Do you know anyone who wants to learn to play Bridge? If so, then please encourage your friends, family, neighbours and colleagues to try one of our free Taster sessions which we’re running in August and September at Oxford Bridge Club. It's an opportunity see how our Bridge classes are taught, meet the teachers and get to play some Bridge! In October, term 1 of a brand new year of ‘Bridge for All’ courses will start at the club. These have been developed by the EBU and are based on the Acol bidding system. Details are here.

Most of our students come to us through the website or through personal recommendation so your spreading the word and encouragement means a lot. They can find more information on this website by clicking on the ‘Learn to Play Bridge’ box in the top right hand corner. 

The Oxford Bridge Club AGM will be held at 6pm on 20th July 2022, at the club.

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Following the AGM there will be a free duplicate pairs session, also at the club. There won't be an online session that evening. Click here for more details. 

We’re introducing a new face-to-face session on 2nd Wednesdays, with the first session on Wednesday 13^th July, at 7pm. After playing 20/21 boards (finishing by 9.30-9.45), we’ll have a friendly and relaxed chat about some of the more interesting hands, led by two Oxford-based England internationals, Diana Nettleton & Charlie Bucknell. The bar will be open. Click here for more details. 

We know that some members would like to get back to playing face-to-face bridge in the evenings, so here’s your chance! Please find yourself a partner and come along and join us.  We’ll try to find a host, so that those without a partner can play (check the calendar).  There will be no online sessions on 2nd Wednesday evenings for the time being.

Our first Speedball session, played on Friday 1st July was very successful and we plan to continue running it on first Friday evenings of the month. So do come and join us for the next session which will be on Friday 5th August, at 7.15pm, at the clubhouse. The bar will be open, and will have better stocks of wine this time!  Click here for more information on speedball. 

Oxford Bridge School is offering a 4-week course at the club for anyone who has played little or no bridge since the COVID pandemic and wants a reminder about the equipment, bridge movements and laws involved in a duplicate session, together with a review of ACOL basics. Each session lasts approximately two hours and is split equally between teaching and practice. The course will run twice – on Thursday mornings in June/July and again on Wednesday evenings in July/August. The cost is just £20 per person per four-session course, which must be pre-booked, or £6 per player for a single drop-in session (not pre-bookable). To go to the booking page please click here. 

Many of you know Susan Fletcher who plays and directs at the club, and was Education Secretary until her diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease last July. Susan has completed walking the Pennine Way with 184 (!) of her friends, family and fellow OBC members – 268 miles and a combined ascent higher than Mount Everest – to raise awareness and funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Susan has now raised over £66,000 via her JustGiving page and over £76,000 in total! Thank you to everyone who has donated. You can read Susan's story and make a donation at the following link – https://justgiving.com/fundraising/susan-fletcher-watts.

If you would like to follow Susan's Pennine Way Challenge journey (and spot familiar faces from the club) then follow her on Instagram @walkingthepositivepath or on Facebook here. 

Setting off from Ponden Reservoir	About to walk from Gargrave	Teachers and directors at the ready!	A welcome after climbing Cross Fell	The week 3 OBC crew

We are playing face-to-face (F2F) bridge sessions at the clubhouse on Tuesday and Friday mornings. These are hybrid sessions with two sections playing the same set of hands - one section playing at the club, and the other online, on RealBridge.

Additionally we are running monthly sessions on 2nd Wednesday and 1st Friday evenings. Check the calendar for details. 

Thursday evening Learn & Play sessions are also at the clubhouse. Click here for more information about Learn & Play sessions. 

There's no need to prebook F2F sessions - just turn up. All sessions are hosted, so you can come along without a partner. Visitors are very welcome. 

There's no requirement to wear a facemask whilst you are on the club premises, though you may do so if you wish. 

For more information about the precautions that we are taking against Covid please click here. 

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