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| OBA Competitions 2018-2019 |
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| OBA Congress: 8/9th June 2019 |
 The OBA Congress will be held over the weekend 8-9th June 2019. Green Pointed Swiss Pairs & Teams and Friendly Pairs. Venue: Enterprise Centre in Woodstock. Entry information will be posted soon
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| Club TD Training |
 EBED is working together with Bridge Clubs to organise club director training courses.
Dates at the Oxford Bridge Club are:
Sundays 19 May, 16 June, 15 September, 13 October
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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
SPRING TERM DATES: 13th January-17th March 2019, 2.30 – 4.30 p.m. [Half Term 24th February]
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
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| Berks & Bucks Green Pointed Weekend |
 Berks & Bucks Green Pointed Swiss Pairs / Teams: Sat/Sun 22/23 June
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| Harwell Cup (Teams of Four) |
 Harwell Cup Teams Championship - 17th February 2019 (BLUE POINTED)
A Multiple Teams competition for the Harwell Cup will be held at the Wallingford Bridge Club at Roke on Sunday 17th February 2019. Please arrive by 1.45 for a prompt start at 2.00pm. Entry Fee: £40 per team including tea. Session 1: 2.00pm - 4.30pm, ca 20 boards, Session 2: 5.00pm - 7.00pm, ca 16 boards.
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| EBU Masters Pairs 2019 |
 Oxford Bridge Club is holding a heat of the Masters Pairs 2019 competition on Sunday 24 February. This is a national two-session one-day green-pointed event held simultaneously at several different centres.
It is open to all players below the rank of Regional Master. This includes: Local Masters, Club Masters, Area Masters, District Masters, County Masters, Masters, Advanced Masters, Star Masters, Tournament Masters or Premier Masters.
This event gives players an unusual chance to earn green points in their local area, and in the absence of higher ranked players.
Further details can be found on the EBU website
Play starts at 11am, and is expected to finish at about 6pm. The entry fee is £12.00 per player. Please book and pay for your place in advance.
Further details and online booking can be found here
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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. 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.
2. 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 both the England U21and U16 squads, 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 Oxford or Cheltenham. Pictured here are the children, grandparents and helpers (in blue shirts) on January 2nd in the Chantry House, Henley
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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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| Competition results / congratulations to winners |
Results / calendar (at bottom of page). Click on individual congratulation pages for full results
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| County Pairs Seminfinal - 27th January 2019 |
Congratulations to the winners: Gillian Lonsdale & Nigel Wilkes with 66.73%, and the runners up Matthew Covill & Nigel Birks with 62.85%. Many thanks to John Rowe for directing and working hard to get the result posted, and apologies for late posting of the result. The top 20 pairs qualify for the final on Sunday 17th March 2019.
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| Christmas Youth Events December 2018 |
 On 9th December OJBC held its Xmas competition, where the children played for almost 2 hours, mostly some old sims boards which they love. There were 4 tables (3 bridge and 1 minibridge) of keen youngsters who are pictured here. First prize was won by twins Ana and Maia. It was organised, as usual, by Holly Kilpatrick. This was followed by excellent food, apparently devoured by locusts, and prizegiving.
On 4th December, Nettlebed School held its Xmas competition over 2 hours. 4 tables of children were rewarded by excellent cake made by Gillian Lonsdale, a lady of many talents, where a bridge club has run continuously for 10 years..
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| Swiss Pairs Championship December 2018 |
 Congratulations to the winners of the Swiss Pairs: Sarah Gregory & David Basham with 89VPs. The runners up were Robert Procter & John Deech with 84VPs
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| Success at the Tollemache Qualifier November 2018 |
For the third year running, Oxfordshire has qualified for the Final of the National (Tollemache) Championships. In a nail-biting finish to the tightest possible Group B, Oxon finished a close second to Cambs & Hunts on 80 VPs with Leics missing out on 77 VPs in 3rd place. The county was represented by the following four pairs: Alan Wilson (capt) & Chris Cooper; Kathy & Denis Talbot, Robert Procter & Michael Robinson; Ian Angus & Aleks Lishkov.
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| Midland County Teams League Tables (Dawes etc) |
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Results
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| 11th Feb 2019 |
| Seniors Pairs |
Director: Geoff Nicholas
Scorer: Geoff Nicholas |
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| 27th Jan 2019 |
| County Pairs Qualifier |
Director: John Rowe
Scorer: John Rowe |
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| 14th Jan 2019 |
| Seniors Pairs |
| Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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| 10th Dec 2018 |
| Seniors Pairs |
| Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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| 9th Dec 2018 |
| Midland County League v Worcestershire |
| Scorer: LF |
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Calendar
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| 17th Feb 2019 |
| Harwell Cup |
Wallingford BC 14:00
Director: John Rowe |
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| 21st Feb 2019 |
| OBA Management Meeting |
| TBC 19:30 |
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| 24th Feb 2019 |
| EBU Masters Pairs 2019 |
| Oxford Bridge Club 111:00 |
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| 3rd Mar 2019 |
| Oxfordshire Youth Bridge |
Berrick & Roke Village Hall 10.00
Director: Joan Bennett
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| 11th Mar 2019 |
| Seniors Pairs |
Wallingford BC 11.00
Director: Geoff Nicholas |
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