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A warm welcome to members, newcomers, students and visitors |
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| Ladder winners 2025-2026 |
The end of March marks the end of the year for the club ladders. Many congratulations to the winners and runners up.
Monday morning: Amr El-Kashef; runner up Martin Illingworth
Tuesday morning (a pairs ladder): Diana Cannon & Kwun Lun Kwan; runners up Cecilia Lloyd & Clare Tilbury
Wednesday afternoon Gentle Duplicate*: Tessa Goddard; runner up Gay Hawley
Wednesday evening pairs: Graham Orsmond; runner up Peter Randall
Wednesday evening teams: joint winners Lorna Swadling & Peter Randall
Thursday evening Jack-High Pairs: Sheila Parry; runner up John Murray
Friday morning pairs^: Kathy Talbot; runner up Denis Talbot
*Only players with an NGS of under 7 or fewer than 5000 Masterpoints are eligible to win this ladder; however we’d also like to congratulate Stevie Rudd (with Paul Dhesi in second place) who topped the Wednesday afternoon Gentle Duplicate ladder.
^Only members are eligible to win club competitions, but congratulations also go to Paul King (a non-member) who topped the Friday morning pairs ladder.
Trophies will be awarded to all the ladder winners at the AGM on Wednesday 22nd July. Note that the John Deech Challenge Pairs ladder is still running; it finishes in May.
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| Oxford A wins the Wessex League! |
Many congratulations to the Oxford A team, which has won Division 1 of the Wessex League after a convincing win over Menagerie A in their last match. As a result they will represent Oxfordshire in the Garden Cities competition. Team members are: Denis Talbot (captain), Ian Angus, Jonathan Davis, Amr El-Kashef, Jackie Fairclough, Jonathan Green, Martin Illingworth, Nicholas Lee, Aleks Lishkov, Emily Middleton, Diana Nettleton, Graham Orsmond, Thomas Rainforth, Mary-Ann Sheehy, Kathy Talbot, Lawrence Wang & Yining Yang. Click here to view the Division 1 table. Divisions 2-4 of the Wessex League won't be complete until the end of April.
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| Bridge over the Easter weekend |
We're running the sessions on Friday 3rd April (Good Friday) and Monday 6th April (Easter Monday) mornings as normal - these are hybrid sessions and will be run both online and face-to-face. Both sessions are hosted.
There will be no Social Bridge session on Saturday 4th April.
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| Bridge for All Term 3 available for booking |
Bridge for All Term 3 courses are available to book. These are open to students who have completed Term 2. You can find more information by clicking on the links under Learn To Play Bridge in the right-hand column of this page.
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| Blue-pointed Swiss Pairs - Sunday 19th April |
Oxford Bridge Club is holding a Blue-pointed Swiss Pairs Competition on Sunday 19th April, at 1pm.
We will be playing 6 x 6-board matches, and there will be cash prizes for the winners, runners-up, second-half ascenders, and highest placed non-expert pair.
Entry fee: £20 per player, to include tea and refreshments. Entry is via the OBA website: CLICK HERE TO ENTER.
Click here to view the information leaflet.
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| OBC and the Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge |
Access by car to the club is not affected significantly by the Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge. There aren’t any charge locations on either the Woodstock or Banbury Roads so access from the north is completely free. There is a charge 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 charged 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 charge locations in the city centre that all operate every day 7am - 7pm.
Further information from Oxfordshire County Council
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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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| 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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