ABINGDON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

   Welcome to the web site of Abingdon Duplicate Bridge club!   Hopefully it is a useful place to visit for all members of the club and the Oxford Bridge Association (OBA), and of course, potential visitors.  You will find here details of our club results, competitions, newsletters, articles and calendar for the year, our membership list and who to contact at the club. Click the 'About the Club' link if you would like to see where the club is now situated in Abingdon!  The topics below that are underlined can be viewed by 'clicking' the appropriate text.  Enjoy your visit!    Please note that we now operate a Club HOST SYSTEM, so that if you are visiting in the area you can turn up on your own and be guaranteed a game, apart from  on teams evenings (have a look at the calendar - there aren't many!

                          The Club is at the Long Furlong Community Centre for its Tuesday night Duplicates!  Click here for details of the venue! Click here for directions!

( Download PDF reader here!)   Read the October 08 meeting minutes for reasons – and complete club history in ‘About the Club’ below.

  Last web page update 27th July 2010 (forthcoming events updated)

 Latest Results Page!    The results will be posted here each week as soon as they are available     TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS – SEE LINK ABOVE

Forthcoming events!-        ...........       TEAMS on August 31st ……  EBU SIM PAIRS on September 14th ……

February Committee meeting minutes published - click on the link above!   Download PDF reader here!  

                Play Feature! click here  for the  April hand of the month!!  A hand from the County Pairs Final at Oxford BC! click here  for hand archives.   

   Open and Handicap Pairs - Current position for 2010!

    Individual Competition – Current position for 2010!  

    Here are the calculated Pair’s handicaps for 2010!

           Abingdon Pairs do well at the Eastbourne Congress!

    The OBA County Pairs Final - click here for the 2009/2010 semi-final qualifiers –see who qualified for the final and the outcome – Abingdon had six pairs in the Final!

                 The A and C teams win their final Wessex League matches! Have a look at their final vp total and average Butler scores!.....The A Team have won Division 2 and will be promoted to Division 1 next season… Well done Team!! The B Team survive in Division 2 – thanks to Highworth!  The C Team will be relegated.   Click here   to see the A, B & C team pools, fixtures, results and butler scores for the whole season.  Click here to see scores for all teams in the competition.

           Minutes of the  2010 AGM have been added to the Web site – see link in the table above!

              Have a look at the overall SIMS results at ECats!  ALL SIM RESULTS ARE THERE!!

       OLDER (2009) INFORMATION/RESULTS

Open and Handicap Pairs - Final position for 2009 – well done John, Clive, Joe and Brian!

 Individual Competition – Final position for 2009 – well done Andrew!  

             Abingdon Retained the Len Salmon Trophy on 29th November!!!     – scores in vps were – ‘A’ Team won 13-7, ‘B’ Team won 16-4 and the ‘C’ team lost 6-14.  Overall we won by 10vps – well done everybody!

            PS for those of you that don’t know the history behind the Len Salmon, have a look at ‘About the Club’ above (Updated).        

            England Seniors are World Champions!!

         
           EVEN OLDER (PRE-2009) LINKS AND INFORMATION (BUT STILL RELEVANT/OF INTEREST)

The Winning Trick Count! click here to see a new, novel, accurate and very simple hand evaluation procedure!  Devised by Harry Freeman..... presented here for the first time prior to publication. See it here before the rest of the bridge-playing public!  Forget the losing trick count - use this instead - it's brilliant!

  Note!! The Bridge Club now has its own domain name - 'www.abingdonbridge.co.uk' - so you can go to the site via this address if you wish.  There are also 100 'free' email addresses - 'anything@abingdonbridge.co.uk' - contact Graham Simpson on 'graham@abingdonbridge.co.uk' if you would like an exclusive address as an ADBC member!

Who won the most master points at the Club during the 2000-2001 season? Click Here!
Who won the most times at the Club during the 2000-2001 season?  Click Here!

Shuffle! Shuffle! Shuffle! Click here  and view a revised article on shuffling and riffling at Bridge Club Duplicates by Harry Freeman!

Look at links from the  OBA Web Page  for the overall county result for the OBA SIMS

Malcolm's book is published! - Give him a ring to place your order!!!

Do you want to play bridge on the Internet?  Who else in the club plays on-line?  Then click here to find out what to do - go on - it's good fun!!

Links To Oxfordshire/EBU Bridge Sites

    OBA Web Page   This is our 'parent' site and portrays information pertaining to Oxfordshire Bridge - results, clubs, news etc.

    EBU Web Page        All information relating to the English Bridge Union

Links To Other Bridge Related Sites

    OK Bridge The No. 1 Internet Bridge Site

    EBU Web Page   All information relating to 'EBU On-line'

    Bridge4money.com  David Gold’s bridge for money website – it’s great – try it!!.

 

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to this site and the links contained herein. Enjoy your Bridge!

 

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at ckeep@keeptechnology.co.uk