Free taster in Oxford 10th November 2024 |
Please come and try this great card game at 2.30pm at 147 Banbury Road Oxford
Check with Holly Kilpatrick on juniorbridgeoxford@gmail.com
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Last updated : 7th Nov 2024 10:51 GMT |
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Autumn camp 2024 |
Woldingham School in Surrey was the new venue for the Autumn Youth Bridge Camp weekend. 41 youngsters attended from complete beginners to squad members and assorted camp followers enjoyed lots of bridge tuition and play. This was interspersed with the usual frisbee and football but also art and drama. Many thanks are due to all the volunteer tutors and to Will Clennell for running the bridge games.
A family from Liverpool put in a bid for having travelled furthest but were trumped by the Morris family from Durham. Three generations from 1 family were in the minibridge group. For several youngsters tis was their first camp. For Richard Croot as organiser it was his first camp as organiser but he first came as a tutor in 1997. Can anyone beat that?
After prizegiving Sue Johnson was presented with the Tom Bradley award in recognition of her contribution to youth bridge. Well done Sue, keep up the good work.
The results of the competitions at the camp can be seen on the RHS. They include the first event of this years Grand Prix series- 5 more to come- which culminates in September at the summer camp. The result is usually in the balance to the very end so remember to enter as many of the 3 online events and the Spring and Summer camps as you can.
We are still missing 3 room keys. We will be charged £25 each for these so if you could return them to the school we would be most grateful.
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Last updated : 6th Nov 2024 13:57 GMT |
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Generation Game & after school on Thursdays |
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Generation Game. This has now been running for a year. 90 people of all ages have participated. Some started in minibridge and are now playing bridge. Some started in bridge and are now training with a junior squad. Some are happy enjoying the interation with relatives- all great. New people always welcome. Contact Joan on 07548 782538 or joan@ebedcio.org.uk
Thursdays after school every week on RealBridge 4.15-6.15- Drop out when needed. For all juniors- years 5 to 13. Whether you are at a bridge playing school or have been playing at camps, in the GG or at home but want to play some extra we hope you will join us. It is flexible, you can play for as long as you are free, can drop out when you need. We hope you will enjoy it, perhaps play with school friends or those you have met at a camp. Bridge is a social game. For the consent forms and info contact richard.croot@ebedcio.org.uk or charlie@ebedcio.org.uk
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Last updated : 25th Oct 2024 09:37 BST |
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Summer camp 2024 |
This was held at Kings Park in Northampton which has fantastic facilities. We were thanked for the behaviour of the youngsters by the group sharing the venue which was lovely. Everyone had a good time, learned and played a lot of bridge, pool table tennis, rounders etc. Alan, Bernie, Charlie Michael(2), Richard and Sophie were all amazing and popular tutors. Roll on the next camp at half term at Woldingham School in Surrey-Nov 1st-3rd.
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Last updated : 7th Sep 2024 09:31 BST |
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2023-4 Grand Prix results |
You can see the results for each of the 6 Grand Prix events in the menu on the left hand side. Outstanding winners by amazing distances were
Tom Furness U21with 84 points from David Sargeant and Lucy Norman both on 52
Sophie Morris U14- with 48 points (actually aged 10) from Cecilia Birdsall on 42 .
Both Tom and Sophie have represented England in junior international events as have Lucy and Cecilia. Well done to all of you.
This event has been running for 3 years and during the 2023 to 2024 season 88 juniors participated- a record.
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Last updated : 6th Sep 2024 08:42 BST |
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2024 Spring Junior Bridge Camp - Pictures |
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Last updated : 30th Mar 2024 23:04 BST |
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2024 Spring Junior Bridge Camp |
The 2024 Spring Junior Bridge Camp was held in Cheltenham on 23rd and 24th March this year. Over 70 children and adults attended over the 2 days from beginners to internationals and enjoyed a fun mix of lessons and competitions. The competition results can be seen on the Gloucestershire county Bridge Association website. On Saturday the juniors played in a joint competition with members of Cheltenham Bridge Club and some of them were heard correcting their elders- a risky business.
Dinner, bed and breakfast, supplied by Cheltenham Ladies College was of the usual high standard and 32 full sized pizzas followed by ice cream for lunch helped the afternoon concentration enormously. First place and the salver were won by Sophie Morris aged 9 and her partner Joseph Hedges aged 13 against much older and theoretically stronger opposition. Well done to both of them. Saturday evening competition was won by Thibauld Croznier and David Sargeant and the exciting late night speedball was Cecilia Birdsall and Ben Cadge. All winners received a plaque and large Easter egg.
