Bridge 101 - Learn to Play Bridge - Jan/Feb 2024

Come learn this fascinating and interesting card game.  Keep your mind sharp. Meet new people.  Make new friends.  After these lessons, you will be well on your way to being able to play in a duplicate bridge game at a club.

$50 for the 6-week course  (but you get a $50 credit towards play at the club)

       Tuesdays:      9:00 to 10:45 am, January 16 to February 20.

       Wednesdays: 2:00 to 3:45 pm, January 10 to February 21.

Jan 10/16:      The Basics: The players, the cards, the rules.

Jan 23/24:      The Bidding Part 1: Hand evaluation, making your first bid.

Jan 30/31:      The Bidding Part 2: Making a 2nd bid, how high should we go?

Feb 6/7:           Bridge Strategy: Overall strategy when playing or defending a hand.

Feb 13/14:        Bridge Tips/Tactics: Simple tips, good tactics.

Feb 20/21:      Play in your first duplicate bridge game.

Location:

      Elgin Hall, 14250 Crescent Road, Surrey, BC. Lots of free parking.

Registration:

      Ed L'Heureux: edlheureux@yahoo.com (preferred) or 604-317-7156.

      Linda Palm:    palmlinda00@gmail.com

Bridge 102: Improve your Bridge Skills.  Feb-Apr 2024

You have taken the Bridge 101 course and you want to continue moving ahead. Or you have been playing bridge for some time and you want to improve your game. This is the course for you.

Cost: $50 for the 6-week course. (Also accepted: $10/lesson for individual lessons.)

    Tuesdays:      9:00 to 10:45 am, February 27 to April 2.

    Wednesdays: 2:00 to 3:45 pm, February 28 to April 3.

Feb 27/28:       Play of the hand. (Suit: Eliminate losers.   NT: Set up extra winners.)

Mar 5/6:           Responding to NT bids. (Stayman and Jacoby transfers.)

Mar 12/13:       Opening a suit 2C or higher. (Strong 2C. Slams. Weak 2's. Preempts.)

Mar 19/20:       Competitive Bidding. (Overcalls. Takeout doubles. Negative doubles.)

Mar 26/27:       Bidding Shapely Hands. (Blooman. Michael's Cue Bid, Unusual 2NT.)

Apr 2/3:           The 2 Over 1 Game Forcing System.

Location:

      Elgin Hall, 14250 Crescent Road, Surrey, BC. Lots of free parking.

Registration:

      Ed L'Heureux: edlheureux@yahoo.com (preferred) or 604-317-7156.

      Linda Palm:    palmlinda00@gmail.com

Want to Play Bridge?  Want to Learn How to Play?

We can help you find a game and/or lessons. Duplicate Lite is a friendly bridge club that welcomes new players and has lessons for people who want to learn how to play.

For more information email SurreyBridgeLessons@gmail.com or call 604-541-4028.

Bridge Games in White Rock & South Surrey

Support our local clubs!!!  It is nice to have bridge clubs in our local area.  If you want these clubs to survive in the post-COVID era, please support them by playing in their games.  The following is a list of all the games, face to face and online on BBO, run by the bridge clubs in White Rock and South Surrey.  The face to face games are serving coffee, tea and snacks.  The cost for the face to face games is $10 and for the BBO games is BB$5.00.

Monday evening 7-9 on BBO:  To find the game on BBO, select Virtual Clubs, then select ACBL - North America, then look for "South Surrey" in the name of the game or "VACB216234" as the host for the game..  There are usually 6-8 tables at this game.  Players can play with a Robot if they do not have a partner. 

Tuesday morning 11 am - 2:30 pm at Elgin Hall:  This game is attracting about 8-9 tables at this time.  We would like to see this grow to about 10 tables (or more).  Hopefully more of the players in our area who used to play in this game will return.  

Wednesday morning 10:15 am - 1:30 pm at Elgin Hall: This Duplicate Lite game has 2 sections, an Open section where anyone can play and a 299er section limited to players with 299 ACBL masterpoints or less. Each section attracts about 6-8 tables each week.  At this time, we also have a section where players new to bridge can play among themselves with "coaching" by the director and/or a volunteer.

Wednesday evening 7-9 pm on BBO:  To find the game on BBO, select Virtual Clubs, then select ACBL - North America, then look for "Peace Arch" in the name of the game or "VACB221192" as the host for the game. There are usually 5-6 tables at this game.  Players can play with a Robot if they do not have a partner. 

Thursday morning 10:15 am - 1:30 pm at Elgin Hall: This Duplicate Lite game has one section with 11-14 tables at this time. We would like to have a 299er section on Thursdays, but so far we have not had quite enough attendance to make this possible.  If the Thursday attendance increases to 12+ tables on a consistent basis, we will try a 299er section on Thursdays once again.  Shout out to the 299er players: if you want a 299er section on Thursdays, help us increase the attendance to 12+ tables so that a separate section becomes possible.  Thanks.

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