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A warm welcome to members, newcomers, students and visitors |
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| Thursday evening 9-High Pairs to become Jack-High |
The Thursday evening 9-High Pairs session is changing to Jack-High, with effect from Thursday 1 May. To play in this session both players must have an NGS of Jack or below. This change is being made in response to a consultation by the Bridge Committee with Thursday evening players.
Additionally, the number of boards played will increase to 20, with an extra round if there's a half table. Undos will be allowed for misclicks in the bidding only, and not for misclicks during the play of the cards.
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| Bridge over the Easter weekend |
We're running the sessions on Friday 18th April (Good Friday) and Monday 21st April (Easter Monday) mornings as normal - these sessions are both online and face-to-face (at the club). Both sessions are hosted.
The Friday evening teams on 18th April, and the Saturday Social Bridge on 19th April have both been cancelled.
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| Wessex League Successes |
Both the 2024/2025 evening and daytime Wessex League competitions have now been completed. As noted earlier, the Oxford A team won Division 1 of the evening competition. We can now also report that the Oxford Horspath team has won Division 1 of the daytime competition - so congratulations to team members Kathy Talbot, Denis Talbot, Keith Terrell & Peter Briggs. See here for full details of all the Oxford teams' final standings.
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| Ladder winners 2024-2025 |
The end of March marks the end of the year for the club ladders. Many congratulations to the winners and runners up:
Monday morning: Martin Illingworth; runner up Liza Furnival
Tuesday morning Gentle Duplicate (a pairs ladder): Gillian Chapman & Ruth Stockford; runners up Diana Cannon & Kwun Lun Kwan
Wednesday afternoon Gentle Duplicate: Paul Dhesi; joint runners up Dave Rudd, Pamela Fletcher & Roger Fletcher
Wednesday evening pairs: Denis Talbot; joint runners up Kathy Talbot & Martin Illingworth
Wednesday evening teams: Graham Orsmond; joint runners up Hugo Huggett, Matthew Covill & Simon Harrison
Thursday evening 9-High Pairs: joint winners Nieell Grew & Stevie Rudd; runner up Sheila Parry
Friday morning pairs: joint winners Denis Talbot & Kathy Talbot; runner up Martin Illingworth
Friday evening teams: joint winners Liza Furnival, Lorna Swadling & Peter Randall; runner up Peter Litchfield
Click on Club Ladders on the left-hand menu to see the ladders in full. Note that these are individual ladders, with the exception of the Tuesday morning Gentle Duplicate ladder. The John Deech Challenge Pairs ladder is still running - it finishes at the end of May. Trophies will be awarded to all the ladder winners at the AGM on Wednesday 30th July.
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| Bridge for All Courses - Term 3 available to book |
Term 3 of the Bridge for All Courses start in April. Our courses follow the English Bridge Union recommended schedule. If you wish to continue to learn to play bridge, or refresh your skills booking is now open. For more information click on the course you wish to join (two date options for each year) in the LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE box in the right-hand column of this page.
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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.
Thursday evening Supervised Play sessions are at the clubhouse and must be prebooked. Click here for more information about Supervised Play sessions.
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.
Friday evenings: cross-Imp pairs on 1st Friday evenings only. Must be booked in advance. Not hosted.
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 1st Friday evenings and 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.
All sessions (except 1st Friday evenings) 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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