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| Need a bridge partner? Phone a Partnership Host | A Host is available on Club nights to ensure that anyone who wants to play can do so, even if he/she arrives without a partner. Such individuals will be paired and the host will play if anyone is left without a partner. |
Oxfordshire Congress On 28th and 29th June we held our local congress at Steventon village hall. Well done to Peter Russell and Ron Quainton, who won the Saturday pairs event. The green pointed teams event on Sunday had 42 teams; again, congratulations to Peter Russell and his team, for 3rd place. Several of our Club members were involved in the smooth running of this event - our thanks to them for all their hard work.
24 pairs competed in the Oxfordshire Mixed Pairs on 15th June - congratulations to the winners, Erica & Chris Sheppard; a resounding victory finishing 6% ahead of the rest of the field! Debbie Roberts & Geoff Nicholas were 2nd, with Ron Quainton & Sandra Landy in 4th place.
Minutes of Committee Meetings on 8th May 2008 (PDF, size 112KB), 27th March (122KB), 14th February (123KB), 15th November 2007 (116KB), 23rd August (70KB), 24th May (142KB), 22nd March (121KB), 18th January (124KB), 28th September 2006 (118KB).
Minutes of the AGM on 23rd April 2008 (PDF, size 117KB)
Congratulations to winners of Club competitions in 2007 (PDF, size 301KB)
OBA simultaneous pairs, congratulations to winners Erica & Chris Sheppard.
Jersey Congress (pairs) 2nd place - Debbie Roberts & Geoff Nicholas .
Oxfordshire County Pairs This event involves a qualifying round at Club level, a semi-final and then the final for the lucky 20 pairs. The top 4 pairs in the final qualify for the Corwen, representing Oxfordshire in an inter-county competition. With 1 qualifying pair unable to compete in the Corwen, Wallingford had 3 pairs who qualified - Congratulations to:
| 2nd | Ron Quainton & Norman Gascoyne |
| 3rd | Jean Squires & Isobel Townley-Freeman |
| 5th | Debbie Roberts & Geoff Nicholas |
Individual handicaps for 2008. The handicaps are based on last year's results in the club, adjusted in some cases, to take account of partnerships. (PDF, size 53KB).
Following extensive consultation with Clubs and the Membership the EBU has published proposals for its future funding. The proposals are available on the EBU website and in the club. The essence of the proposals are to move away from annual subscriptions and master point fees to a ‘PAY to PLAY’ fee whereby all players contribute to the funding of the EBU. Your committee are in agreement with these proposals which will involve an increase of some 17p in table money but everyone would be an EBU member with no annual subscription. Should the proposals go ahead the club would also fund itself by table money alone if members agree.
The details of the proposals are covered in a 28 page Strategy Proposal published by the EBU. Your views were sought at the AGM. No increases in table money or annual subscription are proposed for the coming year.
TRUMPIT Spring 2008 (PDF, size 306KB), Winter 2007 (151KB), Summer 2007 (101KB), Spring 2007 (90KB), Winter 2006 (127KB).
WBC Constitution 2007 (102KB), Wallingford Bridge Club Conduct Policy (86KB), EBU Orange Book Changes effective from 1st August 2006 (270KB)
| All Club events are at Roke and Berrick Salome Village Hall, OX10 6JJ. Click for maps of how to get there. |
The Wallingford Duplicate Bridge Club is a thriving and very active club with just over 240 members. The membership includes current and ex-County players, at least 20 enthusiasts who regularly attend the National Congresses and other events. At the other end of the scale we have complete beginners who are attending the Club’s classes.
If you are already an experienced player you are very welcome to come along on Wednesday and Friday evenings. On both evenings we play 24 boards of fairly serious bridge including our own Club Tournaments, several National Simultaneous Pairs and qualifying heats for National and County competitions as well as some friendly pairs evenings. Master Points are issued for all of these evenings.
If you don’t think you are up to that level or you are looking to blow off the cobwebs and return to playing after an enforced absence then come along on Monday evening. This is a very relaxed session playing 22 boards just for fun although we do keep a record of all the scores and award a trophy to the most improved player.
All our evening sessions start at 7:30 although you will need to be there by 7:25.
On Thursday afternoons (2 p.m.) we hold an informal bridge playing session where the format is decided dependant on the number of participants.
The table money for all sessions is £2 (£2.50 for visitors); the annual subscription is £5.
In addition to the Club nights the club runs 6 league teams during the winter months, mainly in the Wessex League, and 3 teams in the Oxford Summer League.
We play at the Roke and Berrick Salome Village Hall (see maps below).
The club also has its own group of qualified Bridge tutors who run courses that range from those for complete beginners to those aimed at improving the standard of its better club players. (See Classes).
If you can come along to join as a member, a visitor or a student you are assured of a warm welcome.
If you would like to know more about the club then go to Contact Info and have a chat to the Club Captain or the Chairman.
Setting satnav to postcode OX10 6JJ will get you very close to Roke and Berrick Salome Village Hall. It's marked with a purple circle in these two maps:
In more detail (place mouse on picture to get printer icon then click on icon to print-out):
