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Wednesday Evening Teams - 3rd April at the club

Don't forget that Wednesday evening teams sessions are now face-to-face with the first session being on Wednesday 3rd April at 7.15pm. This is our first F2F Wed evening teams session for more than four years! 

You will need to arrive at the club with a pre-arranged partner and team mates. No doubt several teams will be disrupted by the move from online to face to face, and in addition, some people will be away for Easter, so we'll be doing our best to help those who want to play to get a game. Please email Liza if you're looking for team mates, either as a one-off for April, or on a more regular basis.   

Bridge over the Easter weekend

We are running a full programme of duplicate bridge over the Easter weekend, with online and face-to-face sessions on both Friday 29th March (Good Friday), and Monday 1st April (Easter Monday). We have hosts for all of these sessions, so if your usual partner isn't available, you'll still be able to have a game. 

However the Social Bridge session on Saturday 30th March has been cancelled. It will resume the following week, on 6th April. 

Practice Hands for Bridge for All students

Calling all Year 1, Bridge for All students.  Practice Hands will be available in the weeks between Term 2 and Term 3.

Monday afternoons at 2.00 starting on 25th March and Tuesday evenings at 7.00 starting on 26th March.  You do not have to book in advance but it would help give us an idea of numbers if you do. For more information click here.

Year 2 Students Practice Hands will be on Monday evenings at 7.00pm to book click here.

Bridge for All Courses - Term 3 classes available to book

Calling all Bridge for All students - booking is now open for your respective courses, if you enjoyed the second term please sign up for Term 3. For more information click on the course you wish to join in the LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE box to the right.

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.

Thursday evening Supervised Play sessions are at the clubhouse and must be prebooked. Click here for more information about Supervised Play sessions

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. 

As always please check the calendar for details. There's no need to prebook club F2F sessions with the exception of 1st Friday evenings and Thursday evening Supervised Play.

All sessions (except 1st Friday evenings) are hosted, so you can come along without a partner. Visitors are very welcome. 

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.

Social Bridge

Social Bridge

♥  Saturday afternoons 2.30pm F2F for anyone wanting to play social bridge in a relaxed atmosphere 

No Social Bridge on Easter Saturday 30th March

♥  Click here for more information
♥  No need to book - just come along!

LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE!

Bridge for All Courses

Year 1 Monday afternoons click here
Year 2 Monday evenings click here
Year 2 Tuesday afternoons click here
Year 1 Tuesday evenings click here

 

Practice Hands

PRACTICE HANDS

To book onto the Practice Hands for either Year 1 or Year 2 click here.

Bucknell Bridge

OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT OBC

♥  BucknellBridge - training courses at OBC

♥  BucknellBridge - tips on bidding and play

Playing Bridge Online
PLAYING ONLINE BRIDGE RealBridge
Click here to book your place at a RealBridge session (& Fri evening X-Imp pairs)
Further information on playing on RealBridge is available here.
Results
Supervised Play
Bridge Club
Director: CB
Scorer: IB
Host: Ian B
9-High Pairs
RealBridge
Director: Brian
Scorer: Brian
Host: Sarah C
Supervised Play
RealBridge
Director: Nick W
Scorer: Anne L
Host: Mary C
Gentle Duplicate
RealBridge
Director: Viccy
Scorer: Viccy
Host: Pam R
John Deech Challenge Pairs
Clubhouse
Director: SSM
Scorer: DEC
Host: Nick W
Gentle Duplicate
Clubhouse
Director: SSM
Scorer: DEC
Host: Marion S
Calendar
Fri 29th Mar 2024
Morning Pairs - hybrid
Clubhouse and RealBridge 10.00
Director: Martin (F2F); Anne (online)
Scorer: Diane C (F2F); Anne L (online)
Host: Marion S (online); Pam P (F2F)
 More Info
Sat 30th Mar 2024
Social Bridge
NO SESSION 14.30
Mon 1st Apr 2024
Morning Pairs - hybrid
Clubhouse and RealBridge 10.00
Director: Diane (F2F); Chris D (online)
Scorer: Pat Lewis (F2F); Marion (online)
Host: Trevor D (F2F); Colin W (online)
 More Info
Tue 2nd Apr 2024
Gentle Duplicate
Clubhouse 10.00
Director: Richard
Scorer: Richard
Host: Eileen W
 More Info
Wed 3rd Apr 2024
Supervised Play
RealBridge 10.00
Director: Anne L
Scorer: Anne L
Host: Nick W
 More Info
Wed 3rd Apr 2024
Gentle Duplicate
RealBridge 14.00
Director: Martin
Scorer: Martin
Host: Andrew W
 More Info