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Director: Stephen Brown
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24th Jul 2025
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11th Aug 2025
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Roke 11am
Director: Patricia Hones
16th Aug 2025
OBA Congress Swiss Pairs
Abingdon School 11.30am
Director: Rob Sassoon
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OBA Congress Swiss Teams
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County Green / Blue Point Events

Oxfordshire Congress             16-17 August 2025    Click for more information

Cheltenham Congress             23-24 August 2025   Click for more information

West of England Congress     11-12 October 2025   Click for programme & entries

Kent / Sussex Congress          25-26 October 2025   Click for more information

Malvern Congress                   25-26 October 2025    Click for more information

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 
 
Thu 4th Sep 2025      Cafe Bridge, Burford
 
Tue 16th Sep 2025    Cafe Bridge, Henley, entries open 2June
 
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 16 Feb 2026      /
 
Sun 15th Feb 2026  Abingdon Swiss Pairs F2F
Sun 8 Mar 2026       9H County Pairs
Sun 15 Mar 2026     County Pairs Final
 
Sun 19th April 2026   Oxford Swiss Pairs
 
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 pairs very welcome       LADDER

 

     FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, 7pm, 24-25 boards     CLICK TO ENTER 10 DAYS BEFORE EVENT

County Teams
Midland Counties League 2024-2025

Report from Matthew Covill:      MATCH REPORT v WARWICKSHIRE    COPING WITH 4-0 TRUMP BREAKS (by Nick Smith)

Congratulations to all the OBA players playing against Warwickshire today. Oxfordshire won all three of its matches.

Dawes League

The A Team left it to the last result on the last hand to win the match 11-9. How exciting! They won by 7 imps which also happens to be the minimum imp level which avoids a draw. My preliminary calculations suggest that the A Team have finished in second position to Gloucestershire. In a day of fine margins, this required Nottinghamshire to beat Leicestershire without having won a match all season, so thanks due to them!

Porter League

The B Team made easier work of their match, being over 200 imps up at the half way mark. The final margin was 313 imps which is 20-0 with room to spare. Congratulations to Graham and Jackie who topped the cross-imps across all OBA Leagues with over 2 imps per board.

The B Team have won all their matches this season and have won the division by a significant margin, so congratulations to all involved.

Markham League

The C Team won 17-3 after a slow start, so a highly satisfactory result. Although the C Team have only lost one match this season (to Gloucestershire), they finish in third position in the League.

If my early investigation is correct, it looks like Worcestershire beat Gloucestershire by 16-4 and this would be enough to win the League for Worcestershire.

Please note that we have been thanked by Warwickshire for such a good-spirited match. This is just as important as winning, so thank you to all those who played today.

 

The MCOL now has a short break and will resume on the second Sunday of the month (mostly) from September. Please keep your eye on the OBA website for and relevant news.

Match versus Worcestershire (away) on Real Bridge on Sunday 9th February 2025

The selectors are pleased to make the following selections for the match against Worcestershire on Sunday 9th February 2025:

The results were as follows:   MATCH REPORT

     A Team 168 v 194 imps or 8-12 VPs

     B Team 294 v 122 imps or 18-2 VPs

     C Team 263 v 252 imps or 11-9 VPs

     9-High 151 v 212 imps or 6-14 VPs

A Team

Abbey Smith and Robert Procter, Alan Wilson and Nick Smith, Henry Rose and Jonathan Davis, Ian Angus and Tom Rainforth

 

B Team

Chris Wilson and Matthew Covill, Christopher Whitehouse and Mary-Ann Sheehy, Finn Clark and Malcolm Cochrane, Graham Orsmond and Jackie Fairclough

 

     C Team

Gillian Lonsdale and Nigel Wilkes, Krys Kazmierczak and Sandra Nicholson, Lorna Swadling and Peter Finbow, Malcolm Currie and Peter Litchfield

 

Nine-High

Anna Wright and Lesley Sixsmith, Bridget Watson and John Cecil, Ian Van Maanen and Michael Allen, Nick Stubbs and Raymond Connew

 

