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A warm welcome to members, newcomers, students and visitors |
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| Swiss Teams - Winners! |
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Many congratulations to Kathy Talbot, Graham Orsmond, Denis Talbot & Jackie Fairclough (pictured left to right) who won the Swiss Teams Competition, held on Wednesday 6th November. They win the Eve Stockwell Trophy.
Second were Matthew Covill, Chris Wilson, Hugo Huggett & Simon Harrison, and third were Lorna Swadling, Peter Randall, Peter Litchfield & Liza Furnival. Very well done to them too.
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| Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs |
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We're running heats of the Children in Need Simultaneous pairs on Wednesday 13th November at 7.15pm at the club, and on Friday 15th November at 10am both online and at the club.
The entry fee is £8 per player (£4 for concessions), to include a donation to CiN. Further information can be found here.
Please come along and support the BBC's Children in Need appeal whilst having an enjoyable game of bridge!
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| County Handicap Pairs - Sun 10th Nov |
The OBA is running a Handicap Pairs competition on Sunday 10th November. Scores are adjusted so if you play better than your NGS predicts, you will score well.
You can enter from the link on the OBA's home page: Oxfordshire Bridge Association, Oxfordshire
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| "Pro-Am" Teams on Fri 15th November |
We're running a pro-am teams event on Friday 15th November, at 7.15pm, at the club. This replaces our regular monthly online Friday evening teams session. It's pro-am teams with a difference - instead of a "pro" being paired with an "am", you'll play with your regular partner, but we'll match the more experienced pairs (the "pros") with the less experienced pairs (the "ams") to make up a team. The idea of this is that the "ams" get the opportunity to discuss the hands with the "pros" afterwards, and hopefully receive some useful advice on how best to bid and play the hands in a teams session. This is intended to be a good learning experience for those who wish to improve their teams play.
For further information please click here.
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| Free Junior Bridge Taster Session |
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| Teams of Four Competition/Rose Bowl - Sunday 24th November |
We are holding the club's Teams of Four Competition, for the Rose Bowl trophy at the club on Sunday 24th November, starting at 1pm. This competition is one of the club's premier events, and attracts blue masterpoints.
All members of all abilities are very welcome to take part. It will be played as two sessions of 18-20 boards, with a break at half time for tea and refreshments. Table money £10 (to include refreshments).
Click here for more information and to enter.
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| Saturday Seminar with Robert Procter 23rd November |
Some expert tips - how to handle with care
Robert will be reviewing a number of expert tips, highlighting the importance of thinking first rather than just blindly following. Subjects will include restricted choice, to duck or not to duck, doubling on the bidding as well as helping your partner. For more information and to book click here.
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| Bridge for All Courses - Term 1 courses available to book |
Bridge for All Courses start again in September. Our courses follow the English Bridge Union recommended schedule. If you wish to learn to play bridge from scratch, or refresh your skills or you enjoyed the Year 1 course - booking is now open. For more information click on the course you wish to join (two options for each course) in the LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE box in the right-hand column of this page.
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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.
Thursday evening Supervised Play sessions are at the clubhouse and must be prebooked. Click here for more information about Supervised Play sessions.
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.
Friday evenings: cross-Imp pairs on 1st Friday evenings only. Must be booked in advance. Not hosted.
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 1st Friday evenings and 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.
All sessions (except 1st Friday evenings) 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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