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We are EBU affiliated and accepting members

The Oliver Cowan Bridge Club is affiliated to the EBU and runs virtual club sessions on BBO 6 nights a week.

Club Membership costs just £10 per year and includes membership of the Friendly Online Bridge Club.

The most important rule of this club is best behaviour at the table, on the basis that good manners cost nothing. 

Please email ocbridgecomps@gmail.com to request a membership application form. 

Charity fund raising events

The Oliver Cowan Bridge Club is proud to support a number of charities and thanks to the generosity of our players, over the course of the past 5 years, we have raised over £20,000. The 2 main charities we support on a reguakr basis are Children in Need through the annual Simultaneous Pairs games and The Homeless Street Angels, who are the main beneficiary of our annual Christmas game and the New Year Congress fundraiser.

Other charities we have supported include: Anthony Nolan Trust, Mind, The Zone, St John Ambulance, Norwood, The Emma Maltby Foundation, Papyrus plus many more.

If you have a charity close to your heart that you would like to ge involved in some fundraising for then please let Oliver know and we can set up a game!

Undos
Undos

The club allows undo requests for genuine bidding mistakes made as a result of a mechanical error, not a lapse of concentration or forgetfulness, and only when the request is made prior to their partner's bid at the latest.  We do not allow undos for playing.
Any awkward exchanges should be referred to the director. 

Members are reminded that you can change your settings to ensure you double click to make a bid.

Calendar
25th May 2025
Friendly Online Bridge Club (FOBC) & Lancashire Online Pairs
BBO 7.15pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
26th May 2025
Friendly Online Bridge Club (FOBC)& Huddersfield BC Online Pairs
BBO 7:15pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
27th May 2025
Oliver Cowan BC Open Pairs
Online 2.00pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
27th May 2025
Play Without the Experts(PWTE)
Online 7.15pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
28th May 2025
Friendly Online BC Pairs
RealBridge 10:15
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
Congress Testimonials
This page has information and news of interest to the members. For a full list of forthcoming events, see "Calendar" on the menu and for a list of results see "Results".

If you are thinking of coming to a congress run by Oliver, please see some of the comments below from players who have experienced his events:

"Such a great weekend Ollie! Thanks for the laughs." Bev Godfrey

"You really smashed it on a wet weekend in Nottingham!" Tom Cohen

"Just wanted to say thank you for an awesome few days, Oli. My best bridge experience so far" Magnus Spence-Jones

"Thank you for a lovely weekend. I appreciate all the hard work and effort that went into it and I can't wait for the next one." Rosalind Simpson

"Fantastic congresses - friendly, great value, well organised (not just in terms of bridge but the social aspect). A template of how F2F bridge should be." Croz Crozwell

"Oli is at the forefront of face to face bridge in the UK. These events embody all of the aspects we were missing during lockdown, great social and a decent game of bridge." James Thrower

"Fantastic congress and hospitality - sociable F2F bridge doesn't get much better!" Athena Chow

"I have played a number of events and to be frank this one was one of the best ones I have been to. I thought the atmosphere was great- very relaxed without too many miserable players😀😀" Sally Young

"I greatly enjoyed the weekend & thought it was superbly run by yourself & the other team. The venue was excellent &, to be totally honest- it was the least 'stuffy' & 'friendliest' Congress which I've attended personally." Mark Mortimer

 

 

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