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| Kent Congress - 27/28th October 2018 |
 Kent's Blue Pointed Congress is being held at TWBC over the weekend of 27th/28th October.
Please click here for the Congress entry form with further information.
Entries may also be made online - Swiss Pairs Swiss Teams
This year's Congress will also feature a Real Easy event, run concurrently with the main Swiss Pairs event, on Saturday 27 October at 2pm. This NO FEAR event is aimed at all those who have learned to play bridge in the last few years and would like a taste of the Congress. Please click here for an entry form with further information
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| Teaching & Learning Opportunities in Surrey |
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| Club TD Training |
 EBED is working together with Bridge Clubs to organise club director training courses.
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| OBA Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs |
 Swiss Pairs Championship - 2nd December 2018 (BLUE POINTED)
It's time to enter this very popular competition. This year's Swiss Pairs competition will be held at the Abingdon Bridge Club on Sunday 2nd December 2018. Please arrive by 1.45 for a prompt start at 2.00pm.There will be six 6-board matches. Entry limited to 40 pairs. Session 1: 2.00pm - 4.15pm, 18 boards, Session 2: 4.45pm - 7.00pm, 18 boards. Chief TD/Scorer: John Rowe.
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| Upcoming Junior Events |
 We, in Oxfordshire, are running an increasing number of exciting junior events over the coming year. There are the regular Sunday afternoon sessions at OJBC during term time, as well as the lunchtime school clubs, and the 'one off's' are listed here.
1. January 2nd 2019. A full day of learning and competition in Henleys only Grade 1 listed building. Most importantly, it has square tables, 100 chairs and a pizza cafe 100 yds away £10 inc. pizza from 10-4.30p.m.
2. February 3rd. The annual OJBC competition in Oxford £5 from 2.00-5.00.p.m.
3. February 10th. A further day in Henley at Cornerstones from either 1.30-4.30 or 10.30-4.30, bringing your own packed lunch. The timing is TBC
4. March 3rd. The annual OBA competition at Roke, which again we hope to run as teaching in the morning followed by the EBED minibridge Sims/Bridge competition in the afternoon. In 2018, this doubled up as an Oxford Times Cup heat.
5. April 6th/7th The Wessex weekend at Cheltenham. The amazing cooperation from both Cheltenham BC and the Ladies College, enables us to offer this at very affordable rates, and is an amazing experience for the youngsters. £65 residential from 9.00.a.m. on Saturday, until 5.00.p.m. on Sunday. It is also a training weekend for the England U20 squad, so there are some very good and adventurous young players. The late night speedball is always fun.
For OJBC events contact Holly Kilpatrick, and for the others contact Joan Bennett 01491 579795 (or 07548 782 538 if you are lucky!) joanmbennett@hotmail.co.uk
Bring your children/grandchildren. Both you and they will enjoy it, and you will find it VERY DIFFERENT from a normal club session. Alternatively, abandon them and enjoy the free time in Henley.
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| Home Page OBA Competitions 2018-2019 |
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| Abingdon Cafe Bridge - 18th October 2018 |
 Abingdon Cafe Bridge, 18th October 2018.
This will be fourth year of this enjoyable social bridge event, in which the duplicate bridge movement is not just around the room; it is around the town! We have five venues and, rather like musical chairs, the one you visit at lunchtime will be where you stop and eat. It starts at 10.30 and finishes with a prizegiving at about 16.00.
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| Oxford Junior Bridge Club |
 ARE YOU AGED 8 – 18 YEARS? Do you like maths, puzzles, quizzes or card games? If so, you might well enjoy bridge!
The Oxford Junior Bridge Club runs every Sunday afternoon in Summertown Church Hall, Banbury Road OX2 7EZ
AUTUMN TERM DATES: 16th September – 9th December 2018, 2.30 – 4.30 p.m. [Half Term 21st and 28th October]
Families are also welcome, £5 per session; first visit free; family concessions
For Information, please contact Holly Kilpatrick: juniorbridgeoxford@gmail.com www.bridgewebs.com/bridge4schools/
WE CATER FOR ALL LEVELS – beginner to advanced
FLYER FOR WINTER COMPETITION - 3rd FEBRUARY 2019
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| Seniors Pairs |
 This event is played on the second Monday of each month at Roke and Berrick Salome Village Hall (for directions please see Wallingford Bridge Club website). It is open to all members of the OBA who are at least 55 years of age by 1st May 2018. Younger players and visitors may play but are not eligible to win the trophy.
