This is the zoom link for the Tuesday morning Improver lessons - we will be starting at 9am. The RealBridge link for practice of the hands is below the zoom link.

Zoom link

RealBridge Link

On Saturday 13th December we have our annual Christmas Charity game in aid of the Homeless Street Angels. We will be starting at 1pm, playing 32 boards with a 20 minute break half way through and players choose BBO or RealBridge.

Please fill out the entry form below and select the platform you plan to play on. The same hands will be played on both platforms and scores will be merged and handicapped at the end - scores before handicap are used for NGS and masterpoints but the handicapped scores will be used for some of the prizes..

Entry to this event entitles players to go into a prize draw where prizes include free entires to LlanBrighton,Spring Bank Holiday or the Northern Midweek Congress for those who wish to play F2F and free entries to future Dragon Pairs games. The draw will be carried out at the end of the game and will be live streamed for transparency.

The BBO game is going to be $13 per player and the RealBridge game £10 per player with all proceeds after platform charges going to the charity.

If playing on BBO then dollars will be taken on the day but if playing on RealBridge, please send £10 to sort 204895 acct 43186903 acct name Oliver Cowan Bridge Club Virtual Ltd

.*Congress prizes include entry for bridge only and do not include hotel accomodation.

The 2025 renewal took place on the weekend of 11 and 12 January at the usual venue of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nottingham.

The Richard Bowdery Pairs was won by Tom Cohen & Jake Milne and the teams on Sunday was won by Natalie Hoff, Imogen La Chapelle, Harry Madden & Andy Cope.

At the dinner on Saturday evening, we had a great meal and some exciting games of Play Your Cards Right meant we raised over £1000 for charity with the main beneficiary being the Homeless Street Angels.

The 2026 event will take place on the weekend of 17 & 18 January and the good news is that prices are being held at the same rate as this year!

 There are currently 24 tables booked in so please get your entry in!!

Upcoming Congresses and Day Events being run by Oliver Cowan Bridge - email ocbridgecomps@gmail.com if you have a question about any of the events below.

15-16 November Lancashire Festival of Bridge - Mercure Bolholt Country Park, Bury (LCBA)

3-4 January - Manchester Congress - Airport Hotel, Wilmslow

17-18 January Oliver Cowan New Year Congress 2026 Nottingham

23-25 May -Spring Bank Holiday Congress, Hilton Reading (EBU)

5-7 June LlanBrighton Congress (Metropole Hotel, Brighton) (WBU & EBU Licensed)

16-19 July -Scarborough Summer Festival (EBU)

1-2 August Llandudno Congress - Craig-y-Don Leisure Centre (North Wales Bridge Association)

25-27 August Northern Midweek Congress - Cairn Hotel, Harrogate (EBU)

28 September - 1 October Oliver Cowan Bridge Club Holiday, Palace Hotel, Buxton

There will be additional 1 day events in clubs that will appear here when confirmed!

All details and booking information for the EBU congresses are on the EBU website under 'forthcoming events' and flyers for each will appear in the menu tab once bookings open.

Season 7 of the Online Teams League is starting on 7th October 2025 which will be used to fund a program of helping develop junior bridge.

The event is not designed to compete with any clubs as the 5:45 start time will allow players to get to their clubs to play Face to Face or to play online in their club duplicate sessions.

Teams will play 2 x 8 board matches each week, ideally on a Monday and Friday but captains can agree to play at a different time. Teams of 4 and £36 entry per team to cover a full cycle which will run for 7-10 weeks depending on the number of entries. Email Oliver for more information.