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SATURDAY SOCIAL BRIDGE is a new initiative intended to widen the appeal of what OBC offers to its members, visitors and the wider community in and around Oxford.
Starting on 2nd November there will be Social Bridge sessions on Saturdays at OBC - open to all, including non-members. Come along for a relaxed session of Bridge with a break for refreshments at tea time.
Click on this box for further details. Tell your friends and come along. Starts at 2.30pm.
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| SWISS TEAMS 2019 |
Congratulations to Denis Talbot, Kathy Talbot, Charles Bucknell & Ewa Wieczorek who won the club's Swiss Teams competition, held over two Wednesday evenings, 6th November and 4th December. They win the Eve Stockwell bowl.
The team of Frederico Lombardi, Chun Ting Lau, Robert Gasser & Alison Withers Green came second, and there were three teams tied in third place - the Nettleton team (Diana Nettleton, Jonnie Richards, Matthew Covill, Emily Middleton and Nigel Birks), the Nicholson team (Sandra Nicholson, Krys Kazmierczak, Andy King, Chris Earl and John Deech) and the Kim team (Ruth Kim, Howard Arnes, Judy Wesselbaum & Isabel Pack), so well done to them too.
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| JACK HIGH EVENT ON SUNDAY 8TH DECEMBER |
Oxfordshire Bridge Association (the County) is holding its first ever Jack High pairs event on Sunday 8 December at 2pm at Oxford Bridge Club. This is for players whose NGS is no higher than a Jack on the day of entry.
This is an opportunity to get a taste of tournament bridge in a friendly environment where the average NGS is expected to be around 9. An enjoyable game is planned, over 24 boards, with a short break for refreshments. Play is expected to finish by about 5.30pm.
Come and meet like-minded players from a variety of clubs throughout Oxfordshire.
Entry fee: £6.00 per person
Please enter in advance via the Oxfordshire Bridge Association website. Click here for the online entry form.
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| ROSE BOWL 2019-2020 |
Congratulations to Lorna Swadling, Liza Furnival, Peter Randall & Diana Thorne who won the club's teams of four championship, which took place on Sunday 24 November. They receive the Rose Bowl.
In second place were Phil Bacon, Mark Hancock, Christopher & Jane Whelan, and third were Denis & Kathy Talbot, Matthew Covill & Henry Rose, so well done to them too.
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| ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY |
 The club Christmas festivities will be on Wednesday 11th December. Everyone is invited to play in the afternoon or the evening (or both!)
Afternoon duplicate bridge will start at 2.30pm and finish around 5.45pm. There won’t be a separate Gentle duplicate session in the afternoon - All are welcome to play in the Christmas afternoon session. There won't be any restrictions on partnerships for this session. During the break there will be a quiz while everyone can have tea and cakes. Table money is £4.
If you plan to play in the afternoon session, please add your name to the list on the noticeboard in the hallway, so that we know numbers for the catering.
At 6.00pm we will have mulled wine (or juice) with party snacks at a charge of £2 each. The evening session will follow starting at the normal time of 7.15pm.
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| CHILDREN IN NEED |
 The club ran several fund-raising events for Children in Need during the week of Monday 11th to Friday 15th November. The raffle and cake sale have raised approximately £950, which means that together with the table money from the two simultaneous pairs events we have raised £1,124.59 for Children in Need this year.
We would like to thank all those who supported us, by making cakes, bringing raffle prizes, buying raffle tickets and donating money.
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