| NEWSLETTER & HELP TO CLUBS |
 Click NEWSLETTER to read OBA's most recent news (June 2026). Please email the secretary using OBAcomp@gmail.com if
* anyone would like to contribute to bridge in Oxfordshire or serve on the committee
* any club would like financial or other support to make bridge more accessible
* anyone has an interesting hand for the newsletter (send to OBAeditor@gmail.com)
* any club would like a grant to support the growth of bridge
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| Last updated : 28th Jun 2026 14:57 BST |
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| F2F Pairs at Roke, next one 10th Aug |
SECOND MONDAY - F2F Pairs at Roke, 11am, 30-33 boards, with ladder for seniors pairs. Bring your own lunch
Open to all players, irrespective of age.
Please click HERE to enter and pay
Payment is now cashless, so please enter in advance
2025/2026 LADDER
The entry fee is £4 per player. 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.
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| Last updated : 6th Aug 2026 17:34 BST |
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| Monthly Pairs League - next one 20th August |
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| Last updated : 18th Jul 2026 19:16 BST |
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| Oxford Junior Bridge Club seeks coordinator |
Holly Kilpatrick has coordinated the Oxford Junior Bridge Club for around 12 years. Many thanks to her.
She is standing down from running the junior club after 12 years and she is anxiously trying to find people to take over. She is finishing at the end of June so new folk will take up this post in September.
Please click for a resume of the history of OJBC and the 'job description' for her replacement.
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| Last updated : 2nd May 2026 08:53 BST |
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| SECONDARY MEMBERSHIP |
 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 Secondary (sometime referred to as 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 Secondary 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 secondary membership is required for these events]
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| Last updated : 16th Jun 2026 10:38 BST |
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| Harwell Cup (Teams of Four) - Sunday 13th September 2026 - F2F at Oxford Bridge Club |
Harwell Cup Teams Championship - 13th September 2026
A Multiple Teams competition for the Harwell Cup will be held on Sunday 13th September 2026 at the Oxford Bridge Club. Please arrive by 1.45 for a prompt start at 2.00pm.
Entry Fee: £40 per team. Cake & tea/coffee is included in the entry fee.
Session 1: 2.00pm - 4.15pm, ca 18 boards, Session 2: 4.45pm - 7.00pm, ca 18 boards. Teams in the top half get free entry into the Presidents Cup.
PLEASE ENTER HERE
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| Last updated : 25th Jun 2026 07:08 BST |
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| Thursday Teams: 27th August 2026 |
FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, next one 27th Aug, 7pm, 24-25 boards CLICK TO ENTER
Click here for LADDER The next ladder is from Jul - Nov 2026. Premiership points are awarded for the ladder.
This event uses self alerting. click HERE for more information.
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| Last updated : 24th Jul 2026 08:59 BST |
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| Knockout Teams (Presidents Cup) - All players welcome! |
You are invited to play in the OBA Knockout Teams this year (Green Pointed). The OBA Competitions committee met recently and to try and increase the number of entries for the Presidents Cup, decided to offer discounted entry to teams who have not played in this competition for the past three years (£20 per team). We hope that this will encourage more entries. Captains of opposing teams fix a date to play, normally playing on RealBridge but teams can agree to play F2F, for example.
We plan to run a Presidents Plate as well (teams that lose their first round match, play in this), so all teams get at least two matches. This event is suitable for players of all standards. We encourage you to enter, only £5 per player for new teams, £7 per player for other teams. If you'd like to play please decide who is to be captain and please CLICK HERE to enter, but please do not transfer any entry fee - you be sent an email with a payment link within 24 hours of entering. FURTHER INFORMATION Entries please by the end of October.
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| Last updated : 3rd Aug 2026 22:43 BST |
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| MCOL match versus Leicestershire on Sunday 6th September 2026 |
The selectors have picked these teams for the match against Leicestershire for September:
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Abbey Smith and Rob Procter
Chris Wilson and Matthew Covill
Finn Clark and Stuart Forsyth
Ian Angus and Tom Rainforth
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Alan Wilson and Emily Middleton
Graham Orsmond and Jackie Fairclough
Jaak Kand and Priit Vohandu
Jonathan Davis and Nick Lee
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Alex Conlon and Christopher Whitehouse
Gillian Lonsdale and Nigel Wilkes
John Guilfoyle and Tony Guilfoyle
Krys Kazmierczak and Sandra Nicholson
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Reserve: Alison Jackson and Peter Jackson
(Selectors: Alan, Denis, Graham, Mary-Ann, Matthew and Nigel)
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| Last updated : 24th Jul 2026 09:27 BST |
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