Oban Bridge Club meets face2face in St Columba's Cathedral Hall, Esplanade, Oban on Wednesdays at 7pm and Fridays at 1.45 p.m. (a more relaxed and social afternoon for players of varying standards) and also online every Monday at 7 p.m. on BBO (SBU_W_OBA).

Visitors are always welcome and should contact
Joy at 07754 298331 or email joy@ushers.eu whom failing Nina  on 07880 914515 if they wish to play.

Oban players have been playing all over the country this week.

On Monday, David and Jack came 2nd in our local heat, coming 12th overall.
On Tuesday, Zhenya and Alice came 2nd in Berwick, 20th overall.
On Wednesday, Zhenya and Colin won the Oban heat, coming 25th overall while David and Jack came 2nd in Oban but 12th overall.

These results may change. Full results on the ECATS page.

The 50th Oban Bridge Congress was held in the Royal Hotel, Oban.

Prizes were presented by Scottish Bridge Union Chair, Sarah Gunn and former Oban Congress President, David Pender.

PAIRS
Championship Final
1st - Jane Stephenson & Muriel Blake
2nd - David Pollard & Jack Suchodolski
3rd - Zhenya & Colin Winter

Congress Final
1st - Mike & Gill Scully
2nd - Margo McIntyre & Sandy Murray

Consolation Final
Mark Lincoln & Marie Mitchell

Best Oban Pair - Jack Suchodolski & David Pollard
 

Pairs Qualifying

Winners - Joan Forsyth & Beryl Campbell
Section A - Mary Storrar & Tim Hedley
Section B - Joan Forsyth & Beryl Campbell
Section C - Zhenya Winter & Colin Winter

TEAMS 
Championship Final
1st -  Marie Mitchell & Mark Lincoln and Sue & Roger Gordon
2nd - Sarah Gunn & Marina Evans and Nicci Maasdorp & Sean Malone
3rd -  Bett & Norman Morrison and Lorna Matheson & Allan Downie

Congress Final
1st - Janis Perry & Lesley Kydd and Tom Allison & Iain MacMillan
2nd -  Gill & George Roberts and Mary Storrar & Tim Hedley

Consolation Final
Terry Mcnair & Kieron Green and Gordon Brechin & Campbell Young

Best Oban Team - Margo McIntyre & Sandy Murray and Catherine MacGregor & Joy Usher

Teams Qualifying 
Jane Stephenson & Muriel Blake and Joan Forsyth & Beryl Campbell
 

NOVELTY EVENTS

Bidding Competition 
N/S Sarah Gunn & Marina Evans
E/W Gill & George Roberts

Two Board Knock-out
1st - Iain MacMillan & Tom Allison and Gill & Steve Terry
2nd - Peter Edmond & Robert Mactier and Nicki Traynor & Howard Greenwell

Balloted Teams
Section A - Muriel Blake & Jane Stephenson and David & Sue Pollard
Section B - Bett & Norman Morrison and Gill & Steve Terry

Quiz
Tom Allison, Ian Muir & Campbell Young
 

Congratulations to Pam & Sue, winners of the Oban heat and 7th overall to date (out of 237 pairs) Full Results

This year the competition was in aid of MIND and MacMillan Cancer Support. We have donated £3 per player but if you would like to donate further to these causes, please go to their Just Giving pages.

Congratulations to David and Jack, winners of the Memorial Trophy.

We take this time to remember all those who have helped, inspired and put up with us as we play.

Congratulations to Carol and Morag - Best Oban Pair and David & Sue Winners of the Swiss Pairs.

Great fun had by all!

Congratulations to Zhenya & Colin and David & Jack, 5th & 6th respectively in the recent UNICEF Charity Challenge out of a field of 216 pairs!

The Club has donated £3 per player to UNICEF.
If you would like to add to this follow this link to the JustGiving Page. (You can ensure that all your donation goes to the charity by selecting zero as the the custom tip amount.)

Congratulations to Sandy & Margo for winning the Charity Night Event.

Janet won the Deuce Prize and we raised a further £106 for the local dementia charity, having already raised £179 from our Christmas Dinner.

Thanks to everyone for their generous donations.

Congratulations to Zhenya and Alice W who came 2nd in the recent Norvite online event hosted by the North District.

Thanks to Tyler Hill for our first Team Match since COVID.

Congratulations to Anne & Nina and Morag & Tony who won their match.

Team A  Round 1    Round 2
Team B  Round 1    Round 2
Team C  Round 1   Round 2
Team D Round 1    Round 2
Team E  Round 1    Round 2

Final Scores

A wonderful weekend with excellent company and good results!

Congratulations to David & Liz, Pam & Sue who won the Teams and to Sandy & Margo who came third in the Pairs.

Congratulations to Carol & Judith and Colin & Zhenya, winners of the Balloted Teams; closely followed by Janet & Audrey and Jack & David.

A lovely weekend as usual!

Congratulations to Campbell & Gordon - the Best Oban Pair

Congratulations to Liz & David, 6th and Colin & Zhenya, 15th out of 157 pairs in the Wednesday evening event .

Congratulations to the winners of the Summer Season:

                                                            Best f2f                   Sue
                                                            Runner up              Pam
                                                            Nearest to 50%      Catherine

                                                           Best online             Jack
                                                           Runner up              David

Congratulations to Miriam and Jack who cam third in the Argyll Vintners Open pairs held in Inveraray recently.

Full results here.

!Dalmally Fun Day! 

A lovely time had by all. Thanks to Tony and his team.

£200 donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Morning Pairs

Afternoon Pairs

A lovely day out with Bridge included!

Congratulations to Pam and Sue who came third overall.
Joy and Carol were 9th and Morag and Nina 11th out of 62 pairs.

Congratulations to all those who took part in the SBU Ranked Individual events.

David came 6th & Jack 10th in the Harrison Trophy
Margo came 11th in the Bobby Allan
Alice W came 12th in the Farquharson
 

Winter F2F League -  1st     Jack 
                                   2nd   David 
                                   50% Tony

Handicap Winners - Audrey & Janet

Memorial Trophy - Pam & Sue

Donald Johnston Balloted Teams-  Janet & Judith and Pam & Sue

Best Novice Pair in Oban heat of the Thea Teale - Audrey & Judith

Winter Online League - 1st    David
                                     2nd   Jack

Handicap winner - John W