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Last updated : 30th Mar 2024 22:58 BST |
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National Schools Championships 2024 |
This along with the Summer camp is the longest standing event in the youth calendar. It is held at Loughborough Grammar School on the 1st Saturday in March each year and consists of 4 competitions whose results are shown on the page. Habs won the Schools Cup by 1IMP from Loughborough. This is VERY hard on Loughborough since they lost it last year after a tie and play off. The Schools Plate was won by Kings College School of Wimbledon, the first time that they have entered in many years. The trophy for mixed schools was won by 4 girls Harriet, Sophie, Annabel and Sophia. Harriet and Sophie were also in the winning team last year. Very well done girls and the less experienced competition was also won by a new entrant, Northbridge House from N London. As at all other recent youth events, numbers are the highest since well before Covid. Pictures to follow- I hope.
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Last updated : 7th Mar 2024 08:00 GMT |
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Grand Prix 3 -Results |
You can see the results of this competition held on Sunday 11th February, but also follow the rankings for the year so far. Tom Furness is leading with Jacob Davie leading the U14 section. The results changed at the final (6th) event last year, so watch this space.
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Last updated : 15th Feb 2024 06:59 GMT |
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Surrey Schools Cup 2nd February 2024 |
This event was held at Richard Challoners School, New Malden for the second year running in the afternoon. It was run in 3 bridge sections as well as a minibridge pairs event. The cup competition comprised 8 teams of 4 and was won by St Paul's red, the plate consisted of 7 teams and was won by Habs D whilst the crystal group consisted of 6 teams and was won by Cardinal Newman. The minibridge pairs was won by Kartik Dabke and Tessa. Full results can be seen on the Surrey CBA website.Thanks to June Middleton for organising it, Richard Banbury for TDing and scoring and the school for the facilities.
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Last updated : 7th Feb 2024 20:13 GMT |
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Hertfordshire Schools Cup 2023 |
This event was revived on 23rd November by Stuart Haring of Habs Boys after a gap of 30 years. It was brilliant, attended by 80 juniors in 20 teams of 4 split into a cup and plate. The cup was won on the final board by Habs over Eton, and the plate was won by a Habs team with another in second place. This reflects the fantastic bridge club that Stuart is running at the school. TThe main thing to me as an onlooker was the constant hum of happy conversation and cooperation between opponents many of whom had never met a bridgemate or played in any competition before. Amazingly Stuart found the original cup and had it refurbished. There were large numbers present from the traditional bridge playing schools of Loughborough and Habs, but many new schools playing in their first competition - Merchant Taylors, RGS High Wycombe, Cardinal Newman, Coldfall and Acland Burghey.
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Last updated : 2nd Jan 2024 09:42 GMT |
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2023 Autumn Junior Bridge Camp |
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The Autumn Junior Bridge Camp was held at Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club on 21st/22nd October with 36 children from 8-17 attending. We ran four classes and held Swiss pairs and Speedball competitions on the Saturday and the Priday Cup on the Sunday. We played bridge until 11.30 on the Saturday evening, and even after 24 hours of solid bridge had 100% participation on the Sunday afternoon. Thank you to Sussex CCBA for organising and underwriting the event, Kent and Surrey CBAs for sponsoring, TWBC for hosting the event free, and in particular the TD and teachers; William Clennell, Helen and Espen Erichsen, Bernie Hunt, Joan Bennett, Stephen Kennedy and Tony Cherrett.
Winners were as follows:
Priday Cup Lucy Norman and Tom Furness
Saturday pairs Nia Hencken and Tom Furness
Speedball Cecilia Birdsall and Holden Clark
Novice winners were Shiloh Duncanson and Arabella Hedges, Emily Gonzalez-Baez and Tigerlily Thwaites. Arbiters awards given for good behaviour or good play went to Lottie Sutton(who came 2nd in the main competition on Saturday), Jennifer Button, Alex and Henry Rogers, Shiloh Duncanson and Mateo Noriega.
William Bourne
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Last updated : 23rd Oct 2023 19:51 BST |
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SUMMER JUNIOR BRIDGE CAMP 1-3 September 2023 |
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Whilst many bridge clubs are struggling post Covid, the juniors managed to buck the trend this weekend and turned out in record numbers. Over 70 young players, aged 8-21 years, the highest number for more than 15 years, arrived in Northampton to enjoy a brilliantly organized weekend of tuition. competition, games and fun.
Congratulations go to Lucy Norman and Lottie Bedford, winners of the Ashok Kwatra Cup which was played on Saturday evening. Further congratulations go to Lucy, winner of the Grand Prix and to Max Blicharz winner of the U14 GP section, which is run over 6 events during the year. During the course of the weekend 15 juniors were awarded minibridge certificates, 8 received their Bronze award, 7 silver and 5 gold.
Huge thanks go to Joan and Mark, who organised the event, and to the tutors Bernie, Alan, Nicky, Ewa and numerous volunteer helpers.
