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 to be held on Thursday June 25^th at 6:00 PM.  This will be an online meeting.  Links to the final agenda, reports and accounts will be sent nearer the time. If you would like to add an item to the agenda, please let me know.  Nomination form and items for the agenda should be sent to me at least 7 days before the AGM. 

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

If you think you can help the organisation in any way, please get in touch.  

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

Links to (draft) Agenda, Nomination Form

Divisions for JUNE    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 18th June (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.  

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

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

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]