We meet twice a week at the Kings Sutton Millennium Memorial Hall, Astrop Rd, Kings Sutton,
OX17 3PG
The Wednesday morning sessions (usually 10 to 12 tables) run from 10am to 12 or 12:30
and generally alternate between Supervised Bridge and Duplicate
The Thursday evening sessions (5 to 7 tables) are from 7pm to 10pm and are all Duplicate
For more details see further down this page
We also run occasional Teams events (see Calendar page) and seminars
For more information email: ksbcsecretary@gmail.com,
or use the Contact Us option under the Information tab
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| An Extra Duplicate Bridge session on Wednesday 14th January |
This duplicate session will run in the small hall and allow us to test the configuration and
operation of the new Bridgemate IIIs and help players to get more familiar with them.
This session will be limited to seven tables playing 5 three-board rounds so there are seats for 14 partnerships in total.
There is no need to register but please take your places by 9:50.
The results will be posted to the EBU so you can get NGS and Master points.
The usual supervised bridge will run in the large hall alongside the hand analysis tables.
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| ECATS UNICEF SIMS |
On 29th January our club night duplicate session will be playing in the
ECATS sim pairs charity event to raise funds for UNICEF
As always you can donate to the charity (optional)
or just enjoy the evening and see how you did compared to others across the county
Full commentaries and results will be published the day after
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| Repeat of Transfers Seminar |
On February 11th and/or 25th Steve is planning to repeat the 1-day seminar he ran last year
This is mainly for the benefit of the people who attended the last Fast Track course, but
anyone else who either missed it last time round or would like to refresh their memory is welcome to participate
To apply, or for more details, please contact Steve via ksbcsecretary@gmail.com
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| New Beginners' Course |
We will be running another Fast Track course this year
The starting session is on Tuesday, 10th March and the last is Tuesday 14th July, all at 7pm in the
Kings Sutton Memorial Hall, Astrop Rd, Kings Sutton, OX17 3PG
For more details please click on this link
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| EBU News "Updates from Aylesbury" - January 2026. Click here to view |
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| Wednesday mornings - arrive by 9:45 for a 10am start |
The next Supervised Bridge sessions are on January 14th and 28th (ending at 12 noon)
The next Duplicate sessions are on January 21st and February 4th (these sessions may go on until around 12:30)
Tea and coffee are available beforehand, and you can turn up without a partner
Support is available during play in both Supervised and Duplicate sessions
For Duplicate, please be seated by 9:50 as 10 minutes are needed to set up the movement
The results from Wednesday Duplicate sessions now appear under Competitions (LHS of home page)
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| December 18th - Christmas Party and Marian Day Trophy |
After an excellent full buffet with wine, 64 people competed for the
Marian Day Trophy, having first cut for partners
Congratulations to the winners: Ann Mahoney, Adam Leetham, Pam Shepherd, and David Hazle
(photos are on our Facebook page)
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| Wessex Daytime League Results 2025-26 |
Kings Sutton have entered two teams this year
The Blues (Julian & Sabine, Clive & Eileen, Evelyn & Steve) are in Division 2
The Reds (Dominic & Suzanne, David Hazel & David Eastwood, Claire & Mark Robotham,
Kay Flegg & John Manning-Smith) are in Division 3
Click here to see the results so far (select division at the top of the page)
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| OBA County Pairs 2026 |
From the Oxfordshire Bridge Association
Any club pairs duplicate (20+ boards) held in the weeks commencing 17th November 2025, 1st December 2025 or 5th January 2026 will entitle pairs scoring 50% or more to play in one of three County Pairs Semifinals.
OBA will send invitations to qualifying pairs within a week of the duplicate
The semifinal dates, all in February 2026, will be Sunday 1st at 2pm, Thursday 5th at 7pm, and Monday 16th at 7pm (24-26 boards, MPs at National Scale, £4 per player, all on RealBridge). Players who qualify may choose which of these dates they prefer
There will be a 10 table final on Sunday 15th March 2pm for the top 20 pairs taken in proportion to the
number of players in each semifinal. (38 boards, Green points awarded, £9 per player, again on RealBridge)
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| Stayman Seminar - Nov 26, Jan 7, Jan 21 |
Steve is repeating the seminar on Stayman he ran about a year ago
This is mainly for the benefit of the people who attended the last Fast Track course, but anyone else who either missed it the first time round or would like to refresh their memory is also welcome to participate
For those who have not attended previous seminars, they take place in the small hall on a Wednesday morning and the format is a 30 minute slide presentation followed by 90 minutes playing supervised practice hands
Booking has now closed
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| Thursday evenings - Club Night Duplicate Pairs - 6:45 for a 7pm start |
We have a 15 minute break for tea/coffee halfway through
Feedback quote: “…a good balance of wanting to do well at bridge and social interaction”
Our players have a wide range of skills and we enjoy friendly bridge
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| Seminars and Training Courses |
The slides for the Slam Bidding, Stayman, Transfers, Defence and Playing your Contract talks can be viewed/downloaded
from the Information menu on the left of this page
Kings Sutton plans to continue offering seminars on Wednesday mornings
For those who cannot attend Wednesday mornings and/or want to learn other topics,
the Stratford and Oxford Bridge Clubs also run courses. For details see:
Stratford: https://www.bridgewebs.com/stratford/ Oxford: https://www.bridgewebs.com/obc/
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| EBU Upcoming Events - click here to view |
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| Duplicate Scoring |
After a pairs session, do you sometimes wonder how your ranking was worked out?
This document (Duplicate Scoring) might help.
You will also find the standard scoring table in the Information section
(Nofearbridge Duplicate Scoring Table)
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| Club Library |
KSBC owns a number of educational publications which can be borrowed.
"Continuing Bridge Book 2" has now been added.
See on the left under Information -> Club Library
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| Our New Facebook Page |
This is the link to the new Kings Sutton Bridge Club Facebook page
This one has been set up as a public page so that we can promote and grow the club more easily
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