Our traditional Quiz Master, Michael Byrne, could not be with us over the weekend but, having left Marrakech early on Sunday morning and flown via Bilbao to Gatwick, managed to arrive on time on Sunday afternoon, to deliver the legendary, end of course quiz,
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Last updated : 23rd Oct 2023 19:53 BST |
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Lords Trophy 2023 |
The Interschools online league (ISL) was won by Eton who then played a House of Lords team consisting of Tessa, Baroness Blackstone, Malcolm, Earl of Caithness, Archie, Lord Hamilton and Ruth, Lady Henig, the boys winning by 40 IMPs. At one board NS bid and made 2H, whilst an optimistic (but lucky) EW bid and made 5D. The Lords provided a tour, tea, and a 20 board match with the added excitement of having to leave the table to vote 3 times on the immigration bill during the afternoon! Season 3 of the ISL will start in September and new teams of 4 are very welcome. A division to suit everyone- your choice. email joan@ebedcio.org.uk or call 07548 782538 for a chat
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Last updated : 5th Sep 2023 08:12 BST |
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Would you like a free bridge club at your school? |
Since we started in Berkshire the Bridge4schools team has taught bridge in over 45 schools in the local counties and has taught up to 600 children per week. Numbers reduced due to Covid, but are climbing again.
If you would like a bridge club at your school or would like to become one of our volunteer helpers, please phone your area contact (see Information).
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Last updated : 6th Mar 2023 17:02 GMT |
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Oxfordshire Juniors at the 2023 Young Bridge Challenge |
Many current and old members of the Oxford Junior Bridge Club competed at the Young Bridge Challenge, including all of the Magdalen College School team (who won the Schools Plate), the bridge teacher of the Abingdon School team, two of the Eton College team (who came 3rd in the Schools Cup) and an OJBC team who were the youngest players by some way!
Full Story.
Holly Kilpatrick, OJBC 6-Mar-2023
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Last updated : 6th Mar 2023 19:16 GMT |
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2023 National Schools Championship |
The main competition for 18 teams of 4 players was held at Loughborough Grammar School on Saturday 4th March. The Schools Cup was won by Habs B team on extra boards after an initial tie.and the Schools Plate by Magdalen College School Oxford. The Harry Scully Trophy was won by a mixed team from Durham, Lincolnshire and Westminster.
In the less experienced competition there were 8 teams and the tied winners were a team from Brookfield PS and a team from New Tricks.
Well done to everyone - the first year back to face to face and the highest attendance for some years. More information.
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Last updated : 22nd Apr 2024 20:49 BST |
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INTER SCHOOLS ONLINE TEAMS LEAGUE 2022-23 |
The Lords Trophy is given to the top team in the league each year. 2021-22 was won by Eton, who played and beat a House of Lords team and were presented with the salver. This year the top four schools who will compete for the trophy (having done best in their matches this term) are St Paul's, Haberdashers', Loughborough and Eton. The other schools will compete at a more comfortable level this coming term, many of them being youngsters who only started playing in 2022. There is a group for everyone. Complete your matches by Easter 2023, even if you have to pull in a substitute to avoid cancelling matches.
The matches are played on RealBridge which is a safe platform for juniors. The schools can arrange a convenient time for the matches to suit themselves, although many are played on Thursdays.. It is online, but you can see and chat to both your partners and opponents if you wish. If you would rather, you can turn your camera off, but still see the others, unless they have turned their cameras off as well. Do not worry if you do not know how this works. We will help you to get started, and if you are playing your first match against your friends, it will be even easier.
Division 1 plays 12-board matches, Division 2 plays 8-board matches and Division 3 plays 6-board matches.
Please sign up and give it a go. Contact Joan Bennett at joan@ebedcio.org.uk or 07548 782538.
June 2022
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Last updated : 3rd Feb 2023 19:59 GMT |
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2022 Autumn JBC at Bowles Rocks |
A great residential weekend which took place at Bowles Rocks near Tunbridge Wells on 23rd and 24th October.
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Last updated : 23rd Jan 2023 10:43 GMT |
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2022National Schools Championship |
This annual national teams competition was held in March on Real Bridge. 23 teams of 4 were entered, and 91 children turned up on time. Your correspondent had the distinction, for a bridge competition, of being the only player over eighteen!
Haberdashers' A won the Schools Cup. The Schools Plate was won by High School of Glasgow and the Harry Scully Trophy by a team of players from the Under-16 squad.
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Last updated : 22nd Apr 2024 20:50 BST |
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Bridge4schools |
Top left Year 5 girls teaching minibridge to year 3 children at Kidmore End Primary School.
Top right New Scotland Hill winners of school minibridge SIMS
Left- junior players enjoying the sun and cake after a competition at Wallingford.
The Bridge For Schools Team brings bridge to all schoolchildren in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Its volunteers provide their time freely to teach bridge and minibridge in schools. Follow the Bridge4Schools tab on the left hand side of the screen for more information.
For a headteacher’s view of our activities please look at Bridge in a Village Primary School which you will find under 'Bridge & Education'.
In addition to in-school clubs the Team runs a Junior Bridge Club in Oxford that is open to all 8 – 18 year olds wishing to play bridge or minibridge, or to receive tuition as well as a fun weekend in Cheltenham at Easter each year. Follow the links on the left hand side for further details.
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Last updated : 4th Mar 2019 07:27 GMT |
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