Release 2.19q
Results
Seniors Pairs
Director: Debbie Roberts
Handicap Pairs
Director: Patricia Hones
OBA Thursday Teams
Director: Patricia Hones
OBA Pairs League - Division 1
OBA Pairs League - Division 2
Calendar
16th Nov 2025
Midland League v Leicestershire (A)
RealBridge 2pm
20th Nov 2025
OBA Pairs League - Starting Positions
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Stephen Brown
 More Info
23rd Nov 2025
Online Social Bridge Event
RealBridge
27th Nov 2025
OBA Thursday Teams
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Patricia Hones
7th Dec 2025
Swiss Pairs Championship
RealBridge 2pm
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PREMIERSHIP LADDER

Each OBA competition counts toward this yearly ladder and give a player who has got the highest scores overall during 2025-2026

Click HERE to see the 2025-2026 current standings. 

DATES FOR COMPETITIONS IN OXFORDSHIRE 2025-2026

ALL ON REALBRIDGE (except congress and events marked F2F)

    PREMIERSHIP LADDER

 
Sun 23 Nov 2025       Online Social Event
 
Sun 7 Dec 2025        Swiss Pairs Championship
 
Sun 18 Jan 2026    Mixed Pairs Wallingford
 

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
 
 
Sat/Sun 15/16 Aug 2026  Congress (Abingdon F2F) 
 
Sun 30th Aug 2026    Friendly Pairs 
 
Sun 13 Sep 2026  F2F tbc   Harwell Cup  Wallingford
Sun 11 Oct 2026 F2F tbc   Wallingford Swiss Pairs 
Sun 8 Nov 2026  tbc      Handicap 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

Honours Board Harwell Cup
Honours Board Harwell Cup

Originally the Harwell Cup was an annual teams-of-four event run by the Harwell Club for which invitations were sent to clubs both in Oxfordshire and neighbouring areas. The event is now run by the OBA as its Teams-of-Four/Swiss Teams Championship. 

Date Winners
1969-70 P J Hallowell, M P Simpson, M J D Powell & R Fletcher
1970-71 D Matthews, M P Simpson, M J D Powell & R Fletcher
1971-72 W H Lovell, D N Spriggs, D A Lilley & G E Dazely
1972-73 M Turner, D Walker, J Borwein & R Balfour
1973-74 M Turner, D Walker, J Borwein & R Balfour
1974-75 W W Brown, Mrs W W Brown, G S Francis & Mrs G S Francis
1975-76 D A Riley, J A Pares, D A Pritchard & R F Holder
1976-77 G S Francis, Mrs G S Francis, W W Brown & Mrs W W Brown
1977-78 R F Holder, N Moss, D S Perkins & I Marks
1978-79 G McPherson, D J Jones, M A Wilson & B G White
1979-80 E F Bowtell, F G Constable, R T G M Parker & R G Hayden
1980-81 A R Gardiner, C C Harrison, G H Horley & D Small
1981-82 R D Avery, A J Walkden, P R Thornton & V S Savage
1982-83 R D Avery, D S Perkins, B S Best & B G Midgley
1983-84 R D Avery, B C Best, B G Midgley & J Pares
1984-85 Mrs A Salmon, L Salmon, M P Simpson & C W Keep
1985-86 B C Best, M T Green, G Somerville & G Van Geyzel
1986-87 G H Horley, J V Elstow, F V Savage & J A Hudson
1987-88 W Norman, D Willard, J Petherick & Mrs G Petherick
1988-89 J V Elstow, A R Gardiner, F V Savage & D R Small
1989-90 Mrs A Salmon, L Salmon, M P Simpson & C W Keep
1990-91 Mrs A Salmon, L Salmon, M P Simpson & C W Keep
1991-92 P Belton, G Nicholas, J Petherick & Mrs G Petherick
1992-93 A R Gardiner, C C Harrison, G H Horley & D Small
1993-94 A R Gardiner, C C Harrison, G H Horley & D Small
1994-95 Mrs A Salmon, J H Freeman, C W Keep & L Salmon
1995-96 Mrs A Salmon, J H Freeman, C W Keep & L Salmon
1996-97 D Southcombe, M Dancer, S Dutton & J Dutton
1997-98 Mrs J M Baldock, Mrs M Dawson, R F F Dawson & G Lucy
1998-99 G Nicholas, P Belton, M Webley & P Cole
1999-00 M Brown, P Baxter, Mrs P Rhodes-Fisher & Mrs D Roberts
2000-01 A Badiani, Mrs A Fearnhead, P Fearnhead & S Noble
2001-02 M Webley, P Cole, Mrs D Lintott & A Lintott
2002-03 N Cundy, T Prior, C Cooper & J Jordan
2003-04 N Gascoyne, P Finbow, Mrs J Squires & R Quainton
2004-05 Mrs J Murray, M Currie, Mrs M Sloper & R Sloper
2005-06 N Smith, A Wilson, S McPhee & R Procter
2006-07 Mrs M Day, N Perceval-Price, R Procter & N Smith
2007-08 J Clifford, C Keep, N Wilkes & Mrs G Lonsdale
2008-09 David Watkins, Tony Faint, David Flower & David Stead
2009-10 Kathy Talbot, Denis Talbot, Geoff Nicholas & Debbie Roberts
2010-11 Colin Jones, Mary-Ann Sheehy, Ron Quainton & Jennie Griffiths
2011-12 Peter Finbow, John Deech, Lorraine Jones & Peter Owen-Smith
2012-13 Stephen Brown, John Deech, John Williams & Chris Wilson
2013-14  (not held)
2014-15 John Clifford, Clive Keep, Nigel Wilkes & Gillian Lonsdale
2015-16  (not held)
2016-17 Gillian Lonsdale, Nigel Wilkes, Sandra Nicholson & Krys Kazmierczak
2017-18 Michiel Cottaar, Peter Litchfield, Kathy Talbot & Denis Talbot
2018-19 Nigel Birks, Matthew Covill, Emily Middleton & Diana Nettleton 
2019-20 Nick Smith, Alan Wilson, Robert Procter & Michael Robinson
2020-2022 Not held (pandemic)
2023-24 Denis Talbot, Kathy Talbot, Graham Orsmond & Jackie Fairclough
2024-25 Denis Talbot, Kathy Talbot, Graham Orsmond & Jackie Fairclough
2025-26 Denis Talbot, Kathy Talbot, Lawrence Wang and Yinin Yang