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 has moved to 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 meeting minutes for reasons – and complete club history in ‘About the Club’ below.

  Last web page update 3rd February 2010 (New hand of the month & archive added) 

 Latest Results Page!    The results will be posted here each week as soon as they are available

Forthcoming events!-        ...........      NOTE!  Because of the weather, the Large Cup (mixed pairs) is now on February 16th ....Don’t forget to enter the Teams Competition – List on Notice Board.  First event on March 30th!  Spring Cup on February 9th, AGM on March 16th……

November 2009 Committee meeting minutes published - click on the link above!   Download PDF reader here!  

              Play Feature! click here  for the  February Hand of the month!!  A hand from the February Individual Competition at Abingdon BC! click here  for hand archives.   

              Success in the Harwell Cup!

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

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

        The OBA County Pairs Competition - click here for the 2009/2010 semi-final qualifiers –see who qualified from the Abingdon heat and latest acceptances!!

                 The B and C teams have played in the Wessex League recently…..  Have a look    …...   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 AGMs over the last three years 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

             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!!

           Here are the calculated Pair’s handicaps for 2009!


           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