boards with hand records. The event is run by an EBU accredited director, and EBU master points will be given. There is no need to be a member of Abingdon Duplicate Bridge Club and the cost is £3.00 for Abingdon club members and  £4.00 for non-members.

As a Club we have a well-deserved reputation for being welcoming and friendly. However, the normally high standards of behaviour at the club can be undermined by occasional lapses. Can we remind members of the ways in which we can all help to make sure that bridge is an enjoyable game for everyone who comes to Abingdon:

• greeting others in a friendly manner prior to the start of play on each round
• being polite to opponents and partners
• giving credit when opponents make a good bid or play
• making your convention card readily available to your opponents and filling it out completely.

Please click here if you would like to see the EBU's guide to best behaviour at the bridge table.