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A warm welcome to members, newcomers, students and visitors |
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| Children in Need Sims - winners |
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Many congratulations to John Briggs & Martin Illingworth who won OBC's heat of the Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs held on Friday 13 November. Second were Erika Syba & Marion Sheppard, and third were Dhanesh Goberdhan & Nick Newell, so very well done to them too.
The national results will be somewhat different, and can be viewed here.
Click here to view the commentary on the hands.
Click here if you would like to make an individual donation to Children in Need via the ECatsbridge fundraising page.
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| County Pairs Competition |
Pairs who score more than 50% in one of our duplicate pairs sessions (excluding Gentle Duplicate and Jack-High Pairs) during the weeks beginning 16th November, 7th December or 4th January qualify to play in one of the semi-finals of the County Pairs.
In addition, the county is running a parallel competition for 9-high players (ie a pair with both players ranked at NGS 9 or below on 1 January 2027): any eligible pair who score 50% or more in any of our sessions (including Gentle Duplicate and Jack-High Pairs) during the same weeks will be invited to play in the 9-High County Pairs final on Sunday 14th March.
See the Oxfordshire Bridge Association website for further details and dates of the semi-finals and finals.
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| Christmas Party - Wednesday 9th December at 6pm |
 Christmas at Oxford Bridge Club: Festive Fun, Fizz and Bridge
Our Christmas party is one of the highlights of the club calendar. Join us for an evening of festive fun, with mulled wine, Prosecco and a delicious spread of Christmas treats, followed by 20 boards of bridge and prizes.
Everyone is welcome. You don’t need a partner, as a host will be on hand to make sure you have someone to play with. The evening is duplicate pairs over 20 boards, and the results will be handicapped, so players of all abilities have a real chance of winning a prize. Masterpoints and NGS will be based on the raw (unhandicapped) results.
And if you like, come in your favourite Christmas jumper!
Booking is essential. Cost is £17 per player (£15 for concessions). Numbers are limited, so please book early!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE BOOKING PAGE
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| Reminder : What to do if you haven’t received the RealBridge joining link |
Reminder : What to do if you haven’t received the RealBridge joining link
If you have booked an online session but cannot find any email containing the RealBridge joining link, you can obtain the link from the Bookwhen website.
To do this, log into Bookwhen at https://bookwhen.com/login and enter the email address and password you used when you made the booking.
You will see a list of your bookings. Locate the booking you want and click on "View online event"
For more information about playing RealBridge with Oxford Bridge Club, click here.
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| OBC and the Oxford Traffic Filters |
From 28th September 2026 the Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge has been replaced by the Oxford Traffic Filters trial. As with the Congestion Charge, access by car to the club is not affected significantly by the traffic filters. There aren’t any filter locations on either the Woodstock or Banbury Roads so access from the north is completely free. There is a filter location on the Marston Ferry Road but it only operates 7am- 9am and 3pm - 6pm Monday to Saturday. Therefore those coming to either a morning or evening session will not be affected if they use Marston Ferry Road. However members who would previously have travelled through the centre of Oxford to get to the club will have to pass at least one of the filter locations in the city centre that all operate every day 7am - 7pm.
Further information from Oxfordshire County Council
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| Playing Bridge at the Clubhouse |
We are playing face-to-face (F2F) bridge at the clubhouse on the following days:
Monday mornings: this is a hybrid session with two sections playing the same set of hands - one section playing at the club, and the other on RealBridge.
Tuesday mornings: this is a Gentle Duplicate session with restrictions on experienced partnerships.
Wednesday evenings: duplicate pairs, except 1st Wednesdays when we play teams; John Deech pairs on 4th Wednesdays.
Thursday evening Supervised Play sessions are at the clubhouse and must be prebooked. Click here for more information about Supervised Play sessions.
Thursday evening Gentle Duplicate sessions are at the clubhouse. Restrictions on experienced partnerships. No need to book in advance.
Friday mornings: this is a hybrid session with two sections playing the same set of hands - one section playing at the club, and the other on RealBridge.
Saturday Social: an opportunity to play relaxed bridge on Saturday afternoons at the Club.
As always please check the calendar for details. Pay for F2F sessions by card when you arrive at the club (except for Thursday evening Supervised Play which must be booked in advance).
Free tea and coffee is available at every session; the bar is open during the evening sessions.
Sessions are hosted so you can come along without a partner. Visitors are very welcome.
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| RealBridge - Audio and Video problems |
If you are having trouble with sound or video on your iPad or other device when using RealBridge, this guidance may help you to fix the problem.
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