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A warm welcome to members, newcomers, students and visitors |
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| Rubber Bridge Competition - the Meltzer |
The draw for this year's competition has now been made. Please click here to view it.
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| Pro-am Pairs on Wed 21st October |
We are running a Pro-Am Pair session on Wednesday 21st October, at 7.15pm at the club. For those who are unfamiliar with this type of event, this is where we pair a player with a higher NGS (a pro) with a player with a lower NGS (an am). We are asking everyone who would like to play, ie both pros and ams, to sign up on the same entry form.
This event is aimed at those who play regularly in our duplicate sessions, including Gentle Duplicate. It is not suitable for those who are learning to play bridge, or those who only play in Supervised Play sessions.
Click here for further information and the entry form.
Deadline for entries is 2pm on Monday 19th October.
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| Charity Bridge Afternoon Raises £900 for MND |
The Charity Bridge Afternoon on Sunday 20th September was a fantastic success, and raised over £900 for the Motor Neuron Disease Association.
Over 70 people attended the event, which was organised as two separate sessions to welcome both our regular players and those who were new to the club. This format allowed everyone to get involved, enjoy themselves and experience the friendly and welcoming spirit that makes our club special.
The event was in memory of Susan Fletcher, a trustee of OBC who died from MND in 2023.
Winners of the 'spots' session were Jeanette & Richard Ewen, the runners-up were Rachel Naismith & Patricia Pechy-Dilks;
and Matthew Wilkinson & Julie Anderson won the 'honours' session, with John Briggs & Fiona Sutherland as runners-up.
Thank you to all who participated, and to all those involved in organising the event.
 
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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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