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Divisions for APRIL    Ladder

Click to join as a new entrant   New pairs very welcome (32 pairs are already entered). Premiership points are awarded for the ladder.

Click to pay entry fee for 16th Apr (for current players, and to receive RealBridge link)

       This event uses self alerting. click HERE for more information.

Congratulations to the winners of the Presidents Cup : Nick Smith & Alan Wilson, Robert Procter & Abbey Smith beating Kathy & Denis Talbot, Jackie Fairclough & Graham Orsmond  144 - 98 IMPs.

The Presidents Plate is between teams captained by Sandra Nicholson & Peter Kiff

GARDEN CITIES (9 May) : As winners of the Wessex League Division 1, the club representing Oxfordshire is:  Oxford A.  Martin Illingworth & Amr El-Kashef, Ian Angus & Tom Rainforth, Yining Yang & Lawrence Want, Nicholas Lee & Jonathan Davis

9H Corwen (30 May):    Representing Oxfordshire:  Tiz Evers & Arthur Harold, Richard Crawford & Diane Mitchell, Ursula Bowler & Marion Sheppard, Richard Sills & Diana Cannon

CORWEN (30/31 May):  Representing Oxfordshire in the Corwen. Christopher Whitehouse & Mary-Ann Sheehy, Paul Morris & Graham Arnold, Sandra Nicholson & Krys Kazmierczak, Kathy Talbot & Denis Talbot 

NATIONAL INTER COUNTY LEAGUE FINAL (7 June) 

   Division 2  Christopher Whitehouse & Mary-Ann Sheehy, Finn Clark & Stuart forsyth, Tony Guilfoyle & Tony Guilfoyle, Lawrence Wang & Yining Yang       

  Division 3  Amr El-Kashef & Martin Illingworth, Gillian Lonsdale & Nigel Wilkes, Krys Kazmierczak & Sandra Nicholson, Malcolm Currie & Peter Litchfield 

PACHABO (13/14 June) :  Congratulations to the winners of the Presidents Cup who will be representing Oxfordshire in the Pachabo: Nick Smith & Alan Wilson, Robert Procter & Abbey Smith

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, next one 23rd April, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO ENTER

                 Click here for LADDER     The next ladder will be from Jan - May 2025. Premiership points are awarded for the ladder.

       This event uses self alerting. click HERE for more information.

The Selectors are pleased to announce the selections for the B and C Teams for the National International-County League Finals on Sunday 7th June:

(Selectors: Alan; Denis; Graham; Mary-Ann; Matthew; Nigel)

SECOND MONDAY - F2F Seniors Pairs at Roke, 11am, 30-33 boards.   

Please click HERE to enter and pay 

Payment is now cashless, so please enter in advance

   2025/2026 LADDER

The entry fee was reduced to £4 per player from June. Feel free to come along, you are very welcome.

The Seniors Ladder is open to all members of the OBA who are at least 55 years of age by end of 2025 (i.e. born 1970 or earlier). Younger players and visitors may play but are not eligible to win the trophy.

Director and coordinator: Patricia Hones

To play in Oxfordshire events (regular monthly events i.e.  Senior Pairs, BBO Pairs Ladder or Thursday Teams) or the occasional Sunday events e.g. Harwell Cup, Handicap Pairs or Mixed Pairs) all players must either be Primary Oxfordshire members or Associate Oxfordshire Members. The committee discussed and decided this recently. 

Oxfordshire welcomes players from other counties and at no cost, we ask you to register for Associate Membership.

To check Primary Oxfordshire membership click: NGS (ebu.co.uk) - you should see OXF by your name.

[Note the County Pairs and Presidents Cup are only open to Primary OBA Members. All Blue Pointed and the Congress are open to all so no associate membership is required for these events]