Reserve: Erika Syba and Rob Blundell

TOLLEMACHE NOVEMBER 2024

Matthew Covill is very pleased to let you know that this weekend Oxfordshire qualified for the finals of the Tollemache Cup. Counties are divided in a Red Section and a Green Section, and Oxfordshire won the Green Section. 104 boards were played against 13 other counties, and Oxfordshire had good wins against Surrey and Gloucestershire, both of which were seeded. In all there were 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

The Oxfordshire team for the Tollemache ( Inter County teams of 8 ) Qualifier taking place on 9th/10th November on Realbridge will be, in no particular order 

Alan Wilson & Nick Smith

Diana Nettleton & Olly Burgess

Chris Cooper & Ian Angus

Charlie Bucknell & Jonathan Davis

Abbey Smith & Robert Procter

Graham Orsmond & Jackie Fairclough                       

with non-playing captain Matthew covill

OBA County Teams Results 2023-24

Please CLICK TO READ a report which has been written to describe the performance of the OBA teams during the 2023-24 season, and also describe the process for selection for the 2023-24 year for the Tollemache Cup qualifier.

Congratulations to the B Team players who have won the Porter League and now go on to represent the Midlands Counties in the national final. A selection will be announced shortly for this team. The final will be held on Sunday 2nd June 2024.

I should also highlight to you the achievements of some Oxfordshire players over the Easter Festival. In the Swiss Teams Graham Orsmond was in the winning team, and also being placed very high were Charlie Bucknell, Diana Nettleton, Lawrence Wang and Chun-Ting Lau. In the Swiss pairs there were creditable performances from Diana Nettleton, Lawrence Wang and Yining Yang in a strong field.

Meanwhile the Thursday Pairs Ladder has finished for the six months to March 2024 and the top three finishers were as follows:

Matthew Covill and Chris Wilson

115

John and Tony Guilfoyle

113

Stephen Brown and Michael Collins

109

Our thanks go to Stephen for organising the three leagues so efficiently. Please continue to support the ladder.

Please continue to enjoy your bridge over the Summer months. I think that the MCOL dates will be settled in June and a doodle poll should be circulated thereafter to ascertain availability for all the matches for 2024-25.

Dawes League v Staffs (15th March 2023)

Thank you to those who turned out to represent Oxfordshire against Gloucestershire today. The results are both on the EBU website and also on the OBA one for those brave enough to look.

On the whole it was a disappointing set of results which were as follows:  A Team lost 6-14,   B Team lost 7-13, C Team lost 5-15

These results are roughly in keeping with the England rugby this weekend, although the A team took an early lead and I believe were leading into the final set. The B Team were also level at half time.

 

There are two highlights which I should draw to your attention. The first is that the C Team have won the Markham Division and congratulations are due to all those who have played this season. Today's was the only defeat, and it is very pleasing to be able to select so many good players from a such a healthy squad.

The second highlight is to mention that Lawrence and Yining topped the x-imps averaging a positive score of 1.39 per board. This would be less remarkable if it were not against a series of international players who represent Gloucestershire and that Gloucestershire have won the Dawes League this season - so well done to them. Oxfordshire Bridge needs people like Lawrence and Yining!

 

There will now be some respite until the MCOL picks up again in September. Please don't forget to practise being nice to your partner over the summer so that we are ready to launch in the new season.

                Matthew Covill. 

Dawes League v Staffs (15th February 2023)

The results from today were as follows:    A Team lost 9-11,   B Team lost 9-11,  C Team won 15-5

Congratulations to the C Team on being unbeaten this season and securing another win today. It sets up a good position for the final game of the season against Gloucestershire.

Congratulations to the following four pairs for heading the x-imp leader board:   Christopher and Mary-Ann, Amr and Martin, Alison and Robert, Charlie and Ewa

                Matthew Covill. 

Dawes League v Staffs (15th January 2023)

Ignoring my individual performance, today was a good day for Oxfordshire Bridge. The results were as follows:

    A Team won 13-7,    B Team won 14-6,    C Team won 12-8         See write up of a 4S hand by Alan Wilson 

Thanks to all those playing and congratulations for the wins. In a feat of modernisation, the results and hands are posted on the OBA website.  The results have also been uploaded to the EBU website, but other counties may not be so quick!  The next match will be against Warwickshire on 12th February 2023. The selectors will aim to get together to make the team selection for that match shortly.   Matthew Covill. 

