Oxfordshire Bridge Association, Oxfordshire

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Results

17th Nov 2024

Dawes League: Home v Leicestershire

11th Nov 2024

Seniors Pairs

Director: Patricia Hones

10th Nov 2024

Handicap Pairs

Director: Patricia Hones

17th Oct 2024

Pairs League - STARTING POSITIONS

Director: Stephen Brown

17th Oct 2024

OBA Pairs League - Division 1

Calendar

21st Nov 2024

Pairs League - STARTING POSITIONS

RealBridge 7pm
Director: Paul Gibbons
More Info

28th Nov 2024

Thursday Teams

RealBridge 7pm

1st Dec 2024

Swiss Pairs Championship

RealBridge 2pm

8th Dec 2024

Dawes League: Away v Derbyshire

RealBridge 2pm

9th Dec 2024

Seniors Pairs

Roke 11am

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County Green / Blue Point Events

Midland Counties Congress (3-5 January, 2025) CLICK FOR INFO

PREMIERSHIP LADDER

Each OBA competition counts toward this yearly ladder and give a player who has got the highest scores overall during 2024-2025

Click HERE to see the current standings. The full regulations are HERE.

DATES FOR OXFORDSHIRE COMPETITIONS 2024-2025

ALL ON REALBRIDGE (except congress & Wallingford & Abingdon Swiss)

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 President's Cup Knockout Teams

Sun 1 Dec 2024 Swiss Pairs Championship

Sun 12 Jan 2025 Mixed Pairs

Sun 2 Feb 2025 \

Thu 6 Feb 2025 County Pairs Semis

Mon 17 Feb 2025 /

Sun 16 Mar 2025 County Pairs Final

Sun 30 Mar 2024 BP Swiss Pairs @ Abingdon

Sun 27 Apr 2025 Swiss Pairs (Junior Fundraising)

Sat/Sun 16/17 Aug 2025 Congress (Abingdon F2F)

Sun 5 Oct 2025 F2F Harwell Cup TBC

Sun 9 Nov 2025 Handicap pairs TBC

Regular monthly events

OBA offers three regular monthly events, F2F or online

SECOND MONDAY - F2F Seniors Pairs at Roke, 11am, 30-33 boards. JUST TURN UP 2023/2024 LADDER

THIRD THURSDAY - Pairs ladder on RealBridge (changed from BBO), with promotion and relegation within three divisions, 7pm 21-22 boards. CLICK TO JOIN AS A NEW ENTRANT New players very welcome Occasionally someone cannot play and a player is looking for a standby player. If you are willing to play to make up numbers, please submit your details here LADDER (alert own bids)

FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, 7pm, 24-25 boards CLICK TO ENTER 10 DAYS BEFORE EVENT (Alerting: partner alerts)

BRIDGE SESSIONS AT OXFORDSHIRE CLUBS

Click to see when you can play at Oxfordshire clubs.

WELCOME TO THE HOME OF OXFORDSHIRE BRIDGE

WHAT THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION DOES (Clicking on the green highlighted words links to the appropriate page)

Serves more than 1900 members at over 20 EBU- and Oxfordshire-affiliated clubs - Map and Clubs in Oxfordshire show where and when they play
Working with clubs we promote the game in Oxfordshire - see Promotion, Education & Social. In particular under Learn to Play you can find out where to learn the game, how to progress to club play and how to improve your game further after that
We have more juniors than any other county and are regularly represented at international level - read about Oxfordshire's Youth bridge
We run weekly and annual one-day Competitions, see the calendar, an inter-club league (Wessex), and a teams of four knock-out (President's Cup) some acting as qualifiers for national competitions. Annually in June we hold a two-day open green-pointed Congress
We run teams in all three divisions of the Midlands Inter-County League and in the Tollemache Cup. Information about the selection and performance of teams can be found under County Teams.
County Administration in accordance with our Constitution is carried out by a Management Committee comprising officers and non-executive members appointed by the Annual AGM
Agreed objectives are split between five subcommittees: Promotion, Education & Social; Competitions; County Team; Youth; Administration and Infrastructure

LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE (click here for more information)

