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.

NOTE:.. There will be a heat of the National Pairs at the club on February 14th – club members or a club member playing with a visitor welcome!

 Latest Results Page!     The results will be posted here each week as soon as they are available…..  Well done Norman and Jean on winning the Large Cup!

Forthcoming events!-        ...........       Teams on January 31st… have you got yours together for 2012 yet?  It needs to be nominated on or before the 31st! …  SIM PAIRS on February 7th (not an individual competition night)……..National Pairs heat on February 14th….  Spring Cup on February 21st…..

  December committee meeting minutes published - click on the link above!   Download PDF reader here!  

       Individual Competition – Final position for 2011  

   Open and Handicap Pairs - Final position for 2011

    Teams Championship – Final Position for 2011

    The OBA County Pairs - click here to see who has qualified for the Semi-finals!  

                 Abingdon - based team are doing well in the National  Seniors KO competition!

                   The latest Oxfordshire Bridge Association Newsletter has been published….. read it by clicking here

       The Wessex League Season has begun! - The A and B Teams narrowly win their third matches!   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.

ABINGDON REGAIN THE LEN SALMON TROPHY!   The Len Salmon Trophy (annual match between Abingdon and Wallingford) was played on the 27th November 2011 at Roke Village Hall and was won by Abingdon.  The A team won 18-2, the B team won 20-0 and the C team lost 4-16.  Well done all… all we need now is the cup!

 Here are the calculated Pairs handicaps for 2011!

Have a look at the overall SIMS results at ECats!  ALL SIM RESULTS ARE THERE!!.. though the EBU will be operating its own system for most competitions from 2012 onwards.

 

OLDER (2010) INFORMATION/RESULTS 

 Open and Handicap Pairs - Final position for 2010

              Individual Competition – Final position for 2010

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

                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.   

             Abingdon lost the Len Salmon Trophy on 22nd November!!!     –  for those of you that don’t know the history behind the Len Salmon, have a look at ‘About the Club’ above (Updated).      

              

       OLDER (2009) INFORMATION/RESULTS

The OBA County Pairs Final - click here for the 2009/2010 results - Abingdon had six pairs in the Final!

Open and Handicap Pairs - Final position for 2009

 Individual Competition – Final position for 2009    

            England Seniors are World Champions!!

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

  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 SI

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