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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

* 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

The Annual General Meeting of the Oxfordshire Bridge Association is to be held on Thursday June 25^th at 6:00 PM.  This will be an online meeting.  Click this LINK to see the final agenda, reports and accounts. If you wish to give your apologies for not attending the meeting, then please use the same link. Nomination forms and items for the agenda should be sent to me ideally at least 7 days before the AGM but If you think you can help the organisation in any way, please get in touch.  

There are three vacancies for Member Representatives who are invited to attend OBA Management Meetings and assist in the administration of the OBA. It is an opportunity to support clubs and bring club views to the meetings. If you are interested, please let me know. 

At the AGM, the members of the OBA Management Committee are asking for the meeting to agree some changes to the OBA Constitution. The purpose of the changes are to fulfil the following:

               1. Change references to paid membership to Primary Membership 

               2. The Management committee consisting of honorary officers, those fulfilling other roles, Shareholders and Member Representatives. 

               3. Links to the recently adopted DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) policy as recommended by a subgroup tasked to look at this. 

The meeting will be followed by the normal Multiple Teams session on RealBridge.  AGM attendees get free entry on this occasion. 

I hope to see you there.  Best wishes,   Malcolm Currie, Chairman

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 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.

Divisions for JULY    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 July (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 25th June, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO ENTER

                 Click here for LADDER     The current ladder is from Jan - May 2026, and the following one is Jul - Nov 2026. There is a teams immediately after AGM on Thursday 25th June and this event is free for those who attend the AGM. Premiership points are awarded for the ladder.

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

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.  

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 24/55, Richard Crawford & Diane Mitchell 17/49, Ursula Bowler & Marion Sheppard 37/55, Richard Sills & Diana Cannon 25/55  FULL RESULTS

CORWEN (30/31 May):  Representing Oxfordshire in the Corwen. Christopher Whitehouse & Mary-Ann Sheehy 28/83, Paul Morris & Graham Arnold 63/83, Sandra Nicholson & Krys Kazmierczak 24/83, Kathy Talbot & Denis Talbot  20/83  FULL RESULTS

NATIONAL INTER COUNTY LEAGUE FINAL (7 June) 

   Division 2  Well done coming 3rd / 6    Christopher Whitehouse & Mary-Ann Sheehy, Finn Clark & Stuart forsyth, Tony Guilfoyle & Tony Guilfoyle, Lawrence Wang & Yining Yang    FULL RESULTS     

   Division 3  Well done coming 3rd / 6     Amr El-Kashef & Martin Illingworth, Gillian Lonsdale & Nigel Wilkes, Krys Kazmierczak & Sandra Nicholson, Malcolm Currie & Peter Litchfield   FULL RESULTS

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   11/27 FULL RESULTS

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]

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

• A day of social bridge - we invite you to come to play bridge with us
• Profits in aid of FLEXICARE *
• Five venues in Henley – starting at Leander Rowing Club
• Longest walk approx 200 yards
• 10.30am prompt arrival for registration
•   4.00pm prizes and departure
• £105 per pair. Good cause, good food, no raffle.
• Scoring by BriAn bridge on your mobile phone- help if needed.
• Includes morning coffee, two-course lunch and prizes
• Enjoy 5 hands with each of 5 different pairs at 5 different venues
• All welcome –whether or not an EBU member - just bring your best smile

CLICK TO ENTER

* This Oxfordshire charity is to give families with a severely disabled child a break caring for children in their own home with an appropriate my trained adult or two carers so that siblings can have one to one fun too.