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     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, next one 24th Sep, 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.

Oxfordshire OBA had a most successful outing today against Leicestershire in the season’s first match of the Midlands Counties on-line League. A big thank you to all those playing. The results were as follows:

    A Team won 17-3     B Team won 16-4     C Team won 20-0      9-High won 11-9

Results will be posted on the OBA website.

Midland Counties League 2026-27: 1 | 2 | 3 | 9-High

A special mention goes to Alex and Joseph Conlon who were playing in the competition for the first time in the C Team and topped the x-imps.  The C Team showed the way with a terrific first result.

More important than the result is the positive spirit in which the game was played - the selectors hope all enjoyed the bridge. There is no match in October and so the next MCOL match will be in November

The selectors picked these teams for the match against Leicestershire for September:

Reserve: Alison Jackson and Peter Jackson

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

EBED have agreed to run a course for new bridge teachers this October at OBC- a half day online on Sunday 4th Oct and an all day in-person on Sun 11th October.   The in-person session will be held at Oxford Bridge Club.  Please click here for more info.  For clubs in need, grants may be available.

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]

Handicap Pairs Championship - 8th November 2026

A pairs events with handicaps will be held on RealBridge on Sunday 8th November 2026. Please be online by 1.45 for a prompt start at 2.00pm.  Entry Fee:  £12 per pair. Session 1: 2.00pm - 4.30pm, ca 20 boards,         Session 2: 5.00pm - 7.00pm, ca 16 boards.   The masterpoints will be awarded according to scores before NGS adjustment. To apply handicaps, if a pair has a mature partnership NGS then this will be used, otherwise use the average NGS of the two players. The date of the NGS being used for the handicap is the date of the event.

PLEASE ENTER HERE

Swiss Pairs Championship - 6th December 2026    (BLUE POINTED)

It's time to enter this very popular competition. This year's Swiss Pairs competition will be held online (RealBridge) on Sunday 6th December 2026. Please be online by 1.45 for a prompt start at 2.00pm.There will be six 6-board matches. Session 1: 2.00pm - 4.15pm, 18 boards, Session 2: 4.45pm - 7.00pm, 18 boards.   Entry Fee: £18 per pair.

PRIZES: to top 10% of pairs playing, using 20% of entry fees.   

NOTE:  Self alerting in this event.  See here for detailed information

NOTE:   This event requires a full number of tables, so the last pair that enters may not be able to play if there is a half table....

Chief TD: Patricia Hones          CLICK TO ENTER

The Selection Committee is pleased to announce its selection to represent Oxfordshire in the Tollemache qualifier on 7 & 8 November 2026 as follows:

     Abbey Smith and Rob Procter (2 days)             Alan Wilson and Nick Smith (2 days)

     Denis Talbot and Kathy Talbot (1 day)               Graham Orsmond and Tom Rainforth (Sunday)

     Finn Clark and Stuart Forsyth (1 day)                Ian Angus and Tom Rainforth (Saturday)

Midland Counties League 2026-27: 1 | 2 | 3 | 9-High

The Selection Committee has made the following selection for the match against Gloucestershire in NOVEMBER (October is a bye for OBA):

Reserves:    Alex and Joseph, Krys and Sandra                9H Reserve: Danesh Goberdhan and Ray Connew

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

Divisions for October    Ladder

Click to join as a new entrant   New pairs very welcome (31 pairs are already entered). Premiership points are awarded for the ladder.

Click to pay entry fee for 15th October (for current players, and to receive RealBridge link)

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