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Results
Pairs League - Overall
Pairs League - Division 1
Pairs League - Division 2
Blue Pointed Online Swiss Pairs (Junior Fundraising)
Director: Patricia Hones
OBA Thursday Teams
Director: Kathy Talbot
Calendar
22nd May 2025
OBA Thursday Teams
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Patricia Hones
9th Jun 2025
Seniors Pairs
Roke 11am
Director: Patricia Hones
19th Jun 2025
OBA Pairs League - starting positions
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Stephen Brown
 More Info
23rd Jun 2025
OBA Committee Meeting
Zoom 3pm
26th Jun 2025
Annual general Meeting
Zoom 6pm
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PREMIERSHIP LADDER

Each OBA competition counts toward this yearly ladder and give a player who has got the highest scores overall during 2024-2025

Click HERE to see the current standings. 

DATES FOR COMPETITIONS IN OXFORDSHIRE 2025-2026

ALL ON REALBRIDGE (except congress and events marked F2F)

 
Sat/Sun 16/17 Aug 2025  Congress (Abingdon F2F) 
 
Sun 31st Aug 2025    Friendly Pairs 
 
Sun 14 Sep 2025  F2F    Harwell Cup  Wallingford
 
Sun 12 Oct 2025 F2F   Wallingford Swiss Pairs 
 
Sun 9 Nov 2025        Handicap pairs TBC
 
Sun 7 Dec 2025        Swiss Pairs Championship TBC
 
Sun 18 Jan 2026    Mixed Pairs Hybrid / Wallingford TBC
 

Sun   1 Feb 2026       \

Thu   5 Feb 2026       County Pairs Semis
Mon 17 Feb 2026      /
 
Sun 15 Mar 2026     County Pairs Final
Regular monthly events
Regular monthly events

OBA offers three regular monthly events, F2F or online 

 

     SECOND MONDAY - F2F Seniors Pairs at Roke, 11am, 30-33 boards.   JUST TURN UP    2025/2026 LADDER

 

     THIRD THURSDAY - Pairs ladder on RealBridge, with promotion and relegation within two divisions, 7pm 21-22 boards.      CLICK TO JOIN AS A NEW ENTRANT    New players very welcome    Occasionally someone cannot play and a player is looking for a standby player. If you are willing to play to make up numbers, please submit your details here   LADDER   (alert own bids)

 

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO ENTER 10 DAYS BEFORE EVENT     (Alerting: partner alerts)

WELCOME TO THE HOME OF OXFORDSHIRE BRIDGE

WHAT THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION DOES      (Clicking on the green highlighted words links to the appropriate page)

Monthly Pairs League - next one 19th June

DIVISIONS FOR JUNE      LADDER

CLICK TO JOIN AS A NEW ENTRANT    New players very welcome (31 pairs are already entered)

CLICK TO PAY ENTRY FEE FOR 19th JUNE (for current players)

 

Last updated : 21st May 2025 07:08 BST
THURSDAY TEAMS 22nd May 2025

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, next one 22nd May, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO PAY / ENTER FOR MAY

            Click here for LADDER     

Last updated : 4th May 2025 09:52 BST
Players Representing Oxfordshire in May / June 2025
Players Representing Oxfordshire in May / June 2025

GARDEN CITIES (10 May) : As winners of the Wessex League Division 1, the club representing Oxfordshire is:  Oxford A.  Denis Talbot, Kathy Talbot, Amr El-Kashef, Martin Illingworth, Charlie Bucknell, Jonathan Davis, Lawrence Wang, Yining Yang      5th/7 FULL RESULTS

NATIONAL INTER COUNTY LEAGUE FINAL (8 June)  Division 2  Chris Wilson & Matthew Covill, Christopher Whitehouse & Mary-Ann Sheehy, Finn Clark & Stuart Forsyth, Nigel Wilkes & Gillian Lonsdale,

9H CORWEN (31 May): Ian Bishop & Christine Bishop, Ian van Maanen & Michael Allen, Diana Procter & Avril Bates, Patricia & Cliff Hones

CORWEN (31 May/1st June):  Nick Smith & Alan Wilson, Andrea Swmith & Jean Wadsworth, Gillian Lonsdale & Nigel Wilkes, Graham Orsmond & Jackie Fairclough

PACHABO (8/9 June) :  Congratulations to the winners of the Presidents Cup who will be representing Oxfordshire in the Pachabo:  Jonathan Davis, Charlie Bucknell, Lawrence Wang, Yining Yang

Last updated : 21st May 2025 15:04 BST
SENIORS PAIRS LADDER March 2025

Congratulations to Peter Hawkes & Mike Wenble, who won the 2024-2025 seniors ladder. See:  2024/2025 LADDER

Last updated : 21st May 2025 15:04 BST
Club Teacher Training
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EBED is delighted to announce a new Club Teacher Training event at Stratford Bridge Club.  

Please help support us by letting clubs in your association know about this course.

Club Teacher Training 12 ..........

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Last updated : 3rd Apr 2025 19:15 BST
Club TD Training @ Oxford Bridge Club
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A Directors' training course is being run at the Oxford Bridge Club, on these dates:

25th May Day 1 Book Rulings

8th June Day 2 Book Rulings continued and Judgements Rulings

22nd June Day 0 Essentials ..........

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Last updated : 4th Apr 2025 17:24 BST
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
ASSOCIATE 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 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]

Last updated : 23rd Mar 2025 19:20 GMT
National Inter-County League Finals B Division 8 June 2025

Congratulations to all of those who have represented the county in the B Division this year which resulted in Oxfordshire winning all its matches and the Division. As a result OBA has the opportunity to compete with the winning counties from the other Regions as well as the title holders from the year before - Hertfordshire.   The Selectors have made the following selection for the above finals:

Chris Wilson and Matthew Covill

Christopher Whitehouse and Mary-Ann Sheehy

Finn Clark and Stuart Forsyth

Gillian Lonsdale and Nigel Wilkes

Reserve: Graham Orsmond and Jackie Fairclough

Last updated : 24th Mar 2025 16:17 GMT
OXFORDSHIRE CONGRESS - AUGUST 2025

The OBA Congress will be held over the weekend 16-17th August 2025, at our popular new venue: The Pavilion, Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon. Green Pointed Swiss Pairs on Saturday and Green Pointed Swiss Teams on Sunday.

The entry fees will be £28 per player for Green Pointed events, 

Please enter / see entries using:  Swiss Pairs,  Swiss Teams,    entry forms. TEAM-MATES REQUIRED

For more information see the CONGRESS BROCHURE    CONGRESS DIRECTIONS & MAP     FOOD IN ABINGDON

Abingdon School is a nut-free zone, (several pupils have severe allergies, so players may not bring any foods containing nuts).  Note also, no smoking on the school premises.

If any pair or player is willing to be a standby pair (or player) for the Swiss Pairs on the Saturday, please email: obacongress@gmail.com

Abingdon Pavilion, outside view
Abingdon Pavilion, inside view

 

Home Counties Cup - Aylesbury Aces Swiss Pairs - 28th June 2025

To enter:    CLICK HERE

Home Counties Cup - Aylesbury Aces Swiss Pairs - 28th June 2025