Click NEWSLETTER to read OBA's most recent news (April 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

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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.  

The Portland Bowl Finals took place on the weekend of 25th - 26th April 2026 at the famous Portland Club in London. 

Oxford University A beat Bristol University A by 18 IMPs. The Oxford line-up (pictured), included Thomas Gardner, Henry Huang, Nicholas Lee, Lucy Norman & Yining Yang. 

Full Results

CANCELLED IN MAY DUE TO INSUFFICIENT ENTRIES

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

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 was won by Sandra Nicholson, Krys Kazmierczak, Peter Litchfield and Malcolm Currie (Dave Tarsky) beating Peter Kiff's team 78-23

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 Wang, Nicholas Lee & Jonathan Davis  5th/6  FULL RESULTS

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

Divisions for MAY    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 21st May (for current players, and to receive RealBridge link)

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

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, next one 28th May, 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.

Entry fee £4 per person. Eligibility: Both players must be NGS 9 on 1st August (the date when a mailing was sent to Oxfordshire 9-High players) or on the Friday before the event

Prizes awarded based on:  10% of entry fees (in terms of free entry to another competition). This event was run at the Congress but has been moved two week later.

The winners will be awarded the Sandra Landy Trophy (click for previous winners).

2.00 pm - 5.00pm, approx 22 boards   CLICK HERE TO ENTER

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]