Devizes Bridge Club
Beginners' Timetable

Beginner’s Classes – Summer Term 2016

Beginner's classes are aimed at those who have not played Bridge before or may have once learned the rudiments of the game but have not played for some time.  They start in Chippenham on 21st April 2016.  Classes run every week at the Chippenham Sports Club, Hardenhuish Park, Bristol Road, SN15 1NG.  It is the building which you pass on the right just before you enter the Bowls Club Car Park.   They run on Thursday mornings between 9.30 am to 12.45 pm.  At each lesson there will be a break for refreshments.  The second half of all lessons involves supervised play of hands designed to illustrate the lesson topic.

For more Information contact Graham Baskerville 01249 750706

or Irene Button 01249 653429 wbsirene@btinternet.co

Thursday  Mornings  starting promptly  at  9.30am

 

21  April      

12-14 1NT Balanced  Hands  - Bidding on with Quantitative Raises and using  Stayman  and  Transfers

19  May

12-19 Unbalanced  Hands – Opening in 1 of a Suit and bidding on Supporting Partner or Changing Suit.  Limit Bids

16  June

Competitive  Auctions – Overcalling with 5-Good Cards and Doubling for Take Out

21  July

Defence – Opening leads, Attitude and Count Signals

18  August

Declarer  Play – Making a Plan, Techniques for Increasing Tricks such as Ruffing in the Short Hand, Finessing, Playing a Long Suit, Cross Ruffing