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| County Teams - indicate your availability |
 You are invited to play in the Dawes League matches. There are three divisions so Nick Smith is looking for lots of people to play.
Please see the County Team tab at the top of this page to see the dates, read match reports and other news.
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| Competition results / congratulations to winners |
Results / calendar (at bottom of page). Click on individual congratulation pages for full results
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| Junior success at the European Championships |
 Henry Rose of Oxfordshire, partnered by Oscar Selby of London, won the bronze medal for U16s(RHS). On the left is Tommy Brass formerly, like David Gold and Mike Bell, pupils of Reading School with his bronze medal at U26. Henry & Oscar also represented England in China this summer- and we must not forget the amazing girls contributions from Laura, Ewa and Siyu in the girls events.
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| Junior update |
 The, now annual, Wessex Youth weekend, jointly organised by OBA and GCBA, is a fantastic event and was held in April 2018. Cheltenham Ladies College and Bridge Club provide wonderful facilities. On the Saturday night the club and the youngsters play in the same duplicate session- 24 boards of approximately 10 tables of U20s and 10 of over 70s, followed by speedball 18 boards at 7.5 minutes per round! That's youth bridge.This years' youth event on Sunday was won jointly by the Potter brothers and Aidan Saunders(partnered by Roland Bourne Sussex) from Oxfordshire whilst the Saturday night winners were members of the U20 squad, beating some august members of Cheltenham BC.
Several of the youngsters from OJBC are now training with Giorgio Provenza's U16 squad, and an article from Holly will follow. Numbers playing in schools are slightly down, but the quality of play is increasing, and therefore more children are starting to play in our clubs..
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| Festival Bridge Results 2018 |
Oxford Bridge Festival 2018
Congratulations to the following session winners:
Tuesday duplicate: Graham Brindley and Clare Batten winning on a split tie over Jan and Astrid Van Maanen
Wednesday duplicates: Ian and Christine Bishop
Wednesday Drop-in bridge: Audrey Hutchinson and Renata Cox
Friday cafe bridge: N/S Lorna Swaddling and Liza Furnival +2270 (very honourable mention to Mike and Chris Lynn who were only just pipped on +2260) E/W Steve de Looze and Rita Evans +1930
A big thank you to the following people who contributed greatly to the organisation of the event:
Lawrence Haynes, Peter Finbow, Sandra Nicholson, Elena Jeffery, Jan Carter, Teddy Bevan, Jonathan Davis, Peter Litchfield and Abingdon Bridge Club, Mike Willoughby and Ian Thompson of Worcestershire, Patrick Shields of Gloucestershire, Christopher Whitehouse, Emily Middleton, Sandra Claridge, Mike Robinson
And for our venues:
Erica Shepherd and Summertown Bridge Club
Claire Stevenson and Maison Française
James Hatherley and St Hugh’s
John Briggs and Christ Church
Karl and All Bar One
Kerry and The Chequers
Margaret and Chiang Mai Kitchen
Becky and The Town Hall
The Ashmolean
Oxford Castle and Prison
With apologies for any inadvertent omissions.
We hope that a good time was had by all!
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Results
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| 8th Oct 2018 |
| Seniors Pairs |
| Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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| 7th Oct 2018 |
| Midland Counties League v Warwickshire |
Director: AW
Scorer: LF |
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| 18th Sep 2018 |
| Oxford Festival of Bridge |
| Director: Krys |
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| 10th Sep 2018 |
| Seniors Pairs |
| Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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| 13th Aug 2018 |
| Seniors Pairs |
| Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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Calendar
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| 18th Oct 2018 |
| Abingdon Cafe Bridge |
| Abingdon 10:30 |
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| 11th Nov 2018 |
| Midland County League v Gloucestershire |
| Away 14:00 |
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| 12th Nov 2018 |
| Seniors Pairs |
Wallingford BC 11.00
Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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| 19th Nov 2018 |
| OBA Management Meeting |
| 19:30 |
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| 2nd Dec 2018 |
| OBA Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs |
Abingdon Bridge Club 14:00
Director: John Rowe
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