Bloxham Bridge Club, founded in September 1987, is a members social club for players of intermediate standard playing in an informal and friendly atmosphere. The conduct of the club is arranged by a committee, elected at the AGM (appointments to vacancies during a year being made by the committee), who welcome suggestions for change in the club’s routine.

The club welcomes intermediate level players espeically those who wish to try duplicate. Membership is at the invitation of the committee. For further details please email bloxham.bridge@gmail.com or call the chairman or administrator

Whilst the club is not a member of the English Bridge Union it uses its laws, rules and procedures for the conduct of its bridge events.

Congratulations to Mary Adams and Gary Fisher for winning the Frank Scouse Cup 2025 at the meeting of 13 November 2025 beating the winners of 2024 Sean Callery and Scott Orchard (and several other previous winners see left panel) with nine pairs playing.

Their score of 1,640 was even closer to the second pair, Sean and Scott 1,490 and Wendy Dickins and Roger Dadd in third on 1,470 than in the years since the club started using the present format.

In this, five rounds of four pre-dealt boards are played using duplicate style movements for the players and boards. Players play either three rounds at N-S and two at E-W or two at N-S and three at E-W. All players play the same boards (though with a half table not all one of the five sets). All nine pairs play 4 or 5 of the other pairs. The five pairs sitting out for one round are awarded 400 points for that.

Scoring is total points (the same as for the first stage of scoring in duplicate) leading to the outcome of making (or not) of a game call (and more) is the key to success. A look through the score cards indicate that there were six makeable game calls in the 20 boards. These were fairly evenly spread through them and divided between N-S and E-W. There were a couple of slams made but none called. The 400 bonus doesn’t seem to have played a deciding part in the top scores.

All meetings are held in The Parish Rooms, Church Street, Bloxham OX15 4ET. In addition to the calendar below the club maintains a Google calendar here.

Duplicate is played at all sessions for which a director for such is available. Occasionally either Chicago (using pre-dealt hands and duplicate style movements) or rubber bridge is played.

Please remember to book with bloxham.bridge@gmail.com (or by calling the chairman or administrator) each time you have a partner and want to play, should you not have booked at an earlier meeting.

When you do not, email bloxham.bridge@gmail.com with your email and telephone number and this will be circulated by blind copy. 

Please arrive in really good time for start at 6:30pm prompt. The director is chairman Roger Dadd, unless otherwise shown in the calendar. Standard bidding boxes are used for all formats of bridge. 

Should your email address and/or telephone number have changed please email bloxham.bridge@gmail.com  with the details.