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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

Children in Need (raised £800 in 2021; £500 in 2020)

The Homeless Street Angels (raised £1426 in 2021; £920 in 2020)

Anthony Nolan Trust received £450

Mind received £300

The Zone received £325

Through our volunteer of the month scheme, the following charities have also benefitted:

St John Ambulance

Norwood

The Emma Maltby Foundation

Emma Maltby Memorial Fund

 

We have collectively supported XX charities raising a total of £ Xxx

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
19th April 2024
Oliver Cowan BC Pairs
Online 7.15pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
20th April 2024
Lancashire 4 Spring 2024 - Oliver Cowan Swiss Pairs (BP)
Online 1.00pm
Director: Oliver Cowan
Scorer: Oliver Cowan
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21st April 2024
Friendly Online Bridge Club (FOBC) & Lancashire Online Pairs
Online 7.15pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
22nd April 2024
Friendly Online Bridge Club (FOBC) & Huddersfield BC Online Pairs
Online 7.15pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
23rd April 2024
Play Without the Experts
Online 7.00pm
Director: OC
Scorer: OC
Competition Winners
Sim Pairs for Ukraine

The Oliver Cowan Sim Pairs raising money for Ukraine took place on Monday 28th March.

395 pairs across 16 heats took part and the winners were Richard & John Baker with Philip Anwar & Graham Wood were the pair closest to 50%.

Full results list: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220328_3&club=olivercowan

A total of just over £8,700 in total has been raised so thank you to everyone for your generosity.

Wednesday Cumulative Prize

Congratulations to John Spencer & Freda Conquest on have the best 6 scores on a Wednesday evening

during January, February and March averaging a fantastic 67.43%. 

Charity Handicap Pairs
Charity Handicap Pairs

Well done to Linda Boadle & Lynne Worth and Peter & Chris Farmer on being the winning pairs in the Handicap Charity event. Special mention also to Gina Crouch & Alan Leach and Charlotte & Steve Bedford who had the best scores before handicaps were applied

Thanks to all who took part and we have rasied an incredible £1426 on the day.

Well done Julian & Denis

Congratulations to Julian Gibson & Denis Murphy on winning the March Swiss Pairs by 2VPs from Brian Churchill & Jane Reeve with Stephen Crossland & Carrie Babbington in 3rd place.

Congratulations to Richard and Nichola

Well done to Richard Pike and Nichola Cockerill-Smith on winning the Christmas Charity Swiss Pairs on 29th December. A bumper field of 90 pairs took part and £920 was raised for the Homeless Street Angels Charity. Jimmy Strauss and David Landes came 2nd with David & Ryan Beresford and Val Gibson & Pearl Murphy joint 3rd.

Swiss Teams

Congratulations to the team of Dave Robinson, Tony Sowter, Daniel Winter & Sarah Teshome on winning the August Swiss Teams. They beat the team of Pearl & Denis Murphy and Bob Marchbank & Terry Read in to 2nd place.

Next month's Swiss Teams is on Thursday 23rd September and entries are now open via email to ocbridgecomps@gmail.com. We start at 6:30pm and we will be playing 6 x 5 board matches. There is a $5 BBO per player entry fee per player and pre booking is essential to ensure an even number of teams. 

Charity Swiss Pairs Supporting Euan's Gift

Well done to Tim Chanter and Helen Wildsmith on winning the Charity Swiss Pairs. They finished ahead of Stuart and Pam Coggrave in 2nd place and Michael Lucas and Jolanta Coggle in 3rd. £400 was raised for the charity and thanks to all who took part. August's Swiss Pairs will be on 21st August and info will be out soon. Thanks to all who took part.

Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs
Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs

Thanks to all 74 pairs who took part in the Children In Need Sim Pairs game where we have raised £800.

Top N/S were Mick Heyworth & Robin Garbutt and top E/W were Tony Swiers & Jason Levesley.

Fantastic Charity Weekend

Thanks to all those who supported the charity events this weekend, we have raised an amazing £1100 which has been split between the Anthony Nolan Trust, The Zone and Mind. Congratulations to Brian Senior & Nigel Bird who won the Swiss Pairs on Saturday, with Linda Greenland & Ken Richardson and Lesley & Ron Millet in 2nd and 3rd. Well done also to Jill Hassan and Sheila Lovie on beating 71 other pairs to win the Stepping Stones game on Sunday, ahead of Angela Beecroft & Eileen Vaughan and Leigh & Andy Hawkins in 2nd and 3rd.  I am incredibly proud of what has been achieved by this club this weekend.

PWTE Winners

Well done to Linda and Steve Cartwright on winning the Spring cycle of the Play Without the Experts competition. Congratulations also go to Angela Riley and Tony Burley on being the hgihest placed pairing where both players have an NGS below 7. The next cycle begins on Tuesday 6th July.

Play Without the Experts Winners

Congratulations to Steve & Linda Cartwright on winning the Play Without the Experts cumulative tournament, played over the last 3 months, where each player's best 6 scores counted.
Well done also to Joanne Suthers & Fiona Kilby on winning the B stratification for this event. Next cycle starts on 6th April.

Children In Need Simultaneous Pairs
Children In Need Simultaneous Pairs

On Wednesday 11th November 2020, we ran a heat of the Children In Need Simultaneous Pairs which has raised £500 for the charity. With 34 tables taking part, the pair with the best overall score was Stuart Davies and Mark Armitage. Thanks to everyone for your contributions and if you copy and paste the following link into your browser, it will take you to the ecats website where you can see the final standings with the results of the other clubs who took part. https://www.ecatsbridge.com/sims/results.asp?eventid=003633