We meet twice a week at the Kings Sutton Millennium Memorial Hall, Astrop Rd, Kings Sutton,
OX17 3PG
The Wednesday morning sessions (usually 10 to 12 tables) run from 10am to 12 or 12:30
and generally alternate between Supervised Bridge and Duplicate
The Thursday evening sessions (5 to 7 tables) are from 7pm to 10pm and are all Duplicate
For more details see further down this page
We also run occasional Teams events (see Calendar page) and seminars
For more information email: ksbcsecretary@gmail.com, or use the Contact Us option under the Information tab
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| Charity Events |
The club supported the charity Children In Need again this year
The Duplicate sessions on Wednesday November 12th and Thursday 13th were run as part of a Simultaneous Pairs event, so participants can compare their score with everyone else who took part across the country on the same day. Click here for the results
Congratulations to Evelyn and Ken who were 3rd overall on the Wednesday!
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| EBU News "Updates from Aylesbury" - December 2025. Click here to view |
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| Wednesday mornings - arrive by 9:45 for a 10am start |
The next Supervised Bridge sessions are on December 10th and 17th (ending at 12 noon)
NO SESSION ON DEC 24th
The next Duplicate sessions are on January 7th and 21st (these sessions may go on until around 12:30)
Tea and coffee are available beforehand, and you can turn up without a partner
Support is available during play in both Supervised and Duplicate sessions
For Duplicate, please be seated by 9:50 as 10 minutes are needed to set up the movement
The results from Wednesday Duplicate sessions now appear under Competitions (LHS of home page)
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| Christmas Party |
Make sure that you put Thursday evening, 18th December, in your diary for the
Kings Sutton Bridge Club Christmas Party
There will be a full buffet followed by bridge, for which you will cut for partners and play to compete for the Marian Day Trophy. Wednesday and Thursday players are all invited.
Table money remains at £4 per player, which includes ALL food and drink, but must be paid ahead of time.
There will be a sign-up sheet at the club from next week, where you can also indicate any dietary requirements you may have. Payment will be taken when you sign up.
Please note the early start time of 5:45 pm for an evening of fun, food, and bridge!
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| Wessex Daytime League Results 2025-26 |
Kings Sutton have entered two teams this year
The Blues (Julian & Sabine, Clive & Eileen, Evelyn & Steve) are in Division 2
The Reds (Dominic & Suzanne, David Hazel & David Eastwood, Claire & Mark Robotham,
Kay Flegg & John Manning-Smith) are in Division 3
Click here to see the results so far (select division at the top of the page)
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| OBA County Pairs 2026 |
From the Oxfordshire Bridge Association
Any club pairs duplicate (20+ boards) held in the weeks commencing 17th November 2025, 1st December 2025 or 5th January 2026 will entitle pairs scoring 50% or more to play in one of three County Pairs Semifinals.
OBA will send invitations to qualifying pairs within a week of the duplicate
The semifinal dates, all in February 2026, will be Sunday 1st at 2pm, Thursday 5th at 7pm, and Monday 16th at 7pm (24-26 boards, MPs at National Scale, £4 per player, all on RealBridge). Players who qualify may choose which of these dates they prefer
There will be a 10 table final on Sunday 15th March 2pm for the top 20 pairs taken in proportion to the
number of players in each semifinal. (38 boards, Green points awarded, £9 per player, again on RealBridge)
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| Stayman Seminar - Nov 26, Jan 7, Jan 21 |
Steve is repeating the seminar on Stayman he ran about a year ago
This is mainly for the benefit of the people who attended the last Fast Track course, but anyone else who either missed it the first time round or would like to refresh their memory is also welcome to participate
For those who have not attended previous seminars, they take place in the small hall on a Wednesday morning and the format is a 30 minute slide presentation followed by 90 minutes playing supervised practice hands
Booking has now closed
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| Bridge around Christmas / New Year 2025 |
Wednesday, December 17th - Supervised Bridge
Thursday, December 18th - Marian Day Trophy and Xmas Party
Wednesday, December 24th and Thursday, December 25th - no sessions
Wednesday, December 31st - Supervised Bridge
Thursday, January 1st - no session
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| Thursday evenings - Club Night Duplicate Pairs - 6:45 for a 7pm start |
We have a 15 minute break for tea/coffee halfway through
Feedback quote: “…a good balance of wanting to do well at bridge and social interaction”
Our players have a wide range of skills and we enjoy friendly bridge
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| Seminars and Training Courses |
The slides for the Slam Bidding, Stayman, Transfers, Defence and Playing your Contract talks can be viewed/downloaded
from the Information menu on the left of this page
Kings Sutton plans to continue offering seminars on Wednesday mornings
For those who cannot attend Wednesday mornings and/or want to learn other topics,
the Stratford and Oxford Bridge Clubs also run courses. For details see:
Stratford: https://www.bridgewebs.com/stratford/ Oxford: https://www.bridgewebs.com/obc/
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| EBU Upcoming Events - click here to view |
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| Duplicate Scoring |
After a pairs session, do you sometimes wonder how your ranking was worked out?
This document (Duplicate Scoring) might help.
You will also find the standard scoring table in the Information section
(Nofearbridge Duplicate Scoring Table)
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| Club Library |
KSBC owns a number of educational publications which can be borrowed.
"Continuing Bridge Book 2" has now been added.
See on the left under Information -> Club Library
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| Our New Facebook Page |
This is the link to the new Kings Sutton Bridge Club Facebook page
This one has been set up as a public page so that we can promote and grow the club more easily
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