Last updated : 7th Nov 2024 16:11 GMT

Monthly Pairs League - next one 21st November

OVERALL RESULTS LADDER

Congratulations to the joint winners of the Apr-Sep 2024 ladder: Amr El-Kashef & Martin Illingworth and Gillian Lonsdale & Nigel Wilkes who receive a free game next month

From October the pairs league is in two divisions (with three pairs promoted / relegated each month)

CLICK TO JOIN AS A NEW ENTRANT New players very welcome (30 pairs are already entered)

CLICK TO PAY ENTRY FEE FOR 21st NOV (for current players)

Last updated : 17th Oct 2024 22:41 BST

THURSDAY TEAMS 28th November

FOURTH THURSDAY - Teams on RealBridge, next one 28th November, 7pm, 24-25 boards CLICK TO ENTER

Last updated : 2nd Nov 2024 15:17 GMT

County Pairs 2024 - 2025

Oxfordshire is changed the format in 2024 which generated significately more entries and interest (75 pairs competed). Any club pairs duplicate (20+ boards, not gentle duplicates or like) in the weeks commencing 17th November 2024 , 1st December 2024 or 5th January 2025 entitle pairs with 50% or more to play in one of three County Pairs Semifinals. Each player may only play in one Semifinal, so if a player qualifies twice can only enter once and if with two different partners, must choose which partner.

Click here to enter one of the semifinals, dates are Sunday 2nd February 2pm, Thursday 6th February 7pm, Monday 17th February 7pm (24-26 boards, MPs at National Scale, £4 per player, all on RealBridge). In proportion to players in each semifinal there will be a 10 table final on Sunday 16th March 2pm (38 boards, Green points awarded, £9 per player, again on RealBridge).

Last updated : 7th Oct 2024 15:53 BST

OBA Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs - 1st December 2024

Swiss Pairs Championship - 1st December 2024 (BLUE POINTED)

It's time to enter this very popular competition. This year's Swiss Pairs competition will be held online (RealBridge) on Sunday 1st December 2024. Please be online by 1.45 for a prompt start at 2.00pm.There will be six 6-board matches. Session 1: 2.00pm - 4.15pm, 18 boards, Session 2: 4.45pm - 7.00pm, 18 boards. Entry Fee: £18 per pair.

PRIZES: to top 10% of pairs playing, using 20% of entry fees.

Chief TD: Patricia Hones CLICK TO ENTER

Last updated : 7th Nov 2024 14:05 GMT

PRESIDENT'S CUP DRAW

9 teams have entered and Christopher Whitehouse, Irene Holland and Peter Litchfield have been drawn to play in a round robin. The top two go through to the last 8 joining the other six teams.

Click here to see the full draw The round 2 losers will play in the President's Plate in the new year.

Last updated : 3rd Nov 2024 19:17 GMT

TOLLEMACHE NOVEMBER 2024

Matthew Covill is very pleased to let you know that this weekend Oxfordshire qualified for the finals of the Tollemache Cup. Counties are divided in a Red Section and a Green Section, and Oxfordshire won the Green Section. 104 boards were played against 13 other counties, and Oxfordshire had good wins against Surrey and Gloucestershire, both of which were seeded. In all there were 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

The Oxfordshire team for the Tollemache ( Inter County teams of 8 ) Qualifier taking place on 9th/10th November on Realbridge will be, in no particular order

Alan Wilson & Nick Smith

Diana Nettleton & Olly Burgess

Chris Cooper & Ian Angus

Charlie Bucknell & Jonathan Davis

Abbey Smith & Robert Procter

Graham Orsmond & Jackie Fairclough

with non-playing captain Matthew covill

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

To play in Oxfordshire events (regular monthly events i.e. Senior Pairs, BBO Pairs Ladder or Thursday Teams) or the occasional Sunday events e.g. Harwell Cup, Handicap Pairs or Mixed Pairs) all players must either be Primary Oxfordshire members or Associate Oxfordshire Members. The committee discussed and decided this recently.

Oxfordshire welcomes players from other counties and at no cost, we ask you to register for Associate Membership.

To check Primary Oxfordshire membership click: NGS (ebu.co.uk) - you should see OXF by your name.

[Note the County Pairs and Presidents Cup are only open to Primary OBA Members. All Blue Pointed and the Congress are open to all so no associate membership is required for these events]

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