The British Skat Association will hold a Skat tournament in The Duke of Monmouth, 260 Abingdon Road, Oxford on Saturday October 14th.
The premises will open at, and serve drinks from, 11:00. Registration will close at 11:15. Play will start as soon as possible after that, I'll aim for 11:20, and consist of four sessions of duplicate Skat, ending by 20:30. Each session will take about 100 minutes, with short breaks between sessions. You are welcome to play in any or all of the rounds, though you will have little chance of winning a prize unless you play in all four.
"Duplicate" Skat means the that same hands are played at all the tables. For the individual player, there is no difference from the way you would play at home, except that you don't get to shuffle the cards. After each session (of around 20 hands) You will move to a table with a different set of opponents.
The Duke of Monmouth has several real beers on draft, and serves lunch and evening meals.
The entry fee for the full day is £10. Or you can enter individual sessions, at £3 each. Prizes will be awarded to the winner and runner-up; you are unlikely to win one unless you enter all four sessions. There will also be a small prize for the best result for a single session achieved by somone who has not won another prize, so that even a player who enters only one session has a chance to win something.
Late entries can be accepted until 11:10 a.m. on the day. If you expect to
be there by 11:30, but not in time for the close of registration at 11:10,
you must ring or text the organiser at
If you want lunch, please order it and pay for it before play starts. Request that it should arrive at the table at 13:00 (when I expect round 1 to finish). Their menu is here.
Please contact me with any questions, at nick@maproom.co.uk.The Duke of Monmouth is at the corner of Abingdon Road (the main road south from central Oxford) and Sunningwell Road. It welcomes dogs.
To reach The Duke of Monmouth from Oxford railway station by bus, catch an X1, destination Wantage, from stand R3 in the station forecourt, and get off at its Lincoln Road stop. Sunningwell Road is the previous sideroad, the one you've just passed. There is on average one bus every 40 minutes, and they're irregular, see the timetable at https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/stops/340000006R3.
To reach The Duke of Monmouth from Oxford railway station on foot, leave the station to the south, and turn left into Botley Road. Take the first right, and go south along Hollybush Row. This gradually swings to the left and changes its name to Thames Street. Follow it until you come to a T junction with the Head of the River pub straight ahead of you. Here turn right into Abingdon Road and go south along it for 1,250 yards. The Duke of Monmouth is now on your right. The total walk is 2,770 yards.To reach The Duke of Monmouth from Oxford coach station by bus, leave the coach station to the south, cross George Street, walk a little way east until you've passed BananaTree, and catch a 300 Park and Ride bus to Redbridge. One is scheduled for avery 12 minutes. Get off at its Lincoln Road stop. Sunningwell Road is the previous sideroad, the one you've just passed.
To reach The Duke of Monmouth from Oxford coach station on foot, leave the station to the south, turn left into George Street, and after 300 yards turn right into Cornmarket. Continue in the same SSE direction for 2100 yards.To get to The Duke of Monmouth by taxi, just take a taxi from the station forecourt, or from anywhere east of the railway station. Your route to the Duke of Monmouth should be fairly clear. There are currently three major traffic obstacles in Oxford: the main railway bridge is impassable at least until September 2024, and parts of the A34/A44 and A34/A420 intersections are intermittently blocked by roadworks. These obstacles are all west of the railway station.
To reach The Duke of Monmouth by car, get to the Oxford ring road, and go round it until you're at the Kennington Roundabout. Take the A4144 north towards the city centre (if you're coming from the east this can be confusing, you need to approach the roundabout in the right-hand lane despite being on a dual carriageway). Continue north for 1,200 yards, then turn left into Sunningwell Road and left again into the Duke of Monmouth car park.
This page is part of the web site of the British Skat Association.