Dawes League v Notts (11th December 2022)

Thanks to those who turned out to play for Oxfordshire against Nottinghamshire today in fairly frosty conditions. The results were:

    A Team 14-6,    B Team 14-6,    C Team 18-2

So congratulations to all the teams on healthy wins, the C Team result just that bit healthier than the other two. The next match will be against Staffs on 15th January 2023. The selectors will aim to get together to make the team selection for that match shortly.   Matthew Covill. 

MATCH REPORT & RESULT FROM JAN 2025 DAWES LEAGUE MATCH

Thank you to those who played in the match against Gloucestershire last Sunday. It was the first time that we have fielded a nine-high team and that seems to have gone well. I hope all the players enjoyed it. The match was very close with Gloucestershire narrowly beating us by 22 imps. Congratulations to Kevin and Ruth Carter who came out the best of the OBA pairs in the cross imps.

Click HERE for a report on the match kindly prepared by Chris Wilson.

The A team victory was most impressive because Gloucestershire have a number of home international players, and have been unbeaten this season, so congratulations to the A team.

In the B Team Finn and Stuart seemed to have been enjoying the day and as a result OBA now top the Division 2 table. In second place come Worcestershire who we happen to play in February.

Midland Counties Teams - v Gloucestershire on Sunday 19th January 2025

The first match of the New Year will be against Gloucestershire on Sunday 19th January. The selectors are pleased to announce the following teams:  RESULTS

 

A Team: Abbey Smith and Robert Procter, Alan Wilson and Nick Smith, Charlie Bucknell and Jonathan Davis, Denis Talbot and Kathy Talbot

B Team:  Amr El-Kashef and Martin Illingworth, Chris Wilson and Nicholas Lee, Christopher Whitehouse and Mary-Ann Sheehy, Finn Clark and Stuart Forsyth

C Team: Gillian Lonsdale and Nigel Wilkes, Krys Kazmierczak and Sandra Nicholson, Liza Furnival and Lorna Swadling, Malcolm Currie and Peter Litchfield

        Reserve: Alison Jackson and Peter Jackson

9-High: Richard Crawford and Diane Mitchell, Cliff Hones and Patricia Hones, Kevin Carter and Ruth Carter, Sarah Gregory and Peter Kiff

        Reserve: Lesley Sixsmith and Anna Wright

 

This is the first time that the county will be fielding a 9-high team. It goes without saying that the aim is primarily to enjoy yourselves and to make sure that the opponents do so also, whilst wondering why they have come second. We are delighted to have received many expressions of interest in the 9-High and plan to see more pairs playing for the County in this event both in the remainder of this year and in years to come.

Dawes League v Gloc (14 January 2024)

It was a good day for OBA. The A Team won 15-5. The B Team won 19-1 subject to an appeal. And the C Team lost 16-4 (which was unexpected).

Chris has produced this MATCH REPORT. Thank you to those who have submitted hands of interest.

The current position with two matches to go is that OBA leads in the Dawes and Porter competitions and lies third in the Markham. A good position.

Dawes League v Worcestershire (11 February 2024)

The A Team lost 5-15. The B Team won 17-3. And the C Team lost 6-14.

Matthew has produced this MATCH REPORT. Thank you to those who have submitted hands of interest.

LINK TO RESULTS TABLES

 

Dawes Leagues v Nottinghamshire (15th September 2024)

Congratulations to all the teams on the results which are provisionally as follows:

    A Team 19-1                    B Team 14-6                      C Team 15-5

There has been a ruling in the B Team so that result to be double checked. 

Special mention goes to Charlie Bucknell and Jonathan Davis playing in the A Team who generated 2.42 imps per board which is very pleasing.

MCOL Match against Shropshire and Staffordshire 13 October 2024

The A and B Team won their matches 17-3, and the C Team won 15-5. This leaves the A and B Teams in first position in their respective leagues after two matches, and the C Team is lying in fourth place.   Interestingly there are different counties challenging each of our teams: for the A Team it is Gloucestershire, for the B Team Worcestershire and for the C Team it is both of these and Derbyshire.   Please click for a DETAILED REPORT

Midland Counties League Tables 2024-25: 1 | 2 | 3