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A warm welcome to members, newcomers, students and visitors |
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| Christmas and New Year Bridge |
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Wednesday 24 December: Gentle Duplicate will run in the afternoon, but there is no evening session.
Thursday 25, Friday 26 and Saturday 27 December: all sessions cancelled
Monday 29 December: online only - no face-to-face bridge
Wednesday 31 December: Gentle Duplicate will run in the afternoon, but there is no evening session
Thursday 1 January: no Supervised Play, but Jack-High Pairs and Gentle Duplicate will run as normal
All other sessions will run as usual, but please check the website calendar in case of last-minute changes.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
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| Christmas Party |
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Many congratulations to Rob Blundell & Pam Parsons who won the bridge session held during the Christmas Party, with Nick Wedd & Jennifer Holdaway coming second. Carole-Ann Turner & Samantha Chapman were the highest placed pair with an NGS of under 5. Well done to all. All received a prize on the night. These results were based on the handicapped results, which can be seen here.
Chris Adams and John Briggs came top in the unhandicapped results, with Peter Finbow and Lorna Swadling second. The unhandicapped results are here.
In the picture are (from left to right): Samantha, Carole-Ann, Nick, Jennifer, Pam and Rob.
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| Revision & Consolidation Seminars with Kathy Talbot |
Kathy has kindly agreed to run 3 seminars aimed particularly at past students to build on knowledge gained in the Bridge for All classes. However anyone is welcome to join us. These sessions provide an opportunity to develop and practice these skills. Topics to be covered are Doubling, Slam bidding and Conventions. For more information and to book see Seminars & Course to the right of this page.
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| Bridge for All Term 2 available for booking |
Bridge for All Term 2 courses are available to book. These are open to students who have completed Term 1. You can find more information by clicking on the links under Learn To Play Bridge in the right-hand column of this page.
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| Philip O'Neill |
We are very sorry to learn of the death of Philip O'Neill on 28th November 2025. Philip was a recent Bridge-for-All course member who was known well by many of the Tuesday morning Gentle Duplicate group.
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| County Pairs Competition |
Pairs who score more than 50% in one of our duplicate pairs sessions (excluding Gentle Duplicate and Jack-High Pairs) during the weeks beginning 17th November, 1st December or 5th January qualify to play in one of the semi-finals of the County Pairs.
In addition, the county is running a parallel competition for 9-high players (ie a pair with both players ranked at NGS 9 or below on 1 January 2026): any eligible pair who score 50% or more in any of our sessions (including Gentle Duplicate and Jack-High Pairs) during the same weeks will be invited to play in the 9-High County Pairs final on Sunday 8th March.
See the Oxfordshire Bridge Association website for further details and dates of the semi-finals and finals.
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| OBC and the Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge |
Access by car to the club is not affected significantly by the Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge. There aren’t any charge locations on either the Woodstock or Banbury Roads so access from the north is completely free. There is a charge location on the Marston Ferry Road but it only operates 7am- 9am and 3pm - 6pm Monday to Saturday. Therefore those coming to either a morning or evening session will not be charged if they use Marston Ferry Road. However members who would previously have travelled through the centre of Oxford to get to the club will have to pass at least one of the charge locations in the city centre that all operate every day 7am - 7pm.
Further information from Oxfordshire County Council
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| Reminder : What to do if you haven’t received the RealBridge joining link |
Reminder : What to do if you haven’t received the RealBridge joining link
If you have booked an online session but cannot find any email containing the RealBridge joining link, you can obtain the link from the Bookwhen website.
To do this, log into Bookwhen at https://bookwhen.com/login and enter the email address and password you used when you made the booking.
You will see a list of your bookings. Locate the booking you want and click on "View online event"
For more information about playing RealBridge with Oxford Bridge Club, click here.
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| Playing Bridge at the Clubhouse |
We are playing face-to-face (F2F) bridge at the clubhouse on the following days:
Monday mornings: this is a hybrid session with two sections playing the same set of hands - one section playing at the club, and the other on RealBridge.
Tuesday mornings: this is a Gentle Duplicate session with restrictions on experienced partnerships.
Wednesday evenings: duplicate pairs, except 1st Wednesdays when we play teams; John Deech pairs on 4th Wednesdays.
Thursday evening Supervised Play sessions are at the clubhouse and must be prebooked. Click here for more information about Supervised Play sessions.
Thursday evening Gentle Duplicate sessions are at the clubhouse. Restrictions on experienced partnerships. No need to book in advance.
Friday mornings: this is a hybrid session with two sections playing the same set of hands - one section playing at the club, and the other on RealBridge.
Friday evenings: cross-Imp pairs on 1st Friday evenings only. Must be booked in advance. Not hosted.
Saturday Social: an opportunity to play relaxed bridge on Saturday afternoons at the Club.
As always please check the calendar for details. Pay for F2F sessions by card when you arrive at the club (except for 1st Friday evenings and Thursday evening Supervised Play which must be booked in advance).
Free tea and coffee is available at every session; the bar is open during the evening sessions.
Sessions are hosted (except 1st Friday evenings) so you can come along without a partner. Visitors are very welcome.
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| RealBridge - Audio and Video problems |
If you are having trouble with sound or video on your iPad or other device when using RealBridge, this guidance may help you to fix